Coming from Arrowmax are two sets of 5mm diameter titanium pivot balls. Made from high-quality 64-grade material and offering an M3 thread section of 6mm or 8mm length the pivot balls are exceptionally strong and durable and they come in sets of six pieces.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
T-Works have introduced two new screw sets for the Serpent Project 4X touring car. First up is a 120-piece set of 64-grade titanium screws with the kit including both countersunk and the new UFO head button screws. The lightweight yet durable fasteners reduce the overall weight of the car while adding visual impact. The second new kit is the 141-piece gold-plated steel screw set. Made from high-grade steel the fasteners are direct replacements for the stock parts.
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Coming from HB Racing is an aluminium idler gear for the D216 2WD buggy. Precision machined from aluminium and hard-anodised for durability, the idler gear is a direct replacement for the stock plastic gear in the D216 transmission. Stronger and more precise the gear helps with durability and overall efficiency of the drivetrain.
Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]
Last weekend saw the final round of the BRCA Outdoor Formula National Championship at the open and flowing Halifax circuit. After a dry practice day on the Saturday, rain overnight ensured a slippery start to qualifying with drivers having to adapt their cars to the wet but drying conditions throughout the four qualifying rounds. With the already crowned Championship winner Luke Lee taking pole position it was the hard charging duo of Stephen Lander and James Wright that lined up second and third respectively.
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The sixth and final round of the Dutch Electric On-road Championship held at the Raco2000 track in Utrecht not only saw the title decision in the Touring Stock class but also the running of the 1/10th Formula class. Following Saturday’s practice the triple qualifiers would be held on Sunday and they saw Jitse Miedema taking the TQ from Daan Schuuring and Martijn van der Heijden (all Xray). In the finals Jitse made a clean sweep to take the overall win from Martijn and Daan who swapped places compared to their qualifying results, having Martijn coming in second from third placed Daan.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The first round of the Worksop Series took place this past weekend with a huge entry of 153 drivers across the two classes of Buggy 2WD and 4WD. There was huge demand to try and get a race entry for this event, one of the biggest race series currently in the UK. As always round by round qualifying was the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. In 2WD Craig Collinson was trying to help his Championship get off to the best start by being on pole position for the A-final and he would come out fastest in the main too, taking the win from Richard Lowe and Greg Williams.
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Round six of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League was held at Channel Islands R/C in Santa Barbara, California. The forthcoming IFMAR Worlds made for an illustrious entry field with drivers trying to put finishing touches on their worlds packages. In the Expert Buggy class Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri took the win from AE teammate, Spencer Rivkin while Japan’s Atsushi Hara (Kyosho) completed the podium result in third.
Source: AKA [raceaka.com]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia played host to round five of the Malaysia National League. Saturday was qualifying day, with five 10-minute long races on the schedule, drivers had to deal with a very dusty track under incredibly hot and humid weather conditions. In the Pro Buggy class Danny K would TQ three of the five rounds to take the overall TQ but it was 6-times national champion, David Lim who would start into the A-main from the pole position followed by Boy Witsarut and Danny K. In the 60-minute long Pro A-main, Boy then managed to lap the entire field on the 20-minute mark, finishing up three laps ahead of the second-place driver, Kenny Chin. Didier Perin would obtain the final podium spot with TQ, Danny K had to settle for a sixth place overall after an incident with a marshal that stopped his engine.
Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
