Tamiya have introduced the Team Hahn Racing MAN TGS race truck on the TT-01 Type-E 4WD chassis. The kit features an outstanding 4-piece race truck bodyshell with additional parts such as mirrors, engine top and more, making for a super-authentic look. The included 4WD shaft-driven TT-01 Type-E chassis comes with specially-designed wheels and 70mm diameter tyres to round out the scale appearance. The kit will hit stores around mid-July.
The Q-Track of Sant Cugat in Barcelona, Spain played host to round three of the Catalonia Championship. The weather played havoc throughout the weekend, widely disturbing the practice sessions but with five rounds of qualifying racers would still enjoy some track time. In the 1/8th E-Buggy A-main Carlos Pineda Vidal started from the 3 spot behind Max Ricca and Jaume Figuls. After recovering from a bad start Carlos battled with Jaume for the win and after a couple of lead swaps Carlos was finally able to pull away for the win.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
The first of six races for the Midwest Series kicked off in Toledo, Ohio, home of the One Eighth Racers of Toledo. The track was setup for a little practice on Friday but Saturday saw a little rain in the morning. The track crew did a great job with getting the track ready to go and with extended practice the race would cut out a qualifier. In 1/8th Open Ted Hammer (Shepherd) would take the TQ while in 200mm Sedan Diatta Collymore (Xray)came out fastest after the qualifiers.
The recent Vedano race in Italy saw Davide Bertuzzi taking the TQ in the Stock 13.5T Touring class while Davide Carbone came out fastest in the Formula category. In the Stock A-mains Davide Bertuzzi had to defend himself from teammate Andrea Valerio but at the end Bertuzzi would hold the upper hand to take the day’s win. In the Formula class Davide Carbone made a clean sweep by winning all three A-main legs.
The second round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Wr. Neustadt track in perfect weather conditions. The race schedule saw free practice on Friday, timed practice and the qualifiers on Saturday with the mains run on Sunday. In the Touring Modified class Patrick Gollner took the overall TQ from Mario Sowka and Manuel Gremlica. The finals then had Patrick taking an easy win in A1 but a mistake in A2 shifted the decision for the overall win to the third and final A-main in which he again came out fastest to grab the overall victory from Mario Sowka and Toni Eder.
Pro-Line have introduced the All-Terrain Cooler conversion for wheeled coolers. Conveniently pre-built and easy to install the conversion makes use of a set of Pro-Line 2.8″ Trencher tyres on heavy duty F-11 wheels for a cool look and a more pleasant ride. Included in the set are also an extra-long axle and steel hardware. The F-11 wheels spin on oil-impregnated ball bearings. The conversion will become available very soon.
RPM have introduced a set of upper and lower A-arms for the Traxxas X-Maxx monster truck. The redesigned items do away with breaking issues associated with the original parts. Starting with the upper A-arm, RPM used their proven A-arm designs from past builds to create an upper support structure sure to handle even massive abuse while the lower A-arm has better ground clearance than the stock arms and it also features a cross section based off of the company’s proven 1/5th scale HPI Baja A-arms. A double support beam on the lower arms spread impact energy over a larger area, meaning hard hits won’t lead to breakages. Being of an universal fit the arms, moulded from RPM’s own nylon blend, fit on any corner of the truck and four sets are needed to equip one full vehicle.
Source: RPM [rpmrcproducts.com]
Mibosport have introduced new chassis skins for Yokomo’s latest on-road and off-road vehicles. Coming pre-cut, in a carbon fibre design and sporting the respective car logos the decals protect the chassis bottom from becoming damaged or excessively scratched on abrasive surfaces. They are available for the YZ-2 and YZ-4 buggy, the BD7-2016 touring with carbon or aluminium chassis as well as the YR-10 formula car.
Source: Mibosport [mibosport.com]
