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January 9, 2015

No change as Bayer & Ronnefalk top practice

The final round of offroad practice at the DHI Cup saw no change at the top of the respective classes as Martin Bayer took top seeding for 4WD qualifying and David Ronnefalk secured the number 1 spot in 2WD. While 4WD saw only 2 improvements from the Top 6 drivers 2WD saw the Top 7 drivers improve their pace over 3-consecutive laps with new Schumacher signing Michal Orlowski improving from 6th to second as he found almost 2-seconds in time.

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January 9, 2015

New STRC Yeti & SCX10 upgrades

ST Racing Concepts have new aluminium and carbon fibre option parts for the Axial Yeti and SCX10 available. The aluminium parts are made to replace the standard plastic components with CNC-machined alloy pieces in order to up the strength and precision. Available in anodised black, green, gun metal, silver or web limited red are steering knuckles, a front body mount, and chassis brace as well as a heatsink motor plate, driveshaft cups as well as a steering post and bearing set. Also new is a CNC-machined graphite rear upper shock mount plate.

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January 9, 2015

Bayer & Ronnefalk top 1st buggy practice at DHI Cup

Team Xray’s Martin Bayer and new HB signing David Ronnefalk set the buggy pace in the first timed practice at the DHI Cup in Denmark. The fourth year offroad has run at the famous Touring Car event, Bayer topped 4WD from defending champion Joern Neumann while Ronnefalk also topped the German in 2WD.

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January 9, 2015

Exotek DEX210 alloy 12mm hex set & MM wing mounts

Exotek have new option parts for the Team Durango DEX210 buggy available in the form of a 12mm aluminium hex set and alloy wing mounts for mid motor converted buggies. Starting with the wheel hex adapter set the precision machined parts are of a clamping design and made for the use on the rear of the DEX210 2WD and the front of the DEX410 4WD buggy. They allow the use of industry standard 12mm hex wheels such as the ones from Team Associated, TLR or the pre-glued Schumacher EOS handout wheels. The hex adapters come gold anodised, in sets of two and including 1.6mm hard steel pins and 2mm screws.

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January 7, 2015

AKA Chain Link buggy & stadium tires

The Chain Link is the latest addition to the AKA’s revolutionary 1:10 EVO line. It features a bi-level, interlocking tread pattern that creates support for the tire’s carcass and treads. This addition support leads to consistency through corners. The Chain link has a perfect balance of steering and side bite which is ideal for hard packed or blue groove, indoor and outdoor tracks. Available for stadium truck and 2wd & 4wd buggys in championship winning Clay, Super Soft, and Soft compound and include industry standard Red EVO inserts. As with all AKA tires, proudly designed and made in the USA.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

January 7, 2015

Riccardo Rabitti to use Pro-Line tires in 2015

Multiple Italian National Champion Riccardo Rabitti will use Pro-Line tires for the 2015 season following a deal with Italian importer Italtrading. The designer of the Radiosistemi 1/8th buggy, who made the semi finals at last year’s World Championships in Sicily, will also use EZ Power batteries from the same company to power the radio equipment in his cars.

Source: Italtrading [italtradingstore.it]

January 7, 2015

RDRP B5RM/MM Shock Mount aluminium set

Made for the Team Associated B5 series of buggies are these aluminium shock mounts from RDRP. Machined from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 aluminium and hard-anodised, the bushings not only look cool but they also improve suspension efficiency as they do not bend under heavy loads like the kit’s composite bushings do. Precision manufacturing ensures an optimised fit within the upper shock cap while the specially treated surface makes for a hard-wearing part. The parts fit both rear and mid motor converted cars.

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January 7, 2015

Infinity CF arm stiffeners for the 8ight

From X Factory Infinity for the TLR 8ight comes this new new carbon-fibre arm stiffener set whose purpose is to remove all the flex from the car’s A-arms while also adding strength. The initial prototypes were used during practice at the recent World Championships in Italy, showing improvement and Chief Engineer Paul Sinclair has re-worked the design, adding strength and stronger fasteners, and recent testing has gone perfectly. When mounted up your 8ight handle as the car was designed to do, making it much more predictable and lowering your lap times.

Source: X Factory [xfactoryrc.com]