March 21, 2012

Sonic ProStock.21 on-road engine

Sonic introduce the ProStock.21 3.5cc on-road engine. Designed especially for club and regional racers the 5-port engine is easy to tune and features a CNC-machined flat piston, optimised crankcase, knife edged connecting rod and turbo combustion camber insert. Other features include a 14mm high-quality main bearing, composite material carburettor with 8mm venturi insert, and lightweight cooling head. Additionally the engine is legal for the Hobby Cup racing series in Germany with more then 20 races all over the country.

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March 20, 2012

Law & Bruce take victory at FSEARA Rd5

Round 5 of the FSEARA (Florida State Electric Auto Racing Association) series took place at K-Raceway in Kissimmee, FL, the same track as the 2004 IFMAR 1/10 & 1/12 worlds. FSEARA at K-Raceway is the event that most racers are waiting for all year and George Martinez did an amazing job in getting the track ready for the weekend. Due to the fast s-turn before the straight, there were many accidents during practices and another problem racers had was overheating motors, the long back straight requiring racers to hold full throttle for 5 sec. With the Florida heat the average temperature of the motor was 200F degree.

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March 20, 2012

Ronald Volker defends German Indoor title

Last weekend saw the German Indoor touring car Nationals held in Goettingen and the event attracted around 100 drivers across three classes. Saturday saw two rounds of free practice followed by 4 rounds of qualification. Sunday morning was again one round of free practice and the final qualifier. It was Yokomo/LRP driver Ronald Völker who would secure the TQ spot, followed closely by Awesomatix/LRP driver Freddy Südhoff and Yokomo/SP driver Yannic Prümper. Ronald Völker would go on to take the win in A-Main leg one and two and successfully defend his German National title. The last final went to Freddy Südhoff, which secured him the Vice German Champion title. For overall third place there was a close battle between new Yokomo driver Dominik Fleischmann and Yannic Prümper. Both had great battles but in the Final leg Yannic made a mistake and broke his car, giving Dominik the third place overall.

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March 20, 2012

Zeppin Racing TC6.1 & T3 2012 top decks

Zeppin Racing have released new 2mm flex top plates for the Team Associated TC6.1 and Xray T3 2012. The original top plate for the TC6.1 was engineered for firmness and in addition the upper deck is too wide meaning it touches the motor which restricts flexing. This newly designed 2mm thick top deck is 2mm narrower (-1mm each side) to avoid touching the motor, plus extra holes provide a bit more flex in order to improve overall traction. Aiming for more steering on the T3 chassis, they have deliberately made a narrower top deck to increase steering, especially in mid corner.

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March 20, 2012

T-Works low friction belts

T-Works have released a whole range of low friction high quality belts. Made in Japan by Bando, there are suitable belts for the Xray T3, Tamiya TRF417, Mugen MTX-5 & MRX-5, Xray NT1 and Xray RX8

Source: T-Work’s Racing [rc-tworks.com]

March 20, 2012

Dynamite 12VDC Power Station

The Dynamite 12VDC Power Station is a rugged, medium-current power supply for use with a single 100W battery charger or multiple, smaller battery chargers. The 120W Power station is loaded with features, including an LCD display and cooler operating temperatures thanks to the internal cooling fan.  Adjustable output voltage allows users to select the appropriate output voltage based on their battery and charger requirements, while the integrated on/off switch provides an additional convenience and safety factor.

Source: Dynamite [dynamiterc.com]

March 20, 2012

DJ Park wins Korean season opener

The 1/8 buggy season in Korea kicked off last weekend at Banwol Park Raceway and about 70 drivers from all over the country joined the race. The temperature was still around freezing point but the competition was hot. A total of 3 JQ drivers, DJ Park, Sun-Young Hwang and Ryan Lee, made to the A-Main final and fought for that first spot. Sun-Young Hwang, who chose to drive THECar for 2012 showed great performance in the qualifying rounds, but a big crash from behind at the start of final caused him broken throttle linkage. 20 minutes into the final, it was all about DJ Park, Jae-Kyun Kim and Ryan Lee. They were constantly swapping positions, but it was DJ Park who took the charge and took the win for JQ with JaeGyun Kim driving a Kyosho in 2nd and Ryan Lee with another JQ in 3rd.

Source: JQ [jq-products.com]

March 19, 2012

Jefferies completes 1/12th National double

At the final round of this season’s BRCA 1:12 national championship a win for Olly Jefferies saw the Associated team driver take the stock title, he adds this to the modified crown he secured at the previous round. In qualifying on Saturday Jefferies kept up his perfect record of TQ at every round of the stock series by taking pole for the A final, behind Olly was a strong field of challengers including Andy Griffiths for V Design and the Serpent paring of Mark Stiles and Chris Kerswell and the only person who could beat Olly to the stock title David Spashett.

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