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.
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JConcepts have introduced a number of new items including new bodies for the Hot Bodies D8T and Traxxas 1/16th Slash. First up is the new Punisher body for the D8T which they claim to be is the meanest, nastiest thing out for 1/8th truck racing. Beginning with the newly re-designed grill and headlight treatment, the Punisher stares you down like a trained fighter. The hood and cab treatment are amongst the lowest in class giving the Punisher top notch performance. The bed area represents the latest offering for 1/8th truck racing featuring a super low profile design for increased engine cooling, air flow and escape. For the 1/16th Slash, the Truth’s cab, bed and fenders are all areas of focus and in addition, one of the highlights of the styling cues includes extra fender clearance to minimize troublesome tire rubbing issues.
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Tamiya Denmark have announced that Steen Graversen is back with Tamiya. Steen has decided to go back to the Tamiya team, after some years as a Factory driver for Kyosho, and will have his first race with the new car at the Czech Grand Prix in Hrotovice next month. The multiple European Championship finalist will be racing the Tamiya TRF416WE in the first races, and will switch to the new TRF416X when it is released. The power will once again from Team Orion utilizing the Swiss company’s motors and batteries. Steen wished to say “many thanks, to the Kyosho Factory in Japan, for the last years”.
Source: Tamiya Denmark [tamiya.dk]
Nosram have introduced a number of new items including their new line up of VTEC LiFe receiver packs and their VTEC pre glued Carpet tires. The batteries are a combination of today’s most used battery types, the robustness and impact resistance of NiMh batteries combined with the capacity, long lifetime and weight advantage of a LiPo battery. They also impress with a higher number of charge cycles and higher cell safety compared to LiPos and the further advantage is that it can be used without an extra RX-regulator. The new VTEC CPX tires offer a newly developed high-traction tire specially for indoor carpet racing. The pre-glued tire features a special low-profile design, which prevents traction-roll on medium to high-grip tracks. With the new CPX pre-glued carpet tire, Nosram also offers a wheel for carpet touring car racing that guarantees 100% controlled racing. The answer to all tyre cheating possibilities are the semi-transparent rims, through which you see the inside of the rims, the result is no cheating.
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Team Titan have introduced their new line up of arm reamers. Designed for resizing the arm hole to fit the suspension pin perfectly, they come in 3 sizes, 3.0mm, 3.5mm, 4.0mm. Sporting a lightweight blue anodised aluminium handle this is the best tool for freeing up your binding suspension.
Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]
Borås Miniracing Klubb have been in contact to promote the Nordic Championship for 1/10 Touring & 1/12 Track that takes place from the 14th to 15th of November in Viskafors, Sweden. Open to these two classes, the event is run according to the regulations of EFRA and with the agreements of Norway and Finland, allowing both NiMh (5 cells) and LiPo batteries for 1/10 and only NiMh (4 cells) for 1/12. Registration is now open and more information can be found by visiting the event site here.
DE Racing, best known for their skid plates, have released two new products with their tank pull kits and tire spikes. The tank pull kit is a sleek, simple and truly universal fueling solution for your nitro powered vehicle. No more playing ‘tank pull engineer’ only to end up with an unrefined look or using a ridged plastic loop that’s a snag away from emptying your tank. Available in multiple colours, they are easy to install and allow your pit man a strong grip to open your tank lid. Also new in both buggy and truggy tire versions, are these new tire spikes, which are a simple and effective way to keep up to 4 tires securely kept together for transport or storing. Also available in a wide range of colours.
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Team Epic have released the new range of Trinity Nemesis motors, which they claim will out perform the current motors on the market and crush the performance of any combo. Hook the Nemesis up to any good speed control for the highest performance possible with today’s technology. The Nemesis is American designed by Team Epic and incorporates all the tricks and tweaks developed by Jim Dieter & Paul Lemieux while winning every major modified race in the past 18 months. A new stator, rotor and sensor are just a few of the many improvements incorporated into the Nemesis line.
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