Round four of the RCE 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship was held at the Dirt Paradise track in Nicosia, Cyprus. Hot weather conditions made for a lower number of entries than expected and in the final of the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Nicholas Zachariades took the day’s win from Rafael Panayi. Savvas Savva completed the podium in 3rd.
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New from MIP and made for the Team Associated B5 and T5 series of vehicles is the Eco All-in-1 topshaft. The shaft is designed to work with the original 3-gear rear motor, 4-gear mid motor, 4-gear V2 mid motor, 3 gear mid motor, and the MIP Box gearbox which was made possible by some clever engineering that allows to run all necessary bearing sizes on one top shaft. Along with the 5-in-1 capability the contact surface is 30 percent narrower than normal, equating to less overall contact patch and drag on the idler gear. The shaft also weighs in at a feather light 3.8 grams, making it ideal especially for 17.5 stock class needs.
Source: MIP [miponline.com]
Coming from Team Associated and made for the RC8B3 is the Factory Team upper titanium screw set. Included are a total of 92 3mm and 4mm button, flathead and socket head screws to replace the standard steel fasteners on various locations on the upper part of the vehicle. Included is also a location guide to ensure the correct screws are replaced.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
The La Nurcia track in Italy, host of the The Italian Job race in August, will hold the “A race for Guillen” event at the 25th and 26th of July. The charity race for young Spaniard Juan Guillermo Carrasco, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, was set up to raise the awareness and to collect money for a Spanish organisation that does research on this rare disease. The race will take place in nitro and electric classes and more information (in Spanish language) can be found here.
New from LMR, the brand of UK frontrunner Lee Martin, is the complete upgraded bearing kit for the Yokomo YZ-2 buggy available. The 24-piece set includes all required bearings whose quality not only help to boost the performance but also durability. The metal-shielded set, as “used in Lee Martin’s car” is up for grabs now.
Source: LMR [l-m-racing.co.uk]
New from Team Associated and made for all B5-series based vehicles are 25 degree and 30 degree front aluminium bulkheads. Designed to add strength and a certain amount of weight the Factory Team parts are machined from high-quality aluminium and they come blue anodised and laser-etched for easy identification. The bulkheads weigh in at 15g each and an optionally available 15g add-on brass weight helps to bring them to a total of 30g to further fine-tune the weight distribution. The bulkheads will fit the B5, B5M, T5M and the new SC5M.
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Xpert R/C have announced that multi-time IFMAR World Champion Naoto Matsukura is joining Xpert as a factory driver. Naoto is known as one of fastest drivers with any type of car from 1/12th on road, 1/10th touring car to 1/10th off-road. As one of his most recent successes Naoto was the Top Qualifier and won the 4WD Open class at the IFMAR Worlds Warm Up race using Xpert R/C products.
Source: Xpert R/C [xpert-rc.com]
Team Associated’s new Factory Team fluid carrier helps to easily store and transport up to 16 bottles of shock and differential fluid bottles. Offering 16 compartments and a zipper enclosure to keep contents secure, the top flap’s inner pocket adds extra storage, and the fabric handle makes carrying comfortable. Inner dividers can be removed to store alternate items. The bag is available through Team Associated’s rc10.com site.
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