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June 7, 2012

2012 Nordic championships – Announcements

The 2012 Nordic championships for electric offroad will this year be held in Northern Finland from the 18th to 19th August, next to city of Oulu. The race is run as a 2 day event, 2wd on Saturday and 4wd on Sunday and is also round 3 of the Finnish national series which means some exceptions to rules compared to EFRA. The race format consists of 2 rounds of controlled practice, 4 rounds of qualifying (2/4 counts by points) and 3x A mains and 2x lower mains both days. Full event details can be found here.

June 7, 2012

Arena NT1 2012 chassis plate

New from Arena is this CNC machined chassis plate for the 2012 spec Xray NT1. Made from American 7075 T6 aluminium it has been hard coated for extra durability. A direct fit on the NT1 it can also be fitted with chassis weights.

View the top side of the chassis here

June 7, 2012

2012 Inzeller Race of Champions – Announcement

The organisers of the 2012 IRoC, Inzeller Race of Champions, were in touch to tell us about this year’s event which is run from the 23rd to the 24th of June in Inzell, Germany. The 6th running of the event it is open to 1/0th electric offroad and more specifically 2wd & 4wd buggy and 2wd and 4wd SC classes. With a drivers party on Friday night and a qualifying heat run under floodlights, the event has already attracted entries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, with last year’s winner Hupo Honigl along with Martin Kreil already signed in. Find out more information here.

June 7, 2012

SC Summer Cup Finland Rd1

The first Short Course Summer Cup event took place recently at the Lavanko electric race track which is located in Vantaa, Finland. The SC Summer cup consist of four races on four different tracks in Finland and is intended for SC2-10 and SC4-10 cars. The series follows on from the SC Winter Cup which that was big success and also brought new racers to the SC class. In qualifying it was Riku Tolonen in 2wd and on Mikko Pyhältö in 4wd that took pole position.

Continue reading the report here

June 7, 2012

ARC R10 190mm electric touring car

ARC RC have introduced their R10 1/10th 190mm EP touring car chassis. It has been designed with a minimum of parts that not only keeps overall weight down, but also makes maintenance and setup on race day easier. The ultra precise ball-ends and steel-hardened balls have been designed and developed to ensure minimum tolerances and remove play in the joint. The R10’s chassis is 82mm wide which allows the car to roll more quickly and reduces the chance of the car grounding while cornering while the CVDs have been made from hardened spring steel and are designed to use a G clip to prevent the drive pin coming out during use. The hard anodised shock bodies are teflon coated, giving the CNC shock piston smooth movement and excellent durability. The full plastic gear diff, has 6 precision gears producing a smooth and efficient operation and with 7075-T6 hard coated outdrives, there will be no leakage of oils from these units.

View more images of the R10 here

June 7, 2012

Panaracer GX series slick tire

Japanese company Panaracer have introduced their new PR racing slick GX series tire. Available in five different compounds, 24, 28, 32, 36 plus 28 CP for carpet, it is a long life high traction tire which last almost twice as long as the Xenon tire it replaces. Tested by top drivers around the World, the tire is available unglued but will come pre glued in the future.

Image: Xenon [xenon.ne.jp]

June 6, 2012

Novarossi .21 buggy Volksmotor

Following the release earlier this year of the Novarossi Volksmotor .21 competition based on road engine, Austrian company Hoeco are happy to introduced the .21 buggy version. This limited release motor will be available from mid June and feature a 4 port liner, square stroke, turbo plug and chromed cylinder, all for only EUR 125.

Source: Hoeco [hoeco.at]

June 6, 2012

JConcepts Hazard SC wheels in yellow

JConcepts have announced that their popular Hazard short course wheel is now available in yellow. A powerful new look that combines the winning combination of a 10 spoke design, bead-lock appearance and center lug nut detail with a hint of inspiration from yesteryear. The Hazard will make an immediate impact on the performance of the SC10 trucks by widening the stance of the truck by 6mm in overall width. The increased width will maximize the SC10 and bring it up to the ROAR maximum legal limits in dimensional width.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]