VP-Pro has added to its tyre range with the release of their new Atomic Evo 1:10 2WD Truck front tyre. Designed for a variety dirt tracks and perfect for loose surfaces, the ribbed pattern provides excellent grip. Offering the ultimate in control and direction at the same time, it is available in two compounds, M3 and M4, and comes as a pair of tyres and inserts with the option of yellow or white wheels.
Team Saxo has released this new 1:10 190mm GT body shell. Made from high-quality polycarbonate, it features a design that gives a streamlined appearance together with a low centre of gravity. In terms of handling characteristics, Saxo say the design gives improved stability for an overall easy handling feel. The body diesnt not include a rear wing with Saxo TS01220 sold separately.
Team Associated has announced its latest 1:8 Buggy Kit offering with the release of the RC8B4.2 platform. Offered as an RC8B4.2 Team Kit for low-traction and rough bumpy tracks, the RC8B4.2 Euro Kit for high-grip sweeping race surfaces, and the RC8B4.2e eBuggy electric kit, they each get a number of new updates. Features include a new molded height-adjustable gearboxes front and rear, new offset hubs and updated rear suspension arms to accommodate new hub geometry and a new V2 FWB chassis, the B4.2 getting the RWB/FWB adjustable weight bias chassis. The kits also get a new high-volume centre differential, new long chassis brace options and a new high-downforce wing. The buggy also now includes FT hard-anodised aluminium shock bushings, updated brake pad material and brake spring, soft blend material suspension arms and 8-degree KPI steering blocks included.
Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro has wrapped up the AMSCI Italian eBuggy Championship with Round 3 victory at the Buggylandia track in Montopoli over the weekend. With the Mayako team of Pekko Iivonen and Joseph Quagraine joining the race, qualifying would see Ongaro top all four rounds to secure the TQ ahead of Iivonen. Having topped seeding Kyosho’s Marco Baruffolo completed the Top 3 ahead of Sworkz’s Mattia Polito. While Iivonen would win A1 ahead of Ongaro and Polito, Ongaro would win A2 & 3 to claim his third win of the season and the overall title. Despite dropping down the order in the next two Mains and ending up equal on points with Barufollo and Polito, it would be Iivonen who took second with Baruffolo completing the podium.
Image: Pekko Iivonen [Facebook]
Schumacher’s Daniel Kobbevik completed the double at the Warm-up Race for this Summer’s upcoming EFRA 1:10 Offroad European Championships in Austria. Racing at the ERT-Steyregg astro track, qualifying would see Kobbevik secure the TQ in both 2WD and 4WD as the Norwegian topped 3 of the 4 rounds in each. Behind him in both would be fellow Scandinavian Joona Haatanen, the Finnish Team Associated driver managing a TQ run in the second round of 4WD and the final round of 2WD. 2022 European Champion Tommy Hall completed the 2WD Top 3 with his Team Associated while the Xray of Bartek Zalewski completed the 4WD Top 3. In the finals, Kobbevik wrapped up both overall wins in A2 before going on to complete the perfect weekend with clean sweeps in A3. The 2WD podium would see him joined by Haatanen and Sworkz’s Micha Widmaier while 4WD it was a repeat of the Top 2 with Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic claiming the final step. Reigning 2WD Champion Martin Bayer would finish the Warm-up Race in 18th position while 4WD champion David Ronnefalk was 5th in the category having finished 10th in 2WD. The EFRA European Championship take place from July 27 to August 1st.
Image: Daniel Kobbevik [Facebook]
Oregon based offroad aftermarket parts producer Vision Racing has released this Aluminium Bulkhead for the TLR 22X which features all three stock camber link mounting holes for maximum tuning flexibility. The design also incorporates a bearing-supported sway bar system when used with the VR sway bar bearing collars, helping deliver smoother and more consistent sway bar operation. Despite the added strength and features, the bulkhead adds only 9 grams over the stock components.
Texas based 1:28 Specialists Reflex Racing has unveiled its all new MF-1 ABS Plastic body set. The result of many years of experience in Aero and Chassis design, when setting out to create this body they wanted to have a highly detailed, scale model that was easy to drive fast. They say that his has been achieved by making the body super low CG, with low overhangs and subtle aerodynamic design elements to make transitions fast, rotation hard and high speeds with lots of stability. They have blended that with adjust-ability, versatility and lots of inside and wheel arch clearance so that you can fine tune the body to the chassis and class of your choice. Weighing 33 grams (with side clips), the body measures 98mm wheelbase, 81.5mm front width, and 82mm rear width.
T-works has released new Aluminium Centre Diff blocks for both the nitro and the electric versions of the X5B 1:8 Buggy platform from Hong Nor. Made from 7075 T6 aluminium alloy and featuring a blackened flanged design, the blocks feature high torsion resistance, firmly locks the differential and CVD drive shafts for more precise power transmission.
