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May 9, 2015

Red RC to cover the 2015 Reedy TC Race of Champions

Red RC are soon making our trip to the Tamiya Raceway in Aliso Viejo in California, USA for the 2015 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions. The annual event each year attracts the World’s best touring car drivers to compete in the Invitational, Open Modified as well as 13.5T and 17.5T Stock classes. The event starts on May 21st with controlled heat practice and Red RC will be trackside bringing you reports, insights, videos and photos directly from the track throughout the weekend.

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May 9, 2015

IRCC 2015 Airport race – Announcement

The annual IRCC Airport race in Japan will this year take place from the 12th to 14th of June. The race is unique in that it will be held at the Chubu international airport, in an event hall near the arrivals section. With the airport having a hotel and restaurants, you won’t need to do much travelling and can in fact access the track by foot. The race will see the running of several on-road classes including Stock TC, FWD, Modified 1/12th scale, World GT and more with racer from the USA, Korea, Macao and other countries being awaited. Racers interested can visit the official event site here and the IRCC Facebook page here.

May 9, 2015

Intech ER-14 optional aluminium C-hubs

Coming from Intech and made for their ER-14 1/10th 4WD buggy are new optional aluminium C-hubs. Made to replace the standard composite parts with more durable ones the blocks also offer a second mounting position for the upper camber links. Black anodised and made from 7075 material the parts come in a standard 10 degree or optional 7 degree caster configuration to allow for a wider window of setup adjustments.

Source: Intech [intechracing.com]

May 9, 2015

Samix BD7-2015 carbon fibre chassis kit

Samix have a new carbon fibre main chassis for the Yokomo BD7-2015 available. Made from soft matte finish carbon fibre material the chassis is only 82mm wide for improved ground clearance during heavy cornering. The soft weave makes for more torsional flex which can help increase overall grip and traction in certain track conditions. Also included is an aluminium fan mount for 30mm units that also incorporates a routing channel for the connection wire.

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May 8, 2015

Vampire Racing charging leads

Vampire Racing have introduced three new charging leads for different applications. First up is the LiPo saddle pack balancer harness made for all saddle packs with 4mm connector tubes. The conveniently sized harness comes factory-assembled with an industry-standard T-plug connector, XH balancer port and gold-plated 4mm bullet-type connectors. Also new is an universal charging lead with a Futaba/universal-compatible connector. The lead can be used both for receiver and transmitter battery packs, it comes pre-wired with 4mm gold-plated bullet-type connectors and an additional JST/BEC adapter cable. Last but not least is a dedicated charging lead for glow igniters. Using 4mm bullet-type connectors and an industry-standard adapter the lead is ideal to charge most pre-assembled glow igniters.

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May 8, 2015

Mark Green takes British Formula Championship

Mark Green has come out successful in his recent 1/10th electric on-road campaign by winning the British 1/10th Formula championship title. On his way to the overall win he scored maximum points in first three of the four rounds to take the title with a 2 point margin on Mark Burgess. David Underwood completed the top 3 result of the 2015 series.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 8, 2015

Spec-R T4-15 floating steering conversion kit

Coming from Spec-R and made for the Xray T4-15 touring car is a floating steering conversion kit. Making use of a redesigned upper servo mount plate and new orange anodised aluminium steering posts the set removes the kit’s steering assembly from the main chassis in favour of a “floating” design. The result is a more freely flexing chassis and less influence of the chassis’ flex on the steering angle during cornering. The conversion bolts right onto the standard inner servo mount and it is available now.

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May 8, 2015

Maanson & Kobbevik win at Swedish Summercup Rd1

The first round of the popular Swedish Summercup was held at the Skarpneck track in Stockholm in the classes of 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy. After the timed practice local racer Niclas Maanson was on top of the timing sheets of the 2WD class while Daniel Kobbevik set the pace in 4WD. Both drivers would also be still on top in their respective classes after the three rounds of qualifying, to start from pole position into the A-mains.

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