Thunder Alley of Beaumont, California held a club race this past weekend that attracted some of the state’s fastest off-road racers. In the Expert Nitro Buggy A-main it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win in the 20-minute encounter from new Serpent signing, Cody King who ended the race some 4 seconds short of Adam. In 3rd and a lap down Mugen’s Anthony Westergaard completed the top 3 podium result.
Image: Adam Drake
Made for the C803 on-road car are Capricorn’s new shorter rear driveshafts. 1.5mm shorter in length than the standard items, the driveshafts allow to run the car with a more narrow rear track width which can be beneficial on tight and technical tracks or even necessary when running large off-set wheels.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
1up Racing have introduced their all-new on-road pit board that offers an oversized 300mm x 450mm matte black work area with enough space to mark 1/10th touring car bodies for accurate cutting. Each pit board includes a QuikChek decal for quick reference of wheelbase, popular bearing and screw sizes, and a 300mm ruler. A gloss black band surrounds the work area completing the clean look. The QuikChek is available with Blue, Red, Orange, Pink, Green or Gray accents to match any pit space and the QuikCheck decal can also be personalised with a custom name.
View the QuikCheck feature here
Last weekend’s 2018 Snowbird Nationals saw 600 entries spread across many electric on-road classes and in the hotly contested Formula category it was Japan’s Hayato Ishioka (CRC). However, CRC teammates Andrew Knapp and Jeff Dayger were hot on his heels but after the 5-minute single A-main it was still Hayato who would hold the upper hand with Andrew ending the race only 0.3 seconds short of the Japanese ace. In third and only a tenth of a second short of Andrew, Michael Hanulec would end the race on the 3 spot. Over in 1/12th 17.5T it was Andrew Knapp who TQ’d all four qualifiers and went on to win the main. Robbie Dodge would come in 2nd, 0.8 seconds down on Andrew while Joe Trandell snatched the final podium spot.
Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]
Coming from RC Speed Secrets and made for the Yokomo YZ-2 DTM 2WD buggy are two new titanium screw kits. Available as 70-pieces upper and 26-pieces lower set, the fasteners are made or Grade 5 quality titanium and they feature deep sockets for easier wrenching and less stress on both the screw heads and tool tips. The sets are available in a rainbow/oil slick finish or in a stealth black finish to make them stand out.
View the chassis bottom screw set here
Yeah Racing have introduced their new quick release aluminium gearbox for the Yokomo YD2S drift car. The transmission housing compromises of two sturdy bulkheads and small differential clamps that allow to extract the rear differential after undoing only four screws for swift and easy maintenance tasks and setup changes. The gearbox is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes black anodised, with machined edge details and laser-etched markings.
Coming from Vigor RC and made for the Xray T4 2018 and 2017 cars is a RF+2mm ARS suspension mount. The updated geometry makes for parallel suspension pins, rather than having them angled as it is standard, which results in improved rear end grip and smoother suspension operation when using the ARS system. In addition the pivot ball mount was lowered by 1mm for increased toe angle adjustability.
Coming from Avid is a carbon fibre battery brace for the Tekno RC Eb410 buggy. The part is made from 100 percent carbon fibre and designed for easy balance plug access no matter how it is installed. The brace works with stock or aftermarket hardware and is available separately or including a black aluminium thumbwheel.
