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Protoform WCICS Rd5 – Report

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 08:46 AM PST

The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series round 5 flew into the Pacific island town of Victoria, British Columbia. With a huge turnout, and racers flying in from Quebec, New Mexico, North Dakota, California and Washington, this was an all-star affair. The Touring Modified class offered some of the best racing WCICS has ever seen, with some of the world’s top racers battling it out, and a different winner of each AAA main. Xray’s JJ Wang would set a fast TQ over a top field, and would hold off Team Associated’s Keven Hebert and Xray’s Max Kuenning for the win in leg one.

But in A2, Max would come from 4th and take the win, just 0.2s ahead of JJ, with one of the top Western Canadian Racers, Awesomatix’s Wayne Mah putting in an amazing performance for 3rd. In the final round, Keven would take top spot after almost three minutes of nose to tail racing, again just 0.2s ahead of JJ, whose C-Hub screw had come out, talk about active suspension, and Max just a second behind waiting to pounce. JJ Wang’s consistency and perseverance put him on top of the podium, and Keven Hebert’s last round win put him 2nd, with Max Kuenning taking 3rd.

Just like in the last round in Edmonton, Awesomatix’s Wayne Mah would dominate the Touring Stock class, TQ and double wins would put him on top. But this time Xray’s Luke Pittman would make him work hard for it, pushing Wayne to the end every round. Tim Copp and Doug Smith traded 3rd’s in A1 and A2. With Wayne watching A3, Luke took a solid win, followed by Tim and Ryan Berry, giving the final standings of Wayne, Luke and Tim.

BC Driver John Ha would set the TQ, and A1 win in Tamiya Mini, but unfortunately couldn’t convert to an overall win as Justin Gilkison would beat him to the line in A2, and then in A3 after an amazing race, out of the last corner a drag race to the finish line with Justin taking the win by just 0.004s, the closest finish in WCICS history. Chuck de Belen would take 3rd, after finishing 3rd in all three rounds.

Scale Spec had a great turnout for this fun class, Vancouver’s John Tsang would dominate the show, TQ and winning the first two A-mains just ahead of Doug Smith and Richard Reece both times. Doug would take the A3 win, with Chris Morrison sneaking into 2nd and Richard taking 3rd. John walked to the top podium spot, with Doug and Richard in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

In the fastest class of the weekend, 1/12th scale Modified, Quebec’s Team Associated driver Keven Hebert, a long-time supporter of WCICS, would put on an amazing show against Washington’s Roche driver Korey Harbke and New Mexico’s Xray driver Max Kuenning, finishing 1-2-3 in A1. Again Keven would take A2, this time over Max and former Canadian National Champions, CRC’s Blake Bell. Watching the action for A3, Keven saw Korey finish less than a second ahead of Max, with BC’s Korgae Scales finishing just ahead of Blake. Final podium spots then had Keven on top, Korey in 2nd, and Max 3rd.

In the biggest class of the weekend, 1/12th Stock, Max Kuenning would take TQ and the first two wins, with Tim Copp’s XRay and Adam Balk’s CRC just a few seconds back in A1, and Team CRC driver Brian Bodine and Xray’s Luke Pittman in A2. Adam would dial his car in and take A3 by just 0.5s over Doug Smith’s CRC, with Brian taking 3rd just a few seconds back. On the podium, Max, Adam and Brian stood proud of some amazing racing.

Hot off of two back-to-back wins, Korgae Scales would fight an epic AAA main battle in Formula with Team Gripworks driver Alex Pate who took TQ. What a close class, total combined times between 1st and 2nd across all three mains was just 0.11s. Korgae would fight hard for the R1 win just 0.04s ahead of Alex, and Lee Edmond following just a few seconds behind. A2 would see the exact reverse, with Alex winning by just 0.04s ahead of Korgae, Lee again just a few seconds behind. A3 was set for an epic finish, but both Alex and Korgae would suffer some bad luck, allowing Ed Mardones to take the win by and even closer margin, just 0.03s over Alex, with Chris Lim 3s behind.

In World GT Craig Roberts drove his CRC to a perfect weekend, TQ and double win. He was challenged by Jarrod Heap’s CRC in both rounds though, with Josh Carter’s CRC in third. In the final round, Jarrod would toy with Josh, ending in a drag race to the finish that Jarrod really should have taken, lol. Rob McQuarrie would watch the action from 3rd right to the end. Final standings would be Craig, Jarrod, Josh.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

Gubbio to host HotRace Summer Cup

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 08:24 AM PST

Following the recent announcement of the Tonisport-supported HotRace Summer Cup the organisers have now published information of the hosting track. The fourth instalment of the popular race will take place in Gubbio and all information about the event are available here.

