Yokomo is adding the option of bearing type Front/Rear universal driveshafts for its competition level MS1.0 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The universal design with bearings is available as a pair with corresponding spool or diff cups or individual items. The bearing type driveshafts reduce drive loss and stabilises suspension operation, thereby increasing cornering speeds.
Flavio Elias is the 2024 Brazilian 1:8 Onroad National Champion, victory at the season finale over the weekend giving the Capricorn driver the title once again. The 2nd and final round of the Championship at the AARC track in ABC, Santo André, São Paulo offered double points meaning the championship title was wide open. In the 1-hour final it was Elias who took the win over the similar car of Eduardo Dulac and that was how they also finished up in the overall championship standings. In 1:10 Nitro Touring, Infinity driver João Hélio took the win over Luis Gustavo Lima with Issao Takara completing the podium which was enough for Takara to claim the title. In 1:8 GT the title would go to WIRC driver Hernan Uner as he took the Round 2 victory ahead of Cesar Passaretti Hong Nor.
Source: Flavio Tamashiro
Following the latest trend in onroad carburettor venturi design, Ielasi Tuned have also released the own Super Short venturi for the GP9R24 engine which improves the power delivery both at low and high revs. The 9mm venturi is anodised in their own grey colour and has already been used with success by their drivers at the recent 1:8 Onrioad European Championship in Locorotondo as well Leno when it hosted the season finale of the Euro Nitro Series.
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
Capricorn has released a new Big Bore System for their LAB C04 1:10 Nitro Touring Car ahead of the upcoming IFMAR World Championship at Huge RC in Bangkok, Thailand. This big bore spring system is designed to run on high-grip track conditions, on tracks where there are dips and for the Bangkok’s ‘crazy traction’. The kit does not include springs, for this purpose it is necessary to use springs from the Big Bore category, various hardnesses are available, which can be consulted on their spring table.
The latest season of the popular & long running Essex Winter Series kicked off over the weekend with Awesomatix driver Olly Jefferies taking the win ahead of the Schumacher of reigning Champion Elliott Harper. Qualifying for the opening round of the 5 race series, which is presented by Ruddog/Iris, would see Harper open proceedings with a TQ hitting the top of the times again in Q3. Taking Q2, Jefferies would however take the overall TQ was he laid down the fastest time in the fourth & final qualifier. Returning to race action former British National Champion Kyle Branson would line-up third ahead of British Nitro Onroad Champion Alex Thurston. In the single 5-minute A-main, the Top 7 would finish as they started with Jefferies registering maximum points 1.5-seconds up on Harper with Branson completing the podium a further 1.3-seconds back. In Stock, Zak Finlay secured the TQ and win while in the FWD class the win went to the Iris of Top Qualifier Adam Southgate.
Image: Kyle Branson
Infinity has released this Passive Rear Steering (PRS) Set for its recently released IF14-2MID 1:10 Electric Touring Car. Their most advanced ‘PRS system’ delivers faster cornering speed for the IF14. As a result of the stroke from the suspension arm, toe angle is controlled passively. The amount of toe angle is fine-tuned by the mounting angle of the linkage rod. The Rear caster angle is -2 deg. Additionally the Japanese manufacturer has released a new Motor Cooling Fan Mount Set for its IF11-2 1:10 Formula chassis. Mounting a 30mm size cooling fan (not included) directly above the motor allows for efficient cooling of the motor.
Another upcoming release from new entrant to the onroad chassis market Excelerate RC is their 1:10 Formula Chassis the Prodigy ‘F1’. Having shown us their 1:10 World GT-R contender while attending the MonTech NYGP, the Wisconsin based manufacturer also brought along their F1 which is set to go on release the first week of November. Racing at the NYGP, the designer of the Prodigy’s trio of new releases (1:12, World GT-R and F1) Josh Cyrul explained, ‘the ‘F1′ has a lot of carry over from the other cars with the kit going to come with the wings that are pictured which are eXcelerate RC’s own design. It will also include the body and halo in the kit.’ A veteran pan car racer, Cyrul added, ‘the kit will come with a solid rear axle to start with and it will be possible to use other brands gear differentials but we will have our own gear diff coming hopefully by the end of the year.’ Having planned to have the F1 out sooner, he explained, ‘One thing that slightly delayed the release was the front servo mount and rear motor plates. We didn’t realise how popular foam had become over in Europe so we wanted to make sure that right away it can also be run out of the box on foam tyres. So since the first prototype car we had to cut the servo mount brackets mounts more so their will be shims in there to lower the front and the motor plate so you’ll be able to run 55/56mm foam tyres.’
Having attended all five previous runnings of the MonTech New York Grand Prix, Awesomatix’s Kemp Anderson has finally added his name to the list of Champions of the annual flagship event of the 360V2 track in New Rochelle. Pushed hard in the rocket round qualifying by NYGP organiser Donny Lia, the 22-year-old would emerge as the Top Qualifier of the AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class ahead of Lia and Xray’s Keven Hebert. With a single 8-minute to decide who would be the new Champion, the two 2023 World Championship finalists where in a class of their own quickly gapping the rest of the 10 car field with their world class level of driving. With Lia all over the rear of his A12X, running slightly wide coming onto the straight was the only invitation Lia needed to go to the front just after the two & a half minute mark. Such was the leaders pace however, they where quickly upon traffic with the leader finding himself with nowhere to go as a back-marker tried to recover from a crash. Hitting the car and in turn hit from behind by Anderson, when everything settled it was the pole sitter that was back in front. With a mistake from Lia giving Anderson breathing space and dropping the New Yorker down to third behind Hebert, Anderson would lap everyone up to second place. With Lia getting back passed Hebert with a minute & a half left on the clock, the attention was then on the battle for third, fourth place qualifier Max Mächler getting passed Hebert with 5 laps to make it an all Awesomatix podium by 0.044 of a second.
