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April 23, 2018

BRCA Touring Car Nationals Rd1 – Report

The BRCA National Electric Touring Car season kicked off at the weekend at the very popular Cotswolds track. After many seasons racing with the Sorex control tyre this year the series has switched to the Sweep tyre, but apart from the change of tyre it was business as usual for the top UK racers. Joining the domestic field for 2018 was Alexander Hagberg who was fresh from his recent ETS win in Spain. Three classes were up for grabs, Modified, 13.5 boosted and 13.5 blinky and 110 drivers lined up for round one of qualifying early Sunday morning. In Modified Olly Jefferies was out to defend his title while Elliott Harper and Chris Grainer looked to end a domestic drought that saw neither of them win a UK national in 2017, Kyle Branson and Alexander Hagberg were also on hand and looking for their first UK national wins.

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April 23, 2018

Yeah Racing YD2 series alloy front bulkhead

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Yokomo YD2 series of drift cars is an aluminium front bulkhead. The item is machined from high-quality alloy and is a drop fit with the YD2 and YD2S. The 2-piece bulkhead comes black anodised for wear and looks and it features machined silver edge details to match the remainder of Yeah Racing’s YD2 series option parts.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

April 23, 2018

Arrowmax Graphene Pro 8200 & 6200mAh LiPo packs

Arrowmax have introduced two new Graphene Pro series competition LiPo battery packs in the form of the 8200mAh TC and 6200mAh TC low-profile battery. Both are made from high-quality 65C/130C cells with the 8200mAh variant being 25.1mm high at a weight of 320g while the 6200mAh low-profile pack offers a lower height of 22.5mm at a weight of 288g. The standard voltage 7.4V batteries both offer an extremely low internal resistance for maximised voltage output and they are available now.

View the 6200mAh battery here

April 20, 2018

Xpress Execute XQ1 carbon upper bumper plate

Xpress have introduced a carbon fibre bumper support plate for the Execute XQ1 and the forthcoming XQ1S touring car. The part is machined from high-quality cabin fibre and it is a direct replacement for the standard moulded composite item. Included beside the upper plate are also suitable bushings and mounting hardware.

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April 20, 2018

T-Works MBX-series aluminium wheel hubs

T-Works have introduced a range of lightweight aluminium wheel nuts for the Mugen MBX series of buggies and GT cars. The wheel hex adapters are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and they come hard-coated for wear. Excessive machining greatly reduces the overall weight for lower rotational masses while adding a bit of visual impact at the same time. The wheel hubs are available as a 4-piece 0mm offset set and also as 2-piece +1mm or +2mm sets that help to increase the track width when conditions call for it. All three types are usable with kits such as the MBX8, MBX7/R, MGT7 and MBX6.

View the +1mm and +2mm sets here

April 19, 2018

Leo Arnold sweeps French 200mm Nats Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the French 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Nationals was held at the famous Ampuis track. The track offers a mixture of slow and fast corners with technical sections and a nice and flowing layout. The year the nats use a 4-minute rocket rounds format for qualifying and it was Leo Arnold who would take the overall TQ from Michael Derderian and Kevin Rasquin with the top 2 drivers proceed directly into the 45-minute A-main. Leo Arnold (Xray) would start from pole position into the final and he would hold onto the lead for the whole race to take the win some two laps in front of Capricorn’s Quentin Leroux. Behind the two Michael Derderian (Xray) had quite a comeback after suffering a flame-out at the start of the A-main to finish on the final podium spot. Leo and Michael were also the only two pilots to opt for two tyre stops whereas the remainder of the A-main only did one stop for new rubber.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 19, 2018

Contact Grip-R rubber tyre additive

Schumacher have introduced the new Contact Grip-R, a specially formulated tyre additive for rubber tyres for both carpet and tarmac conditions. It is a thin-style additive which is very good in low to medium traction conditions. Thinner additives have been finding favour on tarmac on the new style rubber tyres such as the Rush 32/36 and the BRCA Sweep tyres and this additive is an ideal solution to provide that extra grip. The tyre sauce comes in a large 100ml bottle with sponge applicator.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

April 19, 2018

Hiro Seiko introduce updated 48 & 64 pitch pinions

Hiro Seiko have made a running change to their range of 48 pitch and 64 pitch aluminium pinion gears that now come with a new hard-anodised surface and MoS2 treatment. The 48 pitch gears come in 31 sizes from 13T to 43T while the 64 pitch pinions are available in 43 sizes of 16T to 48T. All are cut from high-quality aluminium, they sport a hard-anodised surface for wear and are Molybdenum-coated for minimised friction.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com ]