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February 4, 2020

Monitex Racing Track Tight Xtreme Green

Monitex Racing have introduced their new Track Tight Xtreme Green tyre traction compound. It has been in development for over twelve months with the result being a special blend of additive that will work on rubber and foam Touring Car, Formula, Buggy, LMP12 and GT12 tyres and in both low and high traction conditions and even on clay. At the same time it has no nasty odour but a nice smell of citrus. The tyre sauce comes in large 100ml foam applicator bottles.

Source: Monitex Racing [monitexracing.com]

February 4, 2020

Xpress XQ1 & XQ10 aluminium main chassis plates

Xpress have introduced new bi-colour aluminium main chassis plates for their XQ1 touring car in mid-motor configuration as well as their forthcoming new XQ10 mid-motor tourer. The chassis are machined from high-quality 2.0mm aluminium and they feature flex cut-outs to optimise their torsional flex characteristics. As with all aluminium main chassis, they are recommended especially for medium to high-bite traction conditions as they increase overall stability while lowering the centre of gravity due to their limited flexibility and higher weight compared to a carbon fibre chassis. The XQ1 specific chassis comes in a black and silver finish while the XQ10 alloy chassis sports red anodised edge details.

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February 4, 2020

X-Grip B-Revolution traction compound

Coming from X-Grip is their new B-Revolution tyre traction compound for rubber and foam tyres. Extensively tested and tweaked by X-Grip’s team drivers, the tyre sauce is of a universal formula that allows to cover pretty much every traction condition, ranging from low to high-bite, with the soak-in time allowing to adjust the overall traction available from a tyre. For the use on high-grip tracks a ten minutes application time is recommended while more traction can be produced for lower grip tracks, such as outdoor asphalt, when applying the compound 20 minutes before a run and using tyre warmers to work the compound into the tyre surface. For foam tyres an application time of about 15 minutes is recommended. The traction compound comes in handy foam applicator plastic bottles and it is available from now on.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

February 4, 2020

Rickside Design 1/8 buggy front wing & wing drill jig

Coming from Japanese brand Rickside Design are an add-on front wing for many 1/8th scale buggies as well as a wing drill jig. Starting with the front wing, the 3-D-printed part is made of high-grade nylon material for exceptional durability even when the going gets tough. The wing was designed as a direct bolt-on to the front gearboxes of the latest Mugen, HB Racing and Team Associated buggies and it features three pre-marked mounting holes that can be easily drilled for a perfect fit.

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February 4, 2020

2020 Urban Touring Series Rd1 – Report

Season 5 of the Urban Touring Series UTS got underway this past weekend with the opening race attracting a record 41 racers. The season opener also saw the expansion of the series to officially include the 45+ Masters TC Class (13.5T Spec Blinky), which saw a strong 16-car grid take to the start. In the premier 17.5T Blinky Touring class, qualifying was a close run affair with three different racers taking TQs in the three qualifying rounds. The TQ tiebreak would go to PY Tang, who edged out Dominic Quek and Esmail Apandi. Making his first A-Main appearance in the class was young 14-years old Ethan Cheng, who joined 13-years old Zaccheus Lam in his 2nd consecutive A-Main.

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February 4, 2020

MRC Longwy Winter Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the popular Longwy Winter Series was held last weekend, attracting a somewhat lower entry of 80 drivers due to other big races being held in the area the same weekend. This didn’t affect the atmosphere though as it made for lots of track time for everyone. Touring Modified saw Lucas Urbain taking the overall TQ only 0.005 seconds in front of Ronald Völker with Antoine Brunet coming in P3. The A-main again saw Lucas in front and walking away with the win as Ronald came in 2nd overall from Antoine in 3rd.

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February 4, 2020

RC Maker 3D Pro mid-motor wire organiser

Coming from RC Maker is their new 3D Pro wire organiser for mid-motor touring cars. Designed to neaten up mid-motor wiring and suitable for most mid-motor touring cars the accessory provides a route for the fan wire heading to the ESC, or the ESC RX wire heading to the receiver. The organiser does away with exposed wires dangling free over the top of the motor, or jamming them under the motor. The simplistic solution gives the wires a route to follow over the motor, ensuring they stay in place and hidden. The item is designed to suit all mid-motor cars and motor – except the Awesomatix MMX due to its motor mount design. The organiser screws directly to the front shield of the motor and features a slotted screw design to fit all different diameter motors.

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February 4, 2020

Bartek Zambrzycki doubles at XRS Poland Rd3

Round 3 of the Xray Racing Series Poland was held at the Atlas Arena in Lodz last weekend, attracting more than 230 entries for the multiple electric on-road and off-road classes. The Buggy Modified classes saw an unstoppable Bartek Zambrzycki (Yokomo) who again took the TQ and win in both the 2WD and 4WD categories. The Xray duo of Bartosz Zalewski and Wojciech Rzepecki would complete the top 3 result in 2WD.

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