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June 27, 2013

Revolution Design Racing Products Ultra wrenches

Revolution Design Racing Products introduced their long anticipated Ultra wrenches. The machined 7075 T6 handle allows a perfect fit to the drivers hands, without getting blistered fingers after hours of wrenching. The handle is black hard-anodised and sports the typical laser edged RDRP logo. The end cap in blue (for metric size) and red (for imperial size) indicates with a large letter the size of the wrench. The most important part of a good wrench is the wrench tip and the high grade quality spring steel tip allows for a long life span and a precise fit. A laser edged indication on the tip allows you a quick identification of the size.

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June 27, 2013

Associated B44 12mm clamping hexes

New for the Team Associated B44 4wd buggy comes these Factory Team narrow rear aluminium clamping wheel hexes. Sold as a pair, and supplied with the fastening screw, these blue anodised hexes are 12mm wide and help narrow the rear track width of the buggy.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 27, 2013

U.S. World Nitro Cup – Announcement

U.S. World Nitro Cup - Announcement

The crew at Full Throttle RC Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida have been in touch to let everyone know about the U.S. World Nitro Cup race that they are organising from the 5th to the 8th of December this year. Located close to all the major Florida attractions such as Disney, Epcot, MGM, Universal Studios etc, the race will be held on their newly resurfaced track and is open to 3 classes, Sedan, 1/8th Masters and 1/8th Open. The event has already attracted entries from a number of top US drivers as well as some major European and Japanese names. Full details on the event can be downloaded here (PDF).

June 27, 2013

Schumacher Wave large scale tire

Schumacher Racing are pleased to announce their first tire for the large scale off road racing class. The Schumacher Wave tire is based on the legendary Minispike and Spiral tyres which have been hugely successful in 1/10th and 1/8th scale racing. The unique Wave pattern features denser spikes in the middle to maximise forward traction progressing to fewer at the edges to reduce aggressiveness when cornering. The Wave is available in Yellow compound for grass and astro tracks and in the softer silver compound for wet weather racing. Designed to fit on 110 mm diameter wheels. Tyre diameter = 154 mm. Tyre width = 65 mm.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 27, 2013

West London GP 2013 report

This past weekend was the West London GP 2013 sponsored by Schumacher Racing. With 88 Drivers competing at this event it was going to be a great weekend, the only thing that could have spoilt it was the great British Summertime weather. The weather forecast leading up to this event was very uncertain, with the possibility of heavy rain arriving over the weekend. On the Saturday morning all drivers arrived at the track and started setting up their pit area and gazebo, we noticed many sides being put on the gazebos due to the dark clouds looming above the circuit and also the strong winds that were present. Drivers briefing was called, which everyone attended and Pete Tims and Schumacher’s Mark Musgrove explained what the format was for the weekend and all the relevant information that the drivers would need. The race format to be used was 5 rounds of qualifying with the best 3 rounds to count, and then 3 leg finals for everybody with the best 2 final results counting towards the overall finishing position.

Continue reading the report here

June 27, 2013

LRP VTEC G32 tires

LRP VTEC G32 tyres

Based off their VTEC 30X tires, LRP’s new VTEC G32 are the result of ongoing development of their touring car tire. Featuring a completely new rubber compound the results show improved traction and increased durability. Pre-glued, the set consists of the controlled tires, controlled rims with improved material and shape and controlled white inserts, which are perfectly mounted and glued and sold in a set of four.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

June 27, 2013

Nicholas Lee wins 2013 Futaba Cup

The annual Futaba Cup took place last weekend in the city of Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia and Nicholas Lee gave this report. ‘The track was resurfaced two weeks before the event but the layout remains the same as to the one I attended last year with the surface sugar watered for increased traction on Saturday. This year’s event attracted drivers from 8 different countries, but most notably, 1 Reigning World champion from Thailand (Meen.V) and 2 Worlds finalists (Alexander Hagberg and Chavit). As I had a good result finishing 2nd last year for the 10th and the 8th scale, I was hoping for a strong result. My dad and I arrived on Wednesday and we headed to the track right away. There were some new rules for this year as addictive is allowed and 4 rounds of 5 minutes qualifiers were to be run. My initial plan was to break-in engines and choose the best engine for the race. However, I had a stressful week because none of my engines would finish 5 minutes. I wasted the time stressing on my engines rather than finding a competitive car setup and tyre combination.

Continue reading the report here

June 27, 2013

Morganti double at Byron Fuels On Road Challenge

Nitro racers from all over the USA and from as far away as Shanghai, China descended on Leisure Hours RC Raceway in Joliet, IL for the 2013 Byron Fuels On Road Challenge. Qualifying would JJ Wang take the top spot in 1/10th 200mm, Joaquin DeSoto Jr the top spot in Nitro GT and Paolo Morganti the top spot in 1/8th scale. First on the schedule was the 1/10th scale class which following an early exit by Wang after 4 minutes, say Morganti go to the front of the field and take the win only 3 seconds in front of DJ Apolaro in 2nd, with Vincent Jackson in 3rd, 4 laps further back. The GT class turnout was very large this year and this resulted in some intense racing. Taking the TQ honors and finishing first in the 60 minute A main was Joaquin DeSoto Jr. Bill Sydor finished in second place followed by Andy Liu in third to complete an all Serpent podium. Although the first 20 minutes of racing during the 1/8th 60 minute A main was exciting and intense, lightning and rain forced the end of racing for the day. As a result, the top qualifiers were awarded the podium positions. Paolo Morganti, TQing took the first place followed by Mike Pulfer (Xray) and Jason Conley (Xray). Byron fuels took the win in all three classes.

View the other podiums here