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February 12, 2018

Huge RC Nitro Grand Prix 2018 – Report

The Huge RC Nitro Grand Prix 2018 was held this past weekend at Huge RC’s indoor asphalt track in Bangkok, Thailand and in four different nitro on-road classes. The premier 1/8 GP category was dominated by Meen Vejrak. He took the TQ spot followed by Varut P. and Punyavit Phungchittisarn. During the 45-minute main final, Meen ran clean and perfectly and led all the way from start to the finish line. Varut P. came in 2nd and Mark KV. completed the top 3 results. Punyavit Phungchittisarn and Tanat I. rounded out the podium finish.

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February 12, 2018

Wang, Clements & Young win at CTS3 opener

Round 1 of CTS3 was held at Rise Up Hobbytown in Palm Desert, California this past weekend. The inaugural race for the facility was perfect and designed well. For Modified Touring, it was Team Xray driver JJ Wang who showed a dominant performance clinching the TQ honors and A-main followed by Awesomatix driver Brandon Clements and defending Champion Rick Hohwart.

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February 11, 2018

T-Works introduce new BD8-2018 alloy options

T-Works have introduced new aluminium option parts for the Yokomo BD8-2018 touring car in the form of front aluminium spool cups as well as anti-roll bar rods. The spool cups are designed for the use with C-shaped driveshafts pin protectors while the 13.8mm and 16.8mm swaybar rods lower the unsprung weight. All parts are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and they come hard-anodised for wear.

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February 9, 2018

Kiriazis & Diamantis win at RCManiacs Series Rd7

Round 7 of the RCManiacs Racing Series was held at the Argos track in Greece and in the Touring Modified class it was Michalis Kiriazis (Xray) who dominated the proceedings by taking all qualifiers and finals. Runner-up after the A-mains was fast Chris Kidis (Xray) from Diamadis Sotiris (Xray) who had to overcome a couple of problems and ultimately ended on the final podium spot. Over in Formula, the class saw a record entry and amazing fights for the top 3. Sotiris Diamantis took a popular win with fast laps, leaving behind Michalis Kiriazis in 2nd and Chris Kidis in 3rd (all Xray), the latter had to pay for his bad qualifying performance.

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February 9, 2018

Phat Bodies GT-F GT12 body shell

Coming from Phat Bodies is the new GT-F body shell for GT12 cars such as the ones from Mardave, Schumacher or Zen Racing. The lid was designed with detailed scale looks of the full sized FIA GT3 race cars and aerodynamic performance to match Phat Bodies’ popular 2017 Worlds Championship winning GT-M body shell. The body is BRCA homologated for National and International GT12 competition and it comes made of high-quality Lexan polycarbonate and including quality vinyl window and light masks as well as a sticker sheet.

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February 9, 2018

Xray RX8 2018 1/8th nitro on-road kit

Xray have introduced the latest incarnation of their RX8 1/8th nitro on-road platform, the RX8 2018. Changes to the front, but mostly to the rear end allow for a better adaption to various track conditions, from low to very high grip, as well as to soft or hard, small or large tyres – something that is crucial in today’s control/hand-out tyre racing. To start, the car makes use of an all-new aluminium main chassis plate with the front part sporting a new, larger opening for improved flexibility while an alloy – or optional brass brace – allows to reduce the front flex when needed.

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February 9, 2018

Yeah Racing M07 aluminium essential conversion kit

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Tamiya M07 M-chassis is the aluminium essential conversion kit. The set includes ball-raced C-hubs for a more precise and smooth front suspension and steering action, it utilises alloy front knuckles was well as 3 degree toe rear alloy uprights for improved precision especially on higher grip surfaces. Also included are lower A-arms that use O-rings to prevent the droop screws from getting loose over time and disturbing the suspension setting. The set is available for pre-order now and will ship from end of February.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

February 9, 2018

T-Works MTC1 hard-coated aluminium wheel axles

T-Works have introduced a hard-coated aluminium rear wheel axle shaft for the Mugen MTC1 touring car. The part is machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and it comes hard-anodised for wear. The axle shaft reduces the overall weight and it is best used in stock racing classes. Included come suitable cross pins and pin retainers.

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