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Capricorn One tyre traction compound

Posted: 21 Nov 2016 08:12 AM PST

Italian company Capricorn have announce the release of their new One tyre traction compound. The additive was developed with both rubber and foam tyre racing in mind and it is both stronger and more sticky than Capricorn’s standard tyre sauce. The chemical comes in a metal can for secure and convenient storage and transportation and it is available now.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

Baldo brothers depart Mugen & Modelix

Posted: 21 Nov 2016 08:04 AM PST

Spanish frontrunners, Oscar and Bryan Baldo have announced the departure from long-term sponsors Mugen and Modelix Racing. The two leave behind a fruitful campaign and despite national level wins both were never able to grab the title from 11-times national champion and Mugen/Modelix teammate, Robert Batlle. Oscar and Bryan have the following to say:

We would like to inform you those after great moments in Modelix, We Will separate our ways next year. We would also like to thank Marc, Christian and Roger, for all the assistance provide to us during 8 years, thank you for the good moments and amazing years. We wish to Modelix all the Best in the future. And of course, see you soon in the track.

Tanner Denney becomes Grand Champion at U.S. Open

Posted: 21 Nov 2016 01:50 AM PST

The 2016 U.S. Open Fuel Championships were held this past weekend at Fear Farm Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. TLR’s Tanner Denney would take the combined Grand Championship after ending the mains day sitting in third overall in the E-Buggy class and coming in second in Nitro Truggy. In Pro Buggy with the rain coming down hard during both semis, Tanner ended up starting TQ by just 1 second and with the mains being called he got the overall win in Buggy and with it the Grand Championship in front of Tekno’s Joe Bornhorst.

Source: U.S. Open Fuel Championships [facebook.com]

Yokomo Zero 2 sport-level brushless motors

Posted: 21 Nov 2016 12:43 AM PST

Coming from Yokomo are the new Zero 2 series sport-level brushless motors. Featuring a newly designed and black anodised aluminium can the motors are available in a range of windings including 6.5T and 8.5T modified as well as 10.5T to 30.5T stock variants. The fully enclosed design without cooling openings result in a motor that requires very little maintenance even when operated in dusty conditions and the motors come pre-wired with bullet-type connectors, compatible with many entry and sport-level brushless speed controllers.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

Kurzbuch wins in China following epic battle with Davis

Posted: 20 Nov 2016 11:45 PM PST

The 2016 Guan Kou Sunpadow GP in Xiamen, China is in the books and with Nicholas Lee dominating the Modified Touring class and wrapping up the title on Saturday it was up to the 1/8th scale class to provide some excitement for the spectators on Sunday and it didn’t disappoint. With light rain overnight and a sprinkling or two during the day it was enough to cause some issues but this all added to the excitement.

In the first of the 2 semi finals it was to be a clear win by Infinity driver Jesse Davis, who after a bad qualifying in which luck wasn’t on his side had to bump up through the lower finals to take his place at the back of the grid in the semi. A masterful drive, helped by engine problems for World Championship runner up Takaaki Shimo which eventually led to his retirement, the Australian would take a clear win ahead of ARC driver Toni Gruber, Hong Kong star Lai Canxi and Thai driver Trin. All four drivers guaranteed their spot in the main with the next fastest from both mains to make up the 10 drivers for the 45 minute a-main.

In the second a-main there was some dramas as Hachler struggled with his engine and Jilles Groskamp having a problem on the first lap that required attention from his pit crew. But the 30 minute race settled down until the 10 minute mark when it would rain just as Serpent driver Merlin Depta took over the lead. The race would be stopped and a delay taken as the track dried. It was decided then to run the final 20 minutes and combine the results and because of this it would be impossible to get the fastest 5th place driver from this final so it was decided that the top 5 from each semi would join pole man Kurzbuch in the final to make it an 11 car final.

When the race restarted it was chaos as a number of top drivers had problems. Depta who had been leading prior to the stoppage, lost steering on his car and completely destroyed his 977 in a high speed crash. Andy Moore would be another to break on track, while his team mate Groskamp would start to have engine issues, flaming out a number of times but still managing to stay in contention. In the end Shinnosuke Yokoyama would take the victory in front of Silvio Hachler with Liu Zhian, Cristiano Sartor and Jilles Groskamp joining the 5th place finisher in the first main Xu Qiliang in the final.

