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February 24, 2016

Tamiya Pajero Custom Lowrider Black Special

Coming soon from Tamiya is the Custom Lowrider Black Special edition of Mitsubishi’s third generation Pajero SUV. Based off of the full-time 4WD CC-01 chassis the kit features a shaft-driven drivetrain, double wishbone front and rigid rear suspension, oil-filled CVA shock absorbers, and shiny black-plated chrome rims with treaded 73mm street tyres. The kit is rounded out by a pre-painted black bodyshell with smoke colour windows.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]

February 24, 2016

Kyosho MP9 TKI4 coming in April

Kyosho America have released a high-resolution image of the forthcoming MP9 TKI4 1/8th nitro off-road buggy. Seen before on an Asian website as part of leaked pre-release information, Kyosho now officially announced that the kit will hit the stores in April with detailed information on the specifications and features as well as additional images will become available very shortly. In addition to the official preview image, Kyosho’s 1/8th off-road designer, Yuichi Kanai, has released images of his own car, giving a better idea of the new bodyshell lines while also showing an updated rim design with protective rings for the wheel nuts.

Click here to view images of Yuichi’s MP9 TKI4

February 24, 2016

CRC introduce new Formula rim & pre-mounted tyres

New from Calandra Racing Concepts come new Formula rims and pre-mounted tyres. Starting with the Pro-Mount wheels, the rims are purpose-designed for the use with rubber tyres, such as CRC’s RT-1, the TCS F1 and the Pit Shimizu F1 line of tyres. With moulded-in mounting ribs, the Pro-Mount offers an improvement over some other wheels that are nothing more than foam tyre rims without guidance ribs. With CRC’s new wheel the rib guides the tyre bead in the right place, not allowing the tyre to be mounted too far on the wheel, making tyre mounting much easier. Swinging over to the pre-mounted tyres, they come pre-glued and are ready to have fun. The RT-1 tyres have already proven themselves in the World GT-R category of racing. The high-performance belted tyres are of super long wear, providing multiple seasons of use on carpet surfaces. They mount to CRC’s new Pro-Mount wheel and come in sets of four and they will be available in limited quantities in mid March.

View the Pro-Mount rims here

February 24, 2016

RC Concept sign Tom Cockerill

French company RC Concept have announced the signing of Yokomo’s Tom Cockerill to their team for 2016. The UK frontrunner and 2015 IFMAR Worlds finalist will bring his speed and knowledge to the company and he joins swift team mates such as the recently announced Lee Martin and Reno Savoya.

Source: RC Concepts [rcconcept.net]

February 23, 2016

2016 UISP Indoor Nationals – Report

The RC Landia track in Scandiano, Italy played host to the UISP Indoor Nationals with drivers attending in the three classes of Touring Modified, 10.5T and 13.5T. The event kicked off on Saturday with two rounds of controlled practice and two rounds of qualifying. On Sunday three more rounds of qualifying and the triple mains would be held. In the Touring Modified class, Alessio Menicucci took the TQ by winning three of the five qualifying rounds from Mattia Collina who placed his car on the 2 spot and Dario Balestri in third.

Continue reading the report here

February 23, 2016

Aaron Dexter takes Australian Junior national title

The recent opening round of the Australian Off-road Nationals in Tasmania saw the running of a Junior race on Saturday. Aaron Dexter would take the win in the Buggy class, coming from 13th on the reversed grid. He had a tough start into the main as he got bumped off the track but with 10 minutes to go he found himself battling for the lead. Suddenly Mitchell Steer, who was in the lead at that time, had a flame out when he came in for fuel. That placed Aaron first until he clipped the rope and crashed. That put Mitchell back into the lead but Aaron was able to apply pressure on him. On the second last lap, Mitchell crashed twice and Aaron managed to get a good enough gap to win and to be crowned the Australian Junior National Champion.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 23, 2016

Xray XB4 graphite steering brace

Xray have introduced a carbon fibre steering brace for the XB4 buggy. Machined from 2.0mm high-quality carbon fibre the brace connects the two steering posts and it is meant to improve steering and jump landing on the expense of making the car less stable at the same time.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 23, 2016

HB Europe signs Morgan Renzi

HB Europe have announced the signing of Morgan Renzi to their nitro on-road team. The Italian will campaign the company’s R8 1/8th nitro on-road car and he plans to attend at all major races in Italy while also providing technical support for HB racers with the help of Alessandro Sabbatini.

Source: HB Europe [hbeurope.com]