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August 3, 2015

Kyle Skidmore joins Motiv RC

Motiv has announced the addition of long time US racer Kyle Skidmore to the Motiv pro team. Kyle has never been shy to race any class in RC but his skills are most recently put to use racing his Serpent 1/10th scale electric off-road vehicles. Kyle is no stranger to national level events and has been observed as a professional at tracks for many years. Kyle had this to say about his new partnership:

I’m excited to be one of the first drivers on the Motiv pro team. Testing the product went great and now I’m excited to showcase all my sponsors with the new addition to my racing package.

Source: Motiv RC [motivrc.com]

July 31, 2015

Tyre Wars 2015 – Announcement

The Herts Nitro Model Club has announced the Tyre Wars 2015 race for the 29th to 31st of August. The event will see 1/8th nitro buggy, 1/8th E-buggy and 1/8th nitro truggy racing with the controlled practice being held on Saturday, qualifying on Sunday and finals on the bank holiday Monday. The buggy classes have to use either the AKA Impact, Beta Freeride or Pro-Line Blockade tyres while the truggy drivers can use any AKA, Beta or Pro-Line tyre of their choice. More information can be found on the club’s website here.

July 31, 2015

Xray 12mm hex 1/10th buggy wheels

Xray have new 1/10th buggy wheels with 12mm hex available. Coming as 2WD front, 4WD front as well as rear variant the wheels are moulded from a flexible yet rigid material that will give maximum precision without being too hard which can affect overall traction and side-bite. Inner reinforcement ribs give additional stability to prevent deformation. The wheels fit the XB4 off-road buggies and all cars with similar wheel offset.

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July 31, 2015

Alessandro Remia wins F1 class at Italian Nats Rd3

The third round of the Italian 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championships was held at the Fermo track. Following radio problems during the practice rounds Alessandro Remia took the TQ in the qualifiers while also scoring the fastest lap that was on par with the Expert class drivers. Sunday’s semifinals again had Alessandro coming out successful and he also went on to win the main race, leaving Andrea Pellegrino and Adriano Fabianelli in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 31, 2015

Yeah Racing WR02 aluminium wheelie bar

Yeah Racing have introduced an aluminium wheelie bar set with shock absorbers for Tamiya’s WR02 2WD off-road vehicle. The all-aluminium construction helps to pull more stable wheelies for a longer time as the shock absorber soaks up any imperfections of the track, both on-road and off-road. Rubber wheels securely keep the car on track while the choice of a single or dual damper setup allows to adapt the damping to the track conditions. The set fits the WR02, WR02G and GF01 chassis and it comes with all needed parts including the shock absorbers.

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July 31, 2015

Samix SCX-10 aluminium rear chassis H brace

Coming from Samix and made for the Axial SCX-10 series of vehicles is a rear aluminium chassis H brace. Cut from high-quality material and coming in four different colours the part adds rigidity while making for improved looks. Included with the brace comes all needed hardware.

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July 30, 2015

David Ronnefalk takes Swedish 1/8th National title

The Swedish 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals were recently held at the MK Eskil club in mixed weather conditions. The weekend started with free and controlled practice on Friday followed by five rounds of qualifying on Saturday. As rain was predicted for Saturday and Sunday every of the qualifiers would be a rocket round for the drivers and finally it was David Ronnefalk who would take the overall TQ by winning four rounds until rain started to fall which made him skip the fifth and final qualifier. In the semifinals David then came out fastest to start from pole position into the 45 minute main final. The start went pretty well for David and he was able to open a gap on his competitors and about 20 minutes into the race he had lapped everyone at least once. From there he was able to cruise to the win and although he made a mistake around the 30 minute mark he was able to take the win and with it the National Title some two laps in front of Andreas Edvinsson. Third placed Christoffer Svensson rounded out the podium some 9 seconds short on Andreas.

Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]

July 30, 2015

Additional Xray XB8 front & anti roll bar sizes

Xray have two new anti-roll bar sizes for the XB8 off-road buggy available. Adding to the already existing range is a 2.3mm front and 2.5mm rear variant. Both are made from heat-treated high-quality spring steel and they are laser-etched for easy identification.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]