Futura 2012 have released their new tyre additive for wet surfaces. This new additive has been made with special components to improve traction on tire treads on slippery wet surfaces. It is enough to apply the additive on the tyre 2 minutes before the race or apply 2 coats for better traction, leaving couple of minutes between applications. Also Futura Wet comes in handy airtight cans with application brush, suitable for foam and rubber tyre.

Source: Futura [tyreadditive.com]

Italian company Vertigo performance tyres have released a new rim made with a light polymer with graphite polymer inside. The new rims guarantees top performance during a complete race, without the structural deformation normally caused by hot temperatures. Also with this new material Vertigo have improved the structural design of the wheel to improve upon some minor structural deformation.

Source: Vertigo [vertigotyres.com]

Pro-Line have released a number of new additions to their tire range starting with the 1/8th buggy Hole Shot 2.0. The Hole Shot 2.0 provides more forward traction, increased steering response and is less edgy in the ruts making you faster than ever before. Their mini-pin and square lug technology combine to give your Buggy TQ pace and last through long mains. Also for 1/8th buggy is the Tazer and Blockade are now available pre mounted on V2 white wheels with the Tazer available in M3 and M4, while the Blockade only comes in M4. For 1/10th scale buggy there is the return of the Square Fuzzie. The new Square Fuzzie features countless square micro-pins laid out in a traction inducing grid pattern that will stick to the track like Velcro while the long center bars provide tons of forward bite and improved wear over the Original. These tires are ideal for any indoor/outdoor hard-packed dirt track where bar-type tires are not getting the job done. The new Square Fuzzies will give you the confidence inspiring forward and side bite to propel you to the front.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

Hot Bodies’ new prototype Gridlock tire utilizes design features creating a tire that will be easier to drive while also providing a linear amount of steering gain throughout the steering travel. The Gridlock tire will make the car more stable and easier to drive on track conditions where the dirt is hard packed with some sharp edged bumps. Another condition the Gridlock tire performs great in is where the track might be a little too dusty for the Megabite tire but not loamy enough for the Megagrid tire. Hot Bodies Tires are known for their long life with low tread wear, the Gridlock tire’s tread wear life will be greater than that of the Megabite tire providing the consumer with a tire that performs very well and also has a long life.

Source: Hot Bodies [hotbodiesonline.com]

X-Power has expanded its line of products for Mini Z AWD, MR-03 and Mini Z Buggy with some lightweight and durable titanium screw sets & foam racing tires. Foam tires, pre-mounted on durable, black spoked wheels are available in various compounds and offsets for Mini Z MR-03, AWD and Buggy.

Source: X-Power [xpowerrc.com]

Acorn Racing Tyre Essence is specially formulated to work on both new and old rubber tyres. Different from traditional traction compound, this formula softens the compound within the tyre, therefore maintains consistency throughout the race and can be used in conjunction with any tyre compound. The special formula also cleanses, rejuvenates, softens and restore old tyres to their natural form.

Source: Acorn Racing [acorninnovations.asia]

Huge R/C Products, the brand of former IFMAR ISTC Touring Car World Champion Surikarn C, have announced that their high traction R36 compound slick tires are now available pre mounted. The tires come glued onto white dish wheel and use the new Huge soft tire insert, which is also available separately.

Source: Huge [huge_rcproducts@live.com]

Sweep Racing have released their first 1/10th offroad buggy rear tire, the Tendroid. The Bar pattern was designed to have maximum forward bite on hard packed clay tracks, while droids control the side bite. Combined together, the 10droid has optimum traction and a long life span. Available in 4 different rubber compounds, Silver (Ultra soft), Blue (Extra Soft), Red (Soft) and White (Medium), available to suit any track conditions.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

Contact tyres have introduced a new range of pre-glued 1/12th scale tires suitable for 1/12th circuit cars. After a huge amount of testing of natural foams and with the help of team drivers Paul Lemieux and Chris Kerswell they have entered into the market with Contact 1/12 scale tires. To help the driver they have decided to keep the same colour range of the main brands in this market. Trued to optimum diameter of 44mm for the fronts and 46mm for the rears they come pre glued on special Contact rims in white, which has been extensively tested for perfect strength and flexibility to provide the maximum traction.

Source: Contact [racing-cars.com]

Shepherd Micro Racing has introduced another line of foam tires, ‘Shepherd tires by Matrix’. For several reasons they are a class of their own. Already before the first step of the production an intensive quality management ensures an excellent performance of the tires as all raw material are checked with special equipment to guarantee the correct shore hardness. The computer aided manufacturing makes sure that all tires meet the high quality standard. A special lightproof and airtight packing foil allows the tires to be stocked for a long time without affecting the quality or performance of the tires. The final result is a tire that has excellent traction combined with low tire wear. They will be available on white standard rims as well as on black carbon rims. The carbon rims are about 12% lighter while the stability is also increased.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]