Yeah Racing have released a set of carbon fibre shock towers for Tamiya’s Top Force original and re-release buggies. Cut from high-quality carbon fibre and offering an updated design the towers will increase stability and durability over the standard items. The shock stays come as complete set for the front and rear of the buggy and they are available now.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
T-Works have introduced three new option parts specific to the Mugen MBX6R 1/8th nitro on-road kit. Available now are an 11-piece titanium turnbuckle set as well as a 141-piece titanium screw set, the latter using UFO head fasteners for the usual round head screws. Also new is a 144-piece set of gold-colour steel screws. All items are direct replacements for the stock parts with the titanium goodies scrubbing a good amount of weight while the gold-colour screws mainly add visual impact.
Last weekend San Diego RC Raceway set out to do something different in 1/10th scale electric RC racing. Racers were invited from around the country to attend the inaugural running of The West Coast Buggy Nationals which was hosted by SDRC Raceway. This event differed from others as there were no motor limits or minimum weights placed on any classes. It was separated simply by driver skill and which sponsors those drivers were representing. Three Divisions were offered at the West Coast Buggy Nationals; Sportsman, a Class for drivers who do not have any sponsors at all. Intermediate, a class for drivers who may be running for a tire or electronics company, and Expert, a class for those drivers representing a chassis sponsor or just wanting to run with the fast guys to see what they had to make it happen. Each Division was required to run both 2WD and 4WD buggy to be eligible to win the overall title for the Division they entered. SDRC also offered a beginner class where newer drivers could run a 2WD or 4WD buggy.
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A round of the Midwest Fuel On-road Series was held at Toledo, Ohio last weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Sedan class it was Jeremiah Ward (Capricorn) with the TQ from Melvin Aulston (WRC). In the 30-minutes main final Jeremiah was able to conserve his qualifying performance, bringing home the win a lap in front of Melvin who finished on the runner-up spot. Chat Blount (Serpent) would round out the podium result in 3rd.
Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]
The annual Benelux+ race took place this past weekend at the very fast track of the MAC de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen, The Netherlands. Due to the national holidays, the attendance was a bit lower than in recent years, but a total of 60 drivers were greeted by an excellent weather. The classes for this event were the usual suspects of Touring Stock, Touring Modified, and Formula, all ran according to the ETS rules, as well as Pro10. Everyone was really anxious to see the premier Modified class hit the track. Unfortunately some accidents marred this otherwise great event.
Hot favourite for the title was Awesomatix driver Olivier Bultyinck. Oli started his ambitions in fashion by claiming P1 in Q1. He had a gap of some 3 seconds on Sidney Blokker and Rick Van den Akker.
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The opening round of the Urban Community Park GP Buggy Series was held at the UCP R/C track in Central Jakarta this past weekend. The event was organised by the Indonesia R/C Car Community IRCC, an association of eight track owners in Indonesia, in order to push RC racing in the area. The UCP track layout is pretty huge, with more than 60 seconds average lap time, while the remainder of the facility is also being world class. The race was attended by racers from several provinces in Indonesia including East Sumatra, South Sumatra, Jakarta, West Java, Middle Java, and East Java.
Available now from Fenix is their all-new R9 1/10th 235mm pan car body shell. Made for wide modified and stock class Pro10 cars the design focus was on providing a lid with exceptional straight-line stability as well as plenty of front and rear downforce for a balanced feel. The body is made of strong yet lightweight 1.0mm Lexan polycarbonate and it will fit most 235mm pan cars.
VRP have released a set of aluminium radio tray mounts for the Mugen MBX8 buggy. As the buggy’s engine heats up, it causes the stock plastic mounts to flex, making for inconsistent servo inputs. The alloy mount however will provide a more stable radio tray that will not give or flex compared to stock plastic mounts. The items are machined from American-grade 7075 aluminium and they come black anodised, with machined silver edge details and laser-engraved markings for looks.
Source: Vision Racing Products [visionracingproducts.com]
