The recent third round of the Czech Rebels Race again attracted nearly 100 entries with the most popular category being the Touring Modified class. Race day was dominated by the battle between three top guys from the Czech Republic. Matěj Šulc, Michal Blahovský, and Petr Grof were fighting for the highest positions. Ultimately it was Matěj with the win from Michal and Petr.
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T-Works have released a whole range of option parts for the Yokomo BD8-2018 touring car. First up are several lightweight titanium parts such as a 64 grade titanium UFO head screw set, a mixed titanium and aluminium black UFO head screw kit, a mixed titanium and aluminium black standard hex head screw kit as well titanium turnbuckles, hybrid turnbuckles, a ball end set, a king pin screw set and also a suspension pin kit. Also available is a gold-plated steel screw set and two hard and extra hard +6mm bumpers.
The 2017 U.S. Indoor Champs was held at the Embassy Suite Hotel outside Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the oldest on-road carpet events with almost 40 years under its belt. The event has become more popular over the last few years, with entry count going over the 400 mark, this year reaching 496, just a few shy of 500. Reigning USVTA National Champion Adam Hutchinson took TQ in the opening two USVTA qualifiers while round 3 belonged to Myron Kinnard. Q4 again went toMyron and Sunday, main event day he knew he needed to pull away before the first corner, and with a slight adjustment in his normal drive line, he was able to do so. Clean start and another 20/5:01 with 98% insured the Championship that he lost last year by less than 0.082 would not be a repeat.Myron turned in three identical runs back to back to back to finally take home the USIC VTA title with TQ. With two of his teammates right behind me making it a clean sweep for Team Associated with Tom second and Will third.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
Coming from Reedy are two new Sonic-series 1/8th scale competition electric brushless motors in the form of the 866 and 877. The Sonic 866, available in two kV versions, is designed for 1/8th eBuggies while its slightly longer brother, the Sonic 877, is intended for 1/8th eTruggy duty. However, motors are interchangeable between chassis types to create a wide range of performance options suitable for a wide variety of track conditions. All versions feature a precision machined case with an integrated heat sink to lower operating temperatures. This results in less fade over the course of a race, longer run times, and increased motor life. Sensored operation results in a smooth and controllable power band, while a powerful 4-pole rotor is supported by precision ball bearings for maximum power output and reliability.
View a list with the features and the 877 motor here
Asian company Wrap Up Next have released first teaser images of their forthcoming Carbon Frame Real Concept drift car. Most likely based off of the FR-D kit, the car will offer full-size vehicle weight distribution with a front motor and rear wheel drive, and a customisable inner carbon fibre frame allows to adapt the chassis kit to a wide range of drift car body shells. We bring you more information on the car as they become available.
View a rendering of the carbon frame chassis here
Coming from Team Associated are new optional parts for the RC10F6 formula car. First up is an adjustable caster top plate, a tuning option to allow infinite caster adjustment between 0 and 12 degrees for fine tuning of caster angle and resulting handling characteristics. Also new is a 2-piece pack of front wing shims, an option to raise front wing for proper clearance on bumpy track conditions. The set includes a 0.5mm thick and a 1.0mm thick carbon fibre plate. The last in the line of carbon fibre parts is a suspension arm brace to increase stiffness of the lower front arm assembly. Optional M3x5 set screw can be used in one of four possible positions to further increase lower arm stiffness by varying degrees.
SMC have introduced the somewhat radical Low Rider 540-size modified brushless motor. Designed to offer maximum drivability with a linear power delivery and still tons of top end, the motor also features a minimised the outer diameter, shedding the useless can and shrinking the length as much as the rules allow to. The small package drops the weight more than 17 percent from SMC’s Totemic Modified platform. And by utilising the new diameter, the mounting holes are offset to lower the motor in the motor mount. This leads to a light motor slung way down in your chassis.
WRC Racing have announced the signing of Italian frontrunner Mirko Salemi to their factory team. Mirko will campaign the company’s 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road kits in his upcoming campaign that will see appearances at national and international level events.
Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]
