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May 16, 2010

CRC Rear axle ride height spacers

Pan car racers can now keep that rear ride height fine tuned with these rear ride height spacers from CRC in 0.25 mm increments. Foam tires wear a little bit each and every run, and now with these nice small steps in ride height, you can keep your car passing tech and handling consistently throughout the entire race day. The 1 mm spacers have been coming with CRC 12th and 10th scale car kits for some time now, and now you can properly complete the set. Each of the trees of inserts are sold separately so you can just get the ones you need, or you can get them in a complete set if you don’t have any at all yet, and/or want to use them on a different brand of pan car. Available in 0.25mm, 0.50mm and 0.75mm versions.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

May 16, 2010

Grainger heads qualfiying at BRCA TC Rd1

The 2010 BRCA touring car nationals kicked off yesterday with day one of the Mendip national. Practice was followed by three rounds of qualifying with drivers counting their best three scores on a round by round basis. Defending champion and new dad Chris Grainger got off to a good start and the Schumacher driver holds the overnight lead in the modified class ahead of former World Champion Andy Moore for Hot Bodies in 2nd.

Continue reading the report here

May 16, 2010

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– New XB808 Shock Rubber Membrane Ribbed
– T3 Wins 2010 Swiss Championship R2
– NT1 Wins 1/10 Italian TC Championship R1
– NT1 Wins East German Championship R2
– T3 Wins French TC National Championship R2
– NT1 Wins Trust Hobby Racing XRAY Malaysia Cup R1
– XB808 Wins Danish 1/8 Off-road Nationals R1

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May 15, 2010

1/10th Euro ‘B’ pole position for Mathieu Wullyamoz

Qualifying is over the 2010 European 1/10th scale 200mm ‘B’ Championships in Lostallo, Switzerland and it is French driver Mathieu Wullyamoz that will start tomorrow’s 45 minute main final on pole position. Despite a mostly dry track all day the conditions changed a lot throughout the final 3 qualifying rounds with a lot of drivers improving their times in the last 2 runs of the day.

Continue reading the report here

May 15, 2010

JMRCA adopt control tire for 1/8th buggy Nats

In an interesting move the JMRCA have introduced a control tire for their 1/8th scale buggy Nationals that takes place in October this year. All competitors will be required to use either the Pro-Line Hole Shot or Pro-Line Inside Job. To our knowledge this is the first major National Championship that has adopted a control tire for gas off road, something that has been very successful in Electric touring for many years to keep costs down. A way for the future?

Source: JMRCA [jmrca.jp]

May 15, 2010

Silverstone MCC 1/10th Off Road Extravaganza

The organisers of the 1/10th off road extravaganza at the home of British motorsport, Silverstone, were in touch to inform us about there new 2 day 1/10th off road meeting that runs from the 28th to the 29th of August. Open to 2wd and 4wd electric buggy, alongside the regular racing format there will be a dash for cash event were 10 drivers will be selected at random to race for a chance to win a cash prize. In the evenings there will be live bands, bar and BBQ in a large marquee. Entry for the race is open from the 30th of May and those looking for more information can e-mail the club directly: srcmcc@googlemail.com.

May 15, 2010

X-Factory SCX-60 short course truck

X-Factory are showing off images of the new hand made SCX-60 short course truck which team driver Brian Kinwald has been busy developing. They are made one at a time by Speedy Dad in Phoenix, who is X-Factory Teamer Alex Krieg’s father. He cuts 2 X-60 chassis’ apart and glues them back together to make one longer scx – 60 short course chassis, adding CF reinforcements. The chassis’ come out just as stiff as the originals and no Speedy Dad chassis has broken so far where it was put together. X-Factory got the idea to make these because Speedy Dad had put together numerous chassies for Team testing on various projects, so this was easy for him, the technique was already perfected. Of course Alex had the first one, and he set fastest lap at the 2009 ROAR Nationals with it. They are expensive, the customer must either start with an X-60 donor truck or buy both the chassis and an X-60 Conversion Kit to convert either a T4 or an SC10. Available only from X Factory by e-mail (chazz@4wdrc.com).

View more images of the SCX-60 here

May 15, 2010

CRC Losi XXX-T Short Course conversion

CRC are offering a conversion for the Losi XXX-T to turn them into a SC Truck. The set converts most all XXX-T truck kits from Team Losi, including the Desert Truck & XXX-T CR utilizing carbon fiber chassis extensions that allow you to use your stock rear bottom plate. Using the stock rear bottom plate makes converting any XXX-T a breeze because there will be no complications with the rear arm mounts, transmissions, etc not matching up. RTR’s, MF 1’s, MF 2’s, Desert Trucks, and the newest XXX-T CR’s can all be converted using this setup, however the CR will require you to replace the quick change hubs and axles over to standard type axles.

View more images of the converted chassis here