Round five of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Electric Series was held at Pegasus Hobbies in Montclair, California over the weekend. In the premier class of 2WD Modified Buggy Shawn Blackwell Sr. took the win from Jake Mayo in 2nd and Jeremy Hase Jr. in 3rd.
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Made for Yokomo’s Drift Package cars with RWD option is the new aluminium steering knuckle set. The knuckles feature five different upper camber link positions and four different steering Ackermann points to allows for a wide range of steering scrub, trail, kingpin angle and Ackermann adjustments including positive and negative Ackermann settings. Included in the set are the left and right steering blocks, 1050 bearings and new wheel axles.
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T-Works have new lower shock mount pins for the HB D812 and Serpent Cobra buggies available. Cut from titanium the parts offer a low weight and a high rigidity and the D812 pins also act as anti-roll bar mounts. The shafts come in sets of four pieces.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
Xray South Africa have announced the Xray Work.Shop that will be held on August 21st at the Welkom RC Track track in Cnr of Newby & Neser Str Welkom. Special guest Alexander Hagberg will teach all the latest and finest setup tips for the Xray T4’15 and participating at the workshop is free for everyone. If you wish to participate simply drop a mail to antonio@xray-sa.co.za.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Last weekend the Road Race Riccione track in Italy hosted the Hot Race Beach Cup 2015, a race event that sets a focus on the more fun aspects of racing with a lot of off track activities. The weekend started off on Thursday night with a go kart race at a nearby race centre that was won by Alessandro Bracci. On Friday, after a happy hour on the track, the drivers went to Coco Rico Beach next to the sea to have a drink together and to recharge the vital batteries with a typical sea dinner. Finally on Saturday everyone would have dinner and some music at the Villa delle Rose venue. As for the racing side of things in the Touring Car Modified class Ronald Völker, Alexander Hagberg and Alessio Menicucci would make the top 3 after the qualifying and Ronald would went on to win the finals from JJ Wang after Alexander suffered problems in the final legs. Just like in qualifying Alessio would round out the top 3.
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Team Shepherd have announced a new low-friction belt pulley set for the Velox V8 EC. Made from a revolutionary material that combines a super smooth surface with an excellent durability the ultra true running pulleys provide a better and smoother performance of the complete drivetrain and improve the acceleration and mileage of the car. The pulleys are available as a set or separately.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Last weekend Pine Hills Dirt Racing held the 2015 Queensland State Championships on a large and extremely high speed, and when dried out, very high grip track. The event started off with two rounds of practice and two rounds of qualifying on Friday. The weather wasn’t kind to the drivers on the first day and they ended up with a few rain showers, which dropped the grip on the track and made it quite slimy. Kyle McBride TQ’d both of the qualifiers for that day and he would went on to take the overall TQ following four more qualifiers on Sunday. The top 10 qualifiers went straight into the A-final, and following one 10-minute practice they went straight into the 45-minute final. Kyle started off the main with a clean start and went on to have a smooth race with no mistakes over the 45 minutes and he took the championship by over two laps of the entire field.
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Motiv RC’s new Black Out charge harness is all-black to match any colour pit station. It uses the patent pending TQ Wire 4 to 5mm step bullet-type connectors, allowing to charge 4mm or 5mm bullet plug packs with the same lead. The ends are colour coded at the bullet’s using shrink wrap to designate positive and negative polarity. It also boasts 200 degree Celsius wire that allows to charge at higher amps if desired and at 2 feet long it allows to charge out of the way to keep the pit area clean. The harness also features extra length added to the most common XH balance plug which allows to reach the balance port without putting added stress on the wires.
Source: Motiv RC [motivrc.com]
