March 3, 2020

Rêve D RWD drift car shock springs

Rêve D have announced the soon release of their new shock springs specifically designed for the use with RWD drift cars. Carefully chosen materials, heat treatment, diameters and winding methods result in exceptional controllability, side bite and traction, with the design of the springs allowing to use them in a standard setting or “upside down” in order to fine-tune the car’s behaviour. The springs will become available as separate sets and also as an all-in-one combo package including a storage box.

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March 3, 2020

Tamiya TT-02 Type-SR 4WD touring car

Coming soon from Tamiya is their new TT-02 Type-SR 4WD electric touring car kit. A bolstered-up variant of their ultra-popular and long-running TT-02 platform, the kit will include several performance-oriented optionals such as a hard composite tub chassis, rear suspension mounts with inserts, front double joint driveshafts, lightweight rear driveshafts, fluid-filled gear differentials with front diff lock-out, carbon reinforced C-hubs and rear uprights as well as lightweight hex mounting hardware. The kit will hit stores in April.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]

March 3, 2020

Frederik Brolos Mikkelsen takes Danish Superstock title

The final round of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Tolls over the weekend. The Touring Superstock class saw Frederik Brolos Mikkelsen (Awesomatix) taking the overall TQ from Xray’s Casper Lund in 2nd and Soren Boy Holst (Gizmo) in 3rd. The opening A-main saw the top 3 crossing the finish line in starting order while A2 was won by Casper in front of Soren as Frederik scored a DNF. With a win in A3 Frederik then put things straight again as it allowed him to take the overall from Casper in 2nd and Soren in 3rd. With the win at round 3 Frederik made it a complete sweep in the championship with three TQs and wins and thus the overall title.

Image: Frederik Brolos Mikkelsen

March 3, 2020

Mugen MTX7 O.S. 12TG clutch spring

Coming from Mugen and made for the MTX7 1/10th 200mm nitro touring car is a clutch spring specially developed for the use with O.S. TG12 engines. Softer than the standard kit spring the new TG12 specific variant will allow for a smooth and reliable clutch engagement when using O.S. Engine’s popular TG12 sports line engine. The spring is a direct fit and it will hit stores this March.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

March 3, 2020

Fenix Ferrari T4 formula body shell

Fenix Racing are busy adding more classic 1970’s Formula 1 body shells to their line up with the 1979 Ferrari T4 being the latest introduction. The faithfully recreated body shell depicts the car campaigned by Jody Scheckter and Gilles Villeneuve, the latter using it in his epic battle with René Arnoux during the French GP. The body is moulded from high-quality polycarbonate material, it fits all Tamiya F103 and F104W style chassis, besides other or course, and it is available from now on.

Source: Fenix [fenixracingshop.com]

March 3, 2020

Florian Joos wins at Longwy Winter Series finale

The final round of the Longwy Winter Series was held over the weekend with the hosting club once again providing a nice and challenging layout with the track for the final round being a pretty fast one. In Touring Stock Expert it was Florian Joos with the overall TQ from Joe Streff and Nicolas Delisé. Florian went on to win A1 and A2, however he had to withstand a lot of pressure from both Nicolas and Joe. Nevertheless Florian took the overall win, even with a tweaked car as his mechanic put some suspension inserts in the wrong way. Behind Florian Joe and Nicolas came in 2nd and 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 3, 2020

2019/20 Mibosport Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend, once again attracting a very healthy field of over 200 drivers for the electric on-road and off-road classes. The event was a special one for the overall championships as to make things more interesting, the organisers decided to serve more points than usual on the final encounter, ensuring all drivers were pushing really hard as nothing was set in stone in the overall rankings going into the final round. Beside the usual suspects the final round attracted some special names, mainly in the off-road classes, such as Jörn Neumann, who found the way to the Czech Republick after a long time as did young and very talented Jessica Palsson from Sweden. However, starting with the on-road classes and in Touring Modified, Oliver Havranek was the man to beat. But it was not smooth sailing for him. Matej Sulc held the TQ spot after the qualifiers but in the end Matej wasn’t able to fend off Oliver who brought home the win from Matej in 2nd. Petr Grof secured P3, Kuba Simurda came in 4th and Martin Kratochvil finished in 5th.

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March 2, 2020

Schumacher Atom 2 carbon fibre chassis

Schumacher have introduced a new carbon fibre chassis for the Atom 2 GT12 car. The main plate offers more flex and durability compared to the standard steel chassis, making it a great tuning option for low and medium grip tracks. At 65g, the carbon fibre chassis is also 138g lighter than the standard steel chassis.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

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