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August 6, 2019

Xtreme Racing Project 4X Pro flex battery hold down kit

Following the release of the flex battery hold down kit for the Xray T4, Xtreme Racing now also have a variant for the Serpent Project 4X Pro available. The set replaces the standard battery mounting system and does away with the need to use tape to hold down the battery pack in favour of a quick release system that only lightly tabs the battery pack, resulting in quicker battery swaps and less influence in chassis tweak. The set includes two battery hold downs, two LiPo battery supports and 6 shooter thumb fasteners along all needed mounting hardware.

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August 6, 2019

BRCA Touring Car Nationals Rd4 – Report

The 4th and penultimate round of the BRCA Touring Car Nationals took place this weekend at the crazy fast Cotswolds circuit. In the premier Modified class once again Schumacher’s Olly Jefferies was battling it out with Xray’s Elliott Harper, with Team Associated’s Zak Smith also in the mix this weekend. Elliott took TQ and the win in both legs with Olly a 3rd and a 2nd in the finals giving him 3rd overall tied with Zak Smith.

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August 6, 2019

Pawel Staszewski TQs & wins at Polish On-road Nats

The Polish On-road Nationals were held in Nowy Sacz last weekend in several electric and nitro on-road classes. In Touring Spec 13.5T it was Pawel Staszewski with a clean sweep after the qualifiers, taking all four rounds for the overall TQ and pole position. Jakub Klapacz came in 2nd from Lukasz Mach in 3rd. The finals then again were pretty much smooth sailing for Pawel who took wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory while 4th place qualifier, Krystian Kopacki snatched the runner-up spot from Jakub Klapacz who rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

August 6, 2019

Tamiya TB-05 aluminium centre driveshafts

Coming from Tamiya and made for the shaft-driven TB-05 touring car are two aluminium centre driveshaft kits. First up is a set for front motor converted cars that include 42mm and 90mm centre shafts while the rear motor specific kit includes a single 133mm centre shaft. All are made of high-quality aluminium with the blue anodising improving wear resistance and looks. Included with the driveshafts come steel gearbox input shafts and and all needed hardware. Using the shafts over the original dogbone construction will reduce weight and slop for greatly increased drivetrain efficiency. Both sets will become available by end of September.

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August 5, 2019

Tim Wood wins BRCA 1/8th IC Track Nationals Rd7

Brooklands circuit in Kent hosted round 7 of the BRCA 1/8th IC Track Championship this past weekend. Weather conditions were favourable with no rain and Saturday saw a number of new and younger drivers attending which was great to see. The main final saw a battle between Mark Green, Tim Wood and David Spashett. Tim and Mark had a good battle up front whilst Dave was picking his way up the order after starting from 11th after a time delay. Wood passed Mark to take the lead early on, and at the chequered flag the result was 1st and fastest lap for Tim Wood, 2nd Mark Green, and 3rd David Spashett. The next race is the Halifax British Open later this month.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 5, 2019

Belgian Electric On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Belgian Electric On-road nationals was held at the fast and flowing track of the MAC De Baanbrekers club in Rucphen this past weekend. Most drivers already arrived on Saturday for the open practices and in the Touring Stock class, Vincent Van Gansen was just 0.2 seconds shy of the track record whereas both Olivier Bultynck and Florian Joos slightly improved Florian’s 13.950 track record so Sunday’s racing promised to be exciting. Q1 of Touring Modified was a bit of a bombshell when Florian Joos smashed the track record to an astonishing 13.775 and the first 22 lapper in the history of the track. His new Xray prototype car seemed to be ideally suited for the track. Newly crowned European Stock Champion, Olivier Bultynck wasn’t far off with his Awesomatix as he too scored an amazingly fast 13.869 lap time. With new tyres, his pace over 5 minutes was a bit slower though. Mitchell Van Es, who was running his older electronics and batteries wasn’t far off, but couldn’t quite keep up on this power hungry track.

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August 5, 2019

Hudy FWD pre-cut slick tyre set

Coming from Hudy and made for the growing front wheel drive 1/10th touring car class is a 4-piece set of pre-glued tyres. They feature a semi-slick tread for good traction and side bite and they come pre-glued on black multi-spoke rims, offering cook looks. The directional tyres include suitable inserts and they are usable for both asphalt and carpet racing.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

August 5, 2019

Jeff Hamon takes double Queensland State Champs title

The 2019 Queensland State Championships were held at England Park Model Raceway in Brisbane, Australia last weekend. Jeff Hamon took the overall TQ in the 1/8th IC Track class from Steven Jovanovic in 2nd. After the half hour long A-main it was again Jeff who came out on top, taking the Queensland State title in front of Steven on the runner-up spot and Andrew Gillespie in 3rd.

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