Coming from Ride are their new 60mm SC tyres for Tamiya M-Chassis and similar cars. The pre-mounted tyres have been redesigned and they feature a new thin yet highly durable inner belt and the new LT insert. The tyres come on white multi-spoke rims and in colour-coded red 28M, white 30M, yellow 33M and black 36M compounds.
Please note that above image shows the old spec tyres.
Source: Ride [rc-ride.co.jp]
The annual International RC Car Championship IRCC was held at the Centrai International Airport in the Japanese Aichi prefecture last weekend. This unique event is held at the airport’s event hall meaning oversea drivers can reach the track very easily with also the hotels, restaurants, shops etc. being within very short distance. The event was held in seven classes and as usual star MC, Scotty Ernst was there to announce the race and he even made his entry in the AOC FWD class, eventually finishing in 6th position. Full results of the event can be found here.
Source: IRCC [ircc.jp]
Round 3 of this year’s Speed King Tour was held at the RC Stadium Sodegaura outdoor tarmac track in the Chiba prefecture last weekend in Touring Modified and Stock classes as well as the popular Oval category. In the Modified class’ Super Pole session, Infinity driver Akio Sobue took the TQ and pole position for the A-main final after being already fastest after the regular qualifiers. Rush driver Hayato Ishioka came in 2nd to round out the front row of the grid. In the 5-minutes Modified A-main final, Akio laid down a perfect race, bringing home the win from tone to tone. Hayato finished 2nd with his Kyosho and privateer Naoki Akiyama obtained the final spot on the podium.
Continue reading the report here
Coming from Yokomo’s Racing Performer series of competition option parts is a new high traction wheel for drift cars. Developed for the use on low traction surfaces the rim will offer moderate flexibility to increase traction while the inner portion allows for greater clearance with the suspension components for increased steering angles. The rim is available in titanium, yellow and white colour and it features a black painted outer ring to visually increase sidewall thickness, ensuring proper 1980’s and ’90’s old school looks.
Coming from ArndtCraft and suitable for most 30mm fan units is the Carbon X-treme series graphite fan cover. The simple yet elegant carbon fibre item offers a nice visual presence, as well as a slight increase in fan rigidity for improved durability.
Source: ArndtCraft [arndtcraft.com]
Round four of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nationals took place down in Kent at the Brookland circuit in a joint meeting with the 1/10 section, around 80 drivers were competing which made for a good atmosphere. The Brookland circuit layout is made up of big straights and hairpins with a chicane in the middle meaning horsepower and good fuel consumption is very important. For this year the circuit was partly resurfaced and much better than the previous years although still quite unforgiving if you touched the high kerbs. Temperatures were high with sunshine throughout the weekend, qualifying used the round by round system for this event with Mark Green (Serpent) taking pole position having found an engine to do five minutes without a fuel stop, ahead of Alex Thurston (Serpent), Tim Wood (Shepherd), Andy Hastings (Shepherd) and John Carr (Shepherd). For the 30-minute final many of the key front runners had technical issues allowing Mark to win by three laps from John Carr and Neal King (Capricorn).
View the Electric top 3 results here
WRC Racing have introduced a new adjustable aluminium servo saver for the GTX 1/8th on-road car. It utilises a 7075-T6 aluminium servo saver body that comes hard anodised for wear while the included three carbon fibre Ackermann levers allow for a total of nine different steering Ackermann settings. The servo saver is sold as a complete kit including mounting hardware.
The Philippines-based Bacolod Ceres Speedway recently played host to round one of the Xray Racing Series South East Asia. Racers from all over the country attended the race that was held in 13.5T and 17.5T Touring classes. Rain delayed the start, however that also meant racers would avoid the hot asphalt conditions, equalling faster lap times and even closer qualifiers. In the 13.5 class, Taka Yuichiro would take commanding 1st place finishes while Paolo Rojas would take 2nd and Gabby Vargas would take 3rd. In the 3rd round, Paolo Rojas would lead the qualifier over Taka but a small error would eventually cost him the position and awarded the overall TQ to Taka, after having taking 1st in three of the four qualifiers. In the last qualifying heat, Gabby Vargas would make a few set up changes to edge out Paolo Rojas which would prove sufficient to place him in 2nd on the grid over Paolo who finished 2nd in each heat.
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