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May 18, 2018

New Pro-Line Slide Job & Pyramid 1/10th tyres

Coming from Pro-Line is a range of new 1/10th off-road tyres aimed at oval and astro turf racing. Starting with the dirt oval range, new are the Slide Job 2.2” 2WD front and 2WD/4WD rear tyre in M4 super soft compound as well as the 2.2”/3.0” M3 soft short course tyre. The Slide Job tread pattern design was inspired by the tyres found in full-size dirt oval racing to ensure realistic style and performance on buggy and SC-based rigs. To make it easy on race technical inspection during spec races, Pro-Line has moulded in compound Identifiers into the sidewall of each tyre. The Slide Job SC features rounded side tread for consistent slide action that will not catch ruts and flip your truck when you throw it up into the corner. The multi-block tread pattern creates great forward grip combined with long lasting and consistent performance.

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May 15, 2018

DE Racing G6T short course oval tyres

DE Racing have introduced their all-new G6T and Grooved G6T short course oval tyres. Purpose-designed for dirt oval racing the tyres fit industry-standard 2.2”/3.0” short course rims and they are available in D30 and D40 compounds. No inserts are included but most 1/10th SC inserts will fit to fine-tune the tyre’s performance.

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May 11, 2018

HPI Racing 28C & 36A Challenge-legal touring car tyres

HPI Racing have introduced their new HPI Challenge legal 28C carpet and 36A asphalt touring car tyres. Both use 0mm offset 24mm hard dish rims and the specific rubber compounds ensure long durability and exceptional traction. High-quality inserts further up the performance of the tyres that come marked for easy identification and cool looks. The tyre are sold in sets of four and they are HPI Challenge legal from now on.

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May 9, 2018

Shepherd introduce new 1/8 & 1/10 foam tyres

Shepherd have announced their new range of foam tyres for 1/8 and 1/10 on-road cars. The new double spoke rims for 1/8th scale cars as well as the Star rims for 1/10th scale kits are made from premium-quality black composite material with a high amount of carbon making the rims very stiff, strong and ultra true running. The high quality foam ensures best performance under various track conditions and the tyres are coming in different hardnesses from 32 to 42 shore and as a special super soft “wet” variant.

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May 9, 2018

Team Bomber on-road tyre glueing bands

Japanese company Team Bomber have introduced their new tyre glueing bands for 1/10th and 1/12th on-road tyres. The rubber bands help to put the right amount of pressure on the tyre during mounting and glueing, ensuring high-quality and reliable bonding of tyre and rim. The purple colour bands come in packs of ten and they are available now.

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May 3, 2018

HRC Racing 1.9” Mud Country crawler tyres

HRC Distribution have introduced their new HRC Racing Mud Country tyres for 1.9” 1/10th scale crawlers. The pre-mounted tyres come on chrome gun metal, chrome silver or black colour wheels and include screw-retained hub caps for a realistic appearance. Each set contains four pre-mounts and they are available now.

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April 30, 2018

Raw Speed Incisor & RugBurn 1/10th buggy tyres

Raw Speed have introduced their all-new Incisor and RugBurn carpet tyres for 1/10th 2WD buggies. These specifically designed tyres utilise low-profile carcasses for an overall lower centre of gravity, a proper geometry and a very responsive performance. The Incisor is a narrow 2WD front tyre while the RugBurn is usable for both 2WD and 4WD rides. Both will be hitting stores very soon.

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April 25, 2018

Contact A30 carpet spec touring car rubber tyre

Coming from Schumacher is the Contact Tyres A30 carpet spec touring car rubber tyre. It is a pre-glued tyre build designed for indoor carpet racing and it has been developed and tested by Schumacher Racing’s staff and team drivers to provide excellent traction and wear rates for the vigour’s of carpet racing. The A30 is built on a Schumacher Revlite 24mm wheel and lightweight black foam insert usually found in other popular carpet spec tyres and it comes in packs of four.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]