Contact introduce new GT12 & LMP tyre range

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 08:13 AM PST

Contact Racing Tyres have introduced a new range of tyres for GT12 and LMP12 classes. The new compounds give more options for varying carpet and additive conditions and they include the T and World Championship winning Team Bomber foam, mounted on stiffer black wheels. Starting with the T foam, it is the most complete in the range. It benefits from performance and lap times equal or better than Q foam, with the added benefit of being easier to drive, less twitchy and easy to attack the track with. It also has much better durability, lower wear rates, close to A foam, and when using the non-oil type additives, keeps grip to the end of the race much better than Contact’s other options, making it a choice on all carpet types.

Next up is the B foam, secured from Contact’s partners Team Bomber in Japan. It is the foam that was used to win the 2016 IFMAR 1/12 World Championships and often offers the best performance. It is a super quick tyre in all circumstances; it’s only down side being the increased wear rates over T foam, more similar to Q foam wear. It is often a great option for use on just the rear of the car, when drivers want super planted high grip rear traction.

The J foam is a very fast tyre when the track grip is high. It lends itself well to Primafelt carpet or when oil based additives are used. In these cases it may even be faster than T foam, although this lap time comes from a more aggressive handling car.

A foam is Contact’s most durable, affordable tyre. Perfect for many runs without taking the wheels off the car during weekly club racing. The wear rate of this foam is the lowest in the range, even lower than seen with T foam. It rarely offers the overall performance of the others, however in lower traction conditions; occasionally it is a match for the more expensive options. Suggested for use on Primafelt or CRC Black carpet, or when oily additive is in use for.

Q foam offers more performance than A foam in most conditions. It does however have higher wear rates so needs to be replaced slightly more often than A. It works great on ETS type carpet. Compared with T foam it is capable of matching T foams performance on lap time, although it has a tendency to lose some of its performance throughout the race when using all non-oil type additives such as SXT3.0 or Nosram Carpet.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

RDRP RC8B3 titanium shock mounts

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 06:55 AM PST

Made for Team Associated’s 3rd generation 1/8th off-road vehicles are the new RDRP titanium shock mounts. Machined from high-quality titanium material for the lowest possible weight while keeping exceptional structural rigidity, the parts were designed to do away with the original steel mount and screw in place for a 1-piece solution that scrubs about 1g of weight per piece. On top of this the design also allows for easier shock angle changes as there is only a single nut to undo in order to slide the mounts out of the shock tower. All needed mounting hardware is included and the titanium shock mounts are compatible with the RC8B, RC8B3e, RC8T3 and RC8T3e.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

Hot Race Trophy Rome – Report

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 06:29 AM PST

The Hot Race Trophy Rome was held at the Gianni Modellismo track in both electric and nitro classes. The 1-day race saw three qualifiers of which the best round counted. In Electric Touring Car Modified Alessio Menicucci took the pole position for the mains from Nicola Marrone and Simone D’Ottavio while the Touring 13.5T blinky class was lead by Valter Cola from Flavio Buzi and Djalma Bochicchio.

In the Modified class finals Alessio Menicucci took wins in A1 and A2 to grab the overall victory early while Nicola Marrone suffering from a mistake in the opening stages of A2 which cost him a chance to fight for the win. Alessandro Inchiostro would round out the Modified podium in third.

Touring Modified final results:
1. Alessio Menicucci
2. Nicola Marrone
3. Alessandro Inchiostro
4. Daniele Venanzi
5. Enrico Avoni
6. Simone D’Ottavio
7. Emanuele Giardino
8. Lorenzo Bigi
9. Vito Campanella
10.Marcello Cascetti

In the Touring 13.5 blinky A-finals Valter Cola confirmed his dominant performance, winning all finals after fighting closely with Flavio Buzi while Djalma Bochicchio had to settle for 3rd.

Touring 13.5T blinky final results:
1. Valter Cola
2. Flavio Buzi
3. Djalma Bochicchio
4. Antonio Cassarino
5. Alessandro Bagagli
6. Franco Argirò
7. Marco D’Onofrio
8. Alessandro Tenzi
9. Dario De Angelis
10.Marco Sarra

In the Nitro main final David Loppini, starting from the 2 spot, made an impressive recovery after dropping down the field after a first lap incident and despite scoring the fastest times, an additional fuel stop cost him the win with Giorgio De Felici coming in 1st followed by David Loppini and Massimiliano Pau.

