The AC Raceway in Pusan, South Korea hosted their Championship race last weekend. In the 13.5T Touring Super Stock class it was Park Ki-Jeong (Xray) with the win from Awesomatix driver, Yu Chang-Sun. Park Sung-Kwang (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the 2020 1/10th IC Track British Open was held at the Colchester Model Car Club last weekend. The event saw the running of 200mm Nitro Touring, 220mm, and GT8 classes and after qualifying on the Sunday the fastest qualifying time in 200mm was set by Alex Thurston, Mark Green in 220mm and Glyn Beal in GT8. The 200mm A-final ultimately was won by Alex Thurston from James Conolly in 2nd and Dev Mahatme in 3rd.
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T-Works have announced the release of their new 5mm allen wrench that allows for effortless building, adjustment and maintenance of pivot ball suspensions. The shouldered design ensures that the hex wrench only contacts the pivot ball nut but not the actual pivot ball underneath, providing protection for the suspension balls that are often made of delicate aluminium, ensuring smooth suspension movement. The tool uses T-Works’ lightweight aluminium handle and it is suitable for off-road and on-road pivot ball suspensions alike.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
Danish off-road and on-road frontrunner, Jesper Rasmussen has announced his new deal with ARC to run the company’s popular electric on-road kits. It is understood that Jesper will continue to run Team Associated off-road machinery, however after Team Associated scrapped their on-road program, Jesper had to look for alternatives that he now found in the form of ARC and German distributor LMI Racing. Jesper has the following to say about the deal:
I’m so happy to announce that I have teamed up with LMI-Racing and will be running ARC on-road cars. I will like thank Henrik Heitsch and Stephan Eberding for opportunity to be part of LMI-Racing team. I have been at Arena33 and do some testing over past 3 days, cars is felling great already but still some improvement on driver and car to get maximum out of it.
Made for drag racing converted 2WD short course trucks is Pro-Line’s forthcoming new 1972 Plymouth Barracuda body shell. The iconic body is specifically designed for the growing SC drag racing scene with the ultra-scale lid capturing all the signature details of the iconic ‘Cuda, perfect for no-prep drag racing. It includes an extensive decal sheet with Hemi quarter-panel livery graphics and optional add-on spoiler. To create the most scale look possible, the body is designed with a narrower track width than a traditional SC body. It is a direct fit on the Team Associated DR10, but drag racing converted Traxxas 2WD Slash trucks will require some modifications to fit correctly. The body comes moulded from high-quality polycarbonate material and also includes window masks and overspray film.
Associated Electrics have announced the soon release of new optional parts for the Team Associated DR10 RTR drag race cars. First up is an anti-roll bar set that is a direct fit to the rear end of the vehicle. It includes a thick anti-roll bar wire as well as adjustable mounts and all needed hardware. Also new is an anti-roll bar mounts and steering rod ends set. It includes bar cups, spacers, anti-rill bar caps, mount caps and mount as well as two different rod ends. Both sets are standard equipment on the DR10 Team Kit and optionals for the RTR sets.
Exotek have introduced their new extra long adjustable carbon fibre wheelie bar for the TLR 22 3.0 to 5.0 series cars. The wheelie bar extends from 9.5” to 11.75” – axle to axle – to match your race event rules. The longer bar gives the car more stability, for straighter and faster passes without needing to let off the throttle as often. Owners are also able to finely adjust the wheel height via the 4mm turnbuckle or make large adjustments by adding spacers under the wheel. The wheelie bar is made of heavy duty 3mm carbon fibre with alloy turnbuckles and mounts and includes a ball-raced machined alloy wheel with oversized rubber O-ring tyre. The set fits the 22Vader as well as the stock TLR chassis 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 , nowever not the 1.0 or 2.0 chassis.
The Euro Large Scale Event was held at the Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter track in Fiorano Modenese, Italy last weekend. The race saw the running of Expert, Standard and Rookie 1/5th scale on-road classes and in the Expert category it was Giovanni Verbrugghe with the win in the main final, a lap in front of Marko Grigic in 2nd. Gianmarco Martelli came in 3rd overall to round out the podium result in front of 4th placed Michael Donovan.
Source: GRP [grpgandini.it] | Image: Mini Autodromo Jody Scheckter [minicarfiorano.it]
