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CTS4 Rd2 – Report

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 08:51 AM PST

History went down this past weekend at TQ RC Racing Hobbies in Chino, California as a young rising star at 10 years old and a recently sponsored team Xray driver named Jacob Cruz showed a dominating performance by being the first ever Triple Crown Winner to compete in CTS. The youngster won concourse, TQ honors and overall triple main capturing the first two mains while sitting out the third. In the Touring Modified division, Brandon Clements, factory team Xray driver, showed he had the car to beat turning the fastest lap times in practice. Factory team Yokomo driver Randy Caster and Xray driver Jacob Cruz also showed fast lap times but Clements would hold hot lap. In Saturday’s qualifying, Randy secured the top spot for Q1 and Q2 leaving the opportunity open for more improvement as the traction came up. In Q3 the pace was faster than TQ as three racers threatened to beat the time. Early in the run Caster’s BD9 came out leading the qualifier. A minute into it Eric Albano took the lead producing the fastest lap during the run with his Awesomatix mid motor car. But as the race went on Jacob Cruz would then takes his T4’19 to the lead completing a perfect run to secure TQ honors.

In A1 Cruz clips a corner on the second turn after the sweeper and drops all the way back to last as Caster gets by with Clements in 2nd. Team Associated driver Rick Hohwart would apply pressure on runner up as the race went on. Cruz relentless in clawing his way back up front passing the back of the pack showing he deserved to be up front. As the race went on a series of lead changes started to happen as Caster clips the sweeper allowing Clements to take the lead with Hohwart in pursuit as they tangle letting the youngster back up front to take A1. In A2 Jacob remained calm and won tone to tone with a perfect run claiming his first ever career win against some of the best on road racers in the Nation with Brandon Clements in 2nd and Rick Hohwart 3rd overall.

In the 17.5 division Xray driver JD Ramsey sets TQ honors with his T4’19. In A1 Ramsey traction rolls on the second corner allowing Lex Tyler (Xray) to take the lead while crowd went crazy as close racing happened behind him during the first three minutes of the race. Hector Martinez, a fast local racer, manages to get by the pack as he makes up time on Lex Tyler. With a minute to go Martinez closes gap on Tyler as they switched positions to the line as Hector takes A1. In A2 JD leads the entire race with Tyler behind him for 3 minutes. Not giving up any space to pass, the pressure was on Tyler as he fell back allowing team mate Johnee Fenimore to take 2nd as Ramsey takes A2. In A3 Lex finds an opportunity to make a pass on Ramsey entering the straight and takes the lead from there leaving the rest of the field til the finish line. Overall it was JD Ramsey taking TQ and win followed by Lex Tyler in 2nd and Johnee Fenimore in 3rd.

For USGT it was JD Ramsey taking the TQ honors and overall win over Hector Martinez and Jacob Boonyanant.

In Formula Hector Martinez was the guy to beat as his competition gave him the respect he deserves. In qualifying the drivers decided to go heads up for the entire weekend giving them six chances to beat Hector Martinez. Martinez would take TQ honors and overall win in triple mains followed by Alex M in 2nd and Mark Goldwater in 3rd.

In the 1/12th scale division, a recently added class to CTS4 this season giving a variety of other classes to run. Elias Schablowski takes the overall win over Lex Tyler in 2nd Charles Stevens (TQ) in 3rd.

Next race will be at N-Control Raceway in Dale Texas March 15-17.

Source: CTS [championtouringseries.com]

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Hudy 1/8th on-road aluminium setup wheels

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 08:37 AM PST

Hudy’s popular aluminium setup wheels are now also available in a variant specific to 1/8th on-road vehicles. Ideal for setup and tweak correction duties, the wheels bolt on just like normal wheels, however due to their high precision they help when adjusting suspension camber or toe setting. The wheels are machined from aluminium, they come black anodised and with white, laser-etched markings and they fit all of today’s nitro and electric-powered 1/8th on-road cars.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

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Yokomo SP-02D RWD drift car servo

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 08:04 AM PST

Yokomo have introduced the SP-02D, a specialised servo for RWD drift cars. Designed especially for the use with gyroscope units and thoroughly tested by Yokomo’s team drivers, the servo does away with issues such as humming, shaking and general inaccurate performance, problems that are associated with different servo and gyro combinations and settings. The standard voltage low-profile servo pulls up to 12kg-cm of torque at speeds of down to 0.093s, it utilises a coreless motor, offers smooth steering characteristics ideal for RWD cars and it will hit stores by the end of March.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

