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October 31, 2024

ROAR announces 2025 Nationals Calendar

ROAR, the the sanctioning body for RC racing in the United States & Canada, has announced the track locations and dates for its 2025 National Championships. While a suitable venue for the 1:8 Onroad Nitro Nationals is still being sought, the 2025 Nationals will kick off with the 1:10 Onroad Carpet Nationals at 360 RC Raceway in New Rochelle, New York, which is home to the annual MonTech NYGP. Later in the same month Amain will host the 1:8 Electric Offroad Nationals at it track in California. Next up it will be the 1:10 Offroad Nationals which will be hosted by Hoosier RC Hobbyplex in Indiana in May. June will see the turn of 1:8 Nitro Offroad drivers to battle it out for National honours as they travel to the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Texas. In August the 1:10 Carpet Offroad Nationals will take drivers to Iowa to the Island Speedway Offroad facility. Set to wrap up the National Calendar in October, CenCal Speedway in Fresno, California, will decide the 1:10 Onroad Paved National titles.

View official 2025 calendar here

October 31, 2024

Yanagisaw joins Power HD

Front running Japanese electric onroad racer Yoshiyasu Yanagisaw has been announced as the newest team signing by servo manufacturer Power HD. A podium finisher at the 1:12 World Championship and also a Touring Car podium finisher at the JMRCA National Championships, the factory Xpress team driver will use Power HD’s direct mount servo S15-XP in his touring car while choosing their M8H pan car servo for his 1:12 campaign.

Source: PowerHD [chd.hk]

October 30, 2024

Capricorn GT5 RS Special Wheel Nut

Following on from the release of the their first entry in to the large scale market with the release of the GT5 RS Touring Car, Italy’s Capricorn has produced new ultra light special wheel nuts intended for 1:5 racing. With anti-unscrewing system and safety grub screws, each nut is machined from Ergal 7075 material.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

October 29, 2024

WIRC GT4E-R1 1:8 Electric GT Chassis

Having released their latest 1:8 GT Nitro chassis back in July, Italian Onroad and Offroad chassis manufacturer WIRC Racing has released the electric version of the kit, the GT4E-R1. The new car, which the team’s offroad star Marco Baruffolo spent the weekend testing ahead the brand’s ‘Master Cup’ race event at its own WIRC Arena track, has had the weight distribution optimised and features 11 mm lower front and rear suspension for better stability and responsive handling. The car’s battery mount has been improved getting a new battery stop.

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October 29, 2024

Menicucci announces Xray departure

Long time Xray driver and top Italian Electric Touring Car racer Alessio Menicucci has announced his departure from the Slovakian manufacturer. Posting the announcement on Facebook, the reigning Italian National Champion who was a regular on the international tour said, ‘After 13 years I have to announce that from now on I will no longer be part of Team Xray. We have taken away many satisfactions, we have had many disappointments, we have won and we have lost, always giving 100%. I must especially thank all my teammates for sharing beautiful days and many laughs together, Martin Hudy for having trust in me, Francesco Martini for being my mentor, Fabio Domanin for his unconditional support and support. Thank you very much. The friendships created will go beyond the color of the shirt we wear. I’m looking forward to discover what the future brings, but I already know that I will continue to give 100%.’

Source: Alessio Menicucci [Facebook]

October 29, 2024

ONE Clutch Spring Adjustment Tool

Continuing it release of specialist engine tools following its engine maintenance tool kit, ONE, the engine brand of chassis manufacturer Capricorn, has released this Clutch Spring Adjustment Tool. The new tool allows you to adjust the spring preload. Also new from Capricorn is a new 3×2.5 screw set has a special, more pronounced thread, specific for gear shoes. It is compatible with 1:10, 1:8 Onroad and 1:8 GT models with the new screw set now to be included with all their assembly kits.

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October 29, 2024

MR33 1:12 Wheel Arch Cutting Tool

New from Marc Rheinard’s MR33 brand is this Wheel Arch Cutting Tool intended for 1:12 bodies. With the simple and inexpensive template you can quickly and easily mark the wheel cut-outs on your 1:12 Pan Car and 1:12 GT bodies. The template is 3D printed from very robust material and has the well-known MR33 logo in the centre. You can mark the front and rear wheel arches by using the inner or outer edge of the template when marking. The tool is optimised for use of the Edding 404 permanent marker.

View marking options here

October 28, 2024

Parker wins BRCA 1:12 Nationals opener

The 2024/25 BRCA 1:12 National Championship kicked off over the weekend with Schumacher’s Louis Parker taking the win. While defending champion Ollie Payne was absent due to the clashing Masters of Foam race in Belgium, the first race of the 9-round British championship attracted 44 drivers to the West Bridgford Model Car Club hosted event. In the FTD format qualifying it was Sam Coult who secured the TQ after four rounds with his Schumacher ahead of Parker with Awesomatix’s Mark Stiles completing the Top 3. With a single A-Main, Parker would get passed Coult to win the 8-minute encounter by 6/10th of a second with Stiles maintaining third a further 2-seconds back.

Image: Schumacher [Facebook]