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Thurston & Mansell win at British 1/8 IC Track opener

Posted: 30 Jul 2020 12:29 PM PDT

The 1/8 Circuit British Open Championship 2020 finally started with a full entry at the famous Halifax circuit in the UK. Limited numbers were allowed in each race and precautions in place to follow Coronavirus guidance and keep racers safe. Both nitro and electric classes were popular with many new drivers trying their hand at 1/8 after lockdown, the British weather played its part with a damp track at times, in qualifying Alex Thurston lead the way in the nitro class from Tim Wood and James Conolly. In the electric class it was a close battle with Jamie Paton, newcomer Mikey Mansell, Rob Scott and Michael Lee with Capricorn driver Mikey taking TQ.

In the final Alex Thurston made it a Capricorn white wash winning the nitro A-final with a superb drive he was in a league of his own, James Conolly’s challenge ended early on and Tim Wood (Shepherd) had a poor start but managed to work his way through to take second from Mark Green (Serpent) and Andy Hastings who had started off well.

In the Electric finals Mikey was dominant to take the win for Capricorn but had to hold off challenges from Jamie and Rob also running Capricorn. Meanwhile Michael Lee drove consistently across the three legs to take the runner up position overall with his Xray. Round 2 takes place at Mendip 16th August.

Thanks to Michael Walton for the report.

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LCG Racing tease SFX premium conversion kits

Posted: 30 Jul 2020 07:17 AM PDT

LCG Racing have released a first teaser for their forthcoming all-new SFX premium conversion kits for the Yokomo BD10 and Xray T4’20 mid-motor touring car kits. No official details are available yet but we bring you more updates as they surface.

Source: LCG Racing [facebook.com]

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Arrma announce refreshed Mega & BLX RTR lines

Posted: 30 Jul 2020 07:08 AM PDT

Arrma have introduced their refreshed Mega and BLX line ready-to-run basher kits that feature a range of improvements. New key features across the range include the Spektrum SLT3 radio system, rubber-shielded bearings throughout, strengthened chassis, larger power module pull tabs, improved dirt sealing, redesigned steering to allow stones and debris to clear more easily, vented tyres, silicone shock O-rings, castellated slipper pads and sliding motor mesh as well as Safe-D pinion gears. The Granite and Senton trucks also sport all-new body designs. The updated sets will hit stores very soon.

Source: Arrma [arrma-rc.com]

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Team Bomber TB-AK12 1/12th scale pan car kit

Posted: 30 Jul 2020 04:36 AM PDT

Following a couple of teaser images Team Bomber have fully unveiled their all-new TB-AK12 1/12th scale pan car kit. The vehicle is based on a 2.0mm 7075 aluminium chassis plate for a low centre of gravity and optimised handling in high-bite track conditions which is further supported by the use of carbon fibre front lower arms and rigid Xenon-made upper composite arms. The bearings are high-quality X9 ball races supplied by Axon and the included high-quality titanium steering and camber turnbuckles offer both a low weight and high rigidity. The floating-type servo mount ensures tweak-free servo mounting and the centre big bore shock absorber provides sufficient traction. Other features include specially coated aluminium front pivot balls, a carbon fibre solid rear axle assembly and a Xenon 76T spur gear.

Source: Team Bomber [teambomber.jp]

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T-Works introduce Rapide F1 Evo2 optionals

Posted: 30 Jul 2020 01:44 AM PDT

Coming from T-Works and made for the Roche Rapide F1 Evo2 formula kit are several new option parts. The range includes a 3-piece titanium turnbuckle set, an 11-piece precision ball bearing kit, as well as a total of five screw sets including red all-aluminium, mixed aluminium and titanium, all-titanium as well as gold-colour steel screw sets. The alloy and titanium screw sets include T-Works’ signature UFO head screws with one of the golden screw kits also being available with UFO head fasteners.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

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Guillaume Tremblay wins at Quebec RC Series Rd3

Posted: 30 Jul 2020 12:49 AM PDT

Bego Raceway of Napierville, Canada hosted round 3 of the Quebec RC Series last weekend, attracting over 135 entries. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Damian Lamy (Team Associated) with the overall TQ, however it was 2nd place qualifier, Guillaume Tremblay (Mugen) with the win in the 20-minute A-final event after swapping places with Damian several times during the main. Behind the two, it was David Lecuyer (Team Associated) with the final top 3 spot.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

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Revtech XFactor oil slick titanium screw kit

Posted: 30 Jul 2020 12:37 AM PDT

Trinity have introduced the new Revtech oil slick titanium screw kit for the use with the XFactor brushless motors. While looking the part, the non-magnetic fasteners can also increase the overall RPM and performance of the motor due to not interfering the the magnetic field of the rotor, making them a great addition especially to stock motors. The set includes six screws and it will hit stores soon.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

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ARC R12 SRS Super Response Servo

