Having crowned Ryan Cavalieri as the new 2WD electric Buggy World Champion on Wednesday attention now turns to 4WD in Finland today with a day of practice on the Vaasa track which has had the layout changed from that used in the first half of the week.
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T-Work’s Racing got in touch to tell us about their full range of 3mm, 4mm, 5mm and 6mm bore aluminium washers. Available in Red, Black, Brown, Blue, Purple, Orange and Silver colour the parts are made to perfectly match with your car’s overall styling and come as countersink washer, hex socket cap washer, hex socket button head washer and counter large diameter washer in packs of four or ten pieces and 0.5mm, 0.75mm, 1.0mm, 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 3.0mm and 5.0mm height. Ideal also for all setup and adjustment applications.
Source: T-Work’s Racing [rc-tworks.com]
RossMod release the JM08 Stealth chassis for the TLR22 2WD buggy. Cut from T6 alloy and hard anodised in black colour the chassis give the buggy a 10mm shorter wheelbase for improved rear traction, turn in and agility. Added front kick-up gives a safer and more composed steering while the flat rear part of the chassis plate gives greater standard anti-squat and also moves the rear gearbox providing a slight increase in weight loading towards the rear of the car. All chassis are checked for trueness and accuracy.
Source: RossMod [rossmod.co.uk]
Team Durango offer their popular pit mat in two new colours. The mat with dimensions of 620 x 420mm is suitable for both 1/8 and 1/10 scale cars and now available also in red and tungsten colours. Featuring recessed sections to stop items such as tools and parts rolling off your work area it is made from a tough rubber material that gives a hard wearing and easy to clean work surface. The pit mat also features a large magnet in the recessed section at the front of the pit mat that will securely hold on to screws, nuts and other items that you don’t want to roll off your table when working on your car.
Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]
The 4th round of the Hungarian off-road Championships took place in Bokor last weekend at great weather conditions. The track raced on is about 370m long and made from a mix of soil and sand with many different artificial surfaces like carpet, stones and more at different places. The track owners, the Szebelledi family, did a great job again to make it a superb event. In the Buggy class it was Cseko Gergely who grabbed the TQ by winning 4 out of the 6 qualification rounds. All the usual frontrunners bumped up into the main from the semis except young Palla Balazs who forced to retire. The main final started without Bruzsa Richard who looked to be the main contender for the win showing great pace in the semi but was hit by throttle servo problems during the 3min warm-up and had to retire. After the start Gergely opened the gap ahead of the trio of Gabnai Gergo, Toth Bence and Szebelledi Laszlo. Laszlo looked to be the fastest among them but an inconsistent engine and several cut-offs prevented him to finish any of the top places. Gabnai Gergo and Toth Bence continued to battle with mainly Gergo being in front. However at the closing stage of the race Bence remained in front of Gergo and finished 2nd.
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Team C Racing release a dedicated bag for differential and shock oil bottles. Made from black fabric material and sporting red edges, the bag can hold up to 12 standard size oil bottles which are secured by elastic bands inside the 25 x 14 x 9cm measuring bag.
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TQ Racing got in touch to tell us about their split from the World-wide partnership with Ansmann Racing and Team C Racing. In the past all three companies sold the same type of chassis under different brands with TQ Racing had taken care of the US, Ansmann Racing of the European and Team C Racing of the Asian market. This partnership is no longer and TQ Racing have started to develop their own range of 2WD and 4WD Buggies and Short Course trucks.
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TQ Wire has released 4mm low profile bullet connectors in 2 sizes, 18mm and 12mm overall length. The short version will fully seat in battery packs and not interfere with 1/12th scale bodies.
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