The 3rd round of the combined Belgium / Dutch championship was held on recently on the clay track of MAC Vlijmen in the Netherlands. In 4WD it was Stefan Mesker who took home the trophy with his X5 Squared, closely followed by touring car ace Nick Joosens, who is really getting more and more used to driving his CAT over the jumps and bumps of the off-road tracks he now faces. Local hero Tom van Drunen took home a well deserved 3rd place with his B44.
Racers Edge have developed these new aluminium rear hubs to fit the Associated B4, B44, T4, and SC10. Based on the stock B44 4wd buggy hubs, they have a larger outside bearing for increased performance and bearing longevity, while a set screw holds the hingepin in place with access from the bottom. With four possible vertical ballstud locations for increased setup adjustments, these blocks are designed to add 1/2 degree rear toe in. Available in hard silver color, they have been CNC machined for accuracy, and laser engraved with degrees and L or R for left or right sides.
Source: Racers Edge [racers-edge.com]
Protoform were in contact to inform us of a milestone event that happened at last months Reedy Race of Champions in California. For approximately 10 years now every winner of every world class electric sedan event has seen the A-Main winning car donning some sort of Dodge Stratus or Mazda 6 style of race body. This decade old winning streak seems to have finally ended as Ronald Volker not only TQ’ed but won the RROC using a body that looked more like that of a Lexus IS-F. This year’s Reedy USA event was the first major event for the recently introduced Protoform LTC-R race body. Hupo Honigl backed up the bodies performance by finishing an excellent 4th place overall. Ronald’s big win at the Reedy Race is in fact something that’s starting to look like a bit of a tradition when it comes to the debuting of all-new Protoform sedan bodies. Barry Baker debuted the game changing Protoform Mazda 6 at the Reedy Race in Thailand with a win in 2004 and a couple of years later Craig Drescher won the Reedy Race in southern California while debuting the then all-new Protoform Dodge Stratus 3.0 race body.
Source: Protoform [prolineracing.com]
Answer-RC have released complete 1/10th bearing sets for the Associated B4 & B44 as well as X-Factory X-6. After much testing to find the best bearings for 1/10th scale Answer-RC are confident they have succeeded. All the bearings used in each of the sets use one rubber seal to keep the dirt out and one metal shield to maintain high rpm, while a special lubricant package help the free rotation of the quality ABEC 5 bearings. Sold in complete sets of 14pcs (B4), 16pcs (X-6) and 18pcs (B44).
Source: Answer-RC [answer-rc.com]
The 3rd Annual Reedsburg Rumble, an event that brings the top racers from throughout Wisconsin and surrounding areas took place this past weekend under extremely cloudy and rainy conditions. Mother nature played her part in the Rumble this weekend teasing us Friday with picture perfect weather only to take it away and replace it with clouds, cold and light rain all day. Even though the forecast called for rain all day Saturday almost 100 drivers showed up for the annual event. Due to the forecast of heavy rain for the day, we started the day very early with a 9am start time, this early start was the key to us getting 99% of the event in. As the day progressed, a light drizzle fell on us for most of the day which made for a bit of a cold atmosphere but it actually worked to the racers benefit as the track was the absolute best you could hope for. Not muddy at all, just damp and full of traction.
Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the Dutch 1/8th scale Nationals run at the MACH in Heemstede. Every Dutch national held on this track for the last 3 years were in wet conditions and this time around the weather forecast predicted the same again for Sunday. The forecast seemed to have been wrong and the day started with nice weather running all 3 rounds of heats in dry conditions. In the NK it was Rick V taking pole followed by Jordy Blok, John Ermen and the last direct finalist was new Shepherd driver Rik Veenma. In the NOMAC it was Gunther van Staey taking the pole followed by Steven Cuypers, Richard Keur and Nico Boeren.
Xray now offers lightweight CNC-machined diff outdrive adapters for the XB808 Active Diff. Made from Hudy spring steel, the outdrives have been strategically machined to be lighter than the standard outdrive adapters. CNC-machined on precision German long-turn machines, they are additionally ground and strategically lightened to reduce rotating weight, then further hardened to ensure maximum strength and extra-long lifespan. Final precision hand-grinding ensures a very high tolerance to ensure an ultra-smooth tight fit in the diff body and diff gear. Sold in a set of 2.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Vampire Racing have announced the introduction of 3 new products. First up is this LiPo-Safe bag, a must have and often compulsory item, for safely charging your LiPo battery packs at the track. Next up are a pack of eight 4mm gold plugs, which fit perfectly in your Vampire Racing, as well as other brand, LiPo batteries. Lastly, they have also released packs with 12 or 48 of their high performance 3/32″ ceramic diff balls, providing the best performance and quality for your differentials.
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