Posted: 30 Jul 2020 12:15 AM PDT

ARC have announced the release of their new SRS Super Response Servo specially designed for the use with the ARC R12 touring car. Developed and produced in collaboration with Savöx, the steering servo supports the Super High Response protocol that is available from high-end transmitters and it provides quicker response and a wider working angle on the R12 chassis. The ARC SRS utilises a short 5cm all-black servo lead for neat and clean wiring and the unique all-aluminium case incorporates a servo mount that allows racers to do away with the standard servo mount, ensuring a super low-profile design and a lower overall centre of gravity, all while allowing to scrub 9g of weight and the attachment of the servo 8mm closer to the centreline of the chassis. As for the specifications, the brushless motor servo pulls up to 9kg-cm of torque at a speed of down to 0.07 seconds.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

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RC-Lemans Series Rd1 – Report

Posted: 29 Jul 2020 11:52 PM PDT

The opening round of the 2020 RC-Lemans Series was hosted by the MCC Rhein Ahr track in Germany last weekend. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic the event was a maiden one this year for many drivers and thus Saturday’s practice was extensively used to get in the first runs of the season. Both the club and the drivers swiftly adapted to the new measures that had to be taken to guarantee everyone’s safety and things really worked out great from the get go. Sunday kicked off less smoothly however as overnight rain forced the organisers to delay the start of the race for about an hour. When things finally started off and in the fast LMP1 Modified class, it was Tim Altmann who set the pace in the opening qualifier. He took the round with a lap margin from last year’s vice champion, Tobias Weist and his brother Kai Altmann.

In the quicker second round it was Tobias with the TQ from Kai in 2nd as Tim scored a DNF due to a mechanical. In the third and final qualifier Tobias established himself in the lead with Kai and Tim just two seconds behind while Joachim Behnken and Dirk Elsebusch came in 4th and 5th respectively.

Over in the LMP2 Stock class Sascha Lennartz set the pace in the opening qualifier followed by local hero Max Johennken and Timo Schad, reigning LMP1 champion. Dirk Elsebusch would take the second round of qualifiers despite being pretty busy starting in both categories. Max came in 2nd again, in front of vice champion, Mathijs Hermens. In the third and final “rocket round” many drivers again upped their performance with Mathijs being the only driver to score a 26-laps run. Dirk came in 2nd overall to cement his position in the front starting row while Sascha Lennartz, Max Joehnnken and reigning champion, Rainer Schad completed the top 5 – the latter suffering a bit from skipping Saturday’s practice.

The opening LMP1 A-main was a bit of a disaster for Tobias who found his car on its roof after the first corner due to a contact. Tim took profit of the situation and jumped into the lead that he would hold onto until the checkered flag. Dirk Elsebusch and Joachim Behnken would take 2nd and 3rd respectively after also taking profit of the mishap of other drivers. A2 and Tobias would see a much better take-off as he was able to take the lead while A1 winner Tim suffered a mechanical after the opening lap. Unfortunately for Tobias, he also suffered problems meaning he scored a DNF which made way for Kai who took the lead and also the win in the second A-main. Joachim and Dirk swapped places and came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. A3 would bring the decision between Kai, Tim, Joachim and Dirk while Tobias was out of contention for the the day’s win. Up front Tim passed Kai and set sails to chase Tobias that he would pass a bit later. The two would be in a real slipstream fight and in the penultimate round Tobias was able to get past again to take the win. Nevertheless it was Tim with the day’s win thanks to its P2 in the final A-main while Kai took the runner-up spot in the tie-breaker with Joachim.

The finals of LMP2 saw Mathijs and Dirk in some great battles over the whole 7-minute races. Dirk put a lot of pressure on Mathijs in A1 until the latter had a small mishap which allowed Dirk to pass. From that moment on Dirk never looked back to take the win with a 2-seconds margin. Behind the two, Sascha was able to fend off the attacks of Max to bring home P3. At the start of A2 Mathijs had a small mishap which allowed Dirk to get into the lead. Behind the two things started to heat up and Timo was able to get into 2nd, coming from P7 on the grid and chasing Dirk. The latter was able to bring home the win which also meant an early overall victory for the day. 6th place qualifier, Michael Holla came in 3rd in A2. In A3 and with another win, Dirk cemented his dominating performance in the finals while Mathijs suffered from one or the other mistake which cost him dearly. Sascha was able to take P2 in the final A-main and he also took the overall runner-up spot while Timo, with a good performance in A3, secured himself the final podium spot.

Source: RC-Lemans [rc-lemans.de]

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Exotek B6.2 heavy-duty fan mount

Posted: 29 Jul 2020 11:14 PM PDT

Coming from Exotek and made for the Team Associated B6.2 buggy is a heavy-duty aluminium fan mount. It is a direct bolt-on for less flex and stronger fan mounting and due to its lightweight 6061 aluminium construction it weighs in at only about 1g. The mount comes black coated with blue chamfer details and it is usable with most fan units.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]

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