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November 23, 2016

Lee Martin & Mugen Seiki part ways

Lee Martin & Mugen part ways

Lee Martin has announced his departure from Mugen Seiki, the British driver ending a 5 year relationship that saw him take the company’s first UK Championship along with other highlights such as Worlds finalist, Italian Job winner and multiple other final appearances at Neo and EFRA races. Lee had this to say:

The end of an era has come for me, after 5 years of driving with Mugen Seiki it is time for a change. I would publicly like to thank everyone at Mugen for the support and trust over the years working together, especially Stefan Habbecke at MSE, Sanada san, Kris Moore at MSR and John Yves Ferte for getting me on board in 2012. We had some fantastic times together and I appreciated every second of it.

November 23, 2016

Pro-Line Transistor front & Electron rear in X2

Pro-Line Transistor front and Electron rear in X2 compound

Pro-Line have introduced a number of new additions to existing ranges of tires for 1/10th scale, the first being the Transistor 2.2” 2wd front in Pro-Line’s long wear X2 (medium) compound. The Transistor tread is the new kid on the block with 1’s and 0’s for tread which provides good, consistent steering and is ideal for outdoor blue groove conditions. The Electron 2.2” rear gets the same treatment with it too available in the long wear X2 compound. The Electron features connected tire tread technology to improve traction and wear on even the most abrasive of outdoor track conditions. The square center pins laid out between the connected tread provide consistent forward and side bite even when the track gets dusty.

View the Electron here

November 22, 2016

Yokomo YZ-4 double joint universal shafts

Yokomo has released these new front double joint universal shafts for their YZ-4 buggy. Aimed at use on high grip surfaces that require more steering, higher acceleration and harder braking they are supplied with special bearings, which replace the current inner bearing in the steering block. The new shafts help reduce the friction loss while steering and allow for smoother cornering which in turn reduces lap times.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

November 22, 2016

Drake wins Nitro Buggy at TNT Rd3

Dialed In Raceway was the host for round 3 of the Top Notch Tour this past weekend with the event attracting around 100 entries. Mugen team driver Adam Drake topped both rounds of qualifying for both nitro buggy and nitro truck and so would start first in both A-mains. In the nitro buggy final, Drake would take the win followed by Tyler Brown and Ronda Drake.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

November 22, 2016

Samix SCX10-2 front & rear shock plate stiffeners

More new items for the SCX10-2 from Samix with the introduction of these front and rear shock plate stiffeners. Improve the rigidity and durability of your Samix shock plate further with these stiffeners. Available in 3 colours, they have been machined from high quality aluminium and come supplied with a pair of thumb screws meaning there is no need to use a screw driver when changing the battery.

View the mounted stiffeners here

November 22, 2016

Schelle B6 Strap X Plate

New from Schelle, the B6 Strap X Plate adapts on top of the popular Schelle B6 carbon battery strap. Using the same 4 attachment screws for the battery stop posts, the X brace creates a stable platform to replace the standard plastic “waterfall” chassis brace with a single tie-rod. A tie-rod style brace has a pivot on each end, instead of the kit part which has only a single pivot. For certain conditions, adding flex in the centre of the chassis can improve both traction and steering through the turns. The general driving feel you’ll have when switching from the plastic waterfall part to a chassis tie-rod is that you will have more rear grip and a less aggressive turn in. Mid corner to exit, the car tends to feel like the rear end rotates and follows the front end through the turn but usually without breaking traction.

Click here to see the mounted plate

November 22, 2016

Jarosz, Pillars, Day & Chambers win at NW Invitational

Jarosz, Pillars, Day & Chambers win at Northwest Invitational

The 7th Annual Northwest Invitational was held this past weekend at Cottage Grove R/C Raceway in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Located just 2 hours south of Portland, this first class off-road facility includes a fully stocked hobby shop, spacious pit areas, along with a hi-traction clay off-road track. In the Invitational 2wd Modified Buggy class, the overall Championship would come down to the 8th and final round of racing between Kyosho America teammates Chris Jarosz & Tanner Day. Jarosz would go onto run a flawless race to take the heat win and the overall Championship with his RB6.6. Day would finish just 1 point away from the overall win to finish 2nd. Kyosho America’s Matt Chambers would complete the Kyosho podium sweep by finishing 3rd overall.

Continue reading the report here

November 21, 2016

Capricorn One tyre traction compound

Italian company Capricorn have announce the release of their new One tyre traction compound. The additive was developed with both rubber and foam tyre racing in mind and it is both stronger and more sticky than Capricorn’s standard tyre sauce. The chemical comes in a metal can for secure and convenient storage and transportation and it is available now.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]