Capricorn have introduced the P3 ultra hot glow plug. The turbo-style plug will provide improved idling and better acceleration and it fits all off-road engines with a turbo-style combustion camber insert.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Italian company WRC have a new bodyshell for 1/10th formula pan cars available. The 2015 style body offers a revamped nose section to mimic this year’s Formula 1 cars. A contoured side pod design and a reshaped engine cover further add to the new look. As usual the body comes clear and it fits WRC’s current formula chassis as well as many other cars.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
Samix more option parts for the Axial SCX-10 1/10th truck available in the form of aluminium front and rear shock mounting plates. Machined from high-quality material and coming in the four colours of green, black, gun metal and silver the parts offer 15 shock mounting positions each, allowing for more complex setup that the stock parts. On top of that the plates, that also act as a mounting point for the body stays, improve the durability and they add some visual impact to the car.
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Round 4 of this year’s Portuguese 1/8th Buggy Nationals saw Ricardo Monteiro taking the win from Carlos Duraes. Goncalo Melo rounded out the top 3 result while Ricardo is currently leading the national series from Carlos with one round to go, taking the championship decision to the final race.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
The 5th edition of the BeNeLux Race was held at the MAC de Bannbrekers club in Rucphen in the four classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock, Formula and Pro10 Stock. The race started on Friday with free practice and resumed on Saturday with controlled practice and four rounds of qualifying. A last qualifier was held on Sunday morning followed by triple mains. After two days of nice weather the drivers were faced with wet conditions on Sunday morning and the final qualifier was declared a wet race. In the Touring Car Modified class Mitchell van Es took the TQ honours from Olivier Bultynck and Nick Joosens. In the Stock class Olivier Bultynck came out fastest from Geoffrey Vekemans and Athan de Witte while in the Formula category Jitse Miedema put his car on the pole position for the finals. Olivier Bultynck came in 2nd, Steve Deblaere put his car on the 3 spot. Finally in the Pro10 Stock class it was Reinder Willms who ended the qualifying on top of the timing sheets with Nick Boon and Joost Kuiper in tow.
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Coming end of July is Yokomo’s latest incarnation of the club-level BD7 ver.RS electric touring car. The ver.RS3 offers some high-end features such as a graphite main chassis, graphite upper deck and graphite front and rear shock towers along aluminium upper bulkhead covers, aluminium split inner suspension mounts, aluminium motor mount and SLF short shock absorbers. Also included in the package are a front spool and a rear gear differential.
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New from Flash Point R/C Racing Products is a 2S LiPo 7.4V 2500mAh battery pack. Made with the highest quality cells and using durable 20AWG silicone wire, the battery was designed not only as 1/10th and 1/8th scale nitro car receiver battery, but it can also be used to power most transmitters. The battery comes fibre wrapped, covered in black shrink wrap it is pre-wired with a universal plug and a balance lead for easy operation.
Source: Flash Point [flashpointrc.com]
The annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout was held in Saugus, California this past weekend. Qualifying was affected by rain and so only two out of two rounds would count, handing Jared Tebo the TQ in the premier class of 2WD Modified. Ryan Maifield took the pole position for the triple A-mains in the 4WD Modified Buggy class while Ryan Cavalieri dominated the 2WD Modified Truck classes by ending the qualifiers on top of the result sheets in 2WD Modified Truck and 2WD Modified Short Course. In the 2WD Mod Buggy A-mains Ryan Maifield (TLR) would come out successful winning A-main 1 and A-main 2 in style. TQ Jared Tebo (Kyosho) had a mixed mains and finished in 3rd overall while Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri grabbed the runner-up spot.
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