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March 11, 2020

Bittydesign RC8B3.1 Vision body shell

Italian company Bittydesign has introduced the new Vision body shell for the popular Team Associated RC8B3.1 buggy. Offering a futuristic and sleek design the unique body shell features several aerodynamic elements, such as the rear side flaps, to improve overall balance and downforce in order to create a body that helps the driver to push the buggy to the limit with ease. The pre-cut body is moulded from high-quality 1mm Lexan material, it comes clear and including window masks and a decal sheet.

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March 11, 2020

BRCA GT12 National Championship Rd5 & Rd6 – Report

The final two rounds of the BRCA GT12 National Championship were held this weekend, at the Chesterfield Auto Racing Society CARS club in Chesterfield. The format for the Championship means the weekend was a Double Header, with Saturday and Sunday being separate rounds of the championship. Excellent turnout, and combining meetings with the F1 Indoor Championship, meant the event was competitive, and grip was good on track. The track the club had laid out was very flowing, yet surprisingly technical to drive, meaning that a good time was had by those of all abilities. Saturday’s racing saw close competition in the GT12 class. Andy Murray was the man to catch from the get go, with a lead of 0.6s in round 1 of qualifying, leading from Adam Mackman, and Nathan Goodban. Round 2 saw Andy extend this lead to a lap.This proved to be unassailable, with Andy taking FTQ, with 29 Laps in 370.57s. Adam Mackman took P2, with super-fast junior Dan Robins taking 3rd position from Nathan Goodban in the final qualifying round.

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March 11, 2020

T-Works 5.5mm L-type socket driver

Coming from T-Works is their new angled 5.5mm L-type socket driver. Utilising T-Works’s lightweight handles the tool helps to apply more force when tightening or undoing 5.5mm nuts. A high-quality tool tip and sturdy handle ensure a long life of all parts involved.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

March 11, 2020

Carles Echarri wins at Spanish EP On-road warm-up

Madrid hosted the Warm-up race to the Spanish electric on-road nationals last weekend. Cold weather made car setup difficult and in the end it was Xray driver Carles Echarri who would make the best out of it by taking the win in the Modified Touring Car class from Awesomatix’s Luisen Carrasco in 2nd. Luis Moreno came in 3rd to round out the podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 11, 2020

2020 Desert Classic – Report

The 4th annual Desert Classic was held at Hobby Action R/C Raceway in Chandler, Arizona last weekend. Relatively new to the big race scene, the Desert Classic is now in its 4th year and just keeps getting better with each iteration. This year’s layout was fabulous. Many of the racers in the pits commented that the layout was fun, easy, but had a nice degree of difficulty that was just enough to make racing interesting. It had a tremendous amount of flow mixed with a very tricky rhythm section that cut back towards the middle of the track. The jumps weren’t so straight forward either as they had a high degree of difficulty; like the set of double-doubles on the right side. You had to land your car perfectly on the downslope of the 2nd set to gain time. If you missed it, you would have to wait for the car to settle before getting on the gas losing valuable tenths. Overall, the layout was perfect for racing and the track smoothness was the best it has ever been at Hobby Action. Another plus was the consistency of the track as the watering system was on point and made fair for all. Xray’s Ty Tessman was on fire in 2WD Modified. The Canadian superstar captured the overall TQ in qualifying and used it to win A1 and A2 to wrap up the overall 2WD win. Yokomo’S Ryan Maifield found a good groove in qualifying and looked ultra-competitive in 2WD and was able to win A3 to finished 2nd. Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin was Mr. Consistency and was the only driver to make all three modified podiums by landing himself 3rd in Truck, 4WD, and 2WD Modified.

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March 11, 2020

Yokomo BD10 aluminium main chassis

Yokomo have introduced their new aluminium main chassis plate for the BD10 mid-motor touring car. Machined from high-quality material and coming with a black surface coating and machined edge details the chassis sports strategically machined cut-outs for optimised flex characteristics that help to settle the ride in medium to high-bite traction conditions, allowing for faster and more consistent lap times.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

March 11, 2020

Protoform Corvette C8 190mm USGT body shell

Following a first teaser image Protoform now officially reveal their all-new Chevrolet Corvette C8 body shell for 190mm touring cars. One of the most anticipated cars Chevrolet has ever built, the officially-licensed body is perfectly suited for USGT class racing. All the exceptional details of its full-scale counterpart including aggressive cab forward design, striking front splitter, and sculpted side doors and vents are captured using the latest in 3D CAD and 5-axis milling technology. The extensive decal sheet lets the owner deck out the C8 with Corvette branded windshield headers, number plates, “Jake” skulls and USA flags, making even a one-colour rattle can paint job look super scale. This C8 fits modern 190mm touring cars and is formed from high-quality polycarbonate with paint-then-peel overspray film. It also includes an add-on rear wing with the USGT-sanctioned 10mm trim height, wing buttons with mounting hardware and window masks.

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March 10, 2020

Xray T4’20 ARS Active Rear Suspension set

Xray have announced the release of their new ARS Active Rear Suspension set for the T4 2020 mid-motor touring car. The set was developed especially for the latest variant of the T4 and its design makes for a controlled toe-in change of the rear wheels as the chassis rolls during cornering, allowing to adjust the behaviour of the car by fine-tuning over or understeering. The result is an improved handling in a variety of conditions and thus quicker lap times if set up correctly. The set includes zero degree aluminium C-hubs, moulded hard composite steering carriers as well as all needed mounting hardware.

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