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April 9, 2015

Tessmann & Maifield win at NeoX

The 2015 NeoX was held this past weekend at Harper Adams Arena in Shropshire, England. This is one of the largest annual International races of the year with some of the best competition you can find in one building. This year’s track was very technical with allot of jumps and fast flowing sections. In the 1/8 Electric Buggy class, after all five rounds of qualifying were complete, it was HB/Team Orion’s Ty Tessman who would come out on top to take the overall TQ! On Sunday night, the two 10-minute semi’s would be ran to see which drivers would transfer and have a chance to battle it out for the Electric Championship on Monday.

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April 8, 2015

JConcepts Smoothies 4WD front slick tyres

JConcepts’ Smoothies 1/10th off-road slick tyres are now also available in a 4WD front variant. Released as a 60mm bead mounting diameter, the tyres mount straight to the latest generation wheels for that all important reactive feel. The carefully profiled tyre carcass rolls through the turns with efficiency while the maximum smooth surface area grips perfectly on surfaces such as prepped “indoor” clay. The Smoothies include Dirt-Tech 60mm inserts and they are available in gold and green compounds.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

April 8, 2015

Schumacher Cougar KF2 front top deck & pivot blocks

Schumacher have two new option parts for the Cougar KF2 available in the form of a carbon fibre front top deck and optional rear toe-in blocks. Starting with the top deck, the carbon fibre part allows to fine-tune the front stiffness of the chassis and it can be used where traction is very high and the car needs more stability. The top deck incorporates a fan mount to keep the motor cool under high load conditions.

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April 8, 2015

Slovakia Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia in the six classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock, Formula, Pan Car as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy. The on-road classes were run on a new carpet that made for better grip compared to the previous races and in the Touring Car Modified class it was Martin Hudy who set the pace while David Nemcek and Igor Liptak battled for the 2nd spot.

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April 7, 2015

Ryan Cavalieri wins Nitro Buggy class at NeoX

Ryan Cavalieri has snapped his 2nd place finish streak with a stellar performance in the 45 minute Nitro Buggy final at the NeoX race this past weekend. Cavalieri would start on pole and quickly jump out into a 5-sec lead with his AKA-shoed and Mx-powered Team Associated prototype buggy. Teammate Jared Tebo (Kyosho/Mx), fresh off of a pair of wins at the Silver State rolled that confidence over to England and kept the pressure on Cav with a one less pit strategy and some blazing fast laps. David Ronnefalk (HB/Team Orion) had a rough start to the final but kept his head down and the tyres on the dirt, and worked all the way back up to 3rd.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

April 6, 2015

TLR Ten-SCTE/2.0 thick sway bar set

Coming from TLR and made for the Ten-SCTE and 2.0 kit is a thick sway bar set. Offering larger diameter wires than the standard set the thick sway bars come in handy especially on high-grip surfaces such as carpet and astro turf. Included are three black colour front and three rear sway bar wires.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

April 3, 2015

X Factory Infinity B5M side stiffeners

Coming from X Factory’s Infinity option parts line and made for the Infinity Team Associated B5M chassis is a set of chassis side stiffeners. X Factory’s Infinity B5M chassis has been very successful over the past six months, most notably taking all four rounds of qualifying in Stock Buggy at the Cactus Classic. With all screws in the side rails and side decks tightened securely the CF chassis is quite stiff, but some drivers desire an even stiffer platform on certain high-bite tracks. These side stiffener plastic parts answer the calls. Super-easy to install, the driver just removes the bolts holding the side decks on, drops the new stiffener in, and re-tighten the side deck bolts. Therefore, chassis stiffness can be adjusted in just a minute.

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April 2, 2015

DKT MBX7R graphite front steering plate

Available soon from DKT is a graphite front steering plate for the Mugen MBX7R. The part offers improved steering response and durability compared to the standard composite plate and it comes with a set of aluminium spacers for a drop fit.

Source: DKT [dktshop.com]