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December 9, 2024

Schumacher support young offroad star Ben Mohamed

Schumacher Racing has announced they are to support the career of young French offroad racer Noha Ben Mohamed. At just 15 years old, Ben Mohamed has already amassed an impressive CV that already includes results such as being a 3 time French Elite Champion, an EFRA European Championship podium finish and being an EOS Finalist. On joining the British manufacturer for his 1:10 program having raced previously with Xray, Ben Mohamed said, ‘It is with immense honour and great pride that I join the prestigious Schumacher Team family. I am ready to take on challenges and excel together in this promising collaboration.’

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 9, 2024

T-Works MBX8R Alu Front Upper Arm Mount

T-Works has released this lightweight 7075-T6 aluminium Front Upper Arm Mount for Mugen Seiki’s MBX8R 1:8 Buggy. Receiving black anodised treatment for better durability and looks, the arm mount is designed to optimise the suspension movement characteristics and maintain stability.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

December 9, 2024

Schimmel & LeMieux win at U.S. Carpet Offroad C/ships

Recent TLR departee Brennan Schimmel and Xray’s Chase LeMieux where the Modified winners at the U.S. Carpet Offroad Championships held in Cleveland over the weekend. A week after the same venue hosted the 44th running of the U.S. Indoor Champs, which is the world’s longest running RC race, it was the turn of Scotty Ernst to call some 1:10 offroad racing action. In qualifying it was Schimmel, with a car he borrowed for the event, who took the 2WD TQ ahead of Aydin Horne having topped 2 of the 3 rounds. Fastest in Q1 Brandon Foote would qualify third. In the final the World Championship finalist would wrap up the overall victory with wins in A1 & 2. Qualifying down in 6th, LeMieux would win A3 to secure the runner-up spot ahead of Davey Batta. While Schimmel would take Q1 in 4WD Buggy, LeMieux took the next to secure the overall TQ. Just as it looked like he was going to walk away with it after his A1 win, a series of misfortunes would knock LeMieux to the back of the pack in the A2 final. It would all come down to A3 for the overall win. LeMieux would show exactly why he was the TQ as he would have a super clean run and fend off the hard charging Schimmel and Batta and that was how they would like up on the podium.

Image: US Carpet Off Road Championships [Facebook]

December 7, 2024

JConcepts Dirt Trac Mini 1:16 Tire

New from JConcepts comes the introduction of the mini 1:16 option of their Dirt Trac tires specifically designed for dirt oval applications. The Dirt Trac Mini features an arrangement of patterned blocks cut and sliced for delicate but proven performance. The orientation and make-up of the Dirt Trac tread is very traditional but sized appropriately and produced in a super soft compound to do a lot of the work. The large blocks resist wear, add forward bite and the spacing allows for a freer vehicle in tight and open oval track conditions. The front features an arrangement of patterned blocks cut and sliced for delicate but proven performance in a V-pattern. The Dirt Trac Mini tires fit the Mini-T 2.0 wheels or the Losi larger diameter rear wheel and Losi standard front wheel. Also available as pre-mounted on JC wheels in bright white or fluorescent yellow.

View Dirt Trac Mini Front tire here

December 6, 2024

Kaaak Racing TLR 1:10 13mm Shock bodies

Focused on high-performance parts for 1:10 offroad, new German brand Kaaak Racing has released its new 13mm shock bodies set for TLR 1:10 cars. The shocks are compatible with parts from the 3mm G3 shocks by TLR, with the exception that 13mm pistons are required. It is particularly noteworthy that the inner surface of the T7075 shock body material has been left uncoated, with a focus on achieving a high surface quality instead. The full set of 4 bodies is made up of 2x 36.5mm front and 2x 42mm rear bodies.

Source: Kaaak Racing [kaaak-racing.com]

December 6, 2024

Caretti announced as Yokomo Team Manager

Following the news earlier this week that long time driver Nicolas Lee is no longer with their team, Team Yokomo has announced Antoni Caretti as the new Team Manager for Asia and Australia. A long time Yokomo driver in touring car and buggy, Australian Caretti will oversee the Asian/Australian market and be available for technical support at races and online. On the announcement he said, ‘I am super exited to step up into a team manager position for Team Yokomo! I want to thank Taguchi, Naoya and Christopher for making this happen and I’m already looking forward to 2025 and beyond. When I started racing in 2007 my first race car was a Yokomo BD, so becoming a team driver and now team manager for such a prestigious brand is truly an amazing feeling!’

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

December 6, 2024

JConcepts RC10B7 Aero Upper Wing

New from JConcepts is this Aero Upper Wing for the Team Associated RC10B7 1:10 2WD Buggy platform. Aerodynamics is a key point on any vehicle, and particularly 1:10 offroad vehicles, and JConcepts regularly experiments with aero features throughout the entire product line. Front wings are not a new concept, however, they are new to the latest generation of vehicles with demanding high-speed and grippy circuits. Together with their team drivers, they have developed a new high-performance front wing for the Team Associated RC10B7. Mounted above the front shock tower, the Aero front wing mounts in “clean air” and is quite easy to trim, use and test without sacrificing all important track time. This option is made to fit updated shock guard and tower pieces made available by Team Associated. The Aero wing features a high-attack design with trim-able rear gurney options. A radical, edgy design which functions and compliments the Finnisher, Silencer, and Punisher body design includes elements and features fresh for the latest offroad conditions.

View uncut wing here

December 5, 2024

Schumacher Cougar 2 Works ‘Classic’

Schumacher has announced it is to launch the Cougar 2 Works ‘Classic’ which they describe as ‘a homage to one of the most beautiful and best performing buggies ever created. The Cougar 2 Works was the ultimate development of the Schumacher aluminium pan chassis 2WD buggies of the late 80’s and early 90’s. The Cougar 2 Works ‘Classic’ is a reproduction of this Iconic buggy, with subtle improvements to durability and battery fitting, for modern vintage racing. It features an eye catching violet anodised chassis and motor plates. It includes high performance period option parts such as roller driveshafts, carbon fibre shock towers, ‘Works’ suspension geometry and low friction ‘Pro’ spec shock absorbers. Dealer pre-orders are being taken with kits due late December 2024.

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