It TQ’d the Worlds in the US last week and today Losi officially unveiled the latest version of their highly successful 1:8 buggy, the 8ight 2.0 Race Roller. The car features a new 2.0 chassis, a revised radio tray, improved steering geometry, a new fuel tank, shock towers that are 25% lighter shock, heavy duty dogbones/outdrives and updated suspension geometry.
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Details of the HPI Brama 10B have been floating around for a while, but HPI Europe have only released the official details today. Based on the E10 chassis, the car has full-time 4WD for maximum traction, longer arms and bigger shocks for top handling, plus a racing buggy body shell and massive rear wing for custom looks and race-style handling. With a sealed shaft drive train and pinion/spur combo, you won’t have to deal with rocks or anything else getting stuck and slowing you down, you can keep the hammer down and power out of any trouble you might get yourself into. The spiked tires and coil-over shocks front and rear will just keep going and going, biting and clawing through dirt, grass or mud Completely pre-built and painted, the Brama 10B is already fitted with reliable HPI radio gear, servo, electronic speed control and a powerful motor to get you up to speed in a hurry. Just add your own stick pack battery for the juice, pop some AA’s in the transmitter and you’ll be getting airborne and dirty in no time.
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The final round of the Portuguese 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals were run last weekend at the large Coimbra in the centre of the country. Only 37 drivers turned up for this race and it was Mugen racer Bruno Coelho that took the pole position from fellow title contender Filipe Costa racing an Xray. In the race Filipe held back just to secure the title and finished 3rd behind the battling pair of Jose Pequito and Bruno Coelho, who finished in that order. The result gave Costa the National title ahead of Coelho and Pequito in the standings.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The final race of the Dutch nationals were held on the huge track of M.A.C. Rucphen last weekend. This time the event was only for the stock division because of a delivery failure at the beginning from the season that caused the cancellation of the round for the stock guys. The race only saw 25 competitors take part and after qualifying it was Serpent driver Ronald Arts that took the TQ spot in front of Vasco Christiaanse in 2nd and Corally driver Mario Teakema in 3rd.
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Cube Racing have been in contact to tell us about their new blue low friction spur gear series. These 64 pitch gears are available in 86T – 120T, and have been lightened and profiled for better performance making them suitable for 1/10th touring, 1/12th pan car as well as 1/10th buggy.
Source: Cube Racing [cuberacing.net]
We received an extensive report from the final race of the electric off road Nationals that was held by Odense RC Mini Race. The club had created the perfect setting for the end of a season which had been exciting and intense in all classes and last but not least, was also helped by great late summer weather, which is actually quite incredible that there has been no rain for the races this year despite it being a rainy summer. Friday arrival most of the drivers and took part in the free practice which continued until Saturday noon when the first heat of five round of qualification was kicked off.
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Ireland’s 190mm EP Touring Car National Championship made a very welcome return to the large St.Annes track, located on the outskirts of the Irish capital of Dublin, where Stephen Hill took a surprise victory in the sunny conditions from Graham Kenny and Keith Dempsey. In qualifying for the second round of the Garmin/Sqeez backed Irish Touring Car Series it was Round 1 winner Alan Bickerstaff who set the pace. The Team Associated driver was the only one of the 25 strong entry to record 17 laps taking TQ ahead of Hill with brothers Graham and Scott Kenny securing row two on the grid.
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KM Racing have been busy lately creating lots of new products and their latest release are these 1/10th scale setup wheels. Made from 2 parts, blue anodized aluminium hubs and 5mm thick carbon fibre wheels, the parts have been CNC machined for precision finish. Sold in a set of 4, the wheels give a precise and measurable indication of your cars geometry and are great for setting your cars tweak.
Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]
