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February 10, 2014

Xray XB4 graphite arm stiffeners

Made for both the XB4 4WD and 2WD buggies are these graphite arms stiffeners from Xray. Made from 1.6mm carbon fibre and coming as front and rear set, the plates directly screw to Xray’s SFA arms in order to adjust the overall flexibility of the composite material lower A-arms. Using the stiffeners can help with vehicle handling especially in medium to high bite conditions and also at high ambient temperatures as a stiffer arm makes for a smoother steering response and better car control especially in chicanes and in tight corners.

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February 10, 2014

RSD TC6.2 bumper and brace kit

The RSD TC6.2 bumper and brace kit from Reflex Racing is designed to add front end protection to the Team Associated TC6.2 car. By raising and elongating the bumper brace, the brace now butts up against the front bulkhead providing support to the bottom bumper screws, preventing chassis de-lamination in hard frontal collisions. Included in the set are a new foam bumper, the upper carbon fibre bumper brace and mounting hardware.

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February 10, 2014

Kyosho Plazma Ra Red 50th Anniversary Edition

Kyosho Germany introduce the Plazma Ra Red 50th Anniversary Edition 1/12th pan car kit. Building on the already known Plazma Ra kit, the Red edition comes with two optional roll dampers, optional rear wheel hubs and also an optional rear bulkhead. Otherwise the features remain the same as are the carbon fibre main chassis, symmetrical front end components, Futaba/JR compatible mini servo mounts and a large diameter ball differential.

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February 10, 2014

Titan Blitz GT 1/8 bodyshell

New from Team Titan comes the Blitz GT bodyshell for 1/8th GT cars. Mimicking a 2-door GT car, the realistic looking body is made for 320mm to 330mm wheelbase chassis, it features a rear wing support with three wing stays and the body is available moulded from regular 1.2mm or lightweight 1.0mm polycarbonate. Included are also pre-cut window masks, large diameter wing mounting hardware and two rear wings to achieve different downforce levels by simply swapping wings.

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February 10, 2014

Hartson & Denney win opening A-Mains

Steven Hartson and Tanner Denney took easy wins in the opening A-Mains of the JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals in St.Louis but not in the expected order with 4WD Top Qualifier Hartson taking the 2WD win while 2WD Top Qualifier Denney won the first 4WD encounter. The first of the A-Mains to be run Denney built up an early lead with his new B5 and looked set to cruise to an easy win but starting from 4th on the grid and avoiding an early pile up Hartson reeled in his younger team-mate. With Hartson right on his motor Denney would survive his first mistake at the log section but the former series champion would capitalise on the second mistake to go on and take the win by over 4 seconds with Team Losi Racing’s Taylor Larsen completing the Top 3.

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February 9, 2014

Mike Swauger extends contract with Picco

Team Picco announce that Mike Swauger has signed an early contract extension with the Italian-based engine manufacturer. Mike’s previous contract with Picco/kevcoracing was to expire at the end of 2014, but now will continue through 2016.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

February 9, 2014

Hartson TQs 4WD in St.Louis

Steven Hartson is Top Qualifier of 4WD Buggy at the JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals at SmacTrac, St.Louis, the Associated driver securing the honour as team-mate Tanner Denney topped the fourth & final qualifier. Running in the C heat, Denney posted the fastest qualifier of the weekend finishing 1.4 seconds up on Xray’s Josh Wheeler. The only driver who could challenge Hartson for pole in the Main, JR Mitch looked on target to take Q4 but a late mistake dropped the Q3 Top Qualifier down the order with the Team Losi Racing driver only able to recover to take third just in front of Hartson. As a result Mitch will start third on the grid behind the B44.2’s of Hartson and Denney while Wheeler’s XB4 starts fourth.

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February 9, 2014

Daniele Ielasi joins Team BMT

Front running Italian and 2008 1/10th World Champion Daniele Ielasi has joined Team BMT for the 2014 season. After running for Shepherd for a number of years and using Capricorn cars for the past 6 months Daniele is now looking ahead to working with Italian manufacturer BMT. This is what Daniele had to say about the deal:

I am very happy to join the BMT team for 2014. Special thanks to Pasquale for the offer, a very interesting offer I could not refuse, allowing me to collaborate on a new project, backed by a big name, BMT. I am really excited about this new adventure. I also would like to thank Capricorn and especially Patrizio Rossi for their support over the past 6 months.