July 17, 2012

Chinese manufacturer Shootout report

Last week in Hong Kong, Gen Ace, Team C, Sky RC & Tenshock Motor Hosted a Chinese manufacturer Shootout in the newest indoor facilities called Lali Warehouse. This world class indoor RC track has state of the art facilities such as water sprinkler built into the ceiling, AC room for the pits and a VIP rest area. Lali Warehouse has only been open for 2 months and so this race was considered the grand opening race for them. Many drivers came from mainland China & Taiwan also made the trip to attend this race. Due to the popular 1/8th E- Buggy & 1/10 4×4 Short Course classes, the Event only focussed on these 2. With a total of just about 90 entries in only 2 classes it this one of the biggest off road races in Hong Kong since the early 90s.

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July 17, 2012

Meen Vejrak joins Team Ride

Thailand based Ride have announced that Meen Vejrak, 2012 TITC Winner, has joined their Team from the start of this month. The multi discipline top international driver will use Ride Tires, bodyshells and the complete range of Ride Accessories.

Source: Ride [rc-ride.co.jp]

July 16, 2012

Ty Tessmann triple win at ARCOR Series Rd2

The first weekend of July saw Pro-Line Driver and recently crowned double ROAR National Champion Ty Tessmann race at the Medicine Hat Shootout which was the 2nd leg of the ARCOR Series, held at his home track in Medicine Hat, AB. The weekend was the hottest one they’ve had yet with temperatures hovering around 35C. Ty TQ’d all 4 rounds of Pro Buggy, as well as 3 rounds of Pro Truck that he ran and took the win in the 30 minute Pro Buggy main, 30 minute Pro truck main and the 8 minute 4WD Open SC main. It was a great weekend and all of Ty’s equipment ran flawlessly.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

July 16, 2012

Serpent Cobra zero steering blocks

Serpent introduces these machined aluminum zero steering blocks, or as some call them 0 degree aluminum spindles, for the full Cobra 1/8 line. Very durable, they are made from 7075 T6 aluminium, which has been anodized. The new part will create more on throttle steering, this will be very noticeable especially on corner exit. Fits all cars in the Cobra line.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 16, 2012

Capricorn Lab C02 lightweight shock set

Italian company Capricorn have released their new lightweight shock set for the Lab C02. The set includes ultra light delrin shock bodies, hard coated aluminium 5.8m uniballs and super smooth titanium shock shafts. Sold in a complete set of two shocks.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

July 16, 2012

Chris Grainger wins Rd3 of BRCA TC series

Round three of this seasons BRCA National touring car championship saw victory for Schumacher’s Chris Grainger ahead of Colin Price and Andy Moore, the event proved to be one of the most intriguing for many seasons. Halifax is renowned for being quick on new tyres and tyre strategy proved to be the big talking point at the head of the field, while Chris Grainger and Tamiya’s Elliott Harper slogged it out fighting for TQ other drivers including Andy Moore and Olly Jefferies were saving their fresh rubber and attempting to qualify on just one set.

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July 16, 2012

Arrowmax MRX5 radio plate mount V2

Arrowmax have released version 2 of their radio plate mount for the Mugen MRX5. Machined from a single piece of brass it brings extra weight to the centre of the car, improving handling and corner-rotation. Comes complete with hardware as shown and is laser engraved with the Arrowmax logo.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

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