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July 8, 2013

Pitshark Design Hole Shot body hole markers

Pitshark Design introduce the Hole Shot body hole markers for 1/8th and 1/10th scale vehicles. Designed in collaboration with Toni Rheinard, the markers allow the precise mounting of painted and clear bodyshells with the help of rubber-protected body mount extensions and O-shaped magnets. The extensions are simply attached to the body posts and the magnets are used to locate the position of the body mounts for perfectly aligned body shells. The rubber material prevent the body from becoming scratched while the body post positions are easily marked with a permanent pen through the holes in the magnet.

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July 8, 2013

oOple Off-Road Open Series Rd3 – Report

This weekend was the third and final round of the inaugural oOple Off-Road Open Series. Having already visited Stotfold and RHR, Sunny Southport was the host of the final round. The 4WD championship was already decided with Tom Cockerill taking wins in the opening 2 rounds, but 2WD was a three-way battle between Schumachers Greg Williams, Tom Cockerill and RHR boss James Heliwell. As usual, Saturday morning would see open practice, allowing everyone all the track time they could wish for to get their cars dialled in to the high grip Southport track. The track was excellently prepared by the Southport crew, and the layout was fast and challenging, which would make for some good racing come the finals.

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July 8, 2013

Hudy Exclusive Tools screw drivers

Hudy extend their Exclusive Tools range by Phillips and slotted screw drivers. They sport super lightweight 7075-T6 diamond pattern handles for excellent grip while the included black-colour plastic end cap makes handling effortless. Optional coloured end caps for easy identification are available separately. The tool tips are made from Hudy’s special spring steel and come hardened for the best possible durability. The tools are available as 5mm and 5.8mm Phillips, 5mm standard and long slotted screw driver as well as 5.8mm engine head slotted driver.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

July 8, 2013

Reinder Wilms wins Pro10 Stock class at Benelux+ Race

Reinder Wilms wins Benelux+ Pro10 Stock class

The 2013 Benelux+ Race took place at the high speed track of the Baanbrekers club in Rucpen, Netherlands. The track was well prepared and the organisers put in a lot of effort to make it a great event. The meeting was run in four classes including Pro10 Stock and Modified as well as Touring car Stock 10.5T and Modified. The hot weather made chassis set-up and cooling crucial especially in the Pro10 classes and in Pro10 Stock is was Reinder Wilms (RC Devil PC10H3X) who took TQ with Alexander Fokke (Team Associated RC10L2.5) and Joost Kuiper (P235 SE) in tow. Joost had to sort out radio problems during the qualifiers but thankfully other drivers were able to help out with a borrowed transmitter and receiver. After the three finals Reinder Wilms was able to secure the overall win with Alexander Fokke in second and Joost Kuiper in third place.

Thanks to Alexander Fokke for sending the report.

July 8, 2013

Yeah Racing TT-02 adjustable front upper arm set

Made for the Tamiya TT-02 sport-level touring car kit is this Yeah Racing adjustable aluminium upper arm set. The upgrade replaces the fixed upper arms of the kit with an adjustable and more durable solution. Beside higher impact resistance the design allows for easy camber angle adjustment in order to improve tyre wear and cornering characteristics. The set is made for the front end of the chassis and includes all needed hardware.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.net]

July 8, 2013

Tironi & Redaelli win at Capricorn Trophy

Tironi & Luca win at Capricorn Trophy

This past weekend the Capricorn Trophy for 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road cars was held at the track of Melzo in Italy. The race saw the attendance of many fast Italian drivers such as Dario Balesti, Daniele Ielasi and Francesco Tironi. In the 1/8th class it was that Francesco Tironi who took the pole position in front of Dario Balestri with both showing a great performance in the final but a servo failure caused a DNF for Dario making way for Francesco (Capricorn) who won in front of Claudio Codazzi (Capricorn) and Massimo Aliprandi (Mugen).

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July 8, 2013

Much More premium screw & socket drivers

Much More screw & socket drivers

After introducing their new HISS Allen wrenches Much More Racing extends their tool line by adding a range of screw and socket drivers. Flat and Philips screw drivers are available with 3mm, 4mm and 5mm tips as well as 5.5mm and 7.0mm metric socket drivers along with imperial 1/4″ and 11/32″ variants. Also new is a spring remover tool for easy pipe and manifold spring removal. The tool tips are made from high quality spring steel while the tool grips are machined from black anodized aluminium.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

July 8, 2013

TVR Ball-X Revo & Maxx truck axles

TVR Ball-X Traxxas truck axles

TVR introduce their Ball-X driveshafts for the Traxxas Revo and Maxx line of monster trucks. The special design of the driveshaft and wheel axle coupler using balls over conventional pins makes for a three times larger contact area to distribute torque loads more efficiently, more reliable and without any binding. The construction also allows for angles up to 50 degree for smaller turning circles for more low-speed agility. The driveshafts comes as pairs with suitable differential outdrives.

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