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Schelle Racing Innovations B64 ball bearing sets

Posted: 04 Mar 2017 02:16 AM PST

Schelle Racing Innovations have three new ball bearings sets for the Team Associated B64 added to their lineup. First is the Onyx series 22-pieces set for kit replacement. Second are the Black Diamond Ceramic bearings kits that are offered as a 10-pieces B64 gearbox set or an 18-pieces complete car set to outfit the gearboxes and all four axles. The complete car set also includes eight Onyx bearings for the steering system. The Black Diamond ceramic bearings are precision manufactured to ABEC-3 standards, lubed with premium bearing oil and they feature two metal shields for minimum drag, making them ideal for stock 17.5 and 13.5 4WD racers looking for some extra speed.

Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]

Tekno EB48SL & SCT410 narrow wheel hubs

Posted: 04 Mar 2017 01:59 AM PST

Tekno RC have introduced narrow wheel hubs for the EB48SL and SCT410 vehicles. The hubs are intended to be used on the EB48SL to narrow the track width and improve handling characteristics. Overall grip is increased when using these hubs, especially on tight indoor tracks. Used on the SCT410 they allow to use standard 1/8th buggy wheels on Tekno’s 1/10th 4WD short course truck for a wider selection of wheels and tyres. The hubs utilise TKR5580 stub axles and convert the SCT410 to use 17mm wheels without changing the overall track width from standard SCT wheels.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

Neumann recovers to dominate Qualifying Day 1 in China

Posted: 03 Mar 2017 05:34 PM PST

The opening day of qualifying got underway at ARC International Raceway in Xiamen, China for the 2017 Guan Kou Sunpadow Offroad GP with 3 rounds for Nitro Buggy followed by 2 rounds for EP Buggy. Round 1 in Nitro Buggy saw first blood go to Atsushi Hara, a number of errors by Serpent driver Joern Neumann, including a costly error on the main straight that lost him 10 seconds, allowing his team mate Shin Adachi to take 2nd spot for the round with Joern having to settle for 3rd.

With the opening round mistakes behind him, the rest of the day would turn into the Neumann show as the German dominated proceedings to take a clean sweep of all remaining qualifiers in both classes. The second round of Nitro buggy would see Hara make a small early mistake that due to a slow marshall turn into a big mistake, which while he would recover throughout the run, saw him take 3rd behind Korean Kyosho driver Dani Choi in 2nd, with Adachi again putting in a solid run to take 4th.

The final round of Nitro buggy would again see the same drivers at the top of the timesheets however two flameouts from Hara saw the Japanese driver retire. Neumann would again take a clear 1st for the round despite a coming together with a slower car that saw him lose 8 seconds but despite this he would be 5 seconds up on Mr Consistent Shin Adachi in 2nd. Dani Choi again put in a good run to take 3rd for the round, just ahead of multiple Taiwanese Champion Chen Guanxian in 4th.

Moving over to EP Buggy and with only 4 heats the rounds came by very fast. No surprises as Joern Neumann would again set the pace, a huge 12 second advantage over the 6 minute run in Q1 thanks in part to a late mistake by Hara that would see him fall back to 3rd behind Choi who took 2nd for the round. Q2 was more of the same from Neumann but the advantage was greatly reduced despite the Serpent driver setting a faster time. This time the main challenge came from his team mate Shin Adachi who ended the round 2nd, only 5 seconds back, with Hara taking 3rd, 7 tenths behind his fellow Japanese driver.

View our complete event coverage (in Chinese) here & event image gallery here.

Collari caps off Infinity test with tough Singapore win

Posted: 03 Mar 2017 12:31 PM PST

Lamberto Collari capped off a successful pre-season Infinity team test with a tough victory at the opening round of the Singapore GP Onroad National Series. Travelling to the Marine Paradise Radio Control Modellers Club track to capitalise on the Singapore hot weather, Collari and the rest of the Infinity team’s participation made for the Singapore event’s most high profile entry to-date. In the 45-minute final, the Italian, who qualified 7th, enjoyed a great battle with team-mate Takaaki Shimo. At the end of 152 laps, the two stalwarts of 1:8 battling hard for the duration of the race, just 0.179 separated them. Completing the podium, Jilles Groskamp would finish 3rd a lap down on the lead battle. Making his Infinity race debut, Dario Balestri was Top Qualifier ahead of Groskamp but the race would go less well and he would finish 6th. Surprising Naoto Matsukura showed good nitro skills qualifying fourth and also set the fastest lap of the final but he had to retire with 7 minutes remaining.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]