Available now for a wide range of 1/10th off-road buggies are VP-Pro’s new disc rims. They are moulded from a special nylon material for light weight and the right amount of flex. Coming in neon yellow or white colour the rims are available in various specifications for current Team Associated, Team Durango, Kyosho, TLR and Xray buggies.
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Team C Racing introduce new protective chassis stickers and pre-cut labels for 2S hardcase LiPo battery packs. Starting with the chassis stickers, they are designed for the use with the upcoming TC10 touring car, come pre-cut and sport a printed carbon fibre design along grey or yellow details. They are made to protect the bottom of the chassis plate from becoming excessively scratched on abrasive surfaces such as asphalt and concrete while adding a distinctive look to your ride. Also new are corresponding 2S LiPo hardcase battery labels. They fit most of today’s battery packs, cover the upper side of the battery and include an additional label for the front side to write battery details on.
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Tekno RC introduce the Super Light 1/8th buggy conversion kit for the SCT410 short course truck. The set is designed to create a lightweight 1/8th racing buggy that is deal for Pro4 power systems and 2S LiPo battery packs and best suited for tight indoor tracks where drivability and an easy to control car is needed. The conversion kit includes all necessary parts to convert the SCT410 4×4 SC truck into a 1/8th EB48 SL buggy. 17mm adapters, extended stub axles, wheel nuts, an EB48 body, wing, wing mount, buggy radio tray, buggy battery tray, buggy bumper and rear mud guards along a manual and all necessary hardware are part of the kit that is available now.
Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]
The fourth round of the Austrian electric off-road nationals took place in Krieglach. 36 drivers in 2WD and 28 entries in 4WD tried to tackle the dusty clay track that got better during the practice heats but later on started to break up. Some drivers tried to race mid motor buggies in 2WD one of which was Team Durango’s Hupo Hönigl, but the tricky surface made the buggies difficult to drive and since these cars need a different racing line most of the drivers came back to rear motor machines for the qualifiers and finals. Sunday Morning started with four rounds of qualifying and when the dust settled the Team Durango duo of Hupo Hönigl and Martin Kreil lead in 2WD with equal points, but a faster time gave Hupo the TQ spot. 3rd and 4th went to the Team Associated duo Pinisch/Pfeifhofer, also equal in points with 3rd going to Peter Pinisch. In 4WD Hupo took 3 out of 4 rounds, taking the TQ in front of Yokomo’s René Trauner and Stefan Pfeifhofer (Team Associated) with Martin Kreil in 4th and Pinisch in 5th position.
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The Italian GT Championship was held at the GAE track in Ferrara with around 40 drivers attending. In the Expert class BMT driver Roberto Catanzani took TQ and went on to win the class in front of Riccardo Scanziani and Massimo Suardi. Victorious in the F1 category was polesitter and BMT driver Federico Lazzerini, Caprarulo Stefano came in second with Spataro Alessio completing the podium.
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Team Losi Racing’s Adam Drake made a clean sweep at the recent JBRL Nitro Series round 6 at Thunder Alley Raceway. In the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy class Adam came in first and he also took home the win in E-Buggy after fighting all the way to the finish line with team mate Mike Truhe. Jose Alvarado (TLR) took the victories in both Sportsman Buggy and Truck.
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Team Shepherd announce the release of the European Championship winning Velox V8 Pro conversion set. The kit contains all parts needed to upgrade the Velox V8 to the latest specifications as it was used by Jilles Groskamp and Daniel Sieber to win the Euros A and B. The new lower front arms are equipped with small uniballs for a stepless adjustment of the front anti-roll bar linkage while the CNC-machined aluminium bulkheads made of 7075-T6 aluminium sport a support for the ballraced wire-type anti-roll bar as well as plastic bushing for the one-way ball bearings. In addition the updated middle bearing block and the gear shaft bearing blocks are also equipped with plastic inserts for less vibrations and a smoother running of the ball bearings. The new hollow 8mm gearbox shaft reduces the rotating mass for improved acceleration and it features a much smaller 2-speed adapter and new aluminium adapters for the plastic pulleys. The set as well as the Velox V8 Pro kit are available now.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The Mini-Z Indonesia Open 2013 was held in Mangga Dua Square, Jakarta in last weekend. With a competitive 70 entry from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the U.S. the meeting was run in a Stock 50T and a Modified class. Saturday saw two qualifying rounds with a single controlled practice before qualifying. The Stock class was TQ’ed by American Mini-Z Legend, Grant Matsushima who recorded 22 laps in 5:01. Local ace, Bowie Ginting was the closest to Matsushima and only 4 seconds behind. Malaysian Jason Wong secured the 3rd spot, 5 seconds behind Bowie. Alvin Lim (Singapore) and Jeff Cheong (Malaysia) followed closely to complete the top 5. The Modified class TQ went to Dave Tang from Singapore who outperformed Grant Matsushima with Bowie, Tri Hariyanto (Indonesia) and Philip Ng completing the top 5.
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