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While at the recent Fall Indoor Nationals at RC Excitement in Fitchburg MA, we teamed up with Jason Ruona of JConcepts to talk to the pro drivers at the event to get some insight into their indoor clay setup. First up is Team Associated/Reedy/JConcepts factory driver Steven Hartson and we will follow up later in the week with TLR driver Dustin Evans.
For the 8th year in succession, the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada was the site of the International Indoor Championships. The event, put on and announced by the one and only Scotty Ernst, attracted some of the top on-road drivers from around the world and featured over 350 entries in total. After 2 days of controlled practice, on track action heated up on Thursday with 2 of the 4 rounds of qualifying, the single fastest round determining grid positions. Right out of the box, Protoform team drivers Ronald Volker and Keven Hebert established themselves as the drivers to beat in the event’s 2 marquee classes, Touring Car Modified and 1/12th scale modified. Friday’s 2 final rounds of qualifying saw Protoform drivers TQ in 7 different classes of racing. Josh Cyrul and Mike Dumas, two fixtures in the American on-road scene the past decade, paced World GT racing the Protoform Sophia GT race body.
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Having featured the Bro Codes tire earlier in the week, JConcepts have today released the new tire. At first glance, Bros can be easily mistaken for the popular Bar Code but the details reveal a major difference. Introducing the first tire born as a Broken-in tread geared toward the finely tuned racer. Broken-in lugs on the leading edge of the entire tread form a finely knit pattern of newly formed low-profile features. On prepared, wet clay surfaces there is a tremendous advantage to starting off on the right tire, tread height, wear and compound. Like the name suggests the Bro (Broken-in) alternating bar design combined with the addition of the Y side bars provide uncompromised support for many conditions. Available in soft (blue), super soft (green) and clay indoor soft (gold).
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
With the ambitious objective of improving performance for the upcoming 1/10th 200mm World Championships in Thailand, Hot Race Tyres has made a new white wheel which sees improved traction in both the front and rear. Following several tests at the RC Addict track in Bangkok, Hot Race Tyres driver Jilles Groskamp has decided that this new wheel is the best solution for the World Championships to be held in November. The wheel is expected to be released in January.
Source: Hot Race Tyres
PSM Racing have released more new parts for THE Car, this time a front and rear shock tower for the buggy. Made from 4mm thick carbon fibre, both towers sports new upper shock mounting options. CNC machined in Germany from German carbon fibre, these lightweight and strong towers are a direct fit on the car.
Source: PSM Racing [psm-shop.com]
From Schumacher, this new modification for the Mi4CXL was developed by their team drivers and used by Chris Grainger to gain an A final place at the 2012 IFMAR World Championships. The modification allows a much more elongated flex to the chassis, allowing it to produce more traction yet maintaining the rigid structure of the wishbone mounting system. Typically lap times will be reduced and the car will have an improved driving feel. Includes chassis mounted steering.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
The NSR opening race took place at a new off-road track near the Shenzhen Gymnasium in China. More than 40 drivers attended in the 1/8 nitro and electric buggy classes that saw Team C driver Tommy taking TQ. In the 45 minutes final the win went to Tommy’s team mate Wai who drove an Angus-power T8.
Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]
Last weekend the final round of the Hungarian On-Road Championship was held near the famous Hungaro Ring. In the 1/10 Tuning class the championship was already decided in the previous rounds. Just like the years before Gergely Csekő took the title in a really close battle with Simon Ciudan (Shepherd). Gergely skipped the last race which left Simon without a real opponent. He won the race although Balázs Bihari was quite close in the 30 minutes final and finished only one lap behind the fast Shepherd driver. Gábor László completed the podium. With this first place Simon equaled Gergely on the point table, but Gergely won the title because he had one more on his side. Overall third place also ended with a tie with Shepherd driver Laszló Kis-Orbán taking third overall.
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