Sprint RC from Italy have officially unveiled their all-new E-Spark touring car body shell for 190mm chassis. The shell takes design elements of the World and European Championship winning Spark 200mm nitro touring car body with the design improving overall downforce and drivability. The body comes clear in standard and lightweight variants and also pre-cut for most of today’s touring car kits.
Last weekend was the first leg of the Border Wars series, an U.S. Southwest 5-race series which hosts races in Colorado, West Texas, and New Mexico. The race was held in several nitro and electric classes and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Sean Guthrie with the TQ from Braxton Morgan on P2. The 30-minute main final then saw Jimmy Deprez, who got a bit beat up at the beginning of the race, taking the win. After qualifying on the 8th spot, Jimmy kept his head down and had some really good middle stints, making up time to bring home the victory with a 1-lap margin from Roman Gastelum 2nd and Scott Brewer 3rd.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
The third round of the middle Swedish Cup was held at the Skövde track last weekend. Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson made a clean sweep in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class by bringing home the TQ, win and best junior title. Serpent’s Pontus Larsson came in 2nd some eight seconds back as Per Carlsson (Serpent) completed the top 3 results.
Image: Jessica Palsson
European X-Grip distributor Mikimodel has introduced the brand’s new 2S balance charge harness. It has a stealthy black appearance thanks to all-black wires and protective net sleeves yet the positive poles on the charger and battery side are clearly marked using red shrink wrap. The harness comes with pre-solders 4mm charger and stepped 4mm/5mm battery side connectors and industry-standard 2mm/XH balance plugs.
Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]
Zen Racing from the UK have announced the release of their tyre truer wheel insert for 4-bolt Pro10 and World GT wheels. The insert slides into the wheel and applies equal pressure to the rim when the truer nut is tightened, resulting in more precise tyre truing. The insert is usable with all standard 4-bolt Pro10 and WGT rear wheels.
Source: Zen Racing [zen-racing.co.uk]
Answer-RC have introduced their new V2 lightweight locking wheel nuts for 1/8th off-road and GT kits. The revised wheel nuts are lighter, offer a lower profile and now match Answer-RC’s Spokes wing washers in terms of design. The fasteners are CNC machined and drilled for low weight yet still serrated on the rear for a solid lockdown of the wheel. Coming in set of four in red or black colour they are suitable for pretty much every 1/8th nitro buggy, truggy and GT car.
View the black colour wheel nuts here
Coming from Samix and made for the Traxxas TRX-4 trail truck is a new front shock plate set. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming in silver, gun metal or black anodising the items will greatly improve overall suspension rigidity while offering six different shock mounting locations and machined silver edge details for looks. Included with the two shock stays are also a panhard link mount and all needed hardware.
Phat Bodies’ 2016 World Championship winning GTM body shell for GT12 pan cars is now also available in a super light variant. Using a new forming process allows to substantially lighten the body in key upper areas like the roof section to reduce overall weight and lower the centre of gravity while the front end and splitter are still super rigid for good aero and exceptional durability. The body includes a Zed 1 wing, comes with overspray film applied as well as stickers and vinyl window and light masks.
Source: Phat Bodies [phatbodies.com]
