Xray has introduced new -6mm lower shock spring retaining collars suitable for its range of 1:10 offroad platforms. Fitting XB2, XB4, XT2, and XT4, the collars allow you to decrease the ride height to achieve a lower centre of gravity. Strategically lightened, the collars are CNC-machined from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium for increased reliability and come as a set of 4 pieces.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro made it 2 from 2 in the AMSCI Italian National Championship over the weekend taking the win at his home track, the Ongaroring. The World Champion and reigning Italian Champion topped 3 of the four rounds of qualifying to secure the TQ ahead of Kyosho pairing Marco Baruffolo, who topped Q4, and Riccardo Berton. Starting the 45-minute from pole ahead of Berton and Sworkz’s Mattia Polito after winning the faster of the Semi Finals, Ongaro would secure his second win of the 4-round championship by a lap over Berton, who suffered a DNF at Round 1. With the Top 3 finishing as they started the final, Polito claimed his second podium finish of the season having finished P2 at the season opener at River Park RC track back in March.
Image: Mattia Polito [Facebook]
Schumacher has released four new option parts for their Mi9 1:10 Electric Touring Car that includes a brass front weigh, a new stiff carbon fibre chassis, Split Top Decks, and a Lock Stop Steering Arms Set. With fine tuning of chassis balance gets more and more critical in Touring Car Performance, the 20g Brass Front Weight for the Mi9 is a great option which keeps the centre of gravity super low, and positions centrally in between the servo and LiPo. Made from brass and nicely coated in stealth black, itits with either the standard kit servo mount or the popular Aerox LP1s direct fit servo. A new 2mm ‘Stiff Weave’ carbon fibre chassis is ideally suited for medium to higher grip conditions and has similar feeling to that of an alloy chassis yet is lighter. The 2mm thickness gives that all important lower centre of gravity increasing corner speed. Also crucial for Touring Car Performance is chassis flex so Schumacher has also introduced a new Split Top Deck made from 1.6mm carbon fibre which enables a greater set up window to be obtained with the options available. Finally an option for improved reliability in a crash is the new Lock Stop Steering Arms Set. The gives a hard steering arm stop on lock and in unusual crashes this can protect the front roll bar from becoming bent.
Schumacher’s reigning British Electric Touring National Champion Elliott Harper took the first win of his title defence with a dominant win at Round 2 of the BRCA Championship held at the Stafford track over the weekend. With the Awesomatix of Round 1 winner Olly Jefferies not making the trip to the Midlands track, Harper would dominate qualifying topping four of the five rounds to secure the TQ. Xray’s Harley Eldridge was his closest challenger counting her three Top 2 times to line up second ahead of multiple champion Chris Grainger while the privately enter Awesomatix of Stefan Chodzynski completed the second row. In the triple A-Mains, Harper continued his dominance by taking all three legs for the overall win, Eldridge took second via her two second place finishes with Grainger completing the podium with a second and a third.
Following on from the release of their lightweight polycarbonate 1:8 Buggy wings. Aerox, the accessories brand from Schumacher, is now offering a smaller version of the wing for 1:10 offroad. An especially wide 7 inch wing it is best suited for lower grip conditions such as wet astro or dirt. The included centre wing can be helpful to guide the car in the air and offer improved stability. Available in Clear or Carbon Fibre look the win is produced from 1mm thickness polycarbonate and is Pre-Cut making it super easy to mount and use.
The Hudy Arena played host to the Warm-up Race for the EFRA 1:10 Offroad European Championships over the weekend where Xray pairing David Ronnefalk and Martin Bayer took the wins. Also running as a round of the Hudy Series, in 2WD Buggy it was the Schumacher of defending European Champion Michal Orlowski who secured the TQ on the indoor dirt track ahead Team Associated’s Jonna Haatanen, Bayer, and Ronnefalk. In 4WD quali, former champion Bayer took the top spot from Orlowski with Xray’s Bartosz Zalewski lining up P3. In the finals, Ronnefalk would get the better of Orlowski in A1 & 2 to take the overall win, while victory in A3 gave Haatanen the runner-up spot with Orlowski having to settle for third. 4WD was also decided in A2 as Bayer won both encounters. Winning A3, Orlowski finished P2 while Zalewski completed the podium.
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The seventh edition of the International Buggy Challenge took place in Portugal over the weekend where Sworkz’s Juan Carlos Canas took a double victory. With the Barcelos track in for a busy 2025 as its hosts the inaugural IFMAR 1:8 Electric Buggy World Championship and the EFRA 1:8 Nitro Buggy European Championship, this year’s IBC would also double up as the official Warm-up race for both championships. Having been forced to rescheduled the race, originally set for May 2-4, as a knock on effect of a major national power outage that effected both Portugal and Spain recently, the race attracted just over 90 racers as a number of top drivers had other race commitments. In qualifying it was Spanish youngster Adrian Pariente who took the nitro TQ ahead of his older brother Daniel after they each TQ’d a round. Canas TQ’d the opening round but ended up P6 on the grid with the Infinity of Bruni Coelho completing the Top 3. In the 45-minute final, reigning European Champion Canas would lay down the fastest lap of the race as he worked his way to the front to win by just under half a lap from Adrian. Former World Champion Robert Batlle competed the podium with his Sworkz 20-seconds behind Pariente. Local hero Joao Figueiredo would finish fourth ahead of Coelho. In eBuggy, Canas dominated topping all three qualifiers before winning all three A-Mains with Coelho and Adrian Pariente joining him on the podium.
Image: Robert Batlle [Facebook]
T-Works has introduced this A-Arm Reinforcing Insert set for the Team Associated RC8 B4.1 1:8 Buggy platform. Made from 7075 aluminium for optimised weight, the inserts enhance structural strength of the Front/Rear A-Arms. This additional hardness of the A-Arm also contributes to improved stability and sharpens reaction in cornering performance. Easy to install, the inserts are also offered as a front or rear arm only set.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
