Drake clean sweep at JBRL Rd7
The seventh round of the JBRL series took place last weekend at Revelation Raceway. In the 1/8th expert truck class Team Losi Racing / Novarossi’s Adam Drake took TQ honors with his Novarossi powered TLR 8ight T 2.0. The beginning of the 25 minute final was a great battle between Adam Drake and Cody King. King had mechanical problems 10 minutes into the race and was forced to retire. This opened the door for Castellano to move up to second. Drake took the victory followed by teammates Castellano in second and Schreffler in third. The 1/8th expert buggy class Cody King TQ’ed followed …
Matt Chambers takes Expert Buggy at RC Pro Rd17
TLR’s Matt Chambers was on hand for round #17 of the RC Pro National Series. Dirtworks R/C in Burlington, CO played host to the event that brought in racers from many surrounding states. In the Expert 1/8 Buggy class Matt was in top form taking the TQ in all 4 rounds of qualifying and cruising to a 2 lap victory in the 45 minute A-main ahead of TLR privateer Chris Peralta and Vincent Ringler. In the 1/8 Expert Truggy class, Chris Peralta took home the TQ and win making it a TLR sweep of the Expert Classes. Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Mibo Sport Cup – Announcement
Mibo Sport with support from Yokomo, have announced their new winter race series. The series will take place in the Czech Republic, in the popular city of Hrotovice, where previously the ETS and European Indoor Championships have been held. This season Hrotovice is proud to host the EOS as well. The event will take place indoors, in a hall that has enough space for 2 separate tracks, on-road and off-road. The on-road track will be 30×20m in size, and the off-road track will be 30×16m. Race categories will be: Touring Car Open (only LRP CPX …
Team C T8TE brushless truggy
Team C have released pictures of their new brushless truggy, the T8TE. Its twin battery pack design chassis sees a pack mounted to the rear of the chassis and to each side of the centre driveshaft giving excellent balance. Other features include a 3mm T6 7075 chassis, 5mm front & rear shock towers, CVD shaft system and high downforce rear wing and cab forward body. Expect an early November release. Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]
Hellquist & Andersson win 2011 Swedish Cup
The Swedish cup consists of 6 races with the best 3 results counting plus the result from the final race. Since it was 60 points for a win in the final race instead of the normal 50 at the previous races it was an open affair for many of the top drivers. After the nitro smoke had cleared from the final race of the season it was Markus Hellquist who stood on top of the podium in the 1/10 200mm class for the Örebro Race finale and with this result was the overall winner of Swedish Cup. Mikael Fransson ended up in second place overall and Per-…
Xray X12 coming soon
Xray have announced the impending arrival of the all new 1/12th scale chassis, the X12. Giving no details in a teaser statement on Twitter, the Slovakian company simply stated “The all-new Xray 1/12 platform coming soon. Good bye XII…welcome X12.” We will keep you posted as we get more updates. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Billy Easton wins Summer Novarossi challenge
The Summer Novarossi challenge took place this weekend at the Ospy Team track in Italy. Traveling over from the US for the race Billy Easton and the Serpent team set the pace in the qualifying with the S811 Cobra and would TQ the event in front of Mirko Bianchi with current European Champion Robert Batlle in 3rd. Easton would win go on to win his semi in front of Batlle by a clear margin to line up on pole position for the 45 minute encounter. The pair would continue their battle up front in the main final with Easton taking an untroubled…
Kyle Branson wins Rd8 takes British 1/8th title
The 8th Round of the Championship was hosted by the Cotswold Club situated within the Cotswold airport complex. The weather forecast was for a wet Saturday and a dry Sunday, but this tuned out to be the opposite which had all the drivers frantically adding wet setups to their cars and changing to damp tires. Every driver decided a banker time was required since due to the open nature of the track surroundings and no wind would result in the track taking a long time to dry out, if at all. In first round of qualifying, it was the top 5 who pulled out …
TrakPower gear grease & silver solder
TrakPower’s new gear grease (2oz) gives superior lubrication to reduce friction and wear for gears, universals, thrust bearings and other applications. It’s waterproof with formulated ‘non-sling’ properties. TrakPower have also released some Rosin Core silver solder (15g) which provides strong solder joints with low resistance and high conductivity. Environmentally safe, it contains no lead and has 3% silver content. Source: TrakPower [trakpowerusa.com]
Protoform Gen2 TCC clear body
The “Gen 2″ TCC (Todays Cup Car) from Protoform is the second iteration of the ever-changing look of the modern NASCAR series Sprint Cup racer. It now features an add-on blade spoiler and a double step splitter/spoiler on the front valance. The left side now features a bumped out area for added battery clearance and left side weight bias while the body has additional built-in rake for great stability and handling. The rear window/truck rail has been enlarged just like the 1:1 racer. It’s equipped with spoiler mounting hardware, protective overspray film, window masks and a comprehensive decal sheet that …
