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Yeah Racing have introduced their new brass portal axle covers for the Axial Racing SCX10 III and Capra trail trucks. Weighing in at 20g per piece, the covers add a good amount of extra weight to the wheels area, improving climbing and descending performance over the standard composite parts while also reinforcing the axle area. The covers come as pairs and sport an engraved YR logo.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

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The 2020 Russian Cup and Russian Championship was a double header race that took place at the Lemar Modelsport track recently. Due to the Coronavirus the race wasn’t so well attended, but racing was tight an in the end it was Maxim Laverychev with the win in the Modified Touring classes of both the Russian Cup and the Russian Championship with both races run on the same weekend. Ilya Plakhotnik came in 2nd overall in the Russian Cup while Andrey Samoylenko rounded out the top 3.

In the Russian Championship was it was again Maxim Laverychev with the win as Mikhail Melyuchenkov was one of three drivers who battled for the remaining podium spots. In the end Mikhail grabbed 2nd place from Andrey Samoylenko in 3rd.

Over in the Touring ProStock class Ivan Yuriev and Matvey Troitsky battled for the win in the Russian Cup with Ivan ultimately holding the upper hand from Matvey in 2nd. In return the Russian Championship was won by Matvey Troitskiy.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

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Round 4 of the Polish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Wlodowa last weekend. The event took place on what is considered the country’s largest and most challenging off-road track with the weather – hot and dry on Friday and Saturday and cold and wet on Sunday – further adding to the mix. It was Bartek Zambrzycki (Agama) who showed maximum adaptability to the changing conditions, securing the TQ as well as the win after the shortened 22-minute A-main. Tomek Gadnicki (Xray) came in 2nd overall from Igor Goderski (Mugen) in 3rd.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

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The opening round of the Brazilian nitro on-road nationals took place in Americana recently. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was multi-time national champion, Flavio Elias with the overall TQ and he also brought home the win in the 40-minute A-main event. Eduardo Dulac came in 2nd overall, some 15 seconds behind Elias as Samuel Prato came in 3rd overall, already some eleven laps down.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

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Muchmore have announced the release of a new 11.1V 4200mAh LiPo battery pack for the use with their CTXWP tyre warmer. Using the internal battery pack allows to power the tyre warmer’s main unit without the need for a power supply, enabling the mechanic to carry the whole unit into the starting grid of necessary. The battery will be connected using the main unit’s existing power and balancer connectors, ensuring proper functioning of the unit’s low-voltage alarm to protect the battery from becoming damaged.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

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1up Racing have introduced their new LowPro bullet plug grips, a neat and tidy way to stop blowing up speed controls by short-cutting them. The machined aluminum grips slide right on to 1up Racing’s 4mm and 5mm LowPro bullet plugs to clearly identify the positive and negative power wires. The precision CNC machined aluminium grips are finished with dark black anodising and easy-to-read laser etching. The silver outer ring provides excellent grip and cool looks. The grips are secured using a drop of CA glue and they are also available as a black and red set.

Source: 1up Racing []
https://1upracing.com/product-category/electronics/battery-connectors/

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Coming from T-Works and made for the Tamiya TC-01 on-road car are several new titanium and steel option parts. The range includes a titanium ball end set as well as a titanium turnbuckle kit and also a total of three screw sets. The latter include a 131-piece titanium as well as 131-piece UFO or standard head gold-colour steel screws. Using the titanium parts will lower the overall weight of the car while adding visual impact with the gold-colour steel screws mainly adding bling while improving corrosion resistance.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

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Exotek have announced the release of a range of optionals for their F1Ultra formula pan car kit. First up is a brass wing mount that helps to add 10g of weight to the rear of the car. The part is machined from high-quality brass material, it comes with a black surface coating and gold-colour Exotek logo and using it will improve low-speed rear end grip.

Also new is a carbon fibre front ride height spacer set. It includes a single 2.5mm and two 1.0mm spacers that can be stacked to achieve the desired ride height setting. Next up is a blue colour titanium turnbuckle set. Heavy duty yet lightweight at 9.5g in total, the 10-piece set greatly reduces the overall weight of the car while adding a splash of colour thanks to the blue surface coating. The turnbuckles require a 4mm turnbuckle wrench. Last but not least come heavy duty machined aluminium suspension holder clips that are extra strong while offering a tight fit to withstand the biggest impacts. The parts come blue anodised for factory looks.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]

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SWorkz have introduced new carbon fibre side guards for the S35-4 buggy. The parts are moulded from high-quality carbon fibre and they save about 25g of weight compared to the standard composite plastic items. The side guards are usable for both the S35-4 and S35-4E and they come including the needed mounting hardware.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

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