Arrowmax have released a new range of clutch pinion gears for the Xray RX8. Made from the highest quality 7075-T6 aluminium and then hard coated, they are lightweight, very durable and mesh perfectly with the car’s spur gears. Available in 16T, 17T, 18T, 19T, 20T & 21T versions.
Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]
The 4th Round of the British 1/8th scale Nationals was hosted by the Halifax club over the last weekend of June. The weather forecast was for a warm weekend which prevailed apart from a wet track on Saturday morning which soon dried out to allow a meaningful practice session. Sunday greeted the drivers with bright sunshine with the committee allowing a 7 minute practice session in heat format before 4 rounds of qualifying. After round one, it was Andy North who held TQ with a steady run without a fuel stop after Kyle Branson made a mistake exiting the pits. In Round 2, it was Kyle Branson who inherited Top spot with a clear run. The order stayed much the same throughout the day, but Tim Wood managed to displace Andy North into second position.
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The EFRA European 40+ championships took place this week at the Wiesbaden RC Speedway in Germany. A yearly gentleman’s race, the race has classes for 1/8th 4wd, 1/10th 200mm and the Classic 2wd class. A well run event, this year’s host club did a great job with the organization, with the technical track allowing for some great on track action. Top qualifier in the 1/8th scale class was Serpent driver Andreas Giesa, the only person to get 30 laps in qualifying, while in the 1/10th scale class it was Andreas Weyhoven who took the top spot. With no direct qualifiers both men would still have to do battle in the semi finals to ensure a place in the main final.
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Last weekend the first European Nitro Challenge was held at the permanent RC track of the RC Team Hockenheim located at the world famous Hockenheim Ring Formula 1 circuit. More than 70 drivers entered the different classes, among them many international top racers like Robert Pietsch, Daniele Ielasi, Ronald Völker and Michael Salven. Different from other events the three fastest consecutive laps were taken for the qualifying ranking while the 4 fastest drivers qualified directly for the final. In the 1/10th Hobby Cup class it was Alex Kempe driving the 3 fastest laps followed by Marcus May, Klaus Lechner and Markus Spaniol. The 1/8th scale Hobby Cup class saw Thilo Tödtmann taking the pole-position in front of Luigi Pili, Norbert Mayrhofer and Benny Endres.
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HPI China has announced the signing of Haifeng Wang to their racing team. Wang is the indisputable top EP on-road driver in China. Starting his RC life in 2005, Wang achieved astonishing progress, not only by racing talent but also through hard work. He undertook all National 1:10 EP Onroad Championship event (TQ and win) from 2007 to 2010 and became a star of the industry. In 2009 Wang challenged himself by joining the 4WD GT Class at the Tamiya Asia Cup and took the TQ & win without problem. In 2011, he again embraced his reputation by top qualifying and winning the 11.5T Stock Class at the TITC. Wang will now continue his story at HPI & Hot Bodies.
Source: HPI China [hpiracing.net.cn]
The 2nd round of the Danish 1/10th touring car championships was last weekend at the well known ‘Rainbow’ Track in Glostrup in Denmark, which hosted the Euros back in 2005. There was 17 SuperStock Drivers and 9 Modified drivers and Xray driver Nicolai Lindegaard sent us this report. On Saturday we did some very small setup changes having tested a lot in the weeks leading up to this race and so the car was fast, very smooth and easy to drive. The grip wasn’t so high but we didn’t change a lot of set-up because we expected more grip on the race day. The track is very nice with a very good flow so we were very excited to the Sunday’s race.
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Capricorn got in touch to tell us about their new 1/8 scale setup system and ultra lightweight chassis for the LAB C-801. The setup is specially designed to allow the adjustment of the the rear camber and toe settings without the need to remove the body mount. Cut-outs in the aluminium camber and polycarbonate toe plates leave room for the body mount. This makes for fast and easy set-up changes. The updated ultra lightweight chassis for the LAB C-801 features a re-designed front area with additional material removed under the front bulkhead area resulting in more torsional flex creating an increased steering response with the positive effect of saving some weight.
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This year’s Brazilian 1/8 scale on-road championship was run in a single event at the Fazenda Vesuvio circuit in Indaiatuba. The qualifying was dominated by Rafael Bob Vieira with Anderson Becheli starting from second, Deiverson Gomes from third and Fabricio Zamperetti starting from fourth position on the grid. Come the final Fabricio Zamperetti secured himself the win and therefore the Brazilian Light championship some four laps ahead of TQ Rafael Bob Vieira, Deiverson Gomes with another lap down and Tiago Amicci who scored 149 laps after the 45 minute final.
Thanks to Fabricio Zamperetti for the report
