Hong Kong based electric onroad chassis manufacturer Xpress has released a new Carbon Fibre Shorty Batter Mount Adapter for its competition spec Arrow AT1 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The adaptor plate allows you to relocated the battery mount forward to accommodate the use a shorty pack in the AT1/AT1S.
Sworkz’ Brandon Rose claimed the first major win of his career with victory in 1:8 Nitro Buggy at the Southern Indoor Championship in Alabama, and he did it in style beating Top Qualifier and 2023 Triple Champion Dakotah Phend. The RaceTime Entertainment organised event is the first major 1:8 Offroad event of the year and attracted over 500 entries to the indoor venue. Qualifying would consist of three rounds with Phend’s TLR topping Q1 and Q3 for the overall TQ. Taking Q2, Sparko Racing’s Tyler Jones would secure P2 on the grid ahead of the Tekno of Ryan Maifield and with Rose 4th. In the half hour final after Phend led away before Maifield took a turn at front, as the race reached the 1/3 distance Rose got out front where he would stay to the finish for a popular breakthrough win. Half a lap back Phend would take 2nd with Rose’s Sworkz team-mate Mason Fuller completing the Top 3 5-seconds up on Maifield. In eBuggy it was victory for Maifield from Phend while in Nitro Truggy Phend came way with the winner ahead of Camden Lime.
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New from Destiny for their RX-10SR 3.0R 1:10 Electric Touring Car is this rear spring steel CVD drive shaft with POM bushing and lightweight aluminium differential cup. The length of driveshaft is 0.5mm longer than kit aluminium drive shaft to make the car more stable for better corner speed. New machine cut POM bushing with hardened aluminium differential is for less friction on driveshaft movement and greater durability.
Team Associated’s Tommy Hall has won the BRCA British Offroad Masters hosted by the well respected Worksop Radio Car Club in the UK. Run using the famous Reedy Race Format, drivers competed without any qualifying in 5 heads up races first in 2WD before repeating the format again in 4WD. With each driver counting their best 4 results per class, at the end of 2WD it was Schumacher’s Lee Martin who was the points leader notching up 4 wins and a second. Behind, each counting three wins and a second place, it was Martin’s team-mate Michal Orlowski, Team Associated duo Tommy Hall & Neil Cragg and Xray’s Jonny Skidmore all on 5-points. In 4WD, Martin opened well notching up a win but then the former European Champion’s challenge took a hammering as 2022 European Champion Tommy Hall added 4 wins to top the 4WD ranking from Skidmore and secure the overall win on a total of 9-points ahead of Skidmore on 10-points with former World Champion Cragg completing the podium. P3 and P4 after issues with traffic in the closing two races left reigning European Champion Orlowski P4 while after his strong start to the unique Reedy Race format Martin would finish down in 7th.
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Running along side the famous 1:1 scale Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it was JConcepts/Team GFRP driver Jordan Hefler who came away with the SC Modified win at the tenth edition of the RC Chili Bowl. Attracting just shy of 600 entries, the Scotty Ernst organised event is one of the biggest in the industry with its tented indoor pit area packed with manufacturers involved in the R/C oval racing scene. Concluding this year’s event it was again the final of SC Modified presented by Fusion Motorsports. Being the favourite and actually taking a win were two different things and as it would turn out, the three front runners late in the race left the rest of the field behind by two laps. The trio of Hefler, Zac Rose and Kevin McNatt were steam rolling through traffic fighting for a pass. With a couple of consecutive lead changes and the remaining laps running down, Hefler would have the lead at the right time to take the win. Rose would finish in the second spot, going one better than in 2023, just 1-second behind with McNatt completing the podium a further 6/10ths back.
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Making the switch from a hugely success nitro onroad career to electric touring car racing for 2024, Dominic Greiner will use Nosram batteries to power the new chapter in his RC career. Having announced in December he would retire from nitro racing, the 2016 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Champion and 2023 1:8 Onroad World Championship finalist soon after announced he would join Serpent to campaign the manufacturer’s X20 ’24 touring car. Now as he prepares for the 2024 season, he has been announced by Nosram as one of its team drivers. A brand headed up by Jürgen Lautenbach, Greiner is sure to benefit from his fellow German’s vast knowledge of batteries and their charging as he moves away from the screw drivers used for tuning nitro engines.
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Following the successful launch of the affordable FH-5 and FH-4 receivers, Takashima D-13 is introducing three more budget-friendly receivers offer racers more options. The new 2.4G 4-channel receivers include the RX-314, compatible with Futaba, but please note that this 314 receiver does not support T-FHSS/RS mode. The second option is the RX-241, designed for use with KO Propo controllers but does not have an SSL port. The third one, DS3, is fully compatible with FLYSKY brand radio. All three receivers feature a compact, antenna-free design suitable for EP car. Takashima D-13’s new receivers offer a lightweight, compact design, combined with a sleek appearance and reasonable pricing.
Round 4 at EssexCarpetClash saw everyone return after Christmas ready for another round of the popular south based UK series. Another track was ready for a full days racing, that some found challenging to grips with, but would find their feet quickly once racing started. Lee Martin showed the pace of his Schumacher ride, topping the timing sheets in all the four qualifying runs. Team mate Ben Smith would line up second on the grid joint on points with Xray driver Harley Eldridge, only being beaten by a second on count-back timing. Charlie Ware, Kyle Moon and Ed Kerry all had good qualifying round scores, taking the next three grid places for the 11 car A final. Martin continued with how he set off in qualifying and would not look back, again taking all 3 leg wins and giving him the perfect race day! The fight would then be between Smith and Eldridge, who would sit where on the podium having both finished 2nd and 3rd in the first 2 finals. Smith managed to take the second step, with Eldridge rounding off the podium position.
