DE Racing, the new company we wrote about in March, that makes unique rear skid plates that protect your expensive 1/8 scale buggy or truggy chassis have added a new manufacturer to their range. Now available for the Hobao/OFNA Hyper 8 & 8.5, these U.S. made items wear like aluminum but at a fraction of the cost and weight and are ultra thin, eliminating the need for longer screws.
Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]
Kyosho Germany have confirmed that front running Italian buggy racer Fabrizio Teghesi has joined their team to race the Japanese company’s buggy and truggy. Starting his racing career with buggies in 2000, the Italian racer was runner up in the National Championships last year, racing for Crono, and will this year compete for Kyosho at both National and International level, including the World Championships in the USA.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]
More new tires from JConcepts, this time for 1/8th scale buggies. Called the Hit Men, the unique pyramid lug design combined with sticky compounds like yellow and blue allow the flexibility necessary to compete on a multitude of the most demanding surfaces for an extended period of time. They are a special breed, designed for maximum performance when new or used as the design allows even wear all the way down to the tire body. Incorporating a compact tire body with a crisp tread pattern with precise separation for intense racing competition, they excel in new condition on soft surfaces with either dry or wet conditions, while worn they excel on indoor or outdoor clay tracks where a slight groove has formed.
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Some more alu parts for the XB808 with the release of this optional steering plate. CNC-machined from 3mm premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium, it has been hard coated for extra durability and long life. This lightweight part is ultra-rigid and very strong and features an additional middle Ackerman setting position for even more precise and smoother Ackerman steering set-up. Precision machined with the highest tolerances using fully-automatic German CNC-machines. High-quality hard coating is done at Xray’s own in-house fully-robotic hard coating line, ensuring a perfect hard coated surface every time.
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RB have announced the full details on their first RB International Cup that takes place at the end of August on the Torres Vedras track in Portugal.
It’s an opportunity to meet some of you guys and to share a wonderful moment together near Santa Cruz Beach. We’re looking forward you celebrating this race in Torres Vedras 30 minutes far from the Lisboa International Airport. The race take place in August 29th, 30th and 31th and the track will be open all the week! Many infos will be added in this page in the future. We hope to see many of you during this international event!
Full details of the event can be found here.
Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]
JConcepts have released their latest 1/10th scale buggy tires, called Bar Codes. The Bar Code design is the freshest tire design seen in the last 10 years of racing development regardless of class and scale. Like the name suggests the alternating bar design combined with the addition of the Y side bars provide uncompromising support for blue and black groove conditions. Available in Blue and Orange compound the Bar Codes are a speciality tire that when matched to the appropriate track can provide amazing results. They are a part of the JConcepts special breed of tire, designed for maximum performance when new or used as the design allows even wear all the way down to the tire body.
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King Headz have released this new set of rear hub carriers for the popular Team Associated RC8 buggy. CNC machined from 7075 aircraft grade aluminium, these hubs are designed to increase rigidity and add strength to this area. For looks they have been anodised black and finished off with some machining of certain edges. Sold in a pair.
Source: King Headz [kingheads.com]
Hong Nor is proud to announce the signing of Zac Ryan to the Hong Nor Racing Team in Australia. Zac will partner Martin Wolhuter and Justin Milan at the Queensland Championships next month were he will be driving the new X1X Team buggy with the popular 16mm shocks. Zac has done very well in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa where he was runner up at the recent South African Championships.
Source: Hong Nor [hongnor.com.tw]
