Axial have new optional parts for the Yeti 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale off-road vehicles available. First up is the GeoCamo bodyshell for the 1/8th Yeti. Made from .040″ polycarbonate and coming pre-painted in a green camouflage design the pre-cut body set includes the roof, hood and side panels with the parts being direct replacements for the stock body. Also included is a set of decals.
The 2015 North-West Championship Tour (NCT) Series began earlier this year in April and just recently finished this past weekend. This 6-race series would hit some of the best outdoor tracks in the beautiful Pacific North-West. After the dust had settled, Jesse Munn would take the 4WD Modified Buggy, 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/8th Nitro Truggy championship while Tayler Wonder grabbed the 2WD Modified Buggy title.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
JConcept’s Chasers tyre is now also available in a 4.0″ 1/8th scale truck version. The Chasers rely on hefty, medium lugs which are angular in multiple directions. The horizontal type tread has a striking similarity to the trusty Crossbow but with a lower, closer lug arrangement which gives responsiveness and bites in medium, high and low grip conditions. The wet and dry condition tyre has small recessed cuts in the top of the tread for extra edges and increased formability over terrain. The centre overlapping bar treatment increases durability in the highest wear region of the tyre. The Chasers are available in a range of compounds, including Dirt-Tech inserts and also pre-mounted on white or yellow wheels.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
199 racers from all over Florida made their way to Beachline Raceway in Cocoa for the recent round 2 of JConcepts’ Super Cup Championship Series. Beachline’s large indoor pitting area filled in the early morning with racers quickly setting up to turn practice laps while working on tuning and tire combinations. Racing went live at 9:30am with 48 heats to be run over 2 rounds of qualifying. For the main event of the day, Modified 4WD was shaping up to be a epic showdown of skill and talent. JR Mitch set TQ with a time of 17/5:04.459. Mitch would amass a quick lead over Ryan Eckert. It looked as if Mitch would take a win until lap 9, JR’s car snapped an A-arm giving the lead to Ryan Eckert. Daimon Borkowicz was close behind and looking for the lead, but Eckert ran the clean laps to take the win with Daimon in 2nd. Leon McIntosh raced home for 3rd with Sebatian Hazbun 4th and Alfredo Arrieta 5th.
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Serpent now have carbon fibre battery plates for the SRX4 4WD buggy available. Cut from high-quality material the parts are a direct replacement and they offer both a light weight and high rigidity for secure battery mounting without adding weight. Machined cut-outs for the battery plugs make sure the connectors to not touch the conductive carbon material.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The 2015 Bring The Heat took place in Flowood, Mississippi this past weekend with over 200 entries would do their best on the big elevation changes, tight sections, and big jumps. In 1/8th E-Buggy TQ Ryan Lutz would battle it out with JR Mitch for the first 5 minutes. Lutz would bobble giving JR the lead while falling back to 3rd but Lutz would battle back and get close but never make pass so JR would take the win in the opening A-main. In A2 Lutz would pull a gap but JR Mitch was on a mission, catching Ryan around the 6 minute mark. JR would push hard but too many little mistakes wouldn’t allow JR to capitalize and make a pass so Lutz would take A2. A3 would be a bit rougher as the track had slowed creating a lot more traffic in the back of the field. This would allow Ryan to create a gap and lead tone to tone without pressure. This would give Ryan Lutz the overall, JR Mitch 2nd, Denny 3rd, Dickerson 4th, and Harrison 5th.
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Yokomo have announced the signing of Carson Wernimont to their electric off-road factory team. The multi-year deal will see Carson attending at events around the World and his campaign officially kicks off at round one of the EOS this coming weekend at the Nürburgring in Germany were he will be joining team mates Lee Martin and Marc Rheinard. Carson says:
I am super excited to be joining Team Yokomo! From my testing I’ve been doing the cars were awesome, and the team environment was awesome and it will be a great fit going into the 1/10th World Championships and the future! I want to say thank you to Tom Yokobori, Aso Minoru, Robert Itoh, Shin Adachi, and Lee Martin for all helping out and making this happen! Looking forward to what the future holds!
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
The latest in the line of Tekno’s .3 vehicles is the NT48.3 nitro truggy kit. Designed to be faster, nimbler and easier to drive, the truck is based on a new chassis with eliminated rear engine configuration for optimised handling and flex characteristics of the front engine layout. This also improves the gear mesh between the clutch bell and new 46t spur gear and also helped to calm the rear of the car. Also new are larger, fully CNC machined, hardened, and ground discs to replace the old parts. Improved semi-metallic brake pads are now separated by springs to ensure the brakes are only engaged when the driver want them to be. The biggest change made to the brakes however, is with the linkage for better consistency and easier brake bias adjustments.
