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January 14, 2016

Harley Yoshii wins big at 2nd Annual Lunsford Race

January 9th and 10th saw the Pacific NW kick off its first race of 2016 indoor season and what a great way to celebrate the new year with a fantastic race in celebration of one of the industry’s greatest ambassadors, Kelly Lunsford. Now, in its 2nd year of the great Lunsford Race, last year’s champion was none other than TLR’s Dustin Evans. Unfortunately, Dustin is preparing for the Reedy Race and was not unable to attend to defend his crown. On the plus side, without Dustin in the mix, this leaves the 2016 Lunsford Race champion completely undecided and open to all the hungry racers out there.

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January 14, 2016

Mark Green joins F.T. Line

F.T. Line have announced the signing of Mark Green to their team. The former Novarossi driver will use the whole line of F.T. Line on-road engines at the biggest events World wide and he also will be a key support and development figure for the Italian manufacturer. Mark had the following to say about his move:

I would like to thank F.T. Engines for this opportunity to race with their great racing engines and with support from DB Engine technology I am sure great results can be achieved for the 2016 racing season and onwards . Also a thank you to Gino Voghera for making it possible to join F.T. Line. I am looking forward to the start of the racing season with the F.T. Line of race engines and products and will be trackside to help any F.T. Line customers with tuning tips.

Source: F.T. Line Engine [facebook.com]

January 14, 2016

Team Magic E4RS III Plus conversion kit

Team Magic have introduced a conversion kit to upgrade the older E4RS III touring car to the latest “Plus” specification. The set includes a 2.5mm carbon fibre main chassis plate, new front and rear lower A-arms, reinforced C-hubs and updated steering knuckles as well as a FR arm mount, arm mount inserts, a set of roll centre spacers, new rear driveshafts, a new motor mount support and a variety of small parts beside a sticker sheet and manual.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

January 14, 2016

Serpent Eryx 4.0 carbon fibre & aluminium chassis

Coming from Serpent are three different main chassis plates for the Eryx 4.0 touring car. First up is a 2.0mm carbon fibre chassis that is working well on both asphalt and carpet tracks. It helps to generate a good amount of rear traction and a bit less steering and it also comes in handy to avoid traction rolling on super high-bite tracks. Also available is a 2.25mm carbon fibre chassis for asphalt racing. It helps to gain steering and response on the expense of a slightly nervous and edgy car behaviour. Last but not least is a 2.0mm aluminium chassis for the use on carpet tracks. It makes for a lower centre of gravity and less traction rolling while keeping a good balance between steering response and an easy to drive car.

View the other chassis here

January 14, 2016

XWS Slovenia Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Xray Winter Series Slovenia was held at the technical MSM club track in Maribor. The demanding track layout made for some fun racing and the event started with a round of controlled practice for seeding before the qualifiers started. In the Touring Stock class Jan Popic, Alojzij Osvald and Dario Veseli fought for the top spot with the better end for Jan who took the TQ from Alojzij and Dario. The Formula class saw Andrej Grebenc taking the TQ from Jan Pernarcic and Borut Svoljsak while in the 1/12th scale class Rok Rudl was the man to beat as he secured himself the TQ from Jernej Vuga and Mis Valentin.

Continue reading the report here

January 14, 2016

Yeah Racing Gold-plated stainless steel screws

Yeah Racing have introduced several sets of 24K Gold-plated stainless steel screws. The M3 fasteners are made from high-quality 12.9 grade steel to reduce wear to a minimum and they are available in 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and 12mm length, both with in a flat and button head design. The screws come in packs of 10 pieces.

View the button head screws here

January 14, 2016

Hudy double-sided Velcro tape

New from Hudy comes a double-sided Velcro tape set for the use with off-road bodyshells. Included are 8mm wide and 500mm long hook and loop straps that are ideal to mount off-road buggy bodies to the chassis instead or in addition to body posts and clips.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

January 14, 2016

Luca Redaelli teams up with Capricorn

Capricorn have bolstered up their 1/10th scale nitro on-road team with the addition of Italian driver Luca Redaelli. Luca will pilot the LAB C03 20omm nitro car in the coming season with a special focus on the World Championships in Gubbio and he has the following to say:

I would like to thanks Patrizio for this oppurtunity and he is very exciting for the incoming season. After a long experience, results and hard work with my previous team Blacktarmac R/C now I decide to start a new season with Capricorn R/C team . I would like to thank Blacktarmac R/C, and SprintRC for the support they gave me in the past, with a special thank to Mr. Alessandro Borsani.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]