DRC Speedway of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic held a Midnight club race recently and it was was JQRacing’s David Infante with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. Rafa Diaz and Frank Losada (both JQRacing) would round out the top 3 podium result in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
Coming soon from Losi is the Night Crawler SE 4WD ready-to-run rock crawler. It is built on the proven Losi Night Crawler heritage, but offers more lights and a new Exoskeleton cage. The cage and body provide impressive scale details without compromising performance or durability. Additional front and rear rock lights will make it easier to see obstacles in the path and brighter LED light strips will further light the way. Other features include front and rear solid axles with HD 21T worm drives, all-metal CV front axle and centre driveshafts as well as an ultra-low gear ratio direct drive transmission. The suspension compartment features 4” adjustable aluminium shock absorbers, 4-link suspension and the power is put to the ground using 3-piece 1.9” beadlock chrome wheels and Interco TSL SX Swamper tyres. The package is rounded out by a Dynamite 60A speed controller and a 35T 540-class brushed motor, Spektrum 9kg-cm waterproof metal gear servo as well as a Spektrum STX2 transmitter. The truck is available with a green or blue pre-decorated body shell and it will become available in March.
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Xray have introduced new graphite composite steering blocks for the XB2 and XT2 line of off-road buggies and trucks. Moulded from a special composite material that uses graphite to further reinforce the parts, the steering knuckles are harder than the previous “hard” compound for improved rigidity, making them ideal in high to very high grip track conditions where they can improve stability and corner speed.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Capricorn have introduced their new ONE foam tyre range for 1/10th and 1/12th pan cars. No detailed information has been given yet but it is understood that beside standard pan car tyres also formula and – in the future – also 1/10th touring car variants will become available.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
First images and information on HB Racing’s forthcoming D418 1/10th scale 4WD buggy have appeared on the internet, showing a greatly revised platform. The car is based on an all-new aluminium chassis with raised side guards, similar to what can be found on the company’s successful E817 1/8th scale buggy. HB Racing’s trademark monocoque suspension arms are supplied in a harder compound as standard for a more precise handling while the centre bulkhead is now split for easier access to the centre differential. The highly adjustable suspension offers optimised suspension travel and shock length and the kit will be topped off by a JConcepts body shell and wing. No information has be given on a release date but it is understood that the kit is about to hit stores soon.
View a list of all new features here
Coming from Yeah Racing and made for Traxxas’ TRX-4 trail truck are aluminium front and rear damper mounts. Using the parts will increase overall stiffness and suspension efficiency and with the front mount also doubling as panhard bar mount, the chances of a failure of the whole assembly is greatly reduced. Both the front and rear mounts are made from high-quality aluminium, they come black anodised and are available separately.
View the rear shock mounts here
Coming from T-Works and made for Mugen’s new MBX8 1/8th nitro off-road buggy is a full range of option parts. On the suspension side of things the Asian company offers a 4-piece set of spring steel shock standoffs, aluminium pillow balls with titanium or spring steel shafts, hard-coated aluminium front A-arm reinforcing tubes, as well as a hard-coated 7075 aluminium suspension ball set, 64 titanium turnbuckles and also POM front upright adjuster nut spacers, POM front upright adjuster nuts with POM spacers as well as brass front upright adjuster nuts with POM spacers. As for the drivetrain compartment, T-Works offers hard-coated aluminium front and rear axle shafts, cup joints and aluminium centre driveshaft collars along spring steel diff joints. Last but not least comes a stainless steel rear chassis protector set as well as 64 titanium UFO and gold-plated steel screw sets.
Round 1 of the 2018 Urban F1 League saw a smaller than usual turnout, but the on-track action was just as intense, if not more so than in the previous rounds. When the dust had settled, it was several new faces that grabbed the headlines. Taking pole position after the 10-minute qualifier was newcomer, Tapana V, who laid down his best three laps in the last minute of action to dislodge Charles Lim into P2, with Andy Tan in P3. In A1, Tapana could not hold on for the win, as Andy Tan ran a mistake-free race to take the win. Tapana bounced back with a tone-to-tone victory in A2 to set up a showdown in the final leg. At the start of A3, Tapana suffered a setback as a multiple-car collision at turn 1 dropped him to the back of the pack. Andy Tan came through unscathed and managed to hang on for the win from a hard-charging Patrick Ong.
