Roche have introduced a long kingpin set for the Rapide F1 Evo formula car. Developed by German team driver Alexander Stocker, the longer kingpins will allow for a wider adjustment range which will improve steering response. The shafts come titanium-nitride-coated for wear and a smooth movement and they include a set of shims and bushings.
Source: Roche [rocherc.com]
Last weekend saw the final round of the Croatian Touring Stock Championship. The weekend started off with nice weather on Saturday and Patrik Pozgaj was able to take the two opening qualifiers to gain the overnight TQ from Zeljko Selman and Borna Pliskovac. A final round of qualifiers would be held on Sunday but lower temperatures and clouds meant Saturday’s setups were made redundant. However it was still Patrik Pozgaj on top of the timing sheets and he would continue to perform in the triple A-mains were he set a new Stock class track record with a 20.094, beating Selman and Pliskovac in the progress and also taking the 2017 Croatian Touring Stock title.
The Arizona State Championships were held recently at Hobby Action raceway. The layout for the track was welcomed by many and a huge triple and a quad section was something different for an indoor track and a nice change of pace for indoors. The single 8-minute 4WD main on Sunday saw Xray’s Tanner Stees walking away with the win. Coming from the 2 spot on the grid, Tanner would gain the lead after a couple of laps and he was able to break away from the 2nd placed driver until Tanner had a problem with lap traffic and had to be marshalled were he fell back down to 2nd. The battle continued on once again until the leader made a mistake and Stees was able to take the lead and get a gap going until the end of the race, where he finished 1st from Team Associated’s Ashe Deering 2nd and Tekno’s Billy Fischer 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The final round of the British IC Track Championship took place at the Cotswold circuit in central UK. Saturday Morning was damp, so cars hit the circuit for practice in the afternoon only. Noticeable quick cars were Green, Wood, Spashett, and Hastings. Sunday saw a fully dry track from the start. Four rounds of qualifying saw Mark Green take a superb TQ, but the title contenders lined up 2nd Spashett and 4th Wood. The start of the A-final saw a Green get away swiftly, with the title protagonists battling hard for 2nd. A close exciting race saw Wood’s Serpent hounding Spashett’s ARC and at the second round of pit stops, Tim’s mechanic Nicola performed the undercut – with a pitstop one lap early. This allowed Tim to squeeze past Dave into an exciting turn 1. After 30 minutes, the race result was declared as 1st Tim Wood, winning the 2017 British Championship from runner-up, Dave Spashett.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Based off of the Traxxas TRX-4 1/10th 4WD trail truck chassis comes the new Tactical Unit, a rapid-response vehicle designed to charge into practically any situation, emerging unscathed and ready for the next adventure. From broken concrete and back-alley climbing, to mud, rocks, and streams, the all-terrain vehicle conquers it all as it shares the innovative features and capability of the TRX-4 scale and trail crawler, but includes a rugged, lightweight tactical body for increased agility. Included in the package are the pre-painted ProGraphix Night Camo body, a waterproof XL-5 HV speed controller, metal gear steering servo, and a TQi 2.4GHZ radio system.
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The 1/10th Electric Buggy Portuguese Cup was recently held at the RC Oeste indoor track in Torres Vedras, Portugal. In the 2WD class Nuno Casal Ribeiro and Pedro Gomes battled for the TQ with the better end for Nuno who took the pole position for the A-mains in the tie-breaker. In the finals it was again Nuno who held the upper hand to take the day’s win from Marco Timoteo 2nd and Pedro Gomes, who suffered some mishaps, in 3rd.
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SWorkz have introduced their new limited edition sunglasses. The are of a lightweight design and come with polarised lenses to block reflections while a highly efficient UV filter guarantees protection against UV-A and UV-B radiation. The SWorkz-branded sunglasses come including a protective pouch.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
The 3rd and final round of the Brazilian Nitro On-road National Championship was held in Americana/SP, home of the 2015 IFMAR 1/8th World Championship. High temperatures during the day made for challenging conditions for men and machines. In the 1/8th Pro class it was Flavio Elias with the win from Kazuo Ohara and Samuel Prato.
