Made exclusively for Xray’s XB2’20 2WD buggy are LCG graphite composite motor gearbox sets. Moulded from a specially-formulated graphite composite material the gearboxes are lighter and stronger than the standard kit parts, ensuring exceptional durability in ultra heavy duty applications. The gearbox sets are available separately as “front” and “rear” motor position sets.
View the rear motor position gearbox here
Coming from Yokomo are new split rear inner suspension mounts made of heavy brass material. Of the same shape as the standard NA alloy mounts, the brass items add 6g at both sides without sacrificing chassis space, helping to easily adjust chassis balance if conditions call for it. The mounts come black anodised and with machined edge details.
The 2020 King Of The Valley race took place at the Maitland Off-Road Radio Controlled Car Club of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia last weekend. Held over three days, the annual meeting is always a good one, and with many interstate entries it was going to be a tough race. The track is large in size and the dirt surface has vegetable oil applied to it, this makes for a super consistent surface with great grip, meaning the racing is always going to be close and tough. With a revised format the club chose to run a Reedy style system with heads up racing for all qualifiers and a 40-minute final for Nitro and triple 10-minute finals for Electric. Ultimately it was Xray driver, Michael Stone with the win in E-Buggy from HB Racing driver, Jackson Beale and Matt Seckold (Xray) in 3rd. The Nitro Truggy win belonged to Peter Seckold with Peter Eggleton and Brad Stafford rounding out the top 3.
View the Nitro Truggy podium here
Modelix Racing have introduced the new Procircuit V2 series of 1/8th scale buggy tyres that will include updated variants of the popular H-Block, Hot Dice, Addictive and Claymore tyres. The V2 tyres will provide increased traction, side bite and durability thanks to new, softer and more elastic compounds. The V2 series tyres will come in C1 Super Soft (white), C2 Soft (yellow), C3 Medium (orange) and C4 Hard (blue) rubber compounds while the tyre carcass has also been modified and reinforced by adding an inner cross-shaped substructure that adds to the longitudinal rips, helping the wheel, insert and tyre work together in an optimised fashion to provide maximum stability when accelerating as well as in fast corners. The V2 series also features a new insert to make maximum use of the new reinforced structure while improving overall performance with more consistent handling over bumps, effortless jumping and an easy to drive feeling. Lastly the tread patterns have also been revised in order to improve performance while the new high precision injection moulds not only provide a nice glossy surface, but also a super precise and nice finish to all V2 series tyres.
Coming from Sweep are new 24mm spoke rims for 1/10th scale FWD and GT cars. Made of a durable PC material and coming in white or black colour, the rims feature two low profile inner ribs that allow for a greater air gap between insert and tyre. The rims are ideal for the recently introduced Sweep treaded tyres but are also usable with most standard 24mm touring car tyres.
Last weekend saw the running of the fourth round of the Florida Nitro Series. In the 1/8th scale Pro class it was a tight battle for the TQ. Ultimately DJ Apolaro would take the overall TQ with Gianni Giorgio and Roniel Regalado coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. For the main there was a little bit of a rain delay, but the organisers were able to get the race going, however they shortened the mains from 30 to 20 minutes and this made is possible to race. When the final started DJ had to pit after just the 4th lap for a quick tune and this would drop him to 6th, while this allowed Gianni and others to get up front with the lead. While leading Gianni would make an error just a few laps later, meanwhile DJ was working his way back to the front pack. After about 13 laps DJ was back to the front and was able to keep the lead till the end. In the end is was DJ Apolaro (Capricorn) 1st, Tony Rice (Shepherd) in 2nd some three laps down and Mike Strack (Xray) in 3rd just five seconds off Tony.
Thanks to DJ Apolaro for the report.
The penultimate round of the 2019/20 Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. With storm Dennis creating some difficult weather conditions around the country, the entry count ended up being a little lower than the usual full sell-out as some people were prevented from travelling. However, the competition was still close and battles for every position were important. Elliott Harper was already within touching distance of the overall Modified championship, but didn’t get the event off to the start he would need to secure the title on the day – making a number of mistakes in Q1. This allowed Kyle Branson to take the first round with his Capricorn, just ahead of the Yokomo of Harley Eldridge and the Awesomatix of Chris Grainger. Elliott took fourth, with Billy Fletcher, now confirmed as the Super Stock Champion, switching to Modified for the final events and taking a very impressive fifth in round.
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The Russian Indoor Nationals were held in the city of Vladimir recently. The race saw the running of several electric on-road classes it was Maxim Laverychev with the overall TQ and win in the Touring Modified class from Denis Laverychev in 2nd place overall. Kirill Trofimov would complete the all-Awesomatix podium lock-out.
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