Pro-Line have introduced their new 82 white truck hat. The hat features a bright white front section emblazoned with throwback 1982 red and blue styling and a breathable blue mesh material for back of the hat. The 82 trucker hat has a snapback to fit most and has a blue flat bill in the front.
The recent SARDA Electric Off-road Nationals were held at the BMR carpet track in South Africa. It was a two-day event with three heats of qualifying being held on the Saturday and three heats of mains being held on the Sunday. However due to rain it was held on one day with qualify and mains been reduced to two each which put the pressure on for all competitors. The two most hotly contested classes were 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy and it was Charles Hollander who managed to take a double TQ and win in both classes to walk away with the double title.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Southern Summer Payout Series was recently held at T&T Hobbies in Shreveport, LA and it saw Robert Gonzalez taking the win in the 2WD Stock Buggy class from Austin Jefferies and Jason Christie. In the 4WD Super Stock class it was Serpent driver Marcus Williams who walked away with the win after the A-mains with Jason Christie and Daniel Grobe (both Xray) rounding out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
View the 4WD Super Stock podium here
Round 1 of the Spanish National Series was held recently and in the Touring Stock class it was Carles Echarri (Xray) who set the early pace. Carles would still be on top after the qualifiers, taking the overall TQ from Carlos Fernandez and Guillem Diaz and he would also take the opening two A-mains to grab the overall win early, leaving Guillem Diaz (Schumacher) and Carlos Fernandez (Awesomatix) behind in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Coming soon from JB Carbon is a split 3-gear laydown gearbox for the Team Associated B6. The split design will make diff tuning and maintenance quick and easy as by undoing only a couple of screws the top and bottom part of the gearbox are easily separated, allowing access to the differential without the need to tear the whole rear end apart. The conversion will become available soon.
Xray have expanded their range of centre differential spur gears for the XB8 series of buggies and trucks. Available as 46T to 50T variant the main gears are precision cut from special Hudy spring steel, they come hardened, individually machined, tested and inspected and they feature laser-engraved markings for easy identification.
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Xray have announced the Xray Racing Series Czech that will be held this summer at the Čelákovice RC track. The series will be held in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, Touring Hobby and Formula and it will kick off on the 27th of May. All dates and rulses (in Czech language) as well as sign-up can be found here.
Ronald Volker set the pace in practice today ahead of the 20th running of the Reedy Race of Champions. The defending champion set the fastest 3-consecutive laps of the Tamiya Raceway track ahead of 2015 Champion Marc Rheinard with Reedy Race first timer Bruno Coelho completing the Top 3. While the heads up racing format means today’s time count for little, probably the biggest news from the four practice run was the low traction. This has left drivers slightly unsure of what to expect going into the first of the 12 rounds of racing tomorrow morning. With a newly laid top surface to contend with, clouds prevented the California sun from bringing up track temperatures with the cool conditions leaving drivers unsure of what to expect tomorrow.
Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.
