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August 5, 2013

Ronald Volker claims 2013 European TC title

The EFRA 1/10th scale touring car European Championships was held this week in Portugal attracting 60 drivers. Qualifying started and it all looked familiar at the top with Yokomo driver Ronald Volker dominating the first two Heats as he TQ’d both, but on Saturday morning Alexander Hagberg showed that somehow Team Xray has found the way to reduce the gap from Ronald’s pace and took the 3rd round. Now all was to be decided until the last round, since Hagberg had the best 21 Laps time. In the end Ronald didn’t fail and TQ’d the last 2 heats and was declared the TQ of the race. Looking at the timesheets, the expectation for some very tight racing in the finals surrounded the pits.

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August 4, 2013

Naoto Matsukura retains JMRCA touring car title

The 2013 JMRCA Touring Car National Championships were held this weekend at the Wangan Circuit under rain affected conditions. Qualifying would go the way of Yokomo super star Naoto Matsukura just beating out team mate Hayato Matsuzaki who put in a stellar performance following a year off racing. Tamiya team driver Akio Sobue rounded out the top 3 with Nagashima 4th and Thai driver Meen Vejrak in 5th. In the finals it was a close affair in Leg 1 with the top 3 covered by 3 seconds with Naoto winning from Hayato with Akio 3rd. The second leg was a repeat for Yokomo pairing, Naoto taking the win and wrapping up the overall title with Meen V taking 3rd. Leg 3 was a repeat of the first leg with Sobue taking 3rd to wrap up the final podium position behind Matsuzaki with 2nd overall and Matsukura in 1st, the 3-time World Champion taking his 3rd consecutive National touring car title.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

August 3, 2013

Arrowmax aluminium set-up wheels

Arrowmax has released of the new CNC-machined premium-quality aluminium set-up wheels for electric and nitro 1/10 touring cars. Laser engraved with the Arrowmax logo and arrow pattern they offer precise and repeatable set-up adjustment and tweak correction. Sold in a complete set of 4.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

August 3, 2013

SouthWest Championship Series Rd5 report

SWCS Rd5

The first-ever R/C onroad race event at the famous Circuit of the Americas F1 track in Austin, Texas took place over last weekend. Coordination on the part of HobbytownUSA Austin, the SouthWest Championship Series Committee, and several R/C racing enthusiasts at the Circuit of the Americas made this event possible. Both nitro and electric classes were run, which made for an exciting and unique experience.

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August 3, 2013

Tomás Ramirez is UandesRC’s Opening Champion

Tomás Ramirez wins UandesRC’s Opening Champion

Last weekend saw the final round of UandesRC Opening Championship 2013. The UandesRC’s track is inside the University of Los Andes, located in the capital of Chile, Santiago. The final stage of the UandesRC Opening Championship started as a nice day, but the really low temperature conditions would made the correct choice of tyre compound crucial. The ranking previous to the final stage showed the first five positions with huge possibilities for anyone to become the new UandesRC’s Opening Champion. After a hard time in qualifying Alejandro Perez (Team Magic) TQ’d the 13.5T class with 15 laps at 5:12.349s, a new track record, followed by Tomás Ramírez (Xray) in 2nd and Nicolás Becerra (Hotbodies) in 3rd.

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August 2, 2013

Tactic standard-size servo line

Tactic standard-size servo line
Hobbico introduce their new Tactic line of standard-size servos for a multitude of applications. Available ranging from the TSX35 Sport Standard servo (0.16 sec/5.3 kg-cm) with plastic gear train up to the TSX65 Digital High-Voltage Ultra-Torque (0.13 sec/25.7 kg-cm) servo with metal gears, coreless motor and dual ball bearings, Tactic offers a solution for nearly every application. All servos come with mounting hardware and are equipped with universal-type connectors.

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August 2, 2013

JConcepts 1/10th AE ball-cup assortment

JConceptsAEBallCups

JConcepts introduce their new ball-cup assortment for Team Associated 1/10th off-road vehicles. They are of a heavy-duty design and come as wedged and rib type. The wedge ball-cup has an increased diameter around the turnbuckle which naturally provides a beefy cushion between metal and plastic plus the cups feature a longer boss which slides over the solid shank of the turnbuckle increasing the overall strength of the connection. Included is an angled version of the wedge which can be used on the outside of the rear camber link for increased clearance on the rear wheel and also to the inside which increases clearance around big bore shock springs. The rib ball-cup is a more traditional design but incorporates 3 ribs across the weakest point resisting bends and tweaks normally associated with hard crashes. A short, rib ball-cup is also included for servo to steering bell-crank connection. Both the wedge and rib ball-cups include an open top which allows for ball-end accessibility for quick and damage free adjustments and they come as 36-piece sets.

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August 2, 2013

Kyosho Inferno MP9 TKI3 ReadySet

Kyosho introduce the Inferno MP9 TKI3 ReadySet 1/8th nitro ready-to-run buggy. Based on the 2010 World and 2013 European Championship winning MP9 the buggy features a fully adjustable suspension with anti-roll bars, new oil-filled shock absorbers with threaded housings and dirt shields for the rear A-arms. The wishbones are located by suspension mounts with inserts for easy toe and anti-squat adjustment and the 3-differential drivetrain is quipped with lightweight gears and a high capacity centre differential. The buggy builds on a hardened aluminium chassis plate for increased durability and features the latest forward-biased weight distribution thanks to a front-mounted RC box. Included with the factory-assembled buggy come high-performance steering and throttle servos, a KT-201 2.4GHz FHSS radio set and a race-legal KE-21R engine with polished tuned pipe. The whole package is topped off by a pre-designed body shell, a high-downforce wing and grippy tyres on white disc rims.

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