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Campionato Costruttori EP Series Rd1 – Report

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 07:49 AM PDT

The opening round of the Italian 3-race Campionato Costruttori EP Series was held at the Gymnasium RC track in Livorno. The Campionato Costruttori EP is a new championship strongly desired by the Italian manufacturers and distributors of the electric racing sector who have joined to allow all racers to have fun in a healthy and constructive manner while racing in a highly competitive field. The series was also chosen by the Italian ACI covering body as a championship to assign Italian national titles, confirming the high level of organisation. This lead to a very high number of sign-ups already for the opening round of the championship.

Racing-wise and in the Touring Modified category it was the Xray driver Alessio Menicucci who won ahead fellow Xray driver Andrea Ghilotti and Capricorn pilot Kyle Branson.

Xray driver Nico Catelani won the Touring 13.5 F1 category from Simone Alleotti (Team Associated) and Emiliano Dagliana (Awesomatix).

Emiliano Dagliana (Awesomatix) succeeded in the Touring 13.5 F2 category after an awesome battle with Yuri Zanobini (Xray), who finished 2nd ahead of Nik Quattromini (Awesomatix).

Simone Brocca crowns a perfect weekend with a victory in the Formula category, ahead of Luigi Sommaruga and Alberto Riboni.

Finally Andrea Tonini (Team Associated) took the win in GT ahead of Matteo D’Ambrosio (Capricorn) and Stefano “Bitty” Rabitti (Awesomatix). The remaining two races will take place on the 21st and 22nd of September at the Naxos World circuit in Giardini Naxos and on the 16th and 17th of November at the MCM RC Indoor circuit in Ciserano.

Source: Monaco RC [monacorc.com]

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Samix Enduro aluminium centre driveshafts parts

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 06:48 AM PDT

Coming from Samix and made for the Element RC Enduro trail truck is an aluminium inner and outer driveshaft set. Machined from high-quality aluminium the outer centre driveshaft bodies and inner splines are direct replacements for the standard parts, improving rigidity and durability while adding visual impact. The combo sets include all needed parts to replace the inner driveshaft bodies and they are available in black, green or grey colour.

Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]

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BRCA Juniors & Veterans Championship – Report

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 06:37 AM PDT

The annual BRCA Juniors and Veterans Championship took place at a sunny but challenging Telford astroturf track. The event is a great opportunity for the older and younger drivers to shine, and after some great racing it was Phil Sleigh with the win in 4WD Veteran over 40, Tommy Hall went on to win Under 16 2WD and 4WD, Charlie Saunders walked away with the silverware in Under 13 2WD and 4WD winner and Tony Evdoka brought home the Veteran over 50 2WD and 4WD winner Championship. Over 40 2WD was won by Nathan Ralls.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

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Yeah Racing 2S balance charge lead

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 05:46 AM PDT

Yeah Racing have announced the release of their new angled 2S balance charge cable. Utilising all-black wires for a professional look, the harness also makes use of angled heavy duty connectors that ensure high durability and the ability to easily change the battery side connectors from 4mm to 5mm without tools. Included come a pair of 4mm and 5mm bullet-type connectors with the balance side being pre-wires with a 2mm bullet and an industry-standard 3-pin XH connector.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

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Leadfinger Racing B74 A2 Tactic body shell

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 03:57 AM PDT

Leadfinger Racing now offers a new look for the Team Associated B74 1/10 scale 4WD buggy with the A2 Tactic body shell. The lid not only adds a sleek new look to the ride, but is designed specifically by LFR while keeping the traditional racer in mind. First off, the windshield has been laid down for less rake and the cab pushed back to give the buggy more low profile styling. The combo gives the B74 a super slick and fast look that maintains a lower centre of gravity through out the entire car. Like the A2 Tactic designs before it, the top of the cab has an added roof vent. To help keep everything planted, the rear of the cab has the traditional LFR swoop that disburses air flow to the wing. Added downforce ailerons on the top rear of the side pods also help give the car a balanced feel during high speed straights, cornering and over all jump handling. The body comes in clear with window masks and stickers provided as well as two clear Tactic wings included.

Source: Leadfinger Racing [leadfingerrc.com]

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Schumacher BTCC Rd2 – Report

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 03:37 AM PDT

The second round of the Schumacher BTCC, incorporating the KO GP, took place at the fast Cotswolds circuit last weekend. The series running on Rush control tyres has been greeted with great enthusiasm buy the drivers who have attended, and this round was no different. In the Modified class Olly Jefferies dominated the day running some very fast times. Olly took the overall win from Glen Westwood and Chris Ashton.

