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January 29, 2012

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– New XRAY T3’12 Low-Traction Chassis & Top Deck
– New XB808 FRP Mud Protector
– XRAY TQ @ETS #2 – full report
– Ben Sterling Joins XRAY
– Juanma Guillen Joins XRAY
– T3’11 Wins 2011 North Cyprus Championship
– Rick Vrielijnck joins XRAY Factory Team
– Travis Amezcua Joins XRAY

Click here to view the round-up

January 28, 2012

Video – Euro Touring Series Italy Highlights

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With the Euro Touring Series making its first trip to Italy last weekend, we wanted to capture the great atmosphere that 300 drivers and lots of passionate Italians can bring to an event. We feel the video above does an awesome job of showing the fun, friendly and competitive vibe at one of Italy’s biggest ever races.

January 28, 2012

Axial Wraith front & rear sway bar kits

New from Axial Racing to set your Wraith up for high speed rock racing, or Recon G6 Challenge style events is this front and rear sway bar kit. Designed for high speed this system will let you soften up your suspension for jumps, while keeping torque twist and body lean to a minimum during acceleration. A sway bar’s main function is to control body roll, yet still allow your shocks to move vertically with the changing terrain giving you more stability at high speed. Each sway bar lever is made from CNC machined black anodized aluminium and each kit includes three different steel sway bars (soft, medium and firm) for fine tuning body roll and suspension articulation. All required hardware is also included.

View the complete kit contents here

January 28, 2012

Racers Edge Power Grip nut drivers

Back by popular demand and updated for 2012, the Racers Edge Power Grip nut drivers come complete with rubber grips and in all common standard and metric sizes. Each size is etched into the bit, just like the original series, for quick reference in your pit box. Each size is precision machined with a narrow overall circumference for the best possible fit in any application. Their new ‘Grenade’ grips make for a locked in but comfortable feel for those long wrenching sessions. Available in 5.0mm, 5.5mm, 7.0mm & 8.0mm as well as 3/16″, 1/4″, 11/32″ & 3/8″ versions.

Source: Racers Edge [racers-edge.com]

January 28, 2012

Pro-Line Slash 4×4 ProTrac kit sneak peek

Pro-Line have released a sneak peek of their new Slash 4×4 ProTrac kit. Near completion the kit will consist of new suspension arms and turnbuckles to widen the geometry of the truck for smoother handling. The arms have multiple mounting locations for suspension tuning and the wheels, which will most likely be included, will be the popular ProTrac negative offset matching other popular SC trucks such as SC10 and Losi. The team is really excited as the Prototype truck has performed very well in testing at a variety of tracks. We will have more information when the kit is released.

View more images of the kit here

January 27, 2012

Robitronic 5500mAh 3S 60C LiPo pack

Robitronic have added this 5500mAh 3S 60C LiPo pack with hard case to their battery line up. The ideal LiPo pack for monster trucks, truggys and buggys, it features the newest generation internals with extra low resistance to keep higher voltage for the complete run. Due to the small dimensions of the battery it fits perfectly under most bodies and the battery comes equipped with a convenient “T” connector and comes pre wired with 10 cm long, super flexible 4mm² silicon cable EH Type balance connector.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.com]

January 27, 2012

Tresrey DEX210/410 hop-up parts

Tresrey have released new hop-up parts for the Team Durango DEX210/410 expected to be released in early February. First up is the aluminium RF suspension hanger for more stiffness and durability. Changing “kick-up” angle to 3deg from 2deg which is kit standard makes the rear of the car more stable and gives you more room to set-up.

View more details here

January 27, 2012

EFRA 1/12th Spec Euros cancelled

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More announcements from EFRA, this time its the turn of Electric Vice Chairman Russell Giles to tell us that the 1/12th Spec Euros, scheduled for 9-11 March in Austria has been cancelled due to lack of entries.

Read the full letter here