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November 24, 2010

Schumacher Big Bore touring car shocks

Schumacher have introduced the first large diameter ‘Big Bore’ shocks on to the market for 1/10th Touring Car’s. Under testing for many months the team have found these larger diameter shocks an extremely good tuning option for the Mi4 and will also fit other Touring Cars. Especially good on bumpy, lower traction tracks but equally at home on higher grip surfaces, the assembled units are sold as a pair, and include popular 16lb springs.

View the features and a standard shock comparison photo here

November 24, 2010

Vesa Yli wins the 2010 Nordic Championships

Having brought you a brief report from last weekend’s annual Nordic Championships for modified 1/12th scale and touring car classes in Spydeberg, Norway last weekend, V-Dezign front man Vesa Yli sent us this more in depth report on the 1/12th scale race. About 30 drivers were on the starting list in 1/12th and about 40 in touring car class – all anxious to battle for the Nordics title. The entry list in 1/12th scale included most of the top drivers from Finland, Sweden and Norway were attending including multiple Euro’s A finalists like Vesa Yli (FIN) and Mikael Fransson (SWE), A finalist from this year’s Indoor TC Euros Adrian Berntsen and Swedish and Norwegian top drivers like Alexander Andersson and Helge Johannesen – just to name few!

Continue reading the report here

November 24, 2010

Elliott Harper dominates BRCA 1/12th Nats Rd2

Last weekend saw round 2 of the 2010/11 BRCA 1/12th scale nationals take place at Ardent Raceway. On Saturday, Elliott Harper ran away with the stock class driving is Speed Passion powered CRC Gen-XL. He comfortably TQ’d ahead of current European champion Chris Kerswell, who is still getting to grips with his new Serpent car. The V-Dezign trio of Andy Griffiths, Matt Varah and Mark Stiles completed the top 5. Elliott cruised to a comfortable win in the A final. Chris Kerswell pushed hard to try and keep up, but took too many chances and a mistake left him out of contention. Matt Varah also made an error and would miss out on a podium placing. With Elliott in a clear lead, the focus of everyone’s attention was on the battle for 2nd; Mark pushed Andy all the way but just couldn’t find a way past in the dying laps, so had to settle for the 3rd step of the podium behind Andy.

Continue reading the report here

November 23, 2010

Nak-suong Choi dominates Korean 1/8 onroad Nats

The KMRCA Korean 1/8 Onroad Championship took place recently at the Hitec Race Track in Oh-Chang. This race is held only once a year and is therefore the largest race for this class in Korea. After 3 rounds of qualifying Velox V8 pilot Nak-suong Choi was the top qualifier. At the start of the 45 min final Nak-suong Choi defended his first position and tried to increase the gap on the rest of the field. After a few minutes it was clear that nobody could keep up and he increased his lead lap by lap. In the end he crossed the finishing line in first position 6 laps in front of the 2nd placed driver Sang-jun Nam with Seung-won Choi in 3rd.

View the final standings here

November 23, 2010

DnM Tech MRX-5 clutch shoes

DnM Tech have released this range of clutch shoes for the car of the moment, the Mugen MRX-5. Available in yellow, red and dark red, the yellow is best suited for low traction conditions, the red is a good all round clutch shoe, while the dark red is best suited for high speed European style tracks.

Source: DNM Tech [dnm-tech.com]

November 23, 2010

Nick Chan wins KM Asia Cup Rd4

The 4th KM of Asia Cup Championships for Hong Kong & Macau region took place recently in Hong Kong. The event saw H-K1 racer Hung Cheung Hang take the top qualifying position ahead of KM team mates Nick Chan and Eddie Chu. In the final Hang hit troubles at the 23rd minute of the 30 minute encounter and retired but not before setting the fastest lap of the race, almost 3 tenths quicker than the next best lap. This allowed Nick Chan to the front where he would take the win by a lap from Lung Chun Wai in 2nd.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

November 22, 2010

Arrowmax MRX-5 lightweight clutch bell

Arrowmax have released this optional lightweight clutch bell for the Mugen MRX-5. Made from CNC-machined premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium, it has been further hard coated for extra durability and long life.

Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]

November 22, 2010

World Racing Car foam tires

Italian company World Racing Car have released their own series of pre mounted foam tires. Available for the 1/10th and 1/8th scale, the former are compatible with F1 chassis’ such as as the F104 and F103, while the 1/8th tires work with most available gas on road cars. Available in the usual range of shore hardness’.

View the 1/8th scale tires here