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February 4, 2020

Midland Indoor Carpet Championship Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the popular Midland Indoor Carpet Championship MiCC was held in Telford, UK this past weekend, attracting over 135 entries including some of the country’s fastest electric on-road racers. The premier Modified Touring class saw Elliott Harper taking the overall TQ after a clean sweep in the qualifiers with Kyle Branson putting his car on P2 on the grid. 13.5T Super Stock Touring had Zak Finlay dominating the qualifiers from Colin Jackson in 2nd. In 17.5T Stock Touring it was Dave Sedgwick with the overall TQ, tie on points with Gareth Hollis, the latter having to settle for P2 on the grid after the tie-breaker.

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February 4, 2020

PerfTec GraviDisk Tungsten balance weights

Dutch company PerfTec have introduced their new GraviDisk Tungsten balance weights. Designed for the use with pretty much every on-road and off-road car, the weights are of a very compact design that could be achieved by using high-density Tungsten metal, a material that offers about double the density of bronze and 2.5-times the density of steel, meaning at the same weight of a bronze or steel weight, Tungsten weights are significantly smaller, allowing for easier placement and less wasted chassis space. The basic disc design was chosen to simplify production of the unique metal in order to keep the discs affordable for racers of all levels. The weight discs have an outside diameter of 13mm and are available in two heights: 2.5mm, weighing 6g and 4.0mm, weighing in at 9.5g a piece. The stackable weights feature an inner 3mm hole, making attachment to chassis plates using spare chassis holes a breeze. The GraviDisk weights come as 2-piece sets of the same dimension/weight or as 4-piece set containing two of each weight. The set also includes stainless steel M3 mounting hardware in the form of countersunk screws and self-locking nuts – all packed in a handy stackable box that can be re-used for storing all sorts of RC hardware.

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February 4, 2020

Thomas Hui wins at Chinese New Year cup race

The Hong-Kong-based PYC track hosted the Chinese New Year cup race last weekend. The event was held in several electric on-road classes and in the Touring Modified category it was Thomas Hui with the win from 13-years old Kimi Yam. Kenrick Fong would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Team Powers [team-powers.com]

February 4, 2020

Monitex Racing Track Tight Xtreme Green

Monitex Racing have introduced their new Track Tight Xtreme Green tyre traction compound. It has been in development for over twelve months with the result being a special blend of additive that will work on rubber and foam Touring Car, Formula, Buggy, LMP12 and GT12 tyres and in both low and high traction conditions and even on clay. At the same time it has no nasty odour but a nice smell of citrus. The tyre sauce comes in large 100ml foam applicator bottles.

Source: Monitex Racing [monitexracing.com]

February 4, 2020

Xpress XQ1 & XQ10 aluminium main chassis plates

Xpress have introduced new bi-colour aluminium main chassis plates for their XQ1 touring car in mid-motor configuration as well as their forthcoming new XQ10 mid-motor tourer. The chassis are machined from high-quality 2.0mm aluminium and they feature flex cut-outs to optimise their torsional flex characteristics. As with all aluminium main chassis, they are recommended especially for medium to high-bite traction conditions as they increase overall stability while lowering the centre of gravity due to their limited flexibility and higher weight compared to a carbon fibre chassis. The XQ1 specific chassis comes in a black and silver finish while the XQ10 alloy chassis sports red anodised edge details.

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February 4, 2020

X-Grip B-Revolution traction compound

Coming from X-Grip is their new B-Revolution tyre traction compound for rubber and foam tyres. Extensively tested and tweaked by X-Grip’s team drivers, the tyre sauce is of a universal formula that allows to cover pretty much every traction condition, ranging from low to high-bite, with the soak-in time allowing to adjust the overall traction available from a tyre. For the use on high-grip tracks a ten minutes application time is recommended while more traction can be produced for lower grip tracks, such as outdoor asphalt, when applying the compound 20 minutes before a run and using tyre warmers to work the compound into the tyre surface. For foam tyres an application time of about 15 minutes is recommended. The traction compound comes in handy foam applicator plastic bottles and it is available from now on.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

February 4, 2020

Rickside Design 1/8 buggy front wing & wing drill jig

Coming from Japanese brand Rickside Design are an add-on front wing for many 1/8th scale buggies as well as a wing drill jig. Starting with the front wing, the 3-D-printed part is made of high-grade nylon material for exceptional durability even when the going gets tough. The wing was designed as a direct bolt-on to the front gearboxes of the latest Mugen, HB Racing and Team Associated buggies and it features three pre-marked mounting holes that can be easily drilled for a perfect fit.

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February 4, 2020

2020 Urban Touring Series Rd1 – Report

Season 5 of the Urban Touring Series UTS got underway this past weekend with the opening race attracting a record 41 racers. The season opener also saw the expansion of the series to officially include the 45+ Masters TC Class (13.5T Spec Blinky), which saw a strong 16-car grid take to the start. In the premier 17.5T Blinky Touring class, qualifying was a close run affair with three different racers taking TQs in the three qualifying rounds. The TQ tiebreak would go to PY Tang, who edged out Dominic Quek and Esmail Apandi. Making his first A-Main appearance in the class was young 14-years old Ethan Cheng, who joined 13-years old Zaccheus Lam in his 2nd consecutive A-Main.

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