September 15, 2010
…the Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire Sedan and Modified Class. Modified Rubber Tire Sedan A-Main 1. Atsushi Hara – HB TCX 2. Marc Rheinard 3. Ronald Volker 4. Paul LeMieux 5. Viktor Wilck 6. Keven Hebert 7. Juho Levanen 8. Rick Hohwart 9. Josh Cyrul 10. Andy Moore – HB TCX Super Stock 17.5 Rubber Tire A-Main 1. Atsushi Hara – HB TCX 2. Mike Haynes 3. Ty Tessman – HB TCX 4. EJ Evans 5. Keven Hebert 6. Yukijiro Umino 7. Brad Johnson 8. Steven Rossi 9. Dustin Layne 10. Andy Moore – HB TCX Source: Hot Bodies [hotbodiesonline.com]…
August 30, 2010
…with close to 100 drivers attending. The event held three race classes, 1/10 EP Touring, 1/10 GP, and 1/8 On-road. With drivers coming from all over China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, it was one of the largest on-road races in China this year. Mugen driver JJ Wang, powered by Murnan Modified Novarossi, won the 1/8 on-road class, while Xray driver Samuel Chiu of Hong Kong won the 1/10 GP Touring class. Race Fuel was provided by Nitro X. Finally China’s top EP driver Wang Hai Feng won the 1/10 EP class with his HB TCX Source: RC Fans [rcfans.com]…
August 18, 2010
New from Hot Bodies for their TCX touring car is this optional bulkhead and motor mount set. Made from 7075 aluminium the new material used to manufacture these heavy duty parts make them a lot stronger and stiffer than the originals without adding any extra weight. Source: Hot Bodies [hotbodiesonline.net]…
August 17, 2010
More new optional parts for the Hot Bodies TCX with the release of this new line of spur gears. Made by Xenon Racing in Japan these 64P light weight and smooth running spur gears are made to the highest tolerances and are a direct fit for the car. HB have also release a new 20T centre oneway pulley set which gives another setup option to help tweak your car to various track conditions. Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]…
August 12, 2010
New from Hot Bodies for their TCX touring car chassis are these two new performance enhancing optionals. First up is the front one way set, which is supplied with everything to convert your standard spool including oneway axle, pulley and outdrives. A great part to help fine tune your cars set up to different tracks and conditions. The other option part is this lightweight and durable aluminium differential outdrive set to improve the performance of the standard rear ball diff. Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]…
May 23, 2010
Atsushi Hara has won the opening leg of the A-Main here at a sun soaked MACH. The Hot Bodies driver used the ‘horse power’ of his GM powered Hot Bodies to work his way from fourth on the grid to snatch the race win from Marc Rheinard 3 laps from the end of the final. The former Touring Car World Champion said he knew his only chance of overtaking was going to be on the main straight and that’s what he did. Having changed to thicker shock oil on his new TCX chassis for today’s very hot track conditions, the…
May 17, 2010
Having previously shown you the first images of this new car, Hot Bodies have released full details on their all new TCX electric touring car kit. The new narrow bulkhead design coupled with an elongated upper camber link centralizes the weight allowing the chassis to flex and improve handling. Chassis weight distribution is 50/50 keeping racers from having to add weights to balance the car. Less weight equals greater acceleration and reduces breaking distance. The end result is a car that carries maximum corner speed. Features: – 50/50 centralized chassis weight distribution optimizes chassis balance and improves handling – Centralized…