Straight from the start it was to be a battle as Simon Kurzbuch missed the tone and got dropped by the field into the first corner with Davis getting into the lead. Helped by a crash between Gruber and Yokoyama in the 2nd corner the World Champion could get back up into 2nd with Hachler getting into 3rd. For the next 10 minutes it was to be an intense battle between Davis and Kurzbuch as the Swiss driver put enormous pressure on the Australian but the Infinity driver kept his cool and with a very mature drive kept his lead as Kurzbuch stopped for his first of two tire changes.

Davis would lead for the next 5 minutes until he took his first of two tire stops relinquishing his lead to the Shepherd driver and so began a reverse of the battle seen at the start of the race. At some points Kurzbuch seemed faster but nearing the end and after their final tire stop had been made Davis seemed to catch up to the first place and following the final fuel stop had closed right onto the back of Simon’s car. In the last minute of the race Davis tried a pass but couldn’t make it stick but it wasn’t to be the big finale it had been building up to be as his OS engine ran dry on the last lap which left Simon off the hook and on to take a hard fought win while Davis was secure in 2nd, 2 laps up on Silvio Hachler who had had a great battle with Toni Gruber for the final podium position.

View our complete event coverage (in Chinese) here and view our event gallery here.

Yokomo BL4 series brushless speed controllers

Posted: 20 Nov 2016 11:35 PM PST

Yokomo have updated their line of high-performance brushless speed controllers and now introduce the BL4 series. The range includes the BL-Pro4, BL-RS4 and BL-SP4 with the BL-Pro4 being a top-of-the-foodchain ESC with an all-aluminium case, 1-cell LiPo booster, a new cooling fan and an aluminium cooling fan guard. A new firmware allows for better control over the boost, turbo delay and slope functions as well as the brake frequency. On top of this the controller sports all-black wiring for that cool factory look.

The BL-RS4 pretty much builds on the Pro4, it comes without cooling fan and sports black receiver and on/off switch wires like the Pro4. Last but not least comes the sport-level BL-SP4, a compact unit with newly-added turbo functions for stock racing and a variety of features aimed towards entry-level racers.

General features:
– Boost adjustment programmable in Rev and Throttle positions
– Turbo, Turbo delay, Turbo Slope functions
– Brake are programmable for Min, Mid, and Max throttle position
– Two brake settings
– ESC motor output terminal pattern for A-B-C and C-B-A
– Independent frequency settings for forward, brake and neutral
– BL-Pro4 and BL-RS4 are 1-cell, 3.7V LiPo capable
– High voltage BEC output @7.4V
– YBP4 programmer available for easier programming

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

Wolfe & Rhoades win at FSEARA race Rd3

Posted: 20 Nov 2016 09:25 AM PST

Full Throttle Raceway of Kissimmee, Florida played host to the third round of the FSEARA series this past weekend. In the 17.5 Pro Stock Touring A-main top qualifier Austin Wolfe would bring home the win from Robert Cooper and Dave Vera in third. Behind the three, Dave Franklin, Eric Still, Michael Bruce, Dave Baptiste, Mike Coburn, Steve Pendergraph, and Pete Pepe would round out the A-main result.

The 21.5 Stock Touring A-main saw Mike Rhoades walking away with the win from runner-up, John Kwasigroh while third placed John Toth completed the top 3 result. Kurt Rothman, Lee Kesler, Richard Fox, Peter John Pepe, top qualifier Kevin Abbott, Brian Larkin, and Chris Draper completed the A-main result.

Thanks to H Pepe for the report.

Samix SCX-10 II rear shock mount plate

Posted: 20 Nov 2016 09:23 AM PST

In addition to the recently introduced front shock plate, Samix have now also announced the release of the rear counterpart. Machined from aluminium and coming decorated with laser-etched Samix logos for look, the parts allow to utilise up to nine different shock mounting locations while offering added strength and improved looks over the standard kit mounts The parts include all needed hardware, they are usable with Samix’s upper stiffener plate and they come in the three colours of green, black and gun metal.

Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]