Yeah Racing have introduced a set of stainless steel centre driveshafts for the Axial Wraith truck. The upgrade is ideal when using high-power brushless systems as the driveshafts are a lot more durable than the standard pieces. The sliding-design shafts come in black and silver finishing and they are a direct fit.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Leisure Hours of Joliet, Illinois held their Wednesday Night Nationals last week. In the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Alex Vaugh with the TQ and win from Jason White in 2nd and Frank Hodits in 3rd. Over in 13.5T Wheeler class it was again Alex Vaughn with the TQ and win as Rich S and Nick Smrt rounded out the top 3. The 17.5T 2WD Buggy class had Austin Wick taking the day’s win from Alex Vaughn on the runner-up spot and Rich S taking 3rd.
View the 13.5T 4WD and 17.5T 2WD podiums here
Coming from Kyosho and made for the Mini-Z MM, RM and MR-03 micro-size cars is an aluminium shock mount. The sturdy yet lightweight part ensures reliable centre shock mounting with greatly eliminated pitch flex for increased suspension efficiency. An additional +1mm hole also allows to mount the shock in a more forward position for wider setting range.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]
Coming from VRP are new front arm plate savers for the Mugen MBX8 buggy. These are made from .030 lexan and will provide added strength and durability to the front arm inserts. Typically the front arm plates will crack near the centre mounting hole and by using the arm plate saver, it will add longevity to the arm plates.
Source: Vision Racing Products [visionracingproducts.com]
The 2018 Australian IC Track Championships were held in Melbourne, hosted by the MRCCR club. Changing weather made for some difficult conditions and it was Mugen’s Jeff Hamon who would manage to take the TQ in the 1/10th Nitro Touring class and he also came out on top in the 45-minute A-main event, taking the title some two laps in front of Shepherd’s own Thilo Tödtmann. Capricorn’s Steven Jovanovic came in 3rd from Peter Jovanovic 4th. Mugen’s Andrew Gillespie rounded out the top 5.
Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]
The Circuito Hernan Matticoli track played host to the fifth round of the Metropolitan Championships recently. In the 1/8th Nitro GT class it was Xray’s Nicolas Bregante with the win from Lucas Lemes (HB Racing) in 2nd and IGGT8 driver Pato Cruseno in 3rd. Over in the Masters class it as a full Xray podium with Pedro Trigos taking the win from Damian Montiel and Dante Maximo Covino in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The RC ONIL track in Onil, Spain held the second round of the Offroad Electric Club Championship last weekend. The track proved to be very technical and due to hosting a round of the Spanish regional championships next year, a good turnout of racers made their entry including 4-times South African National Champion, Gary Briant. Marcos Abarca (Team Associated) took the TQ in the 2WD Buggy class after winning two of the three qualifying rounds followed by Ramón Oltra (Schumacher) and Jaime Casamayor (Team Associated). In the finals, Marcos was able to conserve his qualifying performance, taking a clear win in front of runner-up Ramón Oltra in 2nd and Jaime Casamayor in 3rd.
The 2018 U.S. Indoor Championships were held in Independence, Ohio last weekend in several electric on-road classes. In the hotly contested Formula category it was CRC’s Tom Firsching with the overall TQ but after the single 5-minute A-main it was Capricorn’s Josh Cyrul, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, who would snatch the title some 0.074 seconds in front of Tom. Only 0.5 second back, CRC’s Jeff Dayger rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: CF Hobbies [cfhobbies.com]
