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March 23, 2016

Team C BD7 & GT8 progressive shock system

Team C Racing have introduced a progressive shock system for the Yokomo BD7 as well as their GT8 1/8th on-road kits. Adapting a popular design the system utilises tube-style inserts with triangular-shaped openings as well as plain shock pistons. The inserts are used the standard shock housings and the plain pistons are used in place of the drilled standard ones while the triangular openings in the tubes allow the oil to bypass the piston on compression. With ongoing compression the opening above the piston becomes smaller, resulting in a progressive, harder dampening that can lead to faster corner speeds and improved stability. The BD7 set included four inserts and four pistons while the GT8 set is available separately for the front and the rear of the car.

View the GT8 system here

March 23, 2016

Dave Johnson takes double Canadian on-road title

Seaway Mall in Ontario, Canada was the venue for the recent 2016 Canadian Carpet On-Road Nationals. Racing was close in all classes with an extremely competitive field. In Touring Stock, 3 seconds separated out the top 5. At the start of the A, coming from the 4 spot on the grid, Dave Johnson paced himself perfectly, taking the lead on lap 4 and would go on to win the A Main, securing the TC 17.5 National title. In USGT, the top 3 were separated out by less than 1 second. Dave Johnson would quality in the third spot and in what would be another flawless drive, Dave hold off the field to take the USGT title, scoring a double and another National title.

Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]

March 23, 2016

SOAR Seiki tease 988 TD1 1/8th nitro buggy

SOAR Seiki have announced the soon release of the 988 TD1 1/8th scale nitro off-road buggy. No details about the features and specifications are available yet but it is understood that the buggy will sport many refinements and improvements especially in the design and quality department. We bring you more information as soon as they surface.

Source: SOAR Seiki [soar-rc.com]

March 23, 2016

Amirul Shafiq wins at Malaysia National Rd1

The opening round of the Malaysia Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Titiwangsa Track. Amirul Shafiq would take the TQ in the 200mm class after the qualifiers and he would then went on to win the main final from team mate Baha while YL Tan rounded out the top 3 result.

View the A-main result here

March 22, 2016

RC Concept silicone shock & differential fluids

Coming from French company RC Concept is a range of silicone fluids for shock absorbers and gear differentials. Laboratory-tested the fluids offer high temperature stability, they are available as 15wt to 100wt shock and 1,000cst to 500,000cst differentials oils and come in 80ml bottles.

Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]

March 22, 2016

Kyle Francis TQs & wins at WA State Titles

The Western Australian State Titles were held over three days with Friday being controlled practice, Saturday qualifying and Sunday finals. A two hour rain delay after two rounds of qualifying saw the track conditions go from great to slippery slop and in the Nitro Truck class, after four out of five qualifiers on the Saturday, the TQ would be decided in the final qualifier. Up front the lead had already swapped several times during the race and at the beginning of the final lap Kyle Francis had the slimmest of margins, 0.001 of a second. A fast mistake free lap saw him take the win along with the TQ spot. Sunday’s 45 minute A-main then saw Kyle dominate, leading every lap of the final and in a first ran the whole race without getting marshalled once. So much was the dominance that by the 30 minute mark Kyle had lapped the entire field, including second. He went on to win by two laps with this being his second truggy win in consecutive years. Josh Pain came in second while Dale Smulders rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

March 22, 2016

Paul Lemieux successful at Canadian On-road Nats

The Annual Canadian On-road Nationals were held last weekend at the Seaway Mall in Welland Ontario, Canada. Part of what makes this race special is that it is held center court in a shopping mall which brings high-end RC racing to thousands of spectators. This year was bigger than ever with well over 300 entries, drivers from all over North America were in attendance representing many brands. In the showcase class of Modified Touring it was team Xray driver Paul Lemieux who would ultimately TQ over Kevin Hebert (Team Associated) and Andrew Hardman (Yokomo). In the final it was Lemieux who would lead tone to tone but was not unchallenged with Andrew Hardmann in striking distance the entire race and finishing a very close second, Blake Bell (Xray) would put in a solid drive to round out the podium.

View the full A-main results here

March 22, 2016

JConcepts Ford F-150 trail & scale bodyshell

JConcepts have introduced the new Ford F-150 trail and scale bodyshell. Made for 1.9″ Vaterra and Axial trucks the body features signature F-150 details such as bulging wheel arches, a drop-down beltline at the front doors, and some of the biggest snarling grille nostrils ever seen on a truck. The F-150 body is specifically built for the Vaterra Ascender and Axial chassis providing even more versatility to the wildly successful platforms. Made from clear polycarbonate the body comes including a comprehensive decal sheet.

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