Hudy’s Profitool line sees the addition of two new wrenches and a reamer in the form of the .050 and .078 (5/64) Allen wrenches and a 3.0mm arm reamer. The tools sport hollow composite handles for effortless wrenching and Hudy spring steel tips that can be easily exchanged thanks to the aluminium hubs that are incorporated in the handles.
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Xray introduce these 6° C-hubs for the XB4 buggy. They allow for quick roll centre adjustment using different thickness shims under the camber link ball stud and are made from a tough moulded composite. A large opening for the CVD assembly prevents any clearance issues even at large steering angles and allows for easy maintenance. The C-hubs are marked for identification, they fit all XB4 kits and become available separately as left and right variant.
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The first round of the South Swedish Cup for electric touring cars was held in Gothenburg. The quite small and narrow track was very technical and left loads of room for mistakes and driving errors. After 3 rounds of qualifying with the best round to count Markus Hellquist (Xray) managed to secure the first spot on the grid, ahead of fellow Xray driver Karl Ullenius in second and David Hassel in third.
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Thunder Innovation introduce their new line of tools called Meteor. The wrenches sport an ergonomically shaped handle for comfortable handling while flat surfaces prevent the tools from rolling off your pit table. The tools are equipped with hardened spring steel tips and come in all popular sizes and tip designs including flat and Philips screw drivers, standard and ball hex wrenches as well as nut drivers, reamers and more.
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The 2013 Australian National titles were held in the Adelaide hills, at the Littlehampton track in South Australia. The race had a lot lower numbers than usual, as some drivers went to the AOC in Japan, and some chose not to come, but none the less the racing was great for those that attended. Massive rain on Friday washed away the track’s sugar treatment and the race director decided not to renew the traction enhancer as the weather forecast promised more rain during the weekend. Saturday again was washed away and only three out of the four qualifiers could be run. Antoni Cartti swept the touring car modified class qualifiers by taking six out of the six rounds. In 17.5T boosted stock Scott Kilford also took six out of the six rounds putting his car in pole position. In the modified class finals Antoni was able to win the first two A-mains in order to grab the 2013 Australian National title adding to his two previous 1/12th victories. In the boosted stock class Scott won A-mains #2 and #3 for a clean sweep of Xray’s latest T4 car.
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The first Madeira Cup was held at the Madeira Island Off Road track. With most of the participants being on-road racers Xray’s Bruno Coelho, who was invited to assist with car and engine set-up, had loads of work to do. After Saturday’s practice rounds the track was pretty beat-up but the conditions where the same for everyone and it was no surprise that Bruno Coelho took TQ after the qualifiers as he was the most experienced buggy racers on the track. Right from the start of the 45 minute final Bruno took off and never looked back taking the race win one lap ahead of Joao Figueiredo with Vitor Sousa completing the podium in 3rd position.
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To celebrate their 27th IMFMAR World Championship, achieved by Steven Hartson at this year’s 1/10th Off-Road Worlds, Team Associated now have this eye-catching T-shirt available. The comfortable black cotton T is available in six sizes and lists all of the Team Associated winners to date.
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ST Racing Concepts have new aluminium option parts for Axial’s SCX10 and Wraith off-road vehicles available. First up are front and rear shock towers for the SCX10, made from CNC-machined aluminium and coming in black, gun metal, green or silver colour. They carry the stock shock mounting geometry and locations and are made to provide a more sturdy base for the shocks. The towers come as pairs and are available for the front and rear of the chassis.
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