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March 22, 2023

Jackie Shum rejoins Yokomo factory team

Continuing to bolster its Asian Factory team having signed leading Indonesian racer Bowie Ginting last week, Team Yokomo has announced that top Hong Kong racer Jackie Shum has rejoined the brand. Shum previous raced for Yokomo for 4-years before switching to Serpent at the end of 2020 but now returns to the Japanese manufacturer. Commenting on the switch Shum said, “Firstly, I would like to thank Mr. Lau from Serpent for supporting my racing program in the past years. But, Yokomo has always been where my heart belongs and I am excited to be rejoining the famous Japanese RC brand. I am looking forward to representing Yokomo in the best way possible for years to come.”

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

March 21, 2023

Tebo announces ‘2023 will be last year as a ‘professional driver’

Jared Tebo has announced that 2023 will be his last year racing as a professional driver. One of the true stars of the sport enjoying a very lengthy reign as as one of the best offroad racers in the world, the American has said 2023 will be his ‘farewell tour’. The now 36 year old arrived on the RC scene at the age of 13 and since then has lived the ultimate dream of any young kid starting out in racing. Making the ‘tough decision’, he said he is ‘fully content’ with his racing career and feels that he has nothing else ‘left to prove’ but mentally he is not enjoying the mindset needed to race competitively at the elite level. Having had the opportunity to work with Jared for over half of his racing career, the first time being when he was Top Qualifier at the 2010 IFMAR 1:8 Offroad World Championship in Thailand, Red RC congratulations Jared on his racing achievements and would like to say thank you for all the racing entertainment over the years. We look forward to working with him in his future journey in the industry.

Read Jared’s full announcement here

March 21, 2023

NathoBuilds Setup Board & 7.5 Deg Caster Inserts

New from NathoBuilds products are are this Carbon Fibre Setup Board and 7.5deg Caster Inserts for Team Associated 1:10 Offroad chassis. Manufactured from 4mm thick 3K Twill Weave Gloss Carbon, the Setup board has been tested on a bunch of out door conditions to ensure that the boards will last years without tweaking and making sure the board stays flat. It also features chamfered edges to prevent the corners from chipping and comes with an included heavy-duty Corflute Travel/ Storage Box that fits perfectly into an Ogio Rig 9800 travel bag. The 7.5deg Caster Inserts have been tested by some of the Team Associated Australia team and give you +7.5 deg of caster which is great for low bite out door conditions.

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March 21, 2023

Power HD sign Bowie Ginting

Following his announcement as a Yokomo Factory driver last week, Power HD have just announced the signing of Indonesia touring driver Bowie Nikolas Ginting to their team. A 14-times Indonesia Champion and TITC podium finisher, Bowie Ginting will focus on 1:10 Electric Onroad and will use Power HD high-end brushless servo S15 for the coming season. Commenting on the announcement Ginting said, ‘I’ve been running the servo as a privateer since 2021. The smoothness and reliability are something which took Power HD servos line to another level. I’m more than happy to have this opportunity to represent Power HD officially on my race program!’.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

March 21, 2023

MonacoRC ‘SpiralBox’ Storage solution

Monaco RC has released a new storage solution it is calling the ‘SpiralBox’. It is the perfect solution for organising small items to bring to the race track. Divided into 7 compartments, this cylindrical container comes with pre-printed stickers with white spaces to customise them as desired. The unique feature of the ‘SpiralBox’ is its versatility: thanks to the fully detachable screw-stacked compartments, users can organise their items to their liking, separating them in a precise and orderly manner. In addition, the pre-printed stickers with the most common measurements simplify the recognition of objects inside the package. Moreover, the MonacoRC-style graphics give the package an elegant and professional look, ideal for those who want to stand out on the race track. Monaco RC also offer the SpiralBox in Shim and a SetScrew option. The MonacoRC SpiralBox-Shim is the perfect solution for anyone working with precision shims. The cylindrical container comes with 140 shims divided into 7 different sizes (20 per type), to meet all possible needs. The SpiralBox-SetScrew is the perfect solution for those who want to keep all their set screws organised in the most commonly used sizes in the RC world and contains 100 set screws divided into 5 different sizes.

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March 20, 2023

Axon HLS Spring “Soft Rate Series”

Japan’s Axon has announced the release of its “HLS Spring” series which boasts a wide range of performance in high grip to low grip conditions. With three variants in the soft rate series of HLS springs, these were used by Akio Sobue and Hayato Ishioka at the 2022 ISTC Touring World Championship in Italy and demonstrated outstanding performance as Sobue took the TC10/2 to a podium finish with Ishioka joining him in the final. Use of the springs on the front suspension, gives the “flexibility” of a progressive spring along with the rigid response of a linear spring.

Source: Axon [team-axon.com]

March 17, 2023

MonTech RS01 GT10 Bodyshell

Italian body producer Mon-Tech Racing has just released a new body for the GT10 category, the RS01. The shell replicates the GT racing model of the well-known French car manufacturer. With aggressive shapes, the RS 01 offers absolute performance. With the RS 01 Mon-Tech Racing offers a model of the highest production quality and performance on the track. The Rs 01 can be mounted on all 1:10 scale Touring Car chassis and is molded from high quality polycarbonate. The kit contains pre-cut stickers, window masks and rear wing fixing screws.

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March 17, 2023

J-Tech High Competition Fuel

The Italian brand J-Tech, owned by the Marchetti Model Service and born in 2008 with onroad tyres, has introduced its new high-competition blend of fuel for model cars following two years of testing. The product and its packaging complies with all directives concerning flammable products and is available in two formulas. The Power formula contains a mix of synthetic castor oils with relative specific additives for the high performance and carburation stability required by the onroad engines. The second formula is Team. This contains a mix of very high quality lubricating oils with relative specific additives for offroad engines guaranteeing performance and greater autonomy with tank and piston cleaning.

Source: J-tech Tyres [Facebook]