Fenix have introduced new carbon fibre front end plates that allow to run CRC-style front suspensions with the G56 pan car kits. The lower suspension and upper connection plate are machined from high-quality carbon fibre with the lower plate also allowing to use other “old school” 8-32 UNC screw front ends with the G56 car. All parts are available from now on.
Axon have announced the release of their new X9 series ball bearing kit for the Tamiya TC-01 electric 4WD on-road chassis. The set includes high-quality ultra-low-friction ball races to ensure very low natural drivetrain drag for improved acceleration, longer run times and overall better performance. The bearings come pre-oiled with Axon’s lightweight bearing oil and they are available from now on.
Source: Axon [team-axon.com]
Arrowmax have introduced their new hexagonal droop gauge for 1/10th on-road applications. The compact appearance is inspired by Arrowmax’s very own honeycomb signature design. The tool consists of the actual droop gauge that offers a 3.6mm to 7.0mm droop range in 0.2mm steps and the gauge is machined from aluminium and comes anodised in black and golden colours.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Round 7 and 8 of the Swiss MC Best Series was held in Sitterdorf last weekend in perfect weather conditions. The event saw the running of 1/10th and 1/8th IC Track classes with round 7, being held on Saturday, being won by Ales Hajdekr who lead the 1/8th scale class from Ruedi Scherer and Beat Heiniger. Nick Zünd came in 4th overall.
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The AC Raceway in Pusan, South Korea hosted their Championship race last weekend. In the 13.5T Touring Super Stock class it was Park Ki-Jeong (Xray) with the win from Awesomatix driver, Yu Chang-Sun. Park Sung-Kwang (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Coming from T-Works is their new compact hardcase parts bag. The zipped container measures 27x21x9cm and it allows to carry a variety of accessories, spares, tools, electronics, engines or more with the sturdy design ensuring protection to the internals. The outside is of a carbon fibre design for cool looks with a red zipper adding spots of colour. White T-Works logos and a robust carrying handle round out the package.
Round 1 of the Turkish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was hosted by the Lüleburgaz Yıldızlar RC track recently. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Alain Sarafyan who lead an Xray 1-2-3 with Can Soykal and Ömer Şahin coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the E-Buggy class it was again Alain with the win as Bora Mumcu (TLR) and İlker Alarçin (Mugen) completed the top 3 result.
RC Madness of Enfield, Connecticut will play host to the Schumacher US GP 2020 on August 15th and 16th. The event will see the running of 2WD and 4WD Modified and Stock classes as well as Open 2WD SCT and Stadium Truck racing with Schumacher spec tyres being mandatory for all classes. Signup and more details are available here.
