England Park Raceway of Brisbane, Australia hosted round 2 of the Speedy RC IC Series last weekend. In the premier 1/8th IC Track class it was Serpent’s Jeff Hamon with the overall TQ and he also went on to win the 30-minute A-main event in style, leaving behind Jason Dorn (Infinity) in 2nd already seven laps down. Michael Kirby (Mugen) ended the race in 3rd, three seconds behind Jason.
Image: Jeff Hamon
Coming from Roche are new aluminium track width spacers for 1/10th scale formula cars. Available in 0.5mm, 1.0mm and 2.0mm thickness, the spacers allows for quick and easy track and overall width adjustment of the rear axle. The spacers are machined from high-quality aluminium, they come engraved with white side markings and fit most 1/10th scale formula cars.
Shepherd have announced the released of their latest optional item for the Velox V8 and V10 platforms. The extra heavy brass weight can be used in combination with the Advance Weight System for the V8 as well as the V10. With 39g the weight lowers the centre of gravity significantly and quick fine tuning of the car’s weight balance is even easier. The item is milled from high quality brass material and available from now on.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Coming from Arena RC Racing is a new carbon fibre chassis and floating electronics plate set for the Infinity IF14-2 touring car. The chassis is machined from harder high-quality carbon fibre for optimised flex which results in improved overall flex characteristics to which adds the add-on electronics plate that hovers above the chassis, ensuring more natural overall chassis flex and better left-to-right balance. The chassis features new machined chamfered edges for a professional finish and greater durability and included with the chassis and electronics plate comes suitable mounting hardware.
Schumacher have introduced a new aluminium spool and differential eccentric for the Mi7 touring car that allows to adjust the height of the diff/spool to a new “high” position compared to the standard kit “low” position. The smart looking piece as normal is used to adjust the belt tension, as well as being able to fine tune the feeling of the car. Normally a higher front spool smooths the steering response compared to the standard low kit setting. A higher rear diff can give the car more drive out of the turns keeping it flatter whereas a low standard position normally gives a little more side bite. The eccentric features a black surface coating for wear and looks and it comes as pair.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Round 4 of the Slovakian 1/10th scale Electric Off-Road Nationals was held in the city of Kosice over the weekend in 2WD and 4WD categories. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Adam Urban with the win from top qualifier, Roman Pavlus on the runner-up spot. Tomáš Dankovčík came in 3rd overall.
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The 2020 Copa Kyosho was held at the Circuito Kyosho Ajusco in Mexico City, Mexico this past weekend. In the 1/10th Nitro Touring Pro class it was Juan Carlos Herrero with the overall TQ, some 0.7 seconds in front of Manual Ortiz and David Ortiz. The 40-minute main final then saw lots of position changes up front with Manuel Ortiz (Capricorn) eventually establishing himself in the lead in the closing stages after he had dropped down to being dead last in the early stages of the main. In the end Manual took the win a lap in front of Emiliano Robles (Infinity) in 2nd and Juan Carlos Gonzalez (Capricorn) in 3rd.
Source: RCTarget [rctarget.com]
The 2020 Greek 1/8th Off-Road Championship was held at the Speed Track Renti in Renti, Athens this past weekend in Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy classes. The one-off event saw a total of 31 participants for the nitro category, more than any other class so far for the 2020 Greek Nationals. In qualifying Tasos Paparegas (Xray) was able to take the pole position just five tenths in front of very fast and experienced Giannis Papanikolaou (Kyosho) with Panagiotis Terzis (Mugen) only another three seconds behind. In the main final it was Tasos Paparegas who would hold the upper hand, adding another championship to his belt with Giannis Papanikolaou finishing in a strong 2nd place and Alexandros Anapoliotakis (Tekno) finishing 3rd after making up a lot of ground in the final.
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