Xray have introduced their new Worlds Edition 2.0mm carbon fibre upper deck for the T4’19 touring car. Of a narrower design for increased overall chassis flex the top deck will increase traction and in-corner steering, making it ideal for low to medium bite tracks. The top deck can be used with both the standard carbon fibre or optional aluminium chassis.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
With the indoor racing season now in full swing, Infinity has released a new optional aluminium axle height adjuster set for its IF11 1/10th scale Formula car. The aluminium axle height adjusters allow you to easily adjust the rear end ride height of the car for all conditions and tyre types. Used together with CM-A004-03 shim set owners can adjust the height in increments of 0.1mm. Additionally Infinity has added a 10-piece aluminium washer sets in 0.5mm and 1.0mm for the use with the axle height adjuster to set rear ride height.
View the axle height adjusters in place here
Round 4 of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend with almost 80 drivers in attendance, making for a long day of racing. The Nitro Buggy qualifying would be a fight between Lewis Jones and Graham Alsop with Graham taking TQ, E-Buggy would go to Simon Reeves and in Truggy George Miller took the TQ. In the A-final it was again Graham with the top spot from Simon Reeves 2nd and Lewis Jones 3rd. E-Buggy was won by Simon Reeves with Darren Hayden-Ball coming in 2nd and James Clifford in 3rd. Finally in the Truggy A-main it was George Miller with the victory from Warabe Tatekoji and Darren Roper. Round 5 of the series will be held on December 2nd.
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Coming from RC Cox is a gold-plated steel screw set for the Xray T4’19 touring car. The quality 10.9 grade screws come gold-plated for looks while also adding corrosion resistance when running in wet weather conditions. Included in the set are both countersunk and button head screws for the lower and upper parts of the chassis.
Source: PPM RC Racing [ppm-rcracing.com]
The West Coast Classic race was held at Steel City RC Speedway last weekend. The event was held in 1/10th and 1/8th Nitro as well as 1/5th scale gas classes and in 1/8th scale Open Christian Lopez would take the TQ spot after the qualifiers. Robbie Cerrato would take the win in the 30-minute A-main event from Scott Kimbrow 2nd and Bryce Butterfield 3rd.
The 2018/19 season of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia kicked off recently at the Genius Ring in Medeuzza. Drivers from Austria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Italy and Slovenia attended on the track whose layout was unchanged from last season, however due to running the track clockwise everyone had to learn it again. The weekend kicked off on Saturday with free practice for the nearly 50 drivers while Sunday was race day. In the Touring 13.5T Stock class it was B.A. Arnaldi on pole, followed by Edoardo Repetti and Rok Rudl. Over in the Formula category it was Matej Dobnikar on pole, followed by Andrea Ghilotti and Valentin Mis.
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T-Works have introduced three new lightweight screw sets for the Yokomo BD9 touring car. Available as mixed aluminium and titanium set, mixed aluminium and titanium UFO head set and full titanium UFO head set, all include 129 fasteners that not only lower the overall weight of the car but they also improve visual appearance.
View the UFO head screw sets here
Kyosho have announced the soon release of two new option parts for the Ultima RB7 2WD buggy. First up is a front anti-roll bar set that includes three swaybar wires and mounting hardware. The colour-coded swaybars help to fine-tune the front end for various grip conditions but are best suited on higher grip tracks where a front anti-roll bar can lead to higher corner speeds and an easier to drive car.
