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November 17, 2009

Factory Team Machined Delrin Tapered Shock pistons

Designed to fit perfectly in Team Associated’s 16mm big bore shocks, these Factory Team precision-machined tapered Delrin pistons have been extensively track tested and race proven by AE’s racing team over the course of the 2009 season. These pistons, packaged in sets of four, are perfectly suited for use in the RC8B and RC8e thanks to the more progressive damping characteristics provided by the 10×1.1mm-hole pattern. Additionally the tapered profile improves rebound damping to optimize handling in all conditions.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

November 17, 2009

Cavalieri does JBRL Nitro Series Double

The Jimmy Babcock Racing League has become the premiere racing series in Southern California consisting of eight rounds of action at famous facilities like Thunder Alley in Beaumont, Revelation Raceway in Montclair and concluding at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus. The opening event at Thunder Alley saw record crowds with over 350 entries for the one day event and entrants from as far as Canada in attendance. A foreshadowing of the series played out at this event with a battle between Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri and Cody King. Throughout the series, Cavalieri and King battled for supremacy and the ever critical bonus TQ point. With seven round complete, the stage was set for a winner take all scenario at the 8th round. Heading in to the final round, Cavalieri had already sewn up the 1/8th Pro Truggy title but was tied with King for the 1/8th Pro Buggy title. With King securing the TQ position and bonus point, the pressure was on Cavalieri to win the “A” main event. A quick start from King made Cavalieri push hard to keep up, but as the race wore on Cavalieri ascended to the lead position and never looked back taking the victory at the final round and the overall 1/8th Pro Buggy title.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

November 16, 2009

Protoform R5-N 200mm body shell

Protoform have announced the immediate release of the all new R5-N 200mm gas sedan race body. Gas sedan bodies require numerous openings to be cut in the roof area to enable cooling and fuel filling and thus the bodies tend to become aerodynamically ‘dirty’ and inefficient. Protoform has designed a body to minimize the net drag losses caused by these openings. The unique side windows as well as the rear window contours enhance the efficiency of the linear airflow into and out of the body. Every feature, including the large rear wing, is within EFRA/ROAR/200mm Global Body Spec dimensions. The enlarged wing struts allow for the use of larger screws for quicker trackside adjustments and the center strut adds stability. Made to fit all the popular 200mm gas chassis this body is pulled in .030 lexan and is supplied with protective covering, decal sheet, window masks and wing hardware.

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November 16, 2009

East Coast Bodies D8 Alpha shell

East Coast Bodies have released their new ‘Alpha design series’ 1/8 Off Road body shells, starting with this version for the World Champion Hot Bodies D8 buggy. The new ‘Alpha’ design D8 shell features improvements to the top end of the body with a low curve which give you a much smoother handling together with a newly implemented ‘Vortex Generator’ that provides a great look and actually improves downforce at high speed and on jumps.

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November 16, 2009

EFRA release their 2010 Race calendar

EFRA 2008 Approved Muffler list

EFRA have released their race calendar for 2009 and it looks to be another busy summer next year as they have managed to squeeze 8 European Championships, running alongside 3 World Championships, into the months of July and August. The season starts early with back to back championships at the end of February, beginning of March, with the Indoor TC euros in Finland, followed a week later by the 1/12th EC in Birmingham. The first EC ‘B’ championships kick off in Lostallo in the middle of May for 1/10th 200mm, followed 2 weeks later with the 1/8th scale on road ‘B’s in Monaco, and then another 2 week gap to bring us to mid June and the 1/8th buggy Euro B’s in Spain. The 1/8th scale on road A champs kick of the mid summer madness in Italy with the 1/12th Worlds in Germany starting on the Sunday of that event and running into the EP Touring car Worlds the weekend after, which happens to clash with the 1/8th buggy Euros in Portugal. Then the week after you have the beginning of 3 weeks of 1/5th scale Euros, in the meantime the Worlds for 200mm will be run in Houston. The week following that event is the Euros for Electric Touring in France, with a one week gap and then back to back Euros for 200mm in Sweden and EP buggy in Austria. The World championship for 1/8th buggy completes the major races, taking part in Thailand in mid November. The late decision to run the Electric track World championships appears to have really clogged up the calendar, clashing with two major events. Normally EFRA would not run a European Championship for a class where Europe has the WC, yet the 1/12th and TC Euros will still take place, further increasing the number of events.

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November 15, 2009

Shinnosuke Ogino wins JMRCA Sports class Nationals

The JMRCA Japanese Touring car nationals for Sport class took place this weekend at the Indoor Yatabe Arena. With 105 drivers in attendance, this is a very competitive class and it was Shinnosuke Ogino that took the pole position with a perfect score of 6 first places from 6 qualifying rounds, with Kutsuna Zyuniti in 2nd ad Muta Hironari in 3rd. In the finals it was Kutsuna that opened with a win as the pole man had a bad race and ended the leg in 9th. In the 2nd leg it was female racer Winter Toki that took the win from 8th on the grid, with Ogino claiming a 2nd spot and keeping his hopes of the overall win alive. In the final leg Ogino went one better and took the win to seal the title from Toki in 2nd, who had the same points but lost on a tie break, with Hironari claiming 3rd.

Source: JMRCA [jmrca.jp]

November 15, 2009

Acorn Racing 12V DC power supply

Acorn Racing has just sent us a sneak preview of their new prototype 12V DC power supply. This prototype was said to go through 5 design changes before the confirmation of this current piece. The digital meter on the face shows the total amperage that connected equipment is drawing and it has 2 standard outputs compared to the single output that is normally seen in the market. This power supply comes with a reverse polarity protection and it is said to be strong enough to power a tyre truer for the 1/8 scale. ABS material was chosen for the casing over anodized aluminium due to the scratch resistance nature. Expect more information following its official in December.

Source: Acorn Racing [acornracing.com]

November 15, 2009

MicroCute Q2 1/18 4wd chassis

The new MicroCute Q2 is a unique 1/18 micro-sized, belt-drive 4WD model racing car. The Q2 claims to offer high performance, responsive handling and exceptional MicroCute quality, engineering and design. Based on the legendary old first design platform, MicroCute presents the improved and refined Q2, redesigned with high-performance racing in mind. The Q2 progressive design embodies an enhanced driving experience, with its purpose-built performance chassis, unique MF Technology top deck, externally-adjustable ball diffs and race-oriented wheel mounting system.

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