dBoots have a new tyre on the way and the company got in touch to give us a a sneaky preview. The Nanobyte is designed for multi-surface indoor off-road racing and features a unique tread pattern featuring micro pins and slightly larger step-up pins. The tyres are available soon for 1/10th scale 2WD and 4WD buggies as well as and Short Course trucks.
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The fourth and final round of the North East Super Series took place at the Barnstormers RC Raceway in Chester, New York. In 1/8 Nitro Buggy Jamie Grayek was able to take TQ honours and secure overall Win in Points Series with Jimmyjames taking a 2nd and Jeff Legassy rounding out the top 3. With the main race set to be 30 minutes it would prove to be a battle with multiple lead changes. Problems for Grayek early in the race would allow Serpent’s Stephen Plackis to lead out followed by Jay Bless of RC-NYC, Kyosho’s Jimmyjames and Serpent’s Jay Livingstone. Around the 5 minutes mark a wheel to wheel battle would brew between Plackis and Bless with Jimmyjames and Livingstone in tow. Plackis and Bless would swap the lead multiple times with Jimmyjames still running in 3rd and Livingstone running 4Th. Around the 15 minute mark car contact between the leaders would slow them down allowing Jimmyjames to take the lead. He would lead out with heavy pressure from Bless and Plackis but would not look back and was able to take the Win with Bless, Plackis and Livingstone in tow.
Schumacher now have in stock extra strong belts for various models in their range. These belts offer greater life than standard kit belts but with a slight drop in efficiency and are more effective when using gear diffs or running on high grip surfaces such as Astro. Available for the Mi3/Mi4 (rear belt) and Cat SX3 (front & middle belt).
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
JConcepts have released their Hi-Clearance wing as a direct fit for the TLR 22. 1/10th buggies are very dependent on the rear wing for traction, flight control and balance. The Hi-Clearance wing incorporates several important elements making it the most versatile wing yet. JConcepts has joined the high-performance wing into a paired combination that is easier to trim, detail and finish and each performance wing package now includes 2 wings for added value to the customer. The Hi-Clearance feature provides extra clearance for the expansion of tires during high acceleration points and especially on high speed straight-aways and also allows for full suspension movement during hard landings and full compression during cornering.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Axial have released their new universal joint axles that increase steering angle on the AR60 crawler to 50 degrees, that’s 60% over the stock dogbone/drive cup setup. These universals provide smoother action for a higher performing, efficient drivetrain. The universal is also oversized a design you’d see on 1/8 scale vehicles, and it’s made of hardened steel so it’s capable of handling extreme power.
Source: Axial [axialracing.com]
The organizers of the 2012 DHI Cup have been in touch to tell us that entry for next January’s event starts this Thursday at 20:00 o’clock CET on MyRCM. Many of today’s top drivers have won this race as one of their first big victories on the international scene. Starting with Andreas Myrberg in 2001, to Jilles Groskamp and Juho Levanen. Current world champion Marc Rheinard, European champion Ronald Völker and former World Champion Atsushi Hara, to mention just a few, are some of the great drivers that have participated and won in the past. This year DHI-CUP has renewed itself with an offroad track alongside the traditional onroad track, so now offroad drivers can join be part of this great event.
The new HPI D8S combines everything you can want for top-level buggy racing into one convenient package, just add fuel and batteries and get on the track. With the World Championship-winning heritage behind the HB D8 combined with the ready to run flexibility of HPI radio gear and the bulletproof Nitro Star F3.5 engine, you can easily get the best of both worlds as soon as you open the box. Because the D8S chassis and suspension parts are exactly the same as the HB D8, the D8S is ready to upgrade with Atsushi Hara Edition parts from HB.
Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]
The 2011 Reedy Truck Race of Champions was held October 7th-9th at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. The last Reedy Truck Race was held in 2009 where Team Orion’s Jared Tebo Won both the Modified Truck and Pro Truggy Classes. This years Reedy Truck Race would be back in a big way topping over 170 entries! The weather was picture perfect all weekend long staying consistently in the lower 80’s. In the Modified Truck Class it was Team Orion’s Jared Tebo who would dominate qualifying to take the Overall TQ. Also in the A-Main for Team Orion was: Dakotah Phend starting 3rd, Ryan Cavalieri starting 4th, and Dustin Evans starting 5th, Mike Truhe starting 6th, Shaun Dunlap starting 7th, Zack Rogers starting 8th, and Matt Castellano starting 10th.
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