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April 3, 2023

Horne does double at Pro-line April Fools Classic

The 34th Annual Pro-line April Fools Classic took place over the weekend with Aydin Horne the big winner in Utah. In 2WD Buggy, the Team Associated driver secured TQ honours after topping the final 2 of the four qualifiers, his Q4 pace giving him the tie breaker over Schumacher’s Broc Champlin. Domnic Paccione secured P3 with the second fastest time for both Q3 & 4. In 4WD Buggy it would be Champlin who secured pole for the triple finals after he also set the pace in the third & fourth rounds. Horne opened quali with