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October 23, 2022

Kurzbuch announces Team Shepherd departure

Former 1:8 Onroad World Champion Simon Kurzbuch has announced his departure from Team Shepherd. The Swiss driver leaves the German chassis manufacturer after representing the brand at the top of the sport for 12 years. In 2015, Kurzbuch & Shepherd achieved the ultimate prize in the sport when he was crowned World Champion in Brazil. Other highlights of the partnership include the 2018 European Championship and a string of titles during the height of the Euro Nitro Series. Announcing he will leave Shepherd on social media, he said, ‘It all started 2010 with the club race at our home track. I drove the first time my Shepherd Velox, it was so exciting. Today it ends, with the club race at my home track I’m so excited for the “last dance” with my Shepherd Velox! But it’s much more. Almost half of my life I’ve been going through a crazy adventure and I’m so f##king thankful for every single moment! Thanks to the whole Schäfer family and PiccoBello, Beat and Käthi, who brought me on this way to meet so many people (Sorry to not name you all but you are in my heart!), winning every possible title in this category – I have tears in my eyes because it was so great and we will always remember it – forever ever! Every End is a beginning of something new – cant wait to tell you more about!’ An official announcement on his new team is expected in 2-weeks time.

Source: Simon Kurzbuch [facebook.com]

October 22, 2022

Bittydesign VPR 1:10 Street Drag racing body

Bittydesign has released the ‘VPR’ 1:10 Street Drag racing body shell. The Italian company say the project was born from the desire to create an extraordinary product developed specifically for drag races, “No Prep Street” category. Made with 1mm thick high quality polycarbonate Lexan, the body shell was designed on Team Associated’s DR10 chassis but can also be mounted on Losi 22S chassis No Prep Drag, Traxxas Slash 2wd Drag Car & Traxxas Drag Slash 1:10. Making reference to one of the most iconic American supercar ever made, during the design Bittydesign produced a few parts that complete the racing look of the VPR and aid in performance. The included rear ‘drag racing’ spoiler extension improves and “cleans” the air turbulence generated in the rear. They also offer an optional large GT rear wing to reproduce the exact style of the 1:1 scale GT car.

View more ‘GT’ style and more images here

October 22, 2022

JConcepts Slam-Tech inserts

The new Slam-Tech inserts by JConcepts are a new light-weight alternative for RC monster truck racing. Tyre inserts can be just as important as a performance tyre, and in many instances, proves to assist handling in the most difficult conditions. From a competitive standpoint, jump landings are extremely important, but perhaps most important in the monster truck community where the slightest advantage can produce a huge victory in a single racing pass. In testing, using a hard, closed cell type material in the tyres creates smoother rolling speed, more balance in the tyre and helps minimise rebound in the tyres off jump landings. The Slam-Tech is a new generation of insert with molded exclusive materials with radial details found on off-road racing inserts. Traditional open cell inserts weigh ~38gms each, while the Slam-Tech inserts weigh in at ~24gms each. This lowers the rotating weight of any RC monster truck by a considerable amount thus providing more acceleration, better in-air control, less un-sprung weight, and less overall weight. The inserts are compatible with JConcepts tyres such as the 2.6” Renegades, Knobs, Launch, Racer, and Runner.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

October 22, 2022

JConcepts Firestorm Racer/Runner Monster Truck tyres

JConcepts have added two new tyres to their Monster Truck range. The ‘Racer’ tyre is a twist and a turn off the popular Firestorm tire providing a new cutting-edge option. In the past, the only way to modify scale monster truck tires was to slice and cut by knife, taking up to as much as 40 hours per tire. The JConcepts Racer tire has those trimmed sections built into the RC tire pattern featuring crisply “chiseled” carcass removal and heavily back-cut lugs. The sidewalls have been chamfered, removing overhung tread to provide a light-weight design capable of driving through high-traction turns with a freeness that helps quicken the rotation. The tyres are crew-cut to maintain performance in all the right areas while maintaining low-profile with a wide-body base. The ‘Runner’ tyre has a completely lowered lug to create the low-profile stance making it desirable on the racing scene. The lugs have a front and rear edge so they can dig in both directions without throwing too much free dirt.

View Runner tyre here

October 21, 2022

Xray X4 ’23 Touring Car

Xray have today finally unveiled the 2023 edition of their 1:10 touring car platform, the World Championship winning X4 ’23. Key features of the new car include all-new XLP shocks that are 9mm shorter for improved cornering speed, steering response, and stability makes the car easier to drive in all surface conditions. The shocks are 2.6g lighter removing 10.4g from the front and rear of the chassis to improve weight placement while retaining the same internal oil volume compared to ULP shocks for consistent dampening. New pistons for improved travel from the more compact shock design ad new springs are 3mm shorter to match the new shocks. Front shock towers matched to short shocks are 8mm lower to improve CG with two optimised shock mounting positions. The Rear shock tower is also updated to work with the short shocks. Redesigned with additional material to improve durability in severe crashes and 8mm lower with 2 shock mounting positions to improve CG and optimise handling. The car features a number of heavy duty parts including lower bulkheads for improved durability while maintaining ultra-low weight with heavy duty upper clamps improving durability in hard crashes.

View the X4 ’23 presentation here for complete details

October 21, 2022

Montech ‘Divo’ Hypercar bodyshell

Italian company Montech have introduced a Hypercar bodyshell to fit on all 190mm touring models. The ‘Divo’ has a big emphasis on details to reflect the original car it is based on. Made from premium quality lexan polycarbonate, the kit includes the window masks, headlight stickers and the fixing screws & washers for the rear wing.

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October 21, 2022

Infinity IF15 low ratio pinions

Infinity has released new pinions for their IF15 1:10 nitro onroad platform to provide low gearing intended for use on short technical tracks. The 15 tooth first gear and 20 tooth second gear pinions are made from lightweight 7075 aluminium with hard coating.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

October 21, 2022

Pro-Line 1978 Chevy K-10 Body

Pro-Line has released their first body shell for the Axial SCX6 Rock Crawler, a 1978 Chevy K-10. The fully licensed shell gives your 1:6 scale crawler a super scale, retro-classic look with this fleetside Chevy®, which is one of the hottest nostalgic full-size trucks. The 1978 K-10 body has been carefully sculpted with realistic details that recreate the lines and squared-off style of this iconic truck. It is molded from extra-thick, 2mm thick crystal-clear polycarbonate for extra durability on your giant rig. To fit this body to your SCX6, the AXI350001 body post set from Axial is required.

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