New from TWT comes an acrylic camber gauge for 1/8th off-road vehicles. Made from blue acrylic material the gauge allows for easy camber adjustment in a range of 1 to 3 degree and additional graphics on the gauge make thickness identification of caster and roll centre shims easy. The gauge is available with grey or black stickers and also in personalised designs.
Source: TWT [twt-rce.com]
Mckune Design have introduced a new battery brace for the Xray XB2 2WD off-road buggy. The battery brace is CNC-machined from high-quality 2.5mm carbon fibre and weighs in at just 8 grams. The part is a direct replacement for the stock battery hold down, it offers a higher rigidity and improved visual impact.
The annual Venom Offroad Jam is back for it’s 4th year in a row, hosting some of the hottest indoor offroad R/C racing in the midwest on January 29-31. The event returns to Fastlane Raceway in Blue Springs, Missouri, providing racers heated indoor pits, restrooms, on-site hobby shop, nearby lodging, food, entertainment, and more. Beside racing the event will see the annual Sponsor Raffle, Dash 4 Cash Race, the signature ‘Worst Weekend Award’ contest, and more to make everyone feel like a winner. More information and sign-up can be found here.
French company RC Concept have announced the signing of 5-times European Champion Lee Martin to their team. In a deal through to 2019 Lee will be utilising RC Concept’s range of 1/10th and 1/8th scale related products such as nitro engines, speed controllers, motors and batteries. Lee’s first official outing for his new sponsor will be at the forthcoming Italian Job Race in Padova alongside new team mate Reno Savoya.
Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]
French company RC Concept have bagged themselves a big fish with the signing of multiple World finalist and 3 times European Champion Reno Savoya to run the full RC Concept line of nitro and electric products through to 2019. With the Shark onboard RC Concept aims to improve greatly through his expert feedback and it was great that pre-season testing produced happy faces all-round. Reno will make his race debut with the new products at this weekend’s Italian Job Race in Padova.
View a video interview with Savoya here
JQRacing have announced that US-based energy drink company ARMA Energy have become a major corporate sponsor. Known for their involvement in a variety of extreme sports, including motocross racing, ARMA Energy seems to be a perfect fit to JQRacing’s renowned “out of the box” attitude and the SoCal-based company “will play a significant role in building an international, professional RC racing team”, according to JQRacing. Details about the cooperation have yet to be announced but it is understood that the deal is more than beverage cans being placed on pit tables and busty models posing with RC cars.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
Kyosho Europe have announced the signing of Bradley Baird to their team. He joins a young Kyosho UK team and his first major race will be in February at the Montpellier GP in France. Brad will be racing the BRCA 1/8th National events, local club races in 1/10th and 1/8th off-road as well as the Kyosho Masters in June at the Sucy en Brie track.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]
Pro-Line have announced the signing of US racer Joe Bornhorst to their team. The factory Tekno RC driver is another big gun to leave AKA and he has the following to say about the deal:
I’m really excited to be signing with Pro-Line for 2016! I feel that with this addition to my racing program, the possibilities are endless. I would like to give a huge thank you to Daniel Adams and Pro-Line for giving me this opportunity, and I will see everyone at the CRCRC 1:8 Midwest Champs for my first big race with them!
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
