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February 9, 2018

Team Associated B6.1 & B6.1D Team Kit 2WD buggies

After showing pretty much every new detail in yesterday’s teaser images, Team Associated now officially announced the new B6.1 and B6.1D Team Kit 1/10th 2WD buggies. The B6 platform introduced the use of two separate chassis configurations – and the B6.1 continues this theme. The B6.1 will be the choice for tracks with very high traction, where a forward mass is beneficial and chassis roll needs to be tamed through a low centre of gravity and anti-roll bars. The B6.1D now has an all-new Lay Back Stealth transmission that gives the car additional traction when exiting the corners. The addition of +1 Ackermann plates and gull wing suspension arms tune the steering for razor-sharp feel and control. Both cars have new features, including an easy-access differential, diff height adjustability, and an all-new slipper assembly, while the setups and tuning parts remain interchangeable between the two configurations. Both kits are set for a release in March.

View a list of the specifications and more images here

February 8, 2018

WRC Racing NTX hard-anodised alloy chassis

WRC Racing from Italy have introduced a new hard-anodised aluminium chassis for the NTX 1/10th 200mm nitro touring car. The main plate comes machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium and it sports a dark hard-coated surface for wear and looks.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

February 8, 2018

Dillon Smith wins at JBRL Winter Series Rd4

The 4th round of the JBRL Winter Series was held at OCRC in Huntington Beach, California and in the 13.5T wheeler class it was Dillon Smith (Xray) who was able to seal both rounds of qualifying to take the pole position on the grid. The main went really well for the young man and he took the win from tone to tone with TLR’s Ryan Dunford coming in 2nd, some 4.7 seconds back, and Tekno RC’s Evan Riley rounding out the podium in 3rd, another 13 seconds down.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 8, 2018

Phair & Maizer win at Indoor Northeast Series Rd2

Round 2 of the Indoor Northeast Series at was held at 46RC and it offered an awesome turnout and tight racing. With 104 entries in a really small building, the place was packed full. The track is very tight, 100 percent red clay, which was occasionally watered throughout the day, so the track tended to get dry towards the end of each qualifying round and the mains. There were three heats of 2WD Modified buggy and 4 heats of 4WD buggy. The mains were pretty stacked, with fast drivers in each A-main. In the 4WD main, Jared Phair avoided the wrecks and got out to a comfortable lead early on. However, track conditions were getting progressively inconsistent and went downhill about every two laps. The 2nd place driver caught up after a couple of bobbles, but after a last-lap final attempt at passing, he failed to do so and Jared held on for the win from Stephen Maizer 2nd and Ian Kiss 3rd. Over in 2WD it was Stephen Maizer with the win from Jared Phair Matt Nevoso in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

View the 2WD Mod podium here

February 8, 2018

Team Associated release new B6.1 teaser image

Following a couple of first teaser images Team Associated have released an even better view on what is understood to be the forthcoming B6.1 1/10th 2WD buggy. The front end is taken over from the previous B6 – and sports an aluminium bulkhead – with the rear end being mostly new, including rear A-arms, uprights and also the gearbox that will feature a “reverse” design with the top shaft having the slipper adjustment nut sitting on the opposite side of the main gear – pretty much a design as it was used on Team Durango’s DEX210 series of vehicles. Also visible is a neat front tower screw and edge protector as it is mandatory on many indoor carpet tracks nowadays. With the curtain now pretty much fallen, we expect the full kit release very soon. Update: In the meantime Team Associated have released more images of the forthcoming buggy. You can see them after the break.

View the additional images here

February 8, 2018

Hudy ball joint wrench

Coming from Hudy is their new ball joint wrench that will ease and speed up camber and steering link building. The small and lightweight tool offers two slots of 10x4mm and 9x5mm respectively, one on the left side and one on the right side, that hold open-design ball cups while inserting the turnbuckle. As the tool does away with the need to use pliers or fingers it ensures both the ball cups and fingers stay free from harm.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

February 8, 2018

David Infante wins at Midnight club race

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]

February 8, 2018

Losi Night Crawler SE 4WD RTR rock crawler

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.

View a list of the specification and more images here