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JConcepts have announced the release of their new super soft green compound for their range of buggy tires. Now available for the 1/8th buggy Double Dees V2 and Subcultures, this new super sticky compound excels on dusty surface conditions. Check out the video above for further details.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Tamiya Denmark are reporting on their success at the Danish 1/10th touring car National Championships. In the Super stock class it was Carsten Madsen who managed to take the overall championship, 6 points clear of second placed driver Morten Iversen. In the modified class, it was Steen Graversen who took the title. In the 5 races this season, Steen took 5 TQs and 5 overall wins. In 2nd and 3rd in the standings it was Danni Eyde-Nielsen and Nicolai Sorensen who in the summer break both have changed to the Tamiya brand.
View the points standings here
Carlisle Radio Model Car Club hosted the final round of the popular Much-More Racing (UK) GP series this weekend with over 60 racers contending for the pro-stock and modified titles over two days of racing. Schumacher driver, Dewi Jones took the pro-stock win for the round. Dewi made his trip north from Wales worthwhile by scoring on his first trip to Carlilse, with Tom Jefferies and Alan Lindsay taking the remaining two podium places. Associated and Much-More Racing driver Tom Jefferies took the overall pro-stock win for the whole GP series after valuable points gained were combined with those from his previous Stonehaven win. Local Schumacher driver John Lindsay’s knowledge of the Carlisle track paid off and he claimed the Carlisle round modified title on Sunday. Going into the Carlisle round, the overall modified title remained up for grabs with several drivers including Tom Jefferies, Dan Rowlands and Keiran Smart all looking for valuable points from the Carlisle round but it was Dan Rowlands who powered his TOP Photon to overall GP series victory in Modified using the Muchmore Fleta 3.0 ESC. A major series modified win for the Photon and 5 drivers using the popular car in the A-main. The series has taken in 3 meetings at Ballymoney in Ireland, Stonehaven in Scotland and Carlisle in England using the Muchmore VQ30 control tyre.
View the Mod and Pro Stock top 3 here
CSO Products have released this lightweight spur gear adaptor for the Xray T3 and T2. Made from hard coated aluminium, and featuring a hollowed out centre, it is a direct replacement for the stock part.
Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]
The 45th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column he talks about the team’s performance at last month IFMAR ISTC World Championships in Burgdorf, Germany.
Arriving home from the official warm-up, we quickly produced some final modifications of the chassis and top deck and a few other minor parts. At the last possible weekend before the Worlds we traveled with Martin, Teemu Leino and Alex Hagberg back to the track. Arriving at the track, we joined the other competing factory teams who also took advantage of last-minute testing time; such is the racing level at the real Worlds, only the traction was different.
Read the full column here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
oOple are reporting that in a closely fought 2wd championship, Tom Cockerill took the overall win in the 2010 BRCA National series at the very last final of the day at the final meeting of the year held at Stotfold yesterday. It wasn’t the way Tom would have liked to take the championship, sitting in the B final and marshalling the A, but Tom got to watch the proceedings. Ellis Stafford would need to win the meeting to snatch it away from Tom and with one win a piece between Ellis and Kevin Lee, it was down to the last leg of the A to decide the overall championship positions. Kevin Lee walked away from the rest to take the victory and this meant the title went to Cockerill and sponsors Schumacher and Speed Passion.
Source: oOple [oople.com]
From new company Blue Lightning come these ABEC 5 quality line of engine bearings. Bearings in engines are extremely important that’s why they’ve released these high grade front engine bearings. With double rubber sealed protection along with a properly formed nylon bearing cage, they make for a supremely reliable bearing time and time again.
Source: Blue Lightning [bluelightningrcproducts.com]
Smokem Racing has announced the release of their new 416FX chassis. Prototypes of the chassis have been successfully piloted by Loic Jasmin and Cyril N’diaye in recent months, with Loic capturing 8th and Cyril finishing 14th at last week’s Touring car Euros in France. The 2.2mm thick chassis has been designed to provide additional flex for improved corner speed in a wide variety of conditions. And like all Smokem chassis, scrubbing during hard cornering is minimized due to its reduced width. By flipping the drive belts, the LiPo is offset further from the chassis centerline, while on the opposite side the servo, receiver and ESC can be shifted further towards the centerline. With both longitudinal and lateral battery tape slots, the Smokem Racing LP chassis accepts all LiPos, with or without humps, without additional retainers that may induce tweak. It is suitable for all TRF416-series including the original TRF416, TRF416 Worlds Edition and the TRF416X.
View the other side of the chassis here
