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December 4, 2024

Willspeed LD3 5 Gear Transmission

Willspeed has announced the release of their first drop fit 5 gear gearbox casing/conversion on the Schumacher LD3 2WD Buggy platform. This is an inclusive conversion that includes two aluminium machined case halves, hardware and enclosed gear cover to fit that 5 gear goodness to your Schumacher LD3. The gearbox relocates the motor +21mm further forward compared to the standard location, a popular setup option in modern off road buggy racing for improving corner speed in medium to high traction scenarios. They have selected the idler gear size to maximise efficiency and reliability, maintaining a higher tooth count provides a fuller tooth engagement, notably even more so on the 32dp gear pitch that Schumacher uses. Maintaining the same gear size as the standard LD3 also allows choice between using Schumacher’s gears or our own WS PEEK gears. The design retains the use of the original gearbox top to maintain the quick diff access. Please note, due to the relocation of the motor, this also relocates the spur gear, meaning the bodyshell must be cut around our included enclosed gear cover. Gearbox halves manufactured in 6082 Aluminium. Gear cover manufactured from Nylon.

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December 4, 2024

Lee announces departure from Yokomo

Long time factory Yokomo touring car racer Nicolas Lee has announced the end of his journey with the Japanese manufacturer. An ISTC World Championship Finalist, the Singapore driver played more than just a driver role during his time with the company and in announcing his departure extended his gratitude towards the team and in particular founder & former owner Tom Yokobori for a partnership that lasted 9-years. Since Lee made his announcement, Yokomo has been in contact with Red RC to inform us that they will be announcing a successor within their factory team line-up and that the identity of that driver will be revealed in the coming days.

Read Lee’s full announcement here

December 4, 2024

Baruffolo departs WIRC Racing

Italian 1:8 Offroad racer Marco Baruffolo has announced his departure from WIRC Racing 14-months after joining the Italian manufacturer. Joining WIRC from Tekno, Baruffolo posted on his social media, ‘As my race season 2024 is almost over, I decided to part away with WIRC Racing. I just wanna say thank you to Franco and all the people’s at the factory, it was a great time with good results. 2025 is calling…’

Source: Marco Baruffolo [Facebook]

December 3, 2024

JConcepts INS15 Announcement

JConcepts in conjunction with Elite RC Media has announced the 2025 INS15. The Indoor National Series, now approaching its 15^th season, is making headlines with a complete and finalized schedule at a host of popular racetracks throughout the RC community. The condensed 2024 campaign was popular in the industry, helping to open the schedule while incorporating a series taking place on both dirt and carpet surfaces. For the new season, JConcepts has teamed up with Elite RC Media to promote, race direct, stream, and cover the INS15 series. The advantage, a single and consistent race director, schedule, and format for the entire series. The promotional side will focus on individual event matchups and points battles throughout the series. Look for Lance MacDonald, Dany Paz, and Keenan White at select events pushing the content of these races to another level. The vision of the Indoor National Series comes from Jason Ruona and the JConcepts Speed Shop team from Groveland, Florida. Since 2010, the series has traveled to remarkable locations, crowning series champions while also showcasing the industry and series affiliates along the way. Key figures in the industry have made the Indoor National Series special, showcasing product and talent at events ranging from dirt, carpet, and astroturf.

View INS15 Calendar here

December 3, 2024

‘Rising Star Program’ awarded at U.S Indoor Champs

First started in 2018 as an initiative at the Canadian National Championships, the ‘Rising Star Program’ was awarded to young racers Brayden Mahar and Simon Vessel over the weekend at the U.S. Indoor Champs in Cleveland. Very passionate about the program, Ryan Combden of Team Zombie Canada, together with some other passionate RC sponsors, once again made the award at the legendary and oldest RC race in the World, 2024 being its 44th year. In being selected for the program Mahar gets a a full 25.5 Touring Car setup while Vessel received a full GT12 setup. Comment on the ward Combden said, ‘We have now made it an annual thing at both the Canadian Nats and Cleveland Indoor Champs. We have had others start to use our name at events in Australia and the west side of Canada. It’s amazing knowing people are jumping on board and making a rising star award at there local track. It’s been an emotional roller coaster seeing peoples faces hearing them talk in the pits about who will win it this year. It’s become the highlight for me at both races. This hobby has given me so much since I got my first Tamiya at 13 to now be 42 giving to well deserved kids and adults. This past race we had 5 former and current rising star winners compete.’

View Brayden Mahar presentation and program sponsors here

December 3, 2024

Boda returns to Team Associated

Having announced his departure from Sworkz in October, Team Associated has announced the return of French offroad racer Clément Boda to its team. Joining the iconic US manufacturer after a 3-year stint with Sworkz, the newly crowned French 1:8 eBuggy National Champion said, ‘We cannot wait to get started and look forward to the journey ahead. For this I would like to give an huge thank to Craig Drescher, Brent Thielke, Yannick Aigoin and Sebastien Mure for making this possible.’ Boda will concentrate on both 1:10 and 1:8 offroad and help enhance the team’s presence across France and Europe by working closely with CML France. His RC10B7, B74.2 and RC8B4.1 will be fully equipped with the latest Factory Team parts and accessories and will make his season debut later this month at the Christmas Race in Paris, France.

Source: Associated [associatedelectrics.com]

December 3, 2024

RugRacers Round 2 – Report

Popular British indoor touring car series RugRacers was back for the second of the 5 round winter series and looking forward to more close racing from Round 1, which did not disappoint. The second round would also have a special guest in recent World Championship runner Michal Orlowski which was a great an opportunity for many to watch one of the very best out there close up racing, every time he was on track the pits seemed to empty as everyone watched on. On the day though it was his team mate & National Champion Elliott Harper that would take TQ in all 4 rounds to line up on pole, Harley Eldridge, the fastest female on the planet was just pipped to 2nd by Orlowski by 2/10ths. Leg 1 and the lead cars got away together, Eldridge dropped to the back but produced a stellar drive of racing and clean overtaking to make it back to 4th by the tone, Harper was able to extend out to a gap of 2secs from Orlowski and they would cross the line in that order with Andy Murray 3rd. Leg 2 would also go the way of Harper to make it two from 2 in the series, having won the season opener last month, with Orlowski 2nd & Eldridge 3rd and claiming the last spot on the podium with a faster Leg 2 race time.

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December 2, 2024

Willspeed Xray XB2 Peek Gears

Following on from the release of their PEEK idler gears for the Team Associated B7 and Schumacher LD3, 1:10 offroad specialist manufacturer Willspeed has released this machined 25T Gear Conversion Set for Xray’s XB2’25. PEEK (polyetheretherketone) is a premium high performance engineering plastic and boasts excellent mechanical strength, heat and wear resistance and bearing properties, the highest rated among plastics making these gears truly a fit and forget item.

View individual gears here