The recent Ace Cup race in Korea saw Shepherd’s Jae Kuk Yoo walking away with the TQ and win in the 1/8th nitro on-road class. Kiyong Hong and Serpent’s Yanghyeon Kim would complete the podium result as Shepherd’s Min Hee Lee rounded out the top 4.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The Cap Go Meh race was held last weekend at the Forluck RC Raceway Track in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. “Cap Go Meh” means the 15th day and the last day of the Lunar New Year celebrations for Chinese communities around the world and the race schedule saw four rounds of 10-minutes qualifying followed by bump-up finals. Xray’s Jason Nugroho would put his Novarossi-powered buggy on the TQ spot after the qualifiers and he would also come out fastest after the 45-minutes main race with Stanley Wangsanegara (HB Racing/O.S.) and Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/O.S.) completing the top 3 podium result.
Traxxas have introduced a new line of drift tyres as well as a spool assembly for the 4-Tec 2.0 on-road car. Starting with the hard-compound plastic tyres, they provide the perfect combination of durability and breakaway potential for any drifting surface. Tough enough for carpet, concrete, or even asphalt, these tyres hold up battle after battle. Precision-glued at the factory, the pre-mounts come in both narrow front and wide rear configurations. Orange, green, or black chrome rim colours help to add a splash of colour or match the body’s design. Also new is the optional differential spool that locks the front or rear axles for predictable breakaway. The set includes all needed parts to replace the standard differential.
1up Racing’s recently introduced pit board is soon also available in a larger 355x455mm version for 1/10th off-road duties. Each pit board includes a QuikChek decal for quick reference of wheelbase, popular bearing and screw sizes, and a ruler. A gloss black band surrounds the work area completing an extremely clean look. QuikChek decals are available with Blue, Red, Orange, Pink, Green or Gray accents to match any pit space and they can also become personalised. The off-road pit board will become available by mid-March.
Maclan Racing have announced the signing of UK on-road front runner, Harley Eldridge, to the fast growing factory team. Harley is a super proactive young talent who will be racing for Team Maclan with MMax Pro ESC and MRR motors in 2018 ETS and BRCA events.
Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]
Coming soon from Pro-Line is the Impulse 1.9” black plastic internal bead-loc wheel for 1/10th rock crawlers. These wheels are designed to not only look scale but to be super easy to use by only requiring six screws per wheel for mounting tyres. The unique 3-piece plastic wheel design bolts together in the back and locks on to most 1.9″ crawling tyres. The back of the 12mm hex wheel also accepts Pro-Line’s optional brass brake rotor weights for additional looks and performance. The overall wheel width and wheel offset are the same as Pro-Line’s line of 1.9″ aluminium Pro-Forge wheels and the wheels will hit stores soon.
Exotek have introduced new option part for the Exo-Six conversion kit in the form of an aluminium gearbox set, carbon fibre shock towers and a 48 pitch main gear. Starting with the gearbox, the bulkhead is machined from 7075 alloy and provides a solid tweak-free design that is about 8g lighter than each of the stock plastic gear boxes for a substantially lower centre of gravity and thus improved chassis roll. New camber mounting points are more inboard for smoother handling when running longer camber link lengths and more robust to resist breakages as in the stock plastic mounts. Additional features include new centre hold sway bar guide for less weight and easier alignment and raised 2mm top plate mounts allow for easier access to the motor screws and battery plugs. Last but not least do precise bearing guides make for a much more free drive train versus stock.
Pro-Line have expanded their range of chassis protector skins by variants for the TLR 22 4.0 and the Team Associated B64 buggy. The black chassis protector is extra thick at 0.5mm and is mostly black with subtle gray P-L Logos fading to black that will fit in with any paint scheme. As an added bonus, the skin also includes two rear skid protectors. The Pro-Line black chassis skins are manufactured by Stick It 1 graphics for Pro-Line, and are available separately for the 22 4.0 and B64.
View the B64 chassis skin here