In the 13.5 Blinky class the battle was between James Hart and local driver Chris Gunter. James lined up on pole and converted it into the overall win from Chris and Tony Broad.

In the 17.5T handout class Craig Daffron was the class of the field, comfortably taking the TQ and win. Adrian Sully was 2nd and Alan Harrington 3rd.

The last round of the series is at Stafford on 11th August.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

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Atsushi Hara appointed Neidhart Asian sales manager

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 01:19 AM PDT

Neidhart has announced the signing of 2-times IFMAR World Champion, Atsushi Hara as their Asian sales manager. Hara, who won the 2008 1/8th scale Off-Road IFMAR World Championship title with the Neidhart brand HB Racing, will now take over the position as sales manager for Asia. As such, he will be responsible for the sale of all Neidhart brands in the Asian market. Interested dealers and distributors can reach Hara at atsushi@neidhart.com. Besides his job as sales manager Asia, he will also be involved in the development of new vehicles and electronics for the HB Racing, Team Orion and Performa Racing brands while also attending select local and international events. Atsushi has the following to say about the deal:

I would like to say thanks so much to Mr. Philippe Neidhart, Oscar Jansen and Adrien Bertin for giving me this great opportunity. Also, I am very happy to come back to HB Racing as my “Home.” When I left HB Racing in 2013, I didn’t think I could come back. But now I am back with the Neidhart SA family so I have big motivation, and I’m looking forward to the future of our RC industry.

Source: Neidhart [neidhart.com]

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JConcepts Super Indoor Tour Rd1 – Report

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 01:02 AM PDT

Summer time racing in Florida can be a huge challenge with daily thunder storms rolling through causing havoc with many of the state’s outdoor tracks. JConcepts decided to keep racing going strong throughout the summer time rain and kicked off its inaugural Super Indoor Tour this past weekend at NewRed Hobbies located in Ocala, Florida. With this new 3-race series, the organisers decided to try out a new race format giving racers more track time and heads-up racing. Qualifying would consist of 2 rounds of 4-minute long qualifiers using the best 3 consecutive laps with a resort between rounds 1 and 2. All racers then get to race double mains (no bumps) for all classes giving them more heads-up racing and multiple chances to produce their best results. Overall finishing position would be determined by your best finish with fastest time being the tie-break, so if bad luck struck in the first main, you still had a shot of the overall win or a better finish from main 2.

Saturday morning saw a great crowd of 123 entries arrive bright and early as the gates opened at 6:30am and qualifying started around 9:45am. Race director Shaun Morrow ran a very quick and efficient race program which had 2 rounds of qualifying finished by 2:20pm. After a 40min break for open practice and main prep, the new double-main format got underway at 3:00pm. The double-main format proved to be very exciting and several racers took full advantage of the 2nd chance main by improving their overall finishing position after breaking down or crashing out of the 1st main.

2WD Modified was the Lee Setser show as he would dominated throughout qualifying and the double A-mains. Lee TQ’d and won both A-mains with flawless driving to take the overall win, but it was Kia Goff and Jeremy Harris who put on a show with epic battles in both Main events. In the end, Kai would finish 2nd overall with Jeremy rounding out the top 3.

4WD Modified was a 2-way battle between Lee Setser and Julien Oliveras throughout qualifying and the double A-mains. Lee easily won A-main 1 with Julien having a mechanical issue, but A-main 2 was an epic battle down to the last lap where the 2 would collide in the air off the table-top and Lee was able to hold onto the win. Young gun Chase Uppole would settle for 3rd overall after losing the tie-break to Julien.

Expert 13.5 4WD Buggy had another dominating performance by Melvin Perez as he went on to TQ and win both double A-mains. Erik Everett would bump up from the 3rd qualifying spot to take 2nd overall and Brian Miller would round out the podium in 3rd.

Expert 13.5 Stadium Truck was dominated by Jeremy Harris with a TQ and double A-main win. Kai Goff would finish 2nd overall and AJ Marasco rounded out the top 3 with a 26-year old converted EGT, an RC10 GT converted to electric.

Expert 17.5 buggy was a bit of a “David vs Goliath” battle between factory driver AJ Marasco and local veteran privateer Mason Mccombs. AJ dominated qualifying with 2 round TQ’s, but it was Mason who dominated the double A-mains with clean and consistent drives as AJ would have to settle for 2nd overall and Austin Craig rounding out the top 3 from his 8th qualifying spot.

