Madrid hosted the Warm-up race to the Spanish electric on-road nationals last weekend. Cold weather made car setup difficult and in the end it was Xray driver Carles Echarri who would make the best out of it by taking the win in the Modified Touring Car class from Awesomatix’s Luisen Carrasco in 2nd. Luis Moreno came in 3rd to round out the podium result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 4th annual Desert Classic was held at Hobby Action R/C Raceway in Chandler, Arizona last weekend. Relatively new to the big race scene, the Desert Classic is now in its 4th year and just keeps getting better with each iteration. This year’s layout was fabulous. Many of the racers in the pits commented that the layout was fun, easy, but had a nice degree of difficulty that was just enough to make racing interesting. It had a tremendous amount of flow mixed with a very tricky rhythm section that cut back towards the middle of the track. The jumps weren’t so straight forward either as they had a high degree of difficulty; like the set of double-doubles on the right side. You had to land your car perfectly on the downslope of the 2nd set to gain time. If you missed it, you would have to wait for the car to settle before getting on the gas losing valuable tenths. Overall, the layout was perfect for racing and the track smoothness was the best it has ever been at Hobby Action. Another plus was the consistency of the track as the watering system was on point and made fair for all. Xray’s Ty Tessman was on fire in 2WD Modified. The Canadian superstar captured the overall TQ in qualifying and used it to win A1 and A2 to wrap up the overall 2WD win. Yokomo’S Ryan Maifield found a good groove in qualifying and looked ultra-competitive in 2WD and was able to win A3 to finished 2nd. Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin was Mr. Consistency and was the only driver to make all three modified podiums by landing himself 3rd in Truck, 4WD, and 2WD Modified.
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Yokomo have introduced their new aluminium main chassis plate for the BD10 mid-motor touring car. Machined from high-quality material and coming with a black surface coating and machined edge details the chassis sports strategically machined cut-outs for optimised flex characteristics that help to settle the ride in medium to high-bite traction conditions, allowing for faster and more consistent lap times.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Following a first teaser image Protoform now officially reveal their all-new Chevrolet Corvette C8 body shell for 190mm touring cars. One of the most anticipated cars Chevrolet has ever built, the officially-licensed body is perfectly suited for USGT class racing. All the exceptional details of its full-scale counterpart including aggressive cab forward design, striking front splitter, and sculpted side doors and vents are captured using the latest in 3D CAD and 5-axis milling technology. The extensive decal sheet lets the owner deck out the C8 with Corvette branded windshield headers, number plates, “Jake” skulls and USA flags, making even a one-colour rattle can paint job look super scale. This C8 fits modern 190mm touring cars and is formed from high-quality polycarbonate with paint-then-peel overspray film. It also includes an add-on rear wing with the USGT-sanctioned 10mm trim height, wing buttons with mounting hardware and window masks.
Xray have announced the release of their new ARS Active Rear Suspension set for the T4 2020 mid-motor touring car. The set was developed especially for the latest variant of the T4 and its design makes for a controlled toe-in change of the rear wheels as the chassis rolls during cornering, allowing to adjust the behaviour of the car by fine-tuning over or understeering. The result is an improved handling in a variety of conditions and thus quicker lap times if set up correctly. The set includes zero degree aluminium C-hubs, moulded hard composite steering carriers as well as all needed mounting hardware.
Ruddog have introduced their new 1/8th nitro off-road starter box that is of a universal design to cover all 1/8th off-road needs. Housed in a sturdy, black-coated aluminium case the heavy-duty starter box is powered by two 775-size motors with the durable belt-driven starter wheel allowing for an easy and convenient start of both run-in and also brand-new nitro engines. The starter box was developed for the use with two 2S LiPo battery packs and it comes pre-wired with T-type connectors. Highly adjustable stopper cones allows to adapt the starter box to pretty much every 1/8 scale off-road chassis. Laser-etched Ruddog logos and a handle with glow igniter holder round out the package.
Coming from Tekno RC are their new captured 17mm wheel nuts for 1/8th scale off-road buggies and trucks. Of a lightweight design the wheel nuts also protect the stub axles from getting packed with dirt and the serration grabs onto the wheel very tightly, ensuring the wheels will not get loose mid-race. the red anodised nuts feature the proud Tekno RC logo and they come in sets of four.
Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
Pirani RC from Italy have introduced a variant of their fast fuel gun, that is now also available with a standard pistol grip handle. This trigger type gun is designed to offer the best performance, super light weight and it features a fully transparent body to quickly and easily check the fuel level. The gun also sports an updated fuel hole size to increase the refuelling speed.
Source: Pirani RC [piranirc.com]
