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October 4, 2010

Pro Circuit Sweet Shot, Square Impact & Marathon buggy tires

Spanish brand Pro Circuit has been in contact to tell us about their new line of 1/8th buggy tires. Starting with the Sweet Shot, this tire offers drivers a tread pattern for the most challenging track conditions, while maintaining incredible grip across a wide variety of track surfaces. It offers drivers consistent handling on outdoor racetracks with a little bit of loose dirt and really stands out in loose to loamy track conditions. With the centre bars you can expect this tire to deliver the power to the ground. The Sweet Shot are a specialty tire that when matched to the appropriate track can provide amazing results. It provides awesome forward traction, fantastic response as well as quick corner speeds.

View the Square Impact & Marathon details here

October 4, 2010

Smokem Mi4 Upper Link plate

Developed with leading local Schumacher drivers, the Smokem Mi4 Upper Link plate provides Schumacher Mi4 racers with additional, longer upper link positions to dial in their cars. By incorporating multiple link positions, racers can alter the length of the upper link without changing the upper link plate. Apart from the standard 39.2mm spacing, there are 2 additional spacings of 31.7mm and 24.2mm. A longer upper link provides greater roll resistance for a given spring rate and less camber rise. The design is also ideal when running harder carcass control tyres by maximizing tyre contact patch and maintaining consistent tyre wear.

Source: Smokem Racing [smokem-racing.com]

October 4, 2010

Yokomo BD5 chassis plate & gear diff

Seen at the European Championships in France during the summer, Yokomo have finally released the BD5 chassis plate that won the Euros, as well as German and Japanese Nationals in the hands of Ronald Volker. Made from 2.5mm thick carbon fibre it is aimed for use on asphalt and low grip surfaces, giving more flex to help improve overall grip. Also now released from the Japanese company is their gear differential. A direct replacement for the standard ball diff, it gives consistent cornering, no slipping as well as longer times between rebuilds. The diff features lightweight plastic bevel gears which drive the coated aluminium ball cups and the sealed case means you can easily tune to tension with different viscosity oils.

View the gear diff here

October 4, 2010

King & Fischer win Byron Off Road Challenge

To beat the heat at The Nitro Pit in Phoenix this past weekend, racing for the Byron Off Road Challenge started at sundown and ran past midnight. The first under-the-lights racing format was a huge success for drivers and their fans. Despite a late announced practice schedule in Thailand for Worlds drivers, that kept the majority of Byron Team Drivers out of the race, Byron Fuel still took 3 of the top 6 podium spots in the race, with the absolute highlight of the event being a 0.4 second win in Expert Truck for Kyosho / Byron driver Cody King over Losi man Billy Fischer with Levi Jackson taking 3rd. In the buggy class it was Billy Fischer that won over Associated team driver Ryan Maifield in 2nd with Cody King rounding out the podium in 3rd.

View the buggy podium here

October 4, 2010

VRC Column – Retro, Multiple screens & Beta testing

VRC is planning to offer you some other r/c racing experiences than just the latest and fastest that’s on the market today. Vintage r/c cars are one of them. We have already modeled a PB9 International, one of the last generation of simple non-suspension cars from the late seventies. We are now looking into the physics of such models in order to make them drive like they did in those days. The vintage cars may draw old school racers back into r/c and perhaps even inspire them to get their kids involved in radio controlled model car racing. Who knows what this will bring to r/c, and if for nothing else, we at VRC will be proud of bringing these old cars back to life again.

Continue to read the column here

October 4, 2010

Wayne Joelson wins African Cup for 4th year

The 7th Annual African Cup for On Road Gas cars was held the last weekend of September at the TRAP facility outside Pretoria. Temperatures were in the mid 30 degrees Celcius and with a 1 hour final, this race would be the toughest in Africa. Current South African Champion Wayne Joelson with his Novarossi powered Mugen Seiki MRX4X finished 1st for the 4th consecutive year, with second place going to his team mate Steve Munslow, with EDAM driver Arnold Vermaak in 3rd.

Thanks to Wayne Joelson for the update.

October 4, 2010

Patrick Jongenelis wins Dutch stock title

Patrick Jongenelis has won the 2010 Dutch Electric touring car stock nationals. Driving a GM powered Xray T3 the title went down to the 6th and final round of the series with different pole sitters and race winners at each race. Patrick held the lead going into Rd6 with a slim advantage of only 1 point ahead of Ronald Aarts in 2nd, Rob Janssen in 3rd and Wesley v Dijken in 4th and these racers were all in with a chance of victory. The final race was won Janssen and this moved him to 2nd in the series, Patrick Jongenelis took 2nd which clinched him the title, with Wesley V Dijken taking 3rd on the day. Ronald Aarts had motor failure in one of the legs and could only manage 8th, dropping him to 3rd in the overall standings.

View the final championship ranking here

October 4, 2010

Cube Racing Truggy Sports 5400mAh 14.8V LiPo

Cube Racing have released this Truggy Sports 5400mAh 35C 14.8V LiPo pack, suitable for 1/8 buggies & truggies. Providing great power and long run times, its carbon pattern hard case protects the battery from impact damage. This 4S pack comes pre wired with balancer port and deans connector.

Source: Cube Racing [cuberacing.net]