New from RT come three aluminium servo arms for the use with most 1/8th and 1/10th cars, buggies and trucks. The arms are CNC-machined from high-quality aluminium and come as clamp-type steering, standard type single arm and ‘throttle’ dual arm variant. The clamp-type arm comes made for 25T splines while the two other arms include 23T, 24T and 25T inserts to fit virtually all servos on the market.
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The 7th Moravia Xray Challenge was held in the city of Holesov. The race was joined by over 100 drivers with top drivers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia also attending making for some very good racing. The race started on Saturday morning with free practice and continued with three rounds of qualifiers, of which two counted, and three finals. This time the track was very challenging as the layout was fast and filled with four chicanes the drivers had to enter under full power. However the most of the drivers get used to it and the race was exciting in all classes. Team Xray designer Martin Hudy also joined the race and was at hand for all Xray pilots with tech tips and advises. The race itself was run in several classes including two beginner, a Super Stock and a Modified class. In the end Martin Hudy took the TC Modified honours with David Nemcek winning TC Start, Karel Martinec being successful in TC Junior, and Tomas Marek winning the Super Stock class.
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Last weekend the 2013 Indoor Norwegian Championship was held at the new permanent indoor facility at Mustit Raceway in Moss. The race saw 59 drivers attending participating in 1:10 modified, 1:12th scale modified and the three support classes World GT, Pro Stock and Formula F1. After five rounds of qualifying with only the best run to count, Adrian Berntsen was able to take the TQ with 29 laps @ 5:00:248 in front of team mate Petter Berntsen who claimed 2nd spot on the grid with a 29 lap run @ 4:04:881. After some very close finishes with 1.5 seconds separating 3rd and 7t! position on the grid, Oskar Fjeld got himself the 3rd spot for the finals.
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The second round of the Grass Roots Racing Series race took place at the Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California. The event had 145 entries and the track will also host the first round of the JBRL Series in a few weeks. The weather was cool in the morning, but warmed up by mid-day to around 80 degrees. The track was hard packed and very technical and it was TLR’s Adam Drake who set the fastest times in nitro buggy and nitro truggy. In the truck final he took off from pole position and never looked back to take the win by two laps. In the buggy final Adam battled with Drew Moller early, but was able to put in clean and consistent laps and had almost a lap lead with 5 minutes to go when he ran into steering servo problems that hindered his pace so we went on to finish second behind Drew Moller. Cody Smith finished third to make it a Pro-Line tire 1, 2 and 3 on the podium.
Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.
KM Racing announce that 2012 IFMAR 1/10 GP Touring Car finalist Chavit Saligupta has joined their team of talented racers. Chavit will run the KM H-K1 and K8 nitro on-road cars during his upcoming campaign that will include some major race events.
Source: KM [km-rc.com]
Exotek Racing introduce a limited edition conversion kit for the Tamiya Evo5 and Evo5 MS chassis. The kit is specially designed for the use with stock motors and has an opening in the top plate to work correctly with just smaller spur gears and large pinions used in 13.5T to 21.5T type blinky classes. Because of this the largest spur gear that can be used must be 34mm diameter or smaller. Larger spur gears are usable by adding shims under the top plate to raise it up. The kit brings the somewhat older Evo5 to latest 2013 specs with inclusion of an ultra narrow 84mm chassis made from 2mm carbon fibre. Also included is a flex top plate for rubber tire racing, a LiPo cradle system with adjustable sliding holders, tapeless yet tweak free LiPo locking tabs and a hanging low-profile servo mount to reduce chassis scrub. The top plate is drilled to accept Evo5 and Evo5 MS motor mounts. The kit is designed for the experienced racer and limited to 60 pieces world wide.
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It has been over twenty years since the premier event for 1/8 IC track last visited the UK. On 22nd to 27th July 2013 you are invited to be part of this spectacular event to take place in the north of England at the Halifax track. The fast flowing circuit successfully hosted the 1/10 IC 200mm European championships in 2006 and has since been improved further to host this event for 1/8 drivers. The warm up event takes place 1st and 2nd June. Nearby airports include Leeds Bradford and Manchester providing a link to those travelling from central Europe. Many ferries are also available to the UK. Find more information on the dedicated event site.
Last weekend saw the last race of the Finntrack Championship in icy Finland. The race took place in the town of Mynamaki, near Turku. The Prostock class has been the most competitive in the series, with way over 60 racers. The four race series saw four different winners and the races proved to be ultra competitive with just one to two tenths of a second per lap separating about 15 top racers from each others. Team EuroRC/Yokomo has been pretty solid from the first race to the last, with a really strong team and the new BD7 car. The series was finally won by Team EuroRC/Yokomo BD7 driver Tomi Mairue. Tomi drove a solid series with three second place finishes and one win placing him in front of Arto Heinonen’s Serpent and Jarkko Mustonen, who also drove Yokomo BD7.
Source: EuroRC [eurorc.com]
