Coming from RC Cox is a gold-plated steel screw set for the Xray T4’19 touring car. The quality 10.9 grade screws come gold-plated for looks while also adding corrosion resistance when running in wet weather conditions. Included in the set are both countersunk and button head screws for the lower and upper parts of the chassis.
Source: PPM RC Racing [ppm-rcracing.com]
The West Coast Classic race was held at Steel City RC Speedway last weekend. The event was held in 1/10th and 1/8th Nitro as well as 1/5th scale gas classes and in 1/8th scale Open Christian Lopez would take the TQ spot after the qualifiers. Robbie Cerrato would take the win in the 30-minute A-main event from Scott Kimbrow 2nd and Bryce Butterfield 3rd.
The 2018/19 season of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia kicked off recently at the Genius Ring in Medeuzza. Drivers from Austria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Italy and Slovenia attended on the track whose layout was unchanged from last season, however due to running the track clockwise everyone had to learn it again. The weekend kicked off on Saturday with free practice for the nearly 50 drivers while Sunday was race day. In the Touring 13.5T Stock class it was B.A. Arnaldi on pole, followed by Edoardo Repetti and Rok Rudl. Over in the Formula category it was Matej Dobnikar on pole, followed by Andrea Ghilotti and Valentin Mis.
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T-Works have introduced three new lightweight screw sets for the Yokomo BD9 touring car. Available as mixed aluminium and titanium set, mixed aluminium and titanium UFO head set and full titanium UFO head set, all include 129 fasteners that not only lower the overall weight of the car but they also improve visual appearance.
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Kyosho have announced the soon release of two new option parts for the Ultima RB7 2WD buggy. First up is a front anti-roll bar set that includes three swaybar wires and mounting hardware. The colour-coded swaybars help to fine-tune the front end for various grip conditions but are best suited on higher grip tracks where a front anti-roll bar can lead to higher corner speeds and an easier to drive car.
Coming from Bittydesign is the pre-cut variant of their popular JP8 190mm touring car body shell. A favourite among both modified and stock class drivers the JP8 is part of the new high-downforce body movement and beside the standard non-cut variant it is now also available pre-cut and pre-drilled for Awesomatix, Destiny, Team Associated and Xray cars and it will soon also come as a dedicated version for the new Yokomo BD9. The body comes including pre-cut and pre-drilled rear wing, wing mounting hardware and a decal sheet.
The RC Pro finals were held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas last weekend in a variety of electric and nitro off-road classes. In Open E-Buggy it was Andrew Clark with the TQ but after the double A-mains it was Daniel Grobe with the overall win with 2-1 finished while 1-3 finisher, Hagen Gray had to settle for 2nd. Angel Reyes scored 5-2 finished to round out the top 3. Jonathan Phelps and Nick Vanderpool completed the top 5 results.
Arrowmax have introduced their all-new Red Series 7.4V 5200mAh Ultra Low Profile LiPo battery pack. The standard-size pack is only 19.5mm tall and weighs in at a lightweight 237g, making it the ideal battery when facing traction roll problems on small and tight high-grip tracks. The battery utilises high-performance 55C/110C Si-Graphene cells for high power output and exceptional durability and it is available now.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
