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December 10, 2018

Daniel Carlsson wins at MSEC Rd3

Round three of the MSEC cup was held in Åtvidaberg in the middle of Sweden, this past weekend. In the Touring 13.5T class it was Buggy ace Elias Johansson who set the pace in the qualifiers. Only 0.7s off was team mate Daniel Carlsson and lining up 3rd on the grid was Marcus von Elling. In the finals Elias Johansson had some hard times when grip came up that added to some electronic problems. Daniel Carlsson took full advantage of this and brought home the win in A1 and A2. Before A3 the remainder of the podium was still quite open and Elias Johansson took the win in front of Markus von Elling, so the overall result was Daniel Carlsson (Team Associated) taking the win in front of Marcus von Elling (Xray) and rounding out podium was Elias Johansson (Team Associated).

Thanks to Daniel Carlsson for the update.

December 8, 2018

Prümper tops EWS International after Saturday

Saturday’s action at the 2018 EWS International concluded with Infinity’s Yannic Prümper atop the ranking lists in the Modified class. The German had started off the day with a second place in the opening qualifier, and backed that up with a TQ run in the evening’s Q3 round. Describing how the whole Infinity team had improved throughout the weekend, the multi-time podium-finisher at the event said that it had “started pretty bad, but we worked together and found pace again”. He won’t make any changes to his IF14 for tomorrow, but will use the free practice round scheduled in the morning to run in his second set of race tyres.

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December 7, 2018

Bittydesign JP8HR 190mm touring car body shell

Bittydesign from Italy have introduced their new JP8HR 190mm touring car body shell. Building on the success of the popular JP8 body, the JP8HR offers the same ultra high downforce design but with improved mid-corner rotation for even faster cornering, all without compromising rear end stability. The body will excel on asphalt and carpet surfaces and it especially comes in handy on ETS and CRC-clad tracks. The lid is moulded from high-quality 0.75mm Lexan polycarbonate, it meets the 90g ETS rule and comes including stickers, window masks and wing mounting hardware.

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December 7, 2018

Sunpadow sign Olly Jefferies

Sunpadow continue to bolster up their factory team with high-class drivers, with the latest addition being multi-time BRCA national champion, Olly Jefferies. The Schumacher driver maintained a clean sweep record in the 2018 nationals season and he will be using Sunpadow LiPo batteries from now on while also helping with R&D and marketing in Europe.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

December 7, 2018

Arena Protoform D9 wing mount

Adding to their already released 3-D-printed wing mounts for for touring car body shells such as the Protoform Type-S, Mon-Tech Racer and Bittydesign JP8, is Arena RC Racing’s new Protoform D9 wing mount. The insert was designed to reinforce the wing stay area for improved durability in crashes while also helping with downforce as both the body and wing can be more securely fastened. The mounts come as pairs and their honeycomb design ensures a low overall weight.

Source: Arena RC Racing [facebook.com]

December 7, 2018

Highest D1000 Pro HV servo

Coming soon from Highest is the new D1000 Pro HV standard-size servo. Housed in an all-aluminium case with a heatsink middle section, the servo is usable with 6.0V to 7.4V input and it is able to pull up to 15.1kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.08s. It weighs in at 75.3g and comes with an all-black receiver wire for Pro looks.

Source: Highest [highestrc.com]

December 7, 2018

Traxxas VR46 Fiesta ST & LaTrax VR46 Rally RTR

Traxxas have introduced their new VR46 Fiesta ST and LaTrax VR46 Rally RTR kits as part of a cooperation with Valentino Rossi, known to his fans as “The Doctor”, recognised around the world as one of the greatest MotoGP racers in history with nine Grand Prix World Championships under his belt. The 1/10th scale VR46 Fiesta ST is specially tuned with a low centre of gravity chassis and oil-filled Ultra Shocks to be agile on the track. When the pavement ends, its full-time 4WD, long-travel suspension, and rally-bred tyres dig in for ultra-fast bumper-to-bumper racing action. The powerful Titan 550 motor muscles his driver to the front of the pack and waterproof electronics allow authentic all-weather racing.

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December 7, 2018

T-Works BD9 foam bumpers

T-Works have introduced the soon release of new front bumper foams for the Yokomo BD9 touring car. Available as standard and extra hard variant, both offer exceptional chassis and body protection, however it is understood that they differ in weight, allowing to simply fine-tune the chassis’s weight bias.

View the extra hard foam bumper here