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July 1, 2011

Duratrax performance Short Course tyres

Duratrax release four new Short Course tyres along with suitable wheels for most of the popular trucks. Designed for competition use the Lockup, Lineup, Shotgun and Posse called patterns are available in Duratrax’ C2 Soft and C3 Super Soft compounds. Durable, colour-coded sidewall markings make for easy identification. The tyres come in a resealable bag for storage and transportation. The wheels are made to fit all popular Short Course trucks including the Traxxas Slash, HPI Racing Blitz and Associated SC10 and come moulded in black, white or yellow material. Also available are 16 pre-mounted sets with C2 compound tyres on black wheels.

Source: DuraTrax [duratrax.com]

June 20, 2011

Pro-Line close cell 2WD buggy front inserts

Pro-Line have send us a pic of their soon-to-be-released closed cell inserts for 1/10 2WD front tyres. The reusable lightweight inserts come balanced and are waterproof for maximum durability even in the worst possible track conditions.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

June 18, 2011

Pro-Line Revolver 2.0 VTR, closed cell inserts & Blockade tyres

Available soon are Pro-Line’s new Revolver 2.0 VTR truck tyre, VTR closed cell truck inserts and the new Blockade 1/8 scale buggy tyre. The Revolver 2.0 VTR 4.0” Off-Road 1/8 truck tyre is based on the original Revolver, which won the 2008 IFMAR World Championships at the Farm 2, in North Carolina. Subtle changes were made to the tread design that have resulted in better traction and faster lap times on a variety of racing surfaces. Available in Pro-Line’s M2 medium, M3 soft and M4 super soft rubber. Designed for the use with Pro-Line’s VTR line of 1/8 scale competition truck tyres are the updated VTR closed cell truck inserts. The inserts perfectly fit the shape of the tyre meaning no air gaps for a better support of the tyre and also a longer life of the insert even in harsh racing condition. The balanced and 100 percent water safe donuts are of a light weight and designed for tracks that desire a firmer insert. The Blockade 1/8 scale buggy tyre was seen before and finally hits the production status. The ROAR National title winning tyre features large lugs for extended tread life, a balanced tread spacing for optimised forward traction and a unique side tread.

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June 17, 2011

Venom VMX 450 options

Venom got in touch to tell us about a whole load of option parts for their VMX 450 dirt bike in the form of the Stealth Super Moto Tyres, a front brake disc brake and aluminium parts in different colours. The tyres are specially designed for street and road courses, feature scale wear indicator strips for added realism and to help with traction in wet conditions. Available as set inducing front and rear tyre with hard contour inserts, or as parts only with the tyres and inserts sold separately. To help with looks and performance Venom also released a number of option parts in the form of a nylon guide wire set, a front disc brake kit, and an alloy triple clamp and body post set both of which are available with red or titanium grey anodising. Also available are a heavy duty alloy gear support, alloy rear shock absorber with dirt deflector, a 32T option rear sprocket and a wheelie bar wire.

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June 14, 2011

Pro-Line Blockade buggy tire

Having brought you the exclusive first photos of the new Blockade tire from Pro-Line, the California based company have officially announced the new ROAR National title winning tire. The tread design features large lugs for class leading tread life, perfectly balanced tread spacing for maximum forward bite and uniquely blended side tread that reduces the edginess found in other race tires. This tire will give you qualifying speed with tread life capable of handling hour long A-mains.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

June 10, 2011

Shepherd 1/10th Pan Car tires

After a lot of testing and development Shepherd are happy to announce the release of their new line of 1/10th Pan Car tires. The new black rims designed by experienced pan-car racer Josh Cyrul and the best rubber available ensure optimized performance. A wide variety of different shores will help you to find the best setup up for the current track conditions. To help recognize the compound the new tires have color codes for easy identification.

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June 7, 2011

Sweep updated EXP45 GT tires

With the growing popularity of the electric 1/8 GT class, it was obvious some changes were needed in the tires. Because of the extraordinary torque an electric motor creates, there is a lot of stress on the tires. The new improved Sweep EXP45 GT tires have been redesigned to provide more forward traction, come up to race temperature quicker and maintain optimum operating temperature. This results in greater acceleration out of the corner, fewer warm up laps and more consistent performance throughout the run.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

June 2, 2011

Pro-Line Blockade buggy & Revolver 2.0 truggy tires

Pro-Line have shown us their new Blockade buggy tire and the Revolver 2.0 for truggy. The Blockade is an all new tire featuring a larger block with wider spacing between the rows along the circumference, giving good traction levels. Fitting into the range between the Caliber & Revolver tires and is great for racers running longer finals where durability is important. The Revolver 2.0 for truggy is bringing the same technology from the buggy tire, of the same name, to the larger format and is again ideal for longer finals.

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