Fenix Racing soon have new front end parts for the Su-zuka 1/10 formula 1 chassis available. Making use of the design introduced with the S5 Ultra lower wishbones, the new part is made for 200mm wide “foam tyre” cars. Fenix will also have new camber and caster plates that are usable on both the 190mm and 200mm cars. The three new optionals will become available very soon.
Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]
Kyosho’s mastermind Yuichi Kanai is well known for his green-themed Inferno buggies and now he came up with the idea of producing coloured plastics for the usually black-coloured receiver and battery boxes of the MP9 TKI3 buggy. Kyosho already have neon green, yellow and orange wings and rims available that go along standard white and black coloured parts and now there may also come white, yellow, orange and green coloured radio boxes to complement your body’s livery or rim and wing colour. Green, orange and white MP9 suspension inserts already made it to Kyosho’s option parts listing but there is no official statement about the coloured boxes yet but if they can gain enough interest maybe they put them up for sale too.
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Panther introduce the Rattler ST tyre for 1/10th stadium trucks. Designed for blue grooved and hard packed tracks the tyre offers high forward traction and side bite and fits any stadium truck rim. The tyre will become available from March in Panther’s full line of rubber compounds.
Source: Panther [panthertires.com]
Mugen’s Robert Batlle has won the first round of this year’s Spanish 1/8 E-Buggy nationals held in Santa Perpetua, close to Barcelona in the south of the country. Dani Vega (Agama) and Carlos Pineda (Associated) would complete the podium in second and third position respectively.
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The inaugural International Carpet Challenge took place this weekend in Essex, UK. Hosted by Oli Meggitt and the well-known Essex Winter Series team at their popular indoor venue, the event was supported by HPI, Tonisport and Muchmore and attracted drivers from around the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany and Poland. Kyle Branson was immediately setting the pace in the Modified class, setting the fastest three-lap time during practice, and backing that up by topping the opening qualifying round by 1.5 seconds with his Capricorn. Olly Jefferies, making his international event debut for Xray, took second in the round ahead of the Team Durango pairing of Polish driver Michal Orlowski and Elliott Harper. In round two, Kyle was again quickest, but the field was catching up and Awesomatix’ Freddy Sudhoff set the second best time, seven tenths of a second behind Kyle. Elliott was third ahead of Michal and Yannic Prumper’s Yokomo.
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The 5th round of the Indoor Challenge Grand Arena in Romania had Team Durango driver Catalin Matei taking the TQ and win in both the 2WD and 4WD buggy class. In 2WD young Andrei Stoicui and Bogdan Ionescu came in second and third while Ovidiu Manolache and Cristian Enache completed the podium in the 4WD class.
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This weekend was the BRCA British Winter Open Championship held by Silverstone Model Car Club, host of the popular Silverstone indoor winter series. For this one off event the club had gone all out, purchasing new AstroTurf so that the track was equally fresh to all competitors, and laying one of the best indoor tracks around. The presentation was excellent, giving a true professional feel to the event, and with many features the track was sure to challenge even the top drivers, without being too difficult for everyone. The club had chosen to go for a 100 percent astro turf track with carpet covered features, a good decision as it meant tyres were good from new and tyre wear wasn’t high. So the stage was set for some great racing, and the crowd wasn’t to be disappointed. Using the usual BRCA national format which sees 2WD run on Saturday and 4WD Sunday, 240+ entries over the weekend.
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Ty Tessmann has completed the double at the 15th Annual Dirt Nitro Challenge, the HB driver backing up the Truggy win he took last night with a second victory tonight in the blue ribbon 1:8 Nitro Buggy class at the world famous event. Making history by becoming the first driver to win three consecutive Truggy titles, Tessmann also becomes the first driver to do the double twice, the Canadian having won both feature races when the Fear Farm hosted Joey ‘The Dirt’ Christensen’s signature event for the first time in 2012. The podium in Phoenix was completed by Top Qualifier Dakotah Phend, the TLR driver having to recover from a first lap error and France’s Renaud Savoya who becomes the first European to make the podium at the event.
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