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May 6, 2024

OfficinaRC “Smart Edge System”

New from OfficinaRC is their “Smart Edge System” which represents the ideal solution for those looking to refine the wheel arches of car bodies quickly and easily. With the increasing importance of bodywork tuning, precision in detail becomes ever more essential, which can be challenging with traditional scissors. To tackle this issue, OfficinaRC’s Smart Edge System comes into play. Lightweight, balanced, highly effective, and manufactured in Italy using high-quality aluminium, the cylinder is shaped to accommodate two rubber rings, ensuring a perfect grip of the ‘sanding band’, secured by a gold-anodised threaded nut. The cylinder also features lightening holes on its base and houses a steel pin fixed by interference. The Smart Edge System comes with the ‘Sanding Band Strong’, but a version with a finer grit called ‘Sanding Band Soft’ is also available.

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May 6, 2024

Canas wins Silver State Indoor Championships

Sworkz Juan Carlos Canas took the big win at the 2024 Silver State Indoor Championships, the Spanish driver winning Pro Nitro Buggy ahead of the Tekno of Truggy Champion Ryan Maifield and TLR’s Dakotah Phend. Once again attracting a massive 1100+ entries, qualifying for the Las Vegas event would see Maifield secure the TQ honours after the completion of the 3 rounds ahead of Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin with Canas third and Phend P4. In the 45-minute final, Rivkin enjoyed a few laps a the front early on before Maifield took charge but 10-minutes in costly mistakes dropped him back. With Canas taking the lead, pit stops giving Phend the lead for a few laps before everything settled down, once in front the European Champion edged out a lead eventually finishing with over 12-seconds on Maifield. Phend would complete the podium a further 5-seconds back. Having won the event a year earlier, Marco Barufollo would finish 5th at South Point Casino and Hotel behind Seth VanDalen. In Truggy, Maifield made the class his own taking the TQ and win from Mason Fuller and Phend, the Top 3 finishing in the same order as they started. In eBuggy, Top Qualifier Fuller won followed home by Maifield and Canas.

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May 6, 2024

Orlowski wins 1up Racing West Coast Invitational

The inaugural 1up Racing West Coast Invitational took place at 2024 IFMAR World Championship host track Finishline RC Raceway where Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski took the win. A nod to the famed Reedy Race Race of Champions, which last ran in 2019, the Mike Reedy Memorial Invitational Touring Car class attracted some strong international entries to the Bakersfield, California, track for 12 rounds of heads up racing. With a field of 16 invitational drivers, Orlowski and Xray’s Bruno Coelho would go right to the wire for the title. Sharing a total of 6 wins each and both ending up on 16 points, and all tie break avenues exhausted, 2nd places, 3rd place etc. the fastest 3 run times combined would give the on form Pole the title over the current World Campion. With most of the major manufacturers using the event to get track time ahead of the ISTC World Championships, that take place in early November, it would the Axon of Japanes driver Akio Sobue who completed the podium. Also with four win Awesomatix’ Lucas Urbain finished 4th ahead of team-mate and best of the host nation representative Sam Isaacs. Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee rounded out the Top 6. Making it a double celebration for Schumacher, Italian Mattia Collina took the traditional race format Open Touring Car win from David Mayhew and Byrce Butterfield while Xray’s Jan Ratheisky won 17.5.

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May 3, 2024

Leadfinger B6 | B7 Retro-mod body

Leadfinger Racing has unveil a new “Retro-Mod” body and wing for Team Associated’s B6 and B7 2WD buggies. In the beginning, the “Retro-Mod” design that started as a side project to create something a little different, surprised everyone by turning into one of the coolest mods in Leadfinger Racing history. If you’re an old school racer you may notice something familiar. In LFR’s opinion, the 1987 Optima Mid body is one of the best-looking 4WD 1:10 scale buggy bodies even today. So, what would happen if we combined a similar body style with the both the Team Associated B6 and B7, well this is it. This body is perfect for the modern-day racer going after that vintage look on their Associated 2WD buggy. Made in the USA from durable polycarbonate, the new “Retro-Mod” body comes clear and ready for paint. Protective over spray film, window masks and official LFR logo stickers are included. The wing is sold separately.

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May 3, 2024

Bittydesign P-GT3R 1:12 GT bodyshell

Following on from the release of its Porsche GT3R styled 1:10 GT bodyshell last week, Bittydesign has now released a smaller 1:12 version intended for use on SupaStox and SupaStox GT plus any other 1:12 scale model in the GT12 category. Meeting BRCA body specs, the P-GT3R 1:12 GT is made with high quality and genuine polycarbonate Lexan and fits all GT12 chassis on the market with 200mm wheelbase and 160mm width rear axle. The body includes a complete set of screw, nuts and large plastic washers to fix properly the rear wing. Sold clear with protective film outside, included in the package is a decal sheet pre-cut and window masks.

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May 3, 2024

Xray X8 1:8 4WD Pan Car

Xray has announced something new to the market with the release of the brand new X8, an electric powered 4WD pan car with a solid rear axle and front one-way axle. This project is realised on the basis of many years of experience within the 1:8 onroad category and was designed by company founder Juraj Hudy, who himself started out RC racing in the sport’s oldest category. The X8 is designed with the mindset of ease-of-use and simplified setup, but most importantly being easy to drive. All of these requirements were fulfilled thanks to its concept, where all chassis components work in perfect symphony on the chassis. The pan car features a unique sandwich chassis design with a battery tray that is integrated from the top for longitudinal reinforcement of the lower chassis plate. The battery tray and lower chassis work together in a uniform flex system. The unique battery tray system of the X8 works together with the lower chassis plate in a uniform flex system and this allows the car to be adjusted for different flex characteristics for different track conditions. By adding or removing the screws on the front chassis brace the flex can be adjusted from very soft up to very stiff.

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May 3, 2024

Rêve D RDX Carbon Chassis & Top Deck Set

Japanese competition drift car manufacturer Rêve D has announced the release of a Carbon Chassis & Top Deck Set for its RDX 1:10 chassis. This optional product set is designed to optimise the performance of the RDX kit with their development team meticulously testing multiple prototypes and conducting numerous field tests to create this set and push the RDX kit’s performance to extreme levels. Scheduled for shipping in late May alongside the previously announced FRP chassis set, this new carbon main chassis & upper deck set are produced from 2.5mm thick twill carbon. Careful attention has been paid to details such as shape, thickness, and lightening to enhance pitching and roll rigidity, taking the RDX’s driving performance to new heights. The set includes two types of connections between the upper deck and battery holder: an aluminium link plate for the genuine plastic resin top deck, and a carbon top deck for increased battery holder rigidity. These options allow instant adjustment of traction balance. Furthermore, the set offers four servo mounting positions, enabling you to customise your setup to suit your course layout and driving style.

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May 3, 2024

Schelle B7 Aluminum Caster Block Mounts

Kurt Wenger’s Texas based Schelle Racing Innovations has released two new options of Caster Block Mounts for the Team Associated B7|B7D buggy 1:10 2WD Buggy. CNC machined from aircraft aluminium and finished with black anodised and laser etching of the Schelle logo and size, they are a practical and durable upgrade for racers. Available in 0 and -2 options, the 1-piece design with M3 threaded and a tapped mounting hole for the upper link makes tuning simple, with the added durability of billet aluminium. The design has a chamfered upper edge for upper link clearance. Blue thread lock is recommended on the ballstud location.

Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]