New from Much More comes an aluminium body repair tape for a variety of applications. The flexible tape is easily applied from the inside of the body and protects and reinforces not only new or already damaged shells from the rigours of racing but also safes nitro bodyshells from the heat created by the motor and exhaust system. The tape is 50mm wide and comes on 2 metre rolls.
Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]
Xray introduce this long graphite upper deck for the XB4 and XB’14 4WD buggy. Machined from 2.0mm carbon fibre the long 1-piece upper deck is designed for the use in medium to high traction conditions such as carpet and astro turf racing. The part reinforces the chassis assembly by connecting the front diff bulkhead with the central drive system, and provides a location for the body mount. The deck also captures the central drivetrain bearings and holds them in place in their supporting bulkheads.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
After much speculation about a possible new engine deal for Ryan Maifield it is now confirmed that the Team Associated frontrunner will join Italian company Novarossi to run their line of buggy and truggy engines. After being LRP-powered for a good amount of time, Ryan is now looking forward to head into his new venture that will start at this year’s Dirt Nitro Challenge in February.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
Tekin welcome Elliott Boots to their factory team. Elliott is know as being one of the fastest drivers in the World and will help showcase Tekin’s latest 1/8th and 1/10th speed controllers during his upcoming campaign. Elliott is already debuting his Tekin-powered Kyosho cars this weekend and will soon also come to the states to race at the Dirt Nitro Challenge as well.
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
Italian engine manufacturer Novarossi announce the latest addition to their factory team in the form of Teemu Leino. The quick Finn, who took TQ at the 2012 1/10th 200mm IFMAR World Championships in Thailand, will use the company’s .12 on-road and .21 off-road engines in his rides.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
Xray announce that Nordic on-road racer and multiple Swedish national champion Magnus Vässmar will continue to race with the team in 2014. Magnus will race electric touring car as well as 1/10th off-road and plans to attend at the IFMAR World and EFRA European Championships, the ETS series, LRP TCM, IIC Vegas and of course many national races. This is what Magnus has to say about the deal:
I am very happy to re-sign with Xray because I feel that the team as a whole has been working very well together. The T4 car is a great development in the right direction and also the new XB4 buggy has very promising future. My personal goals is to step it up even more and aim for higher results and compete as much as I can in touring cars and also 1/10th buggy. I am very much looking forward to the future with Team Xray.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Arena have new optional upper decks for the Xray T4’14 and the Yokomo BD7-2014 as well as a range of silicone wires available. Starting with the upper decks, the Xray part is machined from 1.6mm carbon fibre while the Yokomo deck is made from slightly thicker 1.65mm material. Both are direct replacements for the stock parts. Also new are high-current silicone wires in 10, 12 and 14 AWG. The 10 and 14 AWG wires come in black and red colour while the 12 AWG variant will be available in a translucent white and transparent silicone coating also. Last but not least are black colour high-flex silicone servo and ESC wires with KO/Futaba and Sanwa/JR compatible plugs. They are ideal for create the sought after “all-black wire” factory look.
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With lots of speculation over his future since announcing his departure from HB/HPI last August we again talked exclusively with Atsushi Hara and can confirm ahead of its official announcement that he has signed for Speedmaster, parent brand of SWorkz. Having tested many brands of car and talked with numerous companies he finally decided on the Taiwanese company as he feels they offer him the best opportunities for his future going forward, not just for racing. One of the factors influencing the deal was the connection with A-Main Hobbies, a personal sponsor of his but with some big developments in the pipeline between the Taiwanese brand and the US online power house we can expect to see the brand receive a bigger push in the US and Worldwide. In terms of the car, he says that while it needs some work to get the performance up to scratch, the quality is top notch and going forward he will have an updated car for this year’s Worlds in Italy. In our interview Hara also confirmed that he will race for Yokomo in the remaining ETS rounds as well as the TITC and the World Championships in Florida in what is a per race contract.
View the official statement from Speedmaster here
