VSR Products have announced the release of a 10mm wing shim for the TLR 8ight-X 1/8th scale buggy. The addition of the shim elevates the rear wing of the buggy, creating more downforce and stability at high speeds and on large jumps, as well as bumpy tracks. The 3-D-printed shim comes with two metric screws to replace the stock ones.
Source: VSR Products [vsr3d.com]
Round 3 of the Florida Nitro Series was held in Fort Myers, Florida last weekend in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In 1/10th 200mm Sedan it was Paolo Morganti with the overall TQ, however in the 30-minute A-main event it was DJ Apolaro who would hold the upper hand. taking the win some 10 laps in front of Paolo as Sean Kong rounded out the top 3 podium result. Over in the GT8 class it was Rino Lino with the TQ and win, taking the victory some 18 laps in front of Howard Stamen while Sebastien Prigue came in 3rd, another six laps down.
Mugen have introduced reinforced C-hubs for the MTC-1 touring car. The hubs are of an updated design and will improve overall durability in the event of a crash. The parts are usable on the recently introduced C-hub design front suspension and they are available now.
View a comparison image of the standard and reinforced C-hub here
Round 10 of the popular HNMC Winter Series was held this past weekend with a strong 104 drivers entry. Qualifying would be a three-way battle in Nitro Buggy with Callum Niblet taking it from Graham Alsop and Jamie Clancy by 0.5 of a second. Truggy top qualifier was Brinley Tourle and E-Buggy went to Darren Hayden-Ball. The 20-minutes Nitro Buggy A-final saw Graham Alsop taking the win with a 0.2s margin from Callum Niblet in 2nd. 3rd place went to Lewis Jones with three seconds separating the top 3. The Truggy class had Warabe Tatekoji taking the win from Darren Roper 2nd and John Afshin 3rd. Finally in the E-Buggy class it was Darren Hayden-Ball from Erik Lyke and Russ Brown.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
The second round of the Xray Racing Series Greece Off-road was held in cold and slippery winter weather at the Fanatix Racing Track facility in Athens. Giorgos Kalantzakis was very fast in the first qualification round but Dimitris Ioannidis worked very hard on his car’s setup and with careful driving he ultimately managed to take overall TQ and win. The 2nd place went to talented amateur driver Stelios Kourkoumelis who, with his mechanic Takas, laid down a great performance to collect valuable points for the championship. Giorgos Kalantzakis secured a 3rd place which secured him the lead in the championship and rounded out an all-Xray podium.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Coming from T-Works and made for the Xray XB8’19 buggy are a titanium turnbuckle as well as two screw sets. Starting with the turnbuckle set, the 7-piece kit is made of high-quality 64 grade material and it replaces the standard spring steel turnbuckles with lighter and more shiny items. Included with the turnbuckles come two suitable 4mm and 5mm wrenches. As for the screw sets, T-Works have released a 149-piece UFO head titanium and a 149-piece gold-colour steel screw kit. The latter will mainly add bling while the titanium set makes for more visual impact, a lower weight and higher corrosion resistance compared to the original steel fasteners.
Kyosho have announced the release of hard compound suspension arms for the Inferno MP10 buggy. Made of a harder composite material and a direct replacement for the kit standard “S” types, the “H” arms offer less flex and are therefore the ideal choice when running in higher temperature or grip conditions as they make for greater stability and precision. The arms are available separately for the front or the rear and the rear set also includes the needed arm inserts made of the same material.
This weekend saw the fourth round of the popular Essex Winter Series take place in the UK. As the penultimate round of the series, some of the championships could be decided, but with the high level of competition across all the classes, it was going to be a tough day for everyone in the points chase. In the Modified class, Olly Jefferies ideally needed a maximum points haul to force a showdown for the final round – but Elliott Harper could clinch the championship with a runner-up score, if Olly failed to take home the maximum points. Elliott put together a good first run, taking the top spot by nearly two-and-a-half seconds from his Xray teammate Alexander Hagberg. Olly set the third best time, just a few tenths back on the Swede, with Kyle Branson in fourth for Capricorn and Matthew White taking fifth with his Associated. Round two saw Alexander move to the top, besting his teammate by three-quarters of a second, as both the Xray drivers pulled out a two-second gap to Olly, who again took third, with Kyle and Matthew in fourth and fifth again as well.
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