Xray announce that young up and coming off-road talent Malin Karlsen has joined their junior team. Malin is an 8 year old girl from Norway who has shown an exceptional talent. Malin will be racing all Xray off-road buggies in her upcoming campaign that will include the EFRA 1/10th Buggy Euros, the 1/8th and 1/10th Nordic Champs as well as the Swedish Nationals and Cup Series.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 2 of the South Californian Jimmy Babcock Racing League took place last weekend at the Coyote Hobbies Raceway in Victorville. The one day event saw the attendance of Pros and talented local racers alike and had Cody Turner taking the win in the highly contested 2WD Modified Buggy class. TQ Ryan Cavalieri scored a DNF making way for runner-up Cody who left Kevin Motter and Rudy Rico behind.
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Azarashi introduce a prototype aluminium chassis plate for their Kyosho ZX-5 Redseal conversion kit. Made from 6061 aluminium and coming black anodised the limited edition part is designed to replace the stock carbon fibre main chassis plate with a stiffer part that offers less torsional flex, making it ideal for all high-grip surfaces. The machined chassis features several milled-out pockets for the battery and electronics in order to lower the weight and centre of gravity and it is available through Azarashi’s webshop for a limited time.
Source: Azarashi [team-azarashi.com]
Kyosho America have released first details of the forthcoming Scorpion re-release vintage 2WD buggy. The long awaited release of the Scorpion, which was the cornerstone of the Kyosho off-road program during the late 70s and early 80s, is designed by the same designer as the original Scorpion. This new version is very faithful to many of the details that make it virtually identical to the original car, but there are some changes to increase the durability and performance. The shocks are higher quality with much smoother operation, and the spring pre-load collars will not snap like the old ones and the transmission is upgraded with 48-pitch gears and nearly an all-metal construction except for the compound counter gear. A sealed gear differential is driven via a modern slipper clutch to smooth out power delivery. It is understood that the kit will become available by June.
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MIP is busy adding more Pucks drive systems to their portfolio. This time a full load of kits is available for the Kyosho RB6, both for standard ball diff and optional gear diff equipped vehicles. The Modified “Shiny” ball diff variant includes new diff gears, outdrives and thrust race along durable “Shiny” steel C-CVD driveshafts while the 17.5T gear diff set includes aluminium outdrives suitable for Kyosho’s optional gear differential. Also available is a Shiny set for RB6’s with gear diff and a dedicated 17.5T set for ball differential equipped RT6 trucks. All sets improve durability, make for quicker acceleration and a smoother running drivetrain.
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German company CS Electronic have released first images of their forthcoming Rocket V4 120A brushless speed controller. Making use of a common design the ESC will feature an aluminium case with low-profile heatsink, an optional fan unit, an easily replaceable receiver lead and heavy duty solder towers. There are no information about the software features yet but the controller will come including an USB adapter and possibly also a programming box.
Source: CS Electronic [cs-shop.de]
Canada’s Ty Tessmann (Hot Bodies) had an amazing Easter weekend at the Neo ’14 in the UK, leading almost the entire 45-minute A Final to win the main event, plus winning not just the electric buggy race but the Dash for Cash race as well. On Day 2 after 3 rounds of qualifying that saw different drivers and cars taking the top spot, Team Tessmann started cranking up the pressure, starting with the ‘Dash4Ca$h’ race, a single 10-minute race with a fat cash prize. Ty waited for the crashes to sort themselves out and from second place on the track homed in on the leader, who was powerless to stop the young Canadian from running off into the distance. Ty then took his first victory of the Neo.
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The 2nd round of the Malaysia National League was held with around 100 entries from Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and even Switzerland. After four rounds of qualifying Jason Nugroho (Xray) TQ’d in the Pro Buggy class but he lost his luck in the final where a couple of flameouts let him drop in the ranking. At the end he managed to grab the final podium spot behind race winner Adrian W (Kyosho) and runner-up Stanley W (Kyosho).
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
