The final race of the year in China was held at the RCI indoor racing club in Shanghai. In the top class 11.5T, JJ Wang driving his HB TCX cruised to victory over second place driver Zhang Fang Zhou, also driving a TCX. In third place was Ed Clark from the UK driving a Tamiya 417. This was a control race using Hobby Wing motors and Team Power tires. Other classes in the Christmas shoot out included 13.5T sports class, and Formula One.
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Earlier this month Team La Gang organized a big event for Charity in the permanent track of RCLandia in Scandiano, Italy. The scope of the race was to collect money to donate, this year, to the Child division of the Reggio Emilia’s Hospital. Team La Gang in cooperation with ToniSport decided to use the same rules as the ETS round 2 which will take place on the same track in January which gave the racers the chance to practice in the Pro-Stock division, which is the most popular class in the ETS thanks to the fantastic rules and the support of Speed Passion, the new Formula 1 class and the Modified class.
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KM Racing have released a number of new items for their own H-K1 and the Mugen MTX-5. For the H-K1 there is a new set of aluminium ball cups which are stronger and more durable than the originals and wont slip. A set includes 4 pairs of aluminium ball cups and plastic cup inserts. For the MTX-5 there is a carbon brake arm set and carbon radio box plate set, both are lightweight and durable and are made using aluminium mounts.
Huge R/C Products, the brand of former IFMAR ISTC Touring Car World Champion Surikarn C, have announced that their high traction R36 compound slick tires are now available pre mounted. The tires come glued onto white dish wheel and use the new Huge soft tire insert, which is also available separately.
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Two new items from Serpent, the first for the 966 & 733 and the other for the Cobra buggy & truggy. For use in the 966 & 733 and older kits too, are these 8.5mm pivot-balls which have been made from TiNi coated titanium. Sold in a set of 8 they are super lightweight, weighing in at on 2.2 grams each, and offer an ultra smooth movement. For the Cobra are a line of hardened steel clutch-bells with ventilation / cooling pockets. Available in 13T, 14T, 15T, 16T & 17T they are laser engraved with Serpent logo and number of teeth.
Having brought you photos of the new HMX touring car in the past, the Corally have released complete information, as well as more photos, of their latest project. The new car features steeples shock adjustment on super rigid aluminium 7075-T6 shock towers as well as what the manufacture claim is the narrowest chassis on the market. Super strong high carbon wishbones feature straight design and 5 different shock positions and the kit is supplied with rear differential, front spool and super efficient MIP CVD drive shafts.
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The Taiwanese TRCCA On-Road National championship was held last weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Expert class it was Mr. Wang that took the TQ and went on to win the final ahead of Zhe-Hong Chen in 2nd and Yi-Hao Huang in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale gas on road class it was Mr. Chu that won from the pole position in front of Cheng-Zhong Wu in 2nd an Hao-Yui Yu in 3rd. Finally in the 1/10th EP Touring Expert class Zea-Hao Chen convert his TQ into victory ahead of Po-Yuan Chen in 2nd with Fu-Seng Zheng completing the podium.
Protoform is celebrating 20 years of race body development and they wanted to share the good news with everyone. And so master mold maker Dale Epp wrote the following piece look back at the company’s history from its humble beginnings making rc funny car bodies to the modern Worlds winning TC shells.
