VP-Pro now have their Striker Evo tyre available for the front of 1/10 4WD buggies. The square symmetrical tread pattern is ideal for all hard surface tracks that have taken rubber or for clay tracks with a minimal dust groove. It is available in three different rubber compounds.
Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]
The final round of the popular JBRL Nitro Series took place this past weekend at Hot Rod Hobbies. Team Losi Racing’s Adam Drake claimed the TQ and win in Expert Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy class. He was sidelined by Kyosho’s Cody King and Sean Gaffney in Nitro as as well as TLR team mate Mike Truhe in E-buggy.
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The Lahti Touring Car Challenge was held in Lahti, Finland in the town’s Fair Centre as part of the Kätevä-Tekevä-Lukeva crafts, hobbies and reading expo that saw around 8,500 visitors throughout the weekend. The race was run in three classes, with the main one being the 28 driver invitational 10.5T blinky ProStock class, run in a spectator friendly format with racing consisting of final type starts with mixed heat and starting order. Seven rounds were held with four seven car heats per rounds of which six rounds counting for the final order. Saturday also saw a supporting blinky 17.5T stock class and on Sunday a FWD class was run, both in a more familiar two qualifying rounds and two final rounds format. The invitational ProStock class gathered a variety of top Finnish national FinTrack-Tour series drivers from the several classes to race each other in a more laid-back fun event. The invitational class also had some interesting names in the mix, especially Christer Andersson who made a one-off comeback with a borrowed Yokomo BD7 after a two year hiatus from the sport. Also one of Europe’s fastest 1/12th scale racers, Vesa Yli made a touring car comeback with the new Serpent car.
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Reds Racing have introduced the R5R Racer, a completely renewed and redesigned tuned engine in their 3.5cc offroad line, based on the previous version R5 Classic. The Racer is one of the most advanced and innovative products on the market at a mid range street price. It is equipped with the best technology in order to improve reliability and guarantee the best performance on all terrains. The R5R is provided with a new cooling system which has a positive impact on fuel consumption and reliability and furthermore, the new Racer timing guarantees a smoother power delivery in order to make the engine extremely drivable, suitable for every type of track and to help reduce fuel consumption. The engine is matched with the Reds 2069 or 2104 pipe, manifolds M, S or XS and the Reds “one touch” effortless clutch system.
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Round 1 of the Pacific North-West Showdown Series was held this past weekend at Top Gear Raceway in Clackamas, OR. This 2-day event consisted of open practice on Saturday along with 1 round of qualifying starting while Sunday would see 2 more rounds of qualifying starting followed by double A-Main Events. The premier class of the weekend was 2wd Modified Buggy. Kyosho/Team Orion’s Andy DiBrino would go onto TQ all 3 rounds of qualifying to take the overall TQ. DiBrino then went onto lead every lap in both A-Main Events uncontested, to take home the overall win with his Team Orion powered Kyosho RB6 in Mid-Motor configuration. Shaun Dunlap went onto qualify 2nd and finish 2nd overall while Kyosho America/Team Orion USA Team Manager was on hand to lend his support to his team and raced as well. JP went onto qualify 3rd and would finish 3rd overall to take the final spot on the podium.
Revolution Design Racing Products introduce the aluminium steering rack set for Kyosho’s RB6 buggy. Designed to replace the kit’s plastic steering bellcranks and rack with a more rigid and more precise solution, the set includes CNC-machined and black anodised aircraft-quality 7075-T6 aluminium parts for maximized durability. The higher strength of the steering assembly also improves steering precision on high-grip surfaces for a more agile and predictable handling. Included in the set are two bellcranks and the steering rack with the parts also fitting the recently released RT6 truck.
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Yeah Racing now have three new colour variants of the Ultimate Version TT-01/01E conversion kit available. The sets contain virtually all of Yeah Racing’s aluminium as well as many steel option parts such as upper and lower wishbones, hub carriers, steering upgrades, steel suspension pins, ball bearings, aluminium outdrives and many more. Included are also an alloy centre prop shaft, steel and aluminium universal driveshafts 55mm aluminium shock absorbers, a complete spring set, shock and bearing oils. Beside a blue version also red, purple and orange sets are available.
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The 2nd round of the RCProf Speedpassion Challenge was held in Budapest on an indoor carpet track. Beside several other classes including electric buggy also a touring car modified and 13.5T race was held. Qualifying for the touring cars proved to be difficult due to the track conditions as the buggy tyres made for tricky grip conditions. In the Stock class János Birinyi, coming from second on the grid, was able to take the lead in A1 and A2 bringing home an early win for Xray. Viktor Kiss and Tamás Ponghó completed the podium for a 1-2-3 for the Slovakian manufacturer.
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