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March 16, 2018

Bittydesign JP8 190mm high downforce TC body shell

Italian company Bittydesign have introduced their all-new JP8 high downforce body shell for 190mm touring cars. The lid offers a modern, aggressive styling with a long, flowing front end for increased downforce and steering response while the rear end sports two fins that span from the rear window over to the rear wing, ensuring improved stability at high speeds while still granting lots of rotation going into corners. The EFRA, ROAR and IFMAR homologated body was developed for both asphalt and carpet tracks and it is usable for Modified and Stock racing alike. A special moulding process ensures an excellent weight to durability ratio and the body comes clear, including window masks, decal sheets and lightweight wing mounting hardware. For now the body is available in an un-cut lightweight version.

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March 16, 2018

JConcepts Ryan Maifield Momentum car stand

Coming from JConcepts is the new Ryan Mayfield Momentum car stand. The RM signature edition car stand is formed in durable material and sports a matte black finish, making it handy, lightweight and stylish. The stand has a rectangular build with sturdy base which fits a large variety of 1/10th and 1/8th scale vehicles. The shape is ergonomic allowing drivers to pick-up the stand using one hand while the vehicle is still in place. Cut-out sections on the stand help rigidity and helps build a muscular physique. The item includes a thick foam pad which installs in the upper recess located on upper ring. A full RM decal sheet is included which features a number of panels to fully trick out the look. The graphical theme is based on the iconic Maifield paint scheme using an array of blues, red, silver and charcoal colouring. One side shows a 1/10th off-road buggy celebrating the IFMAR World Championship titles and the other shows off the 1/8th buggy and a classic Maifield trackside interview quote about the difficulty of racing.

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March 16, 2018

Lutz is top seed going into Nitro qualifying in Xiamen

Ryan Lutz is the Nitro buggy top seed for Qualifying at the 2018 SIGP as he put in a blistering time to go nearly 2 seconds faster over 3 consecutive laps than 2nd placed Yusuke Sugiura. The US driver putting his time down to tweaks made to the car’s setup to make it harder, having felt that the setup he copied from Jonathan Yeung for Rd2 was too soft. Behind Sugiura in 2nd was fellow Japanese Kyosho driver Wataru Takashiro who finally found his rhythm to demote Hu Weiping who will rely on his CP1 time to seed 4th with Chen Guanxian, Jonathan Yeung and Kaja Novotny all improving in the 3rd round to complete the top 6.

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March 16, 2018

Capricorn TE-03 USA version touring car kit

Capricorn have introduced their new TE-03 USA version electric touring car kit. Intended especially for racing in high to very high traction conditions, the kit comes including a stiffer aluminium chassis for improved stability, traction and drivability on US carpet.

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March 16, 2018

Xray XB8 medium hardness front suspension arms

Coming from Xray and made for the XB8 series of cars are medium stiffness front suspension arms. The parts are moulded from a special medium hardness compound that offers both rigidity and durability for demanding track conditions with the arms being best used on dusty, lower grip tracks. The arms are usable on the left or right hand side and they come separately.

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March 16, 2018

1up Racing curved steel CA glue tips

1up Racing’s new curved steel glue tips were developed to being a universal fit while being easy to unclog for extended use. The glue tips are for the use with medium to thick viscosity CA glue and come in 10-piece packs.

Source: 1up Racing [1upracing.com]

March 16, 2018

Southern Dirt Challenge – Announcement

The Cork Radio Control Car Club will play host to the Southern Dirt Challenge on the weekend of the 24th of June in Ballinhassig, Cork. Classes run are 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy with the event kicking off on Saturday with practice from 12pm to 5pm followed by heats and finals on Sunday. More information can be found on the club’s website here, on social media here or by emailing the club at crccc@eircom.net.

March 16, 2018

Woodyard & Schimmel win Thunder Alley season opener

Thunder Alley Raceway of Wilson, North Carolina held their season opening race recently and in Nitro Buggy it was Brennan Schimmel with the overall TQ. At the start of the main final Austin Woodyard and Brennan Schimmel moved away from the pack and Brennan made a small bobble and Austin took the corner. Schimmel kept in touch for part of the race but had to do a extra pit and some trouble with lap traffic, meaning Austin would take the win from Brennan 2nd and Ken Rand 3rd. In Nitro Truggy it was again Brennan Schimmel with the TQ and at the start of the race he clipped a pipe and dropped to about 5th but he worked his way back up and battled with Michael Kramer for a few minutes and started to check out and go on the lap the field to take the overall win. from Michael Kraemer in 2nd and Leornard Murray in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]