Coming from Swiss company UFRA is a new line of wet weather foam tyres for 1/8th and 1/10th scale on-road cars. Pre-mounted and pre-trued for most of today’s nitro on-road cars the tyres are available on white rims only.
Serpent have introduced three new kits based on their popular Cobra GT 1/8th GT. The pre-assembled kits allow to get on the track earlier and easier while accepting your choice of electronic and engines. All kits come factory-assembled and pre-set, they feature universal driveshafts, a 3-diff 4WD drivetrain, 16mm big bore shock absorbers, front and rear anti-roll bars and they build on 3mm heavy-duty aluminium chassis. Also included are clear bodyshells and pre-mounted high-grip tyre on BBS-style wheels. Available are the GT RaceRoller, the GT RaceRoller Cup Version for the Chinese Serpent GT Cup, including a Novarossi 3-port pull starter engine and also the GT-E RaceRoller for 1/8th electric motors. All three kits are available now.
View images of the race-ready chassis here
The 4th annual JConcepts Judge race was hosted by GSHobby in the small town of Barling, Arkansas, just south-east of Fort Smith. The hobby shop has a club racing scene at the smaller indoor track which has collected a good number of local racers from around the general area. The JConcepts Judge brought all those racers back with a mix of people from out of town. In 2WD Mod Buggy the battle was between JR Mitch, Michael Twilling, Trevor Nault, Todd Sieler, and Bobby Woods. That’s how they qualified for the three A-mains on Sunday. A1 and A2 were taken by JR Mitch, leaving the battle for second between Michael Twilling and Bobby Woods. At the 3rd A main, it was Michael getting the edge over Bobby for the second overall position.
Round three of the Portuguese Touring Stock 10.5T National Championship was held at the fast track of Pista Das Travessas in Sao Joao Da Madeira. Fred Santos (Xray) happened to take the overall win thanks to winning A1 and A2, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Helder Silva (Capricorn) snatched the runner-up spot from Patrick Santos (Xray) on the third spot.
The Italian DM Trophy was recently held on the Mandorlis track in Bologna. In the Touring Modified class Daniel Baldissarri would take the day’s win from Fabrizio Manicardi who suffered from the wet qualifiers in the morning but Fabrizio was able to recover with a third, second and first place in the triple A-mains, coming from the 7 spot on the grid. Behind the two, Stefano Bettazzoni would round out the top 3 result.
VBC Racing have introduced three brass suspension mounts for the Wildfire D08 touring car. Available is a 10.9g FR mount, a set of 4.3g split inner suspension blocks and also an outer 9.5g block. The brass parts are around four times heavier than the standard aluminium mounts and they help to fine tune the weight balance of the car while also doing away with the need to use a large amount of unsightly stick-on wheel balance weights. The mounts are available separately and they are a direct fit on the D08.
Avid’s all-new Slop Shock O-ring lube will provide nearly frictionless lubrication for shock and differential O-rings and doesn’t washout or swell from silicone shock oil. The lube comes in a handy 4.5ml container and also protects against corrosion while being fully compatible with the temperature range found in RC racing.
Source: Avid [avidrc.com]
Schumacher have announced the release of a centre weight for the Atom GT12 car. Traditionally GT12 cars are underweight and the positioning of additional ballast is a great tuning aid. This new centre weight for the Atom adds 40 grams of weight straight in the centre of the car, giving a great deal of benefits to the cars performance including a lower centre of gravity and a reduced polar moment. The black anodised weight is also stronger than the kit part and makes for easier assembly.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
