Coming from Yeah Racing are their new Spec T SJ10 treaded touring car tyres. They come pre-mounted on black multi-spoke rims and can be run in either direction to provide different grip characteristics. Inserts prevent the tyre from deforming whist cornering and with their 12mm hex they can be run on most 1/10th scale touring cars.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
HB Racing have announced the release of their limited edition World Championship Edition T-shirts for the IFMAR 1/8 nitro off-road Worlds in Australia later this year. The grey shirts feature a large HB Racing logo filled with the Aussie flag and race logos on the front. The back of the shirt has the IFMAR logo and HB logos, one sleeve has the Australian map showing the location of the race in Perth, and the other sleeve features the HB World Champions logo. The premium quality T-shirts are known for a comfortable fit and excellent moisture wicking in hot weather and they are available in all popular adult sizes.
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The 3rd round of the Victorian Drivers series saw just under 150 entries travel to the Mildura club in regional Australia, 6 hours drive from Melbourne. The club members had built a brand new technical track for the event with a new clay surface. Unfortunately very heavy rain on the Friday of the event left the track very heavy for practice Saturday morning, resulting in the track becoming very bumpy and challenging racer’s driving and setup skills. The track dried out and grooved up through the event with competitors starting on pin tyres and ending up on supersoft bars or webs. With slick timekeeping and organisation, the event ran to schedule despite the wet start. In 4WD Modified the qualifying order was the same as 2WD Modified, the two junior racers pushing Ray hard. In the finals Ray again took the win with his son Lachlan finishing 2nd, a very unlucky Isergin just missing the podium after collecting a marshall’s foot in A3. Healy again let his experience show in the finals, finishing 3rd after tough qualifiers.
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Modify from Japan have introduced their new LiPo Guard protective bags for standard-sized 2S LiPo battery packs. The tailor-made bags are fabricated from fire-repelling heavy-duty tarpaulin fabric and are ideal to protect Lithium-based batteries during storage and transportation while also reducing harm in case a battery goes boom due to mistreatment. The bags are available in black and silver colour and they sport a printed Modify logo.
Source: Modify [modifyrc.com]
During this week’s ROAR Gas Off-road Nationals Pro-Line is showing their forthcoming Positron VTR tyre for 1/8th off-road truggies. The tread was already introduced for the buggy class and will soon also become available for race trucks. No word yet on an official release date but the tyre is expected to hit stores soon.
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
Italian company BMT have introduced their new special brake pads for the 016GT 1/8th GT car. The pads are cladded with genuine Ferodo material as known from full scale cars, meaning they will offer greatly improved stopping performance and durability. The pads come in sets of two and they are available now.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
Coming from EDS is their new range of lightweight tools with 120mm blades. The wrenches make use of a newly designed handle that is 22 percent lighter thanks to a hollow construction with lightweight end caps and additional machining. A diamond-shaped surface ensure exceptional grip and machined silver size markings help to identify each tool instantly. The tool tips are cut from high-quality spring steel material that is ground for maximum precision and additionally heat-treated and hardened for durability. The lightweight tool series includes 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm hex wrenches that are available separately or as a compete set.
GRP have introduced their new M compound tyres for 1/5th large scale formula cars. The updated rubber compound is available in M1 extrasoft, M2 soft and M3 medium hardnesses and it is meant to offer improved traction, better steering and stronger braking performance. In addition the durability has also been improved, making up for the slight increase in price.
Source: GRP [grpgandini.it]
