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Hot Race Tyres introduce special clay compounds

Posted: 21 Mar 2017 08:50 AM PDT

Hot Race Tyres from Italy have introduced their new clay rubber compounds. Developed especially with the demanding clay-type tracks in mind, the rubber will extract the maximum traction and performance from the tyre and it will become available in soft and hard compounds for both the existing range of 1/8th treads and also the new 1/10th buggy tyres.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

Serpent SDX4 centre gear differential

Posted: 21 Mar 2017 05:38 AM PDT

Coming from Serpent and made for the SDX4 1/10th scale4WD buggy is a centre differential set. Same as the front and rear diffs with the exception of the spur gear, the differential features moulded composite internals for a low weight and an interchangeable main gear, that is available in 82T to 88T specifications, for convenient gear ratio changes. Using the centre diff over a slipper clutch will calm down the car’s on-power reactions and the diff set is available now.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

Flavio Elias doubles at Brazilian on-road opener

Posted: 21 Mar 2017 04:28 AM PDT

This past weekend the opening round of the Brazilian National On-road Championship was held at the Miniautodromo Internacional Zeca Elias in Sao Paulo, host of the 2015 IFMAR 1/8th World Championship. In the competitive 1/8th class Capricorn’s Flavio Elias TQ’d and won the meeting in pretty dominant fashion, crossing the finish line first ahead of the Mugen of Kazu Ohara and the Capricorn of Samuel Piatto. In the 1/10th 200mm open class Elias took another convincing TQ and win on his Capricorn ahead of the Shepherd of Eduardo Dulac and the Capricorn of Rafael Alves.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

Techra T4 split/1-piece suspension mounts set

Posted: 21 Mar 2017 04:04 AM PDT

Techra have introduced a new interchangeable split and 1-piece suspension mount system for the Xray T4 touring car. Utilising the original Xray suspension pin inserts, the set includes new split inner suspension mounts as well as a 2.6g aluminium and a 8.1g brass connecting bride to create a solid “1-piece” mount if needed. The system helps to both reduce torsional flex while also adding weight which can be beneficial in certain track conditions. The aluminium parts are cut from high-quality 7075 material and they come black and orange anodised while the brass bride is made from polished material. The set is best used in the front of the car and it is available now.

Source: Techra [facebook.com]

Mugen Seiki welcome Carsten Keller

Posted: 21 Mar 2017 03:53 AM PDT

Mugen Seiki Europe have announced the addition of Germany’s Carsten Keller to their team. The multi national champion will campaign Mugen’s MBX7R nitro and electric buggies at all major national and international events.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

HRC Racing StreetFighter monster truck tyres

Posted: 21 Mar 2017 03:32 AM PDT

HRC Distribution have introduced the HRC Racing StreetFighter tyres for 1/10th monster trucks. Utilising 6-spoke rims with 14mm hex adapters, the tyres are a direct fit on the Team Magic E5 series trucks but they also fit a range of other vehicles. Thanks to the on-road tread the tyres are ideal for street racing or running on packed dirt surfaces.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

T-Works BD8 titanium-nitride ball end set

Posted: 21 Mar 2017 02:04 AM PDT

Coming from T-Works and made for Yokomo’s World Championship winning BD8 touring car is a titanium-niride coated ball end set. Including a total of 16 high-quality ball ends the set replaces the standard Yokomo ball ends with highly wear resistant and friction-reducing Ti-Ni coated ball studs that not only work better but they also feature a 2mm hex section for easy assembly, maintenance and set up while also adding some visual impact.

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

Batley Winter Series finale – Report

Posted: 21 Mar 2017 12:47 AM PDT

Batley Buggy Club, in West Yorkshire, North of England hosted the concluding round of the Batley Winter Series at their indoor venue MB Raceway this past weekend. The race series saw 145 competitors race in five rounds across three 1/10th off road classes, 2WD, 4WD and Under 13 2WD Buggy, on the EOS carpet track. Batley club has a 25 year history of nurturing junior racing talent, and this series has proven to be one of the most successful in the region for young racers, with twenty five under 13’s entering the series in fierce competition for the top place trophies. 2WD Buggy was particular well contended with 15 year old Thomas Gill (Yokomo), taking the series win, from second place Ross Barras (Yokomo) and Jim Furniss (Team Associated) third.

2WD Buggy top 10 results:
1. Thomas Gill – 389
2. Ross Barras – 388
3. Jim Furniss – 382
4. Jon Price – 367
5. Chris Foster – 361
6. Philip Carrick – 356
7. Jeff Steele – 349
8. Neil Hamilton – 346
9. Jack Hirst – 340
10.Paul Crawford – 320

The 4WD Buggy series win was taken by Philip Carrick (Yokomo), from second place Phillip Allcroft (Xray) and Jim Dixon (Schumacher) third.

4WD Buggy top 10 results:
1. Philip Carrick – 394
2. Phillip Allcroft – 392
3. Jim Dixon – 386
4. Neal Lewis – 378
4. Chris Foster – 378
6. Ben Simpson – 361
7. Harry Brittain – 293
7. Jonathan Skidmore – 293
9. Charlie Edwards – 281
10.Dave Bell – 279

Under 13 2WD overall winner was Harry Brittain (Yokomo), from second place James Bellwood (Yokomo) and Isaac Mcfadyean (Schumacher) in third.

Under 13’s 2WD Buggy top 10 results:
1. Harry Brittain – 399
2. James Bellwood – 395
3. Isaac Mcfadyean – 390
4. Tyler Liddle – 387
5. Ben Simpson – 379
6. Hayden Steele – 374
7. Max Batty – 366
8. Oliver Peart – 360
9. Matt Simpson – 355
10.Ellis Crossley – 288

Source: Batley Buggy Club