AKA introduce the Three Rib 1/10th 2WD buggy front tire. It sports a long lasting and consistent tread that has been designed to smooth out steering on medium to high-bite outdoor tracks. The tire is available in soft, super soft and a special clay compound.
Source: AKA [raceaka.com]
RB introduce the Blast V11 limited edition .21 buggy engine. The long stroke engine is made in Europe and features a bi-turbo 14mm crankshaft, lightweight conrod, high-quality front and rear ball bearings, 5+2 port liner and Multi Exhaust System. Other features include a turbo combustion camber insert and a 9mm buggy carburettor with 7mm venturi reducer. The engine is available single item or as combo set including EFRA 2045 in-line pipe and manifold.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
New from Duratrax come two hardcase LiPo battery packs. They are build from 35C cells with a capacity of 5000mAh and come with your choice of genuine Traxxas or Deans Ultra Plugs connectors. The economically priced packs are the ideal choice for practice or club level racing.
Source: Duratrax [duratrax.com]
A four strong JConcepts team from Melbourne headed across the Bass Straight from the mainland to the small island of Tasmania to take on the local talent, the Victorian team consisted of veteran drivers Ashley Peeler and Leigh Cheeseman along with JConcepts newest recruits Andrew Selvaggi and John Watkins. Competitors headed to the picturesque town of Goodwood, Tasmania, located North West of Hobart on the south east coast of Tasmania. The crew at GOMCC (Goodwood Off-Road Model Car Club) had laid out an extremely high speed, flowing track that was to provide grip in bucket loads all weekend. GOMCC President, Alex John and all the awesome track crew had taken all their favourite parts for various tracks around Australia and combined them together to produce a top class track. The track surface was made up of fine red clay with a moderate sand content; the surface was sugared in the lead up to the event to ensure a consistent level of traction all weekend long. Temperatures for the weekend ranged from a low of 14 degrees Celsius on Friday morning to a high of 34 degrees in the late afternoons. The temperatures were 10-15 degrees above average for this time of year.
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The annual Ice Breaker race took place at the recently renovated Indy RC World track in Dallas, TX. Indy has done a great job cleaning up the facility but mainly the track area got the biggest upgrades with lighting, expansion and new dirt. There were around 140 entries and the bulk of the entries came to compete for Pro Buggy honours. The high bite, blue groove surface made finding the right tire compound for the time of day crucial and everyone seemed to be fast with lap times very close but it was going to come down to who was going to be the most consistent. The high bite surface could cause a traction roll at any time so if you weren’t on your toes you could get out of shape and get it wrong very quick. Jason Branham managed to TQ the first round of buggy with his XB9 but with mistakes he knew the time may not stand. Kyle Skidmore from AE was running fast and consistent during Saturday’s qualifying and he was able to put it all together to take the overall TQ honors in buggy proving he was going to be the man to beat. In the final Kyle Skidmore got off to a slow start and Jason got by him quickly. With the right tires and set-up the Xray driver was able to maintain consistency and stretch his lead fast. He then never looked back and took the win from Denver Houghton (TLR) and David Joor (AE).
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Much More Racing introduce the Fleta ZX electric brushless motors. They feature a black anodised full aluminium case with large airflow openings, balanced sintered rotors with laser-etched diameter markings, and an easy to adjust timing system. The motors are available as 3.5T to 8.5T modified and 10.5T to 21.5T stock variant.
Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]
Bittydesign continue to update their Force line of bodyshells, this time the RC8.2 shell getting an update to the Force 2.0. With the first version of the body working really well, Yannick Aigoin running the body at recent races, the changes have been exclusively aesthetic. They have given the cab a modern look more in line with other Force bodies and they reinforced the front part near the clip mounting area and finally changing the design of later big air scoop and improving the 3 fins on the roof that are now more detailed. As usual the body is produced with 1mm original Lexan polycarbonate and it comes complete with protective film, decal sheet and window mask.
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The first round of the Spanish 2WD electric buggy Championship took place last weekend in the Andalusian town of Jerez, in southern Spain. It is the second consecutive year that the club CDRC Jerez hosts a national championship and they put on a great effort to prepare the track from all rain and bad weather the week leading up to the event. Yet again the series saw a great attendance with drivers from every corner of the country. Electric racing is getting pretty popular in Spain, and many drivers from nitro classes are trying their luck in the electric classes. One of them is current 1/8th World champion Robert Batlle who raced his first ever electric race in Jerez.
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