Nitro final results:
1. Giorgio De Felici
2. David Loppini
3. Massimiliano Pau
4. Tiziano Ceccacci
5. Gabriele De Angelis
6. Maurizio Belmonte
7. Emanuele Adami
8. Ivano Lucatelli
9. Mario Spiniello
10.Roberto De Cesare

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Maxima Mx GT1 3.5cc on-road GT engine

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 05:08 AM PST

Coming soon from Maxima is the Mx GT1 3.5cc on-road engine for GT racing classes. Based on the O.S. Speed 21ZX-GT the power plant received several modifications to increase the performance, torque and mileage. The long stroke engine features a 5+3 ports design for increased mid to high RPM power, a silicone-filled, DLC-coated and tungsten-balanced GT-spec crankshaft as well as a low centre of gravity cooling head. The engine utilises a ROAR-legal 2-needle carburettor with 7mm insert and it comes factory selected and tuned.

Source: Maxima [facebook.com]

Team Bomber YR12X carbon fibre chassis conversion

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 04:48 AM PST

Japanese company Team Bomber have introduced the YR12X carbon fibre chassis conversion kit for the Yokomo YRX12 1/12th scale pan car. Made from a special carbon fibre material the main chassis plate will greatly increase the handling and straight line stability of the car. The chassis is available as a complete set including the upper floating servo mount plate and mounting hardware, but the chassis and servo plate are also available separately.

Source: Team Bomber [teambomber.jp]

Scorpion Vanguard S2-50 Clubrace speed controller

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 04:12 AM PST

Scorpion have introduced their new Vanguard S2-50 Clubrace speed controller. Aimed at spec class racing the compact ESC can be run with down to 13.5T motors, it features a 6V/3A BEC system, an aluminium heatsink, a 50A current rating as well as blinky mode and zero timing settings along an adjustable RPM limit mode to equal the performance when running different motors in RPM-limited spec racing classes. A V-Link cable for increased adjustably and a fan unit for racing in high ambient temperatures are available separately.

Specifications:
– Cont./Burst Current: 50/100A
– Motor Limit: ≥13.5T
– Resistance: 0.0017Ohm*2
– Voltage input: 2s LiPo
– BEC: 6V@3A DC-DC
– Footprint: 30.6×30.6mm
– Size (w/o fan): 35.8×30.6x13mm
– Weight: 23.5g
– Fan: 6V@0.2A
– External programming port output: 1

Features:
– Zero timing, RPM limit and blinky mode
– Build with military specification components
– Wide input voltage range 6V to 8.4V (2S Lipo)
– Aluminum heat sink
– True DC-DC 3A/6V BEC for servo and receiver

Source: Scorpion [scorpionsystem.com]

JTP RT6 & SC6 Race Carbon shock towers

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 03:52 AM PST

Coming from Jared Tebo’s JTP brand are carbon fibre shock towers for the Kyosho RT6 and SC6 trucks. The front shock tower was designed to dramatically change the front end geometry to improve the steering feeling. The shocks will be directly mounted to the arm, helping to taking out the twitch and over aggressive front end and giving more confidence in corners. Also new is a rear shock tower that offers the standard geometry with the inside three holes being available. The tower must be used with the RB6.6 rear bulkhead and it changes the body mounting positions. Both the front and rear shock tower are made from high-quality 4mm carbon fibre and JTP also offers a set of front and rear RT6 and SC6 arms with the front arms coming pre-drilled for the required new shock mounting location.

Source: JTP [jtprc.com]

Team Magic E5 HX RTR racing monster truck

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 03:03 AM PST

Team Magic have introduced the E5 HX 1/10th scale RTR racing monster truck. Based off of the standard E5 the HX variant is available in four different body colours and it features a new LED light system, a powerful Hobbywing brushless system and a genuine Savöx waterproof steering servo. To this add a fully ball-raced drivetrain, a fully adjustable suspension and a 2.4GHz radio system. The truck will become available in March.

Features:
– E5 chassis basis
– RTR factory-assembled
– Powerful Hobbywing brushless motor and ESC
– Savöx original waterproof servo
– Suitable for 2S to 3S LiPo batteries
– Fully ball-raced transmission
– Fully adjustable suspensions
– Adjustable turnbuckles
– H.A.R.D. 2.4GHz radio system
– 7 LED light system included
– New E5 HX body

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]