Last weekend saw the best racers in the USA attend the 2013 ROAR Carpet On Road Nationals held in Horsham Pennsylvania. In the Modified TC class Josh Cyrul, driving the new Team ARC R10 chassis, set the early TQ pace for drivers to chase. From the start of the buzzer Josh drove his ARC R10 to the finish line never looking back giving him his first 2013 TC Modified Roar National Title ahead of Ralph Burch and Andrew Ellis.
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Round 1 of the Spanish Nationals took place in Ferrol, at Naron´s track. It was the first time that the Nationals visited this track, so it was a new experience for all drivers. On Friday the track was wet in some areas and most drivers couldn’t test their cars until late the afternoon. Unfortunately, Saturday started with a completely wet surface and we suffered heavy rain all day long, so drivers started to work on their cars to preserve the electronic parts.
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World Champions KM Racing have released a Meen version of their H-K1 to commemorate their victory back in November. The full option kit will come with blue anodised aluminium bulk heads and the option of mounting the steering servo to the main chassis or top deck. Other included part include new high efficiency brake disk, rear body height adjusters, front anti-roll bar system, aluminium servo horns, full set of anti-roll bars and spur gears and will have the customers name engraved on the chassis plate. Available on April 8th.
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CRC are reporting that North Dakota driver, Randy Grosse (RG1), took his Gen-X 10LE to a ROAR National title in the World GT class last weekend winning A2 and A3. Team mate Andrew Knapp took another ROAR National Championship taking the 1:12th scale 13.5 class with the CRC Xti car. The driver from Grand Rapids took the TQ spot as well totally dominating the event. His teammate RG1 also ran strong in 13.5 taking his CRC Xti to a 1-2 sweep.
Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]
ProTek RC have released their new Pit Caddy which features two large sides with several convenient pockets for storing all of your tools and gear. Three four-inch outer pockets are perfect for housing glow igniters, temp guns, and glow-plug wrenches while ten smaller loops inside the Pit Caddy neatly hold your tuning screwdrivers and hand tools needed for on-the-fly adjustments. Finally, it has two drawstring pockets for securing your fuel bottles so that they won’t accidentally tip over during transport.
Source: ProTek RC [amainhobbies.com]
EcoPower’s Electron 610 AC charger can do it all, at an affordable price. Charge at up to 10-amps, set five adjustable profiles and charge all popular types of RC batteries (Lipo/LiFe/NiMH), the computer controlled Electron 610AC features a built-in power supply so users won’t have to invest in an additional unit to power their charger. Multiple charge modes let you choose between ‘normal’, ‘fast’ and ‘storage’, giving you flexibility when you’re at the track. The Electron 610 AC can charge up to 6S battery packs and has an internal lithium cell-balancer making it one of the most versatile chargers in it’s price range.
Mugen Racing have released this new optional graphite front steering plate for the World Champion MBX7 Nitro Buggy. This new plate will improve steering response and durability and will be available shortly.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
Shepherd have released an image and details of the final design of the soon to be released and completely revised Velox V10 Pro. The re-designed front end features a ball-raced wire anti-roll bar, a narrower differential, new lower and upper wishbones, a carbon body mount support and a very small aluminium servo saver. The front lower arms can be mounted in two different positions using some eccentric inserts to adjust the roll-center, a unique feature in this class. Additionally the front shock tower has been updated to suit the latest geometry-changes of the shock position for a better steering response.
