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Coming from Vision Racing Products and made for Mugen’s new MBX8 buggy is a carbon fibre fuel tank guard with added heat shield. The carbon guard will keep the pipe from ever burning into the buggy’s fuel tank, and the heat shield will keep the tank from absorbing excess heat from the exhaust pipe. The guard easily bolts right onto the lower two screw holes on the side of the tank and the heat shield is precision cut 0.5mm smaller so it is easy to seal the edges with thin c/a, giving a a nitro proof set-up that will last.

Source: Vision Racing Products [visionracingproducts.com]

ProTek RC have announced the signing of Mugen’s Adam Drake to their team. “The Drake” will use ProTek RC products such as servos, batteries and chargers in his upcoming campaign that will see appearances at all major races throughout the USA.

Source: ProTek RC [protekrc.com]

French brand Rusti Design have introduced a collection of carbon fibre option parts for the iconic Team Associated RC10 2WD buggy. First up is a standard geometry front shock tower that uses the Worlds Car suspension geometry while the Big Bore tower adds 7mm of height, ideal for modern era or big bore shocks. Both are cut from 3mm carbon fibre and sport machined sections for looks and clearance. Next up is a 3mm rear shock tower that uses the standard geometry for the use with standard or big bore shock units. Also new is a 3mm rear transmission brace for the 3-gear Stealth transmission while one full-size LiPo strap – for standard size LiPos or 6-cell NiMH packs – as well as shorty LiPo strap and a shorty LiPo mini strap allow the use of modern shorty packs with the RC10. All parts are cut from high-quality carbon fibre and they are available now.

Source: Rusti Design [rustidesign.fr]

Hudy’s 30mm and 40mm brushless fan units are now also available in convenient 12-piece XL packs. The reliable fans are ball-raced and feature solder tabs that allow to shorted the included 200mm all-black receiver wire to the needed size without having to crimp on new connectors. The fans are usable for speedo and motor cooling alike and the XL packs make it easy to equip a whole fleet of on-road or off-road cars.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

Coming from Xray and made for the XB8 off-road buggy are rear composite mud protectors. The guards keep way moisture, dirt and mud from the rear driveshafts and lower arms and they are usable on the short or long specification rear A-arms of the XB8, XB808, XB9 and GTX cars. The protectors are made from high-quality composite material and they come as pairs, including one left and one right protector.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Coming soon from Muchmore is the Tweakmaster Ver.4 chassis tweak tool for 1/10th touring cars. The anti-tweak rod now features three holes for the antenna, motor mount post and spur gear while the anti-tweak plate is of a thinner and lighter design for easier carrying and storage. The tool, that is used to ensure the chassis, bulkhead and top deck assembly is tweak-free, comes in a protective pouch.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]

Last weekend the Danish DRCMU Series concluded and it was multiple Danish national champion, Mike Gosvig, who wrapped up another championship title. With four wins out of seven rounds, Mike sealed yet another Touring Modified title to add to his already impressive achievements.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

T-Works have introduced front and rear steel chassis skid plates sets for the Mugen MBX8 buggy. The skid plates are machined from high-quality stainless steel for high corrosion resistance and protection of the front and rearmost parts of the chassis while in addition, the front plates also protect the droop “ears”. The plates come as separate 2-piece front and rear sets.

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

Wallace Motorsports welcome top US contender and West Coast based racer Brian Thomas to the Wallace Motorsports Family. Brian has decided to run Hot Race Tyres and Ielasi Tuned engines in both 1/10th Nitro Touring and 1/8th open classes on his current Mugen chassis. Brian brings years of Nitro experience to the table and Wallace Motorsports are extremely happy to have him run and support their brands.

Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]

Quito in Ecuador recently held a nitro on-road race and it was Serpent’s Pipo Bastidas who snatched the top podium spots in both the 1/8th GP and 1/10th 200mm Sedan classes. Martín Campaña (Serpent) was hot on the heels of Pipo, however in the end Bastidas would prevail, taking the win from Pipo 2nd and Capricorn driver Damián Proaño 3rd. Over in 200mm Sedan Pipo kept it clean the whole race to secure the win from Hermann Saa (Capricorn) 2nd and Tito Jativa (Serpent) 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]