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Xray XB2 gearbox height adjustment plates

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 07:55 AM PST

Xray have introduced new carbon fibre gearbox height adjustment plates for the XB2 series of buggies. Machined from 2mm carbon fibre the plates are available in two designs, a T-shaped spacer to raise both the gearbox and rear suspension mounts by the same amount and also a smaller plate that only raises the gearbox. An optional -2mm aluminium motor plate will ensure the motor sits as low as possible, ensuring a low overall centre of gravity. Raising the gearbox, or lowering the chassis, will ensure optimised driveshaft angles, a lower centre of gravity and thus less rolling in corners in high to very high bite conditions. All parts are available separately to help create the desired setup.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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T-Works RC8B3 series alloy wheel hubs

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 05:22 AM PST

T-Works have introduced new aluminium wheel hubs for the Team Associated RC8B3 series of buggies. Machined from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 aluminium and coming black anodised for wear and looks, the wheel hubs are available in standard, +1mm or +2mm offset configurations, allowing to adjust track and overall width easily. The standard offset hubs come as 4-piece sets while the +1mm and +2mm kits include a pair of hubs with the letter two sporting laser-etched markings for easy identification. The wheel hubs fit all RC8B3 and B3.1 buggies.

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

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RC-Cox T4 aluminium front solid axle outdrives

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 04:46 AM PST

Coming from RC-Cox and made for the Xray T4 series of touring cars are front spool driveshaft adapters. The outdrives are machined from lightweight yet strong 7075-T6 aluminium and are finished with a special coating for improved wear resistance. Also included are C-shaped driveshaft blades in black colour. The driveshaft adapters are usable for all T4 series cars and they help to reduce rotational masses for quicker spool-up and thus better acceleration.

Source: PPM RC Racing [ppm-rcracing.com]

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Monaco RC fireproof LiPo bags

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:18 AM PST

Coming from Monaco RC are two new fireproof LiPo bags. First up is the large LiPo Fly Bag, a handy container that allows to conveniently carry up to five standard size LiPo packs. The bag measures 205x55x155mm and it was designed with weekly racing and even travelling in mind. The sturdy design with a double zipper and the fireproof material allows to take the bag on-board of airplanes and due to the large size, it also can be used to transport power banks, camera batteries, electronic cigarettes and more. On track it also makes a spacious charge bag. The LiPo Fly Bag is available with a pre-cut inner foam or as bag only, making it even more versatile. Also new is Monaco RC’s standard LiPo safe bag, a traditional bag that takes up to three standard size LiPo bags. Made from fire-repellant fibre material and coming with a large hook and look strap, the bag is ideal for storage, transportation or charging of most RC-related LiPo batteries.

Source: Monaco RC [monacorc.com]

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Martin Bayer teams up with Mibosport

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:51 AM PST

Mibosport have announced the addition of Xray off-road frontrunner, Martin Bayer to their team. Martin will be using Sanwa products in all of his Xray 1/8th and 1/10th scale rides while being Mibosport representative at all races he attends locally, nationally and abroad. Martin has the following to day about the deal:

I am very happy I can join Mibosport team. It’s great opportunity for me and I have to thanks to Michal Bok for his trust in me. I will be racing with new Sanwa M17 radio, everyone is welcome to come for chat about new radio, and I am free to help. See you on track.

Source: Mibosport [mibosport.com]

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Exotek YZ-2 series LiPo tab set

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:38 AM PST

Exotek have announced the release of carbon fibre LiPo tabs for the Yokomo YZ-2 and YZ-2T. Designed to replace the stock plastic tab with simpler, more secure and better working large sized carbon fibre tabs, the set includes two battery hold downs cut from carbon fibre as well as hardware and an instruction sheet. To make the set work on the YZ-2 buggy, the it requires the side rails and LiPo cups from the YZ-2T truck which are a direct fit on the YZ-2.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]

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Jesper Rasmussen wins at Danish On-road Champs Rd5

Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:15 AM PST

Round 5 of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Tinglev this past weekend. In the Formula class, that suffered from a somewhat low turnout, it was Jesper Rasmussen with a clean sweep, taking the wins in all qualifiers and the triple A-mains to grab the victory from David Hansen in 2nd and Lasse Moller Horup in 3rd.

Image: Jesper Rasmussen

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