HPI Baja 5SC SS29 1/5th SC truck
The 1/5th scale Baja 5SC short course truck from HPI has gotten the 29 treatment. The Baja 5SC SS29 comes as an unassembled kit that you get to build from the ground up. If you enjoy the process of custom building your own R/C vehicles, then this is the kit for you. Its more than just a kit version, it’s packed with extra speed and a long list of option parts. The powerplant has been upgraded to the high performance Fuelie 29s engine, coupled to a high flow aluminum tuned pipe with steel tubular header. Combined with the 8,000 RPM clutch, the …
TrakPower 5400mAh 60C LiPo saddle pack
New from TrakPower is this 2S 7.4V 5400mAh 60C LiPo saddle Pack that’s pure power for blistering speeds and high capacity for longer run times. A hard case offers protection from the elements and crash damage. The pack is equipped with female bullet connectors. Source: TrakPower [trakpowerusa.com]
Sweep Micro Contacts tires
Sweep have introduced their lucky seventh 8th scale off-road tire called, Micro Contacts. This tire was designed to be a bulletproof micro pin style tire delivering a rocket round run in qualifying and still able to last the whole A-main. Featuring a very stable micro pin pattern to sweep the ground with today’s hottest 21 engines. As the name suggests, all of their test drivers commented on how they feel like their car has micro suction cups sticking to the ground. The gluing bead and sidewalls have been redesigned to deliver a precise steering feel, which has never been experienced in the past…
Kyosho Plazma Ra 1/12 scale chassis
Kyosho Japan have released information on their upcoming Plazma Ra 1/12 scale pan car chassis. Named after the iconic line of Plazma on-road chassis’, the new addition that will hit the stores at the end of December 2011 is a rather conventional affair designed around the common 1S LiPo battery with rear link suspension, side damper tubes and is made for standard US-type wheels. The red anodised aluminium parts are standard as is the oil-filled centre shock absorber. Source: Area52 [area52.cc] / Kyosho [kyosho.com]
Elangears droop gauge & blocks
Elangears have announced their new droop gauge and blocks. Available in orange and black it is your standard, if not more stylised and lightweight, gauge featuring measurements from -3mm to 6.5mm in 0.5mm increments. Available as a full set in both colours. Source: Elangears [facebook.com]
RCXraceR Inside & Outside RC sportswear
RCXraceR is a new Italian sports wear brand dedicated exclusively to the RC Racing world. The project was born from the idea to produce comfortable and cool wear for RC racers. RCXraceR have two aims one ‘Inside the track’ and ‘Outside the track’ with the focus on producing both branded racing clothes as well as casual unbranded RC gear for wearing when you are away from the track. The products will go on sale from the 15th of October. RCXraceR have recently designed the first ‘Inside the track’ collection for Italian team Speed RC who will be wearing them at the 2011 Arena…
T.O.P. Rebel 12 left rear hub V2
T.O.P. Racing have released this new version 2 left rear hub for their Rebel 12 1/12th scale chassis. Machined from red anodised aluminium, this new part gives a more balanced rotational mass and truer operation. Source: TOP [top-racing.jp]
Bruno Heremans wins Benelux Offroad Championships
The combined Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg Championship Series concluded last weekend with a surprise win by Bruno Heremans and his X-6 Squared. Coming into the last race at Vlijmen, Netherlands, X Factory’s Stefan Mesker held a one point lead over Elvo after six races in the seven race series, with best five to count. Heremans and X-Teamer Stefan Mesker were the only two drivers in with a chance for the title. The grass track deteriorated slowly through the day, becoming rougher, and many drivers found themselves on their lids unexpectedly. Heremans drove his X-6 Squared carefully but quickly from fourth on the grid…
FTW Losi Ten-SCTE carbon upgrade kits
FTW Racing Components launched its line of carbon fibre racing components by introducing three upgrade kits for the Losi’s popular Ten-SCTE 4WD short course platform, a cooling fan kit, a shock tower kit and an Ackerman rack kit. FTW’s cooling fan kit includes a carbon fibre bracket which replaces the center diff brace and suspends a massive 40mm cooling fan over the motor can. The kit can lower motor temps by up to 40 degrees versus the same setup with no fan, producing side effects like increased power, longer run times and enhanced longevity. It includes a JST connector on…
Xray T3 2012 spec coming soon
The new 2012 version of the Martin Hudy designed Xray T3 is on its way. Xray have published a list of updates for the next generation of their successful touring car platform and it seems to be a pretty comprehensive change with a new chassis, top deck, shock towers, upper bulkheads along with whole host of other stuff. Expect chassis shots and full details in the near future. All-new 2012 Specs: • NEW chassis designs • NEW redesigned top deck • NEW front shock tower • NEW rear shock tower • NEW upper bulkheads • NEW gear differential • NEW steering …