Independent 17.5 Truck saw local racer Joey Andre dominate as he went on to TQ and win the double A-mains for the overall. Keith Shivers would take full advantage of the 2nd chance main as he finished 6th in A-main #1, but stormed back with a 2nd in A-main #2. Tracey Proctor would bump up from his 4th qualifying position to take 3rd overall after the losing tie-breaker with Keith for 2nd.

Independent 17.5 SCT had local racer Bobby Iafrate TQ and win the double A-mains. Scott Setzer and Jason Davis traded off 2nd place finishes with Scott winning the tie-breaker for 2nd overall and Jason settling for 3rd.

40+ 2WD Open Buggy saw a dominating performance from John Prickett as he went onto TQ and win the double A-mains. Erik Everett and Jason Hall would trade 2nd place finishing positions in both A-mains, but it was Erik who would win the tie-breaker for 2nd overall as Jason would have to settle for 3rd.

Open Novice class had a great battle for 1st place between TQ Bruce Kuni and George Andres. Bruce took the win in A-main 1, but it was George who took the win in A-main 2 with the faster overall time giving him the overall. Bruce would finished 2nd and young racer Daniel Raytharckmorton rounding out the top 3.

Round 2 of the JConcepts Super Indoor Tour will be hosted by Beachline Raceway and Hobbies located in Cocoa, FL on August 10th.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

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BRCA 1/8th Circuit Nationals Rd6 – Report

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 12:35 AM PDT

Round 6 of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit Nationals was held at Mendip RC Raceway this weekend. 32 drivers were in attendance in nitro and 7 had booked in electric. The track was nicely prepared and sprayed to ensure grip would be good and consistent. The track was still dusty for practice on Saturday morning but the grip quickly came up under the Somerset sun. It was all about getting good lines and watching tyre wear, which would prove to be a bit of an issue on race day. Sunday started as usual with the drivers’ briefing, during which a minute silence was observed in memory of Dave Waters, former BRCA Chairman, who recently passed away.

Practice started at 9h15 to get ready for round 1 at 10am. David Spashett set the pace with a 19 in 301, and 19 laps seemed to be needed to make it in the A. It also looked like a few drivers were struggling to make the five minutes on fuel, so that would be another thing to watch. In electric Craig Nutting was the first one to manage 19 laps and seemed to be the man to beat.

There was no major pace improvement in round 2 and 3 but Mark Green managed 20 laps. Tim Wood was also on the pace for 20 laps but could only do 19 in 298 in round 3. After round 4 FTD went to Mark Green (Serpent) with 20 in 315, followed by Tim Wood (Shepherd) with 19 in 298. David Spashett (ARC) was 3rd with 19 in 301. The other 7 drivers for the A were Neal King 19L in 302, Andrew Hastings 19L in 306, Richard Hicklin 19L in 307, Sam Snell 19L in 307, Karl Dransfield 19L in 308, James Connolly 19L in 308 and Jason Frost 19L in 308. In electric Craig Nutting was FTD, followed by Luke Drinan and Neil Wallace.

To change or not to change, that was the question for the nitro A-final. There was a lot of tyres measuring done in the morning and a lot of thinking done before the start. Which strategy would pay off? Drive conservatively and not change tyres or push and gamble everything on changing? David decided not to change and finished 4th from 3rd on the grid. Mark won with 108 in 1793, followed by Tim, who finished on the rims, with 107 in 1821 and Neil King with 106 in 1803.

The electric final leg 1 was first on the line and after the five minutes Craig Nutting crossed the line in first place, followed by Luke Drinan. Craig won both legs and therefore was the electric overall winner. Overall, as in both legs, Luke was 2nd and Mark Passingham was 3rd. The best lap of the finals went to Craig with a 15.86.

Round 7 will be held at Brooklands on the 3rd and 4th of August.

Source: BRCA [brca.org] | Franck Dambrine

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Avid 1/8th scale 1-piece carbon wing button

Posted: 16 Jul 2019 12:13 AM PDT

Coming from Avid is a 1-piece carbon fibre wing button for 1/8th scale off-road kits. The wing button is a nice alternative to the commonly used wing buttons and helps work as a template to mark the holes in new wings. Available models include the Team Associated RC8B3.1, HB Racing D819, Kyosho MP10, Mugen MBX8, Serpent SRX8, SWorkz S35-3, Tekno NB48.4, TLR 8ight-X, and Xray XB8‘19

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

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