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September 29, 2019

TLR Championship Series – Announcement

The TLR Championship Series is a new US based race event series that includes four seasonal events and it will kick off from the 11th to 13th of October at RC Excitement in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Races will also be held at RC Fun Park in Granger Indiana, followed by Tacoma RC, and Beach RC. The format for this event is less about making a crazy race, but is based on having fun at an RC event, and helping new people get more involved in the hobby. It will still be a competitive environment, but there is a 250 entry limit to allow time for educational seminars, track walks, and even some fun races. Dakotah Phend will join the opening race, making the US debut with the TLR 22X-4, along with Frank Root. Gerardo Gonzalez from Pro-Line also being on site to help in promoting the hobby and more details can be found here and sign-up is already available here.

September 28, 2019

Samix Enduro aluminium driveshaft caps

Samix have announced the release of an aluminium driveshaft cap set for the Element RC Enduro trail truck. Machined from high-quality alloy the caps improve the drivetrain’s rigidity and durability and they fit both the standard kit and Samix’s optional centre driveshafts. Included in the set, that is available in black and gun metal colour, are two thin and two thick caps. Laser-etched Samix logos complete the visual appearance.

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September 28, 2019

Destiny RX-10 series new design graphite arms

Coming from Destiny are their new design full-face suspension arms in new graphite variants. Offering improved traction and reliability in high-bite or high-temperature conditions, the full-face arms are available in two different length and using different lower shock mounting positions which allows to fine-tune the suspension geometry. Available are the original geometry Type A arms (front 53mm/32.5mm, rear 54mm/38.5mm) as well as the new geometry Type B (front 53mm/31.5mm, rear 54mm/39.5mm), and new length Type C (52mm/31.5mm, rear 55/39.5mm) and Type D (52mm/30.5mm, rear 55mm/40.5mm) arm sets.

Source: Destiny [destinyracing.jp]

September 28, 2019

MST MTX-1 4WD drivetrain & aluminium link sets

Coming from MST and made for their MTX-1 off-road truck are two new option parts sets in the form of a 4WD drivetrain kit and an aluminium link set. The 4WD kit will add front wheel drive to the originally rear wheel driven truck with the set including all needed parts such as a metal gear differential, CV-style driveshafts and a telescopic centre front driveshaft. Also new and coming for the MTX-1 truck is an aluminium suspension link set that replaces the standard composite parts for more sturdy and precise alloy items. Included comes all needed mounting hardware such as ball cups and ball studs.

View the alloy suspension link set here

September 28, 2019

Campionato Costruttori EP Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Italian Campionato Costruttori EP series was held at the Giardini Naxos track in Sicily, home of the 2015 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Championship with the vacility being converted into an asphalt on-road track in the meantime. The series is supported by the Italian ACI automobile club and will in the end award official Italian National titles – one of the reasons the championship already drew a huge number of racers to take part in the opening two rounds. As for the racing, in the Touring Modified category it was Xray driver, Alessio Menicucci who took the win at round 2 ahead of his Xray teammates, Alessio Mazzeo and Francesco Martini.

Continue reading the report here

September 27, 2019

JConcepts RC10T2 1995 Ford F-150 truck body

To honour of the golden age of stadium truck racing, JConcepts unveils a 1995 Ford F-150 stadium truck body for the Team Associated RC10T2 vintage 2WD truck. The RC10T2 has very little body options available and JConcepts took on a passion project to deliver a body to a vintage community thirsty for a fresh reboot. The JC body is narrow and sits close against the chassis to give racers the team look popular in the 1990’s. The styling is completely modelled after the most popular full-size truck of that era, the 1995 Ford F-150. The entire body shape has been chiseled, incorporating styling cues from the full-scale truck including wheel well shapes, door lines, window outlines and rear tailgate. The front-end sits just behind the front bumper while the headlight and grille area look strikingly stock and with included decal sheet, looks like its street truck counterpart. The RC10T2 body is moulded in a durable gauge material and includes rear spoiler, mounting hardware and decal sheet to completely outfit a vintage ride.

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September 27, 2019

Serpent Cobra SRX8 GTE 1/8th electric on-road kit

Serpent have announced the release of their new Cobra SRX8 GT 1/8th electric on-road kit for the growing 1/8th scale GT class. The car is based off of the SRX8-GT and was optimised to offer the lowest possible centre of gravity while allowing for lots of ground clearance for cornering, ensuring smooth driving characteristics and the highest possible cornering speed. The core of the car is a 7075-T6 aluminium chassis that utilises the minimum possible kick-up angle to comply with ROAR and IFMAR rules while aluminium suspension mounts ensure very wide caster angle, toe and anti-squat adjustments. Additional roll centre shims further increase the setting range while black and silver all-aluminium bulkheads, centre diff mounts, motor mount and motor plate create a very sturdy chassis backbone. The overall design enables the racer to extract the front and rear differentials as well as the centre spool in a matter of seconds while allowing for four different differential height positions.

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September 27, 2019

Wallie Builds carbon fibre chassis side guards

Wallie Builds have announced the release of new carbon fibre chassis side guards for HB Racing, TLR and Xray 1/8th off-road kits. Moulded from high-quality carbon fibre the side guards will both looking good while protecting the chassis in long mains. The side guards are available for the HB Racing D819, E819 and D817T as well as the TLR 8ight-X and the Xray XB8’19, XB8E’19 and XT8.

View the TLR and Xray side guards here