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December 16, 2015

Jean Delorme joins Xray

Xray have announced the signing of French Cup winner and French Stock vice-champion, Jean Delorme to their team. Jean has been racing Xray cars as a privateer for several years now and for the 2016 season he is part of the Xray factory team. Jean will attend at regional, national and international races including the ETS and he has the following to say about the deal:

We have been racing with Xray cars since ever because they are simply the best. Not only the quality and performance but the support we get is first class and makes me confident anytime I go to a race. I’m very proud and motivated to be part of the best team and I am looking forward to work with the team and improve my racing results. I want to thank Xray for this great opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 16, 2015

WRC GTX hard front bumper

New from Italian company WRC and made for the GTX 1/8th scale car is a hard compound front bumper. The reinforced material provides higher stiffness, resulting in improved precision and also increased steering response.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

December 16, 2015

CSO T4 aluminium suspension parts

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CSO have new aluminium option parts for the Xray T4 line of touring cars available. The range includes 4 degree C-hubs, front steering blocks as well as rear uprights and all parts are CNC-machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and they come black anodised and laser-etched. Silver chamfered edges give all parts a distinctive appearance. The alloy items are direct replacements for the standard composite parts and they offer improved durability while adding visual impact.

View the other new parts here

December 16, 2015

Williams & Owen win at SIWS

The December round of the Silverstone Indoor Winter Series saw another packed entry and some great racing. In 2WD Greg Williams (Schumacher) set TQ from team mates Richard Barton (Schumacher) and Dave Poulter (Schumacher). In the final Greg drove to a comfortable win from Ian Mellish (Kyosho) and Dave Poulter.

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December 16, 2015

BRCA 1/12th National Series Rd3 – Report

The 2015/16 1/12th National Series headed to Tamworth for the 3rd round of the series. Tamworth is one of the regular venues and is always one to get mentioned at the EGM for the amount of work that the Tamworth club put in to making it happen. In Saturday’s 10.5 Stock qualifying David Spashett showed the same lightning pace seen at Crewe by dominating qualifying, 3 out of 4 times going a lap quicker than the entire field. Mark Stiles, Mick Farrell and Chris Kerswell all swapped positions through qualifying. Spashett will take pole from Kerswell and Stiles with just 0.15 seconds between 2nd and 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

December 15, 2015

Xray Winter Series Greece Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Winter Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Race Track with a good amount of drivers in attendance. The event was held in several classes including 1/10th Touring, Formula and a foam tyre class that had 1/10th and 1/12th scale cars racing together. In the Touring Car class John Doukakis (Awesomatix) took the overall TQ and he would come out fastest in the opening A-main but Georgiadis (Xray) held the upper hand in A2 and A3 to grab the overall win from Doukakis in second and Niotis (Xray) in third.

Continue reading the report here

December 15, 2015

Serpent S100-LTR 200mm pan car kit

Serpent have introduced the latest version of their S100 200mm pan car, the S100-LTR. The kit is based on an updated, wider chassis that allows for multiple battery positions. Cut from 2.5mm carbon fibre the chassis is topped off by a small and lightweight T-brace that acts as the battery and centre shock mount while newly designed battery locators keep the battery pack in place. Also new with the LTR are updated steering knuckles with inserts that allow for king pin angle changes while the new single bellcrank steering system with in-line servo positions takes care of the steering duties. Beside the bellcrank steering also a standard “direct” servo mount position is possible. Another new feature up front are redesigned upper arms that do away with the previous horizontally mounted upper pivot ball in favour of a more traditional vertical setup. Other new parts include a friction-free central pivot ball system for the rear power pod, a redesigned rear pod plate and lighter aluminium rear brackets. The kit is rounded out by Serpent’s RCCX pan car shock absorber and available now.

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December 15, 2015

Kyosho R4 series aluminium brake lever

Made for the R4 series of 1/10th 200mm nitro cars is a new aluminium brake lever from Kyosho. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming with a dark brown anodised finish the lever is a direct replacement for the standard composite part and it will make for a stronger yet more precise brake performance. The lever fits all R4 series cars including the new R4 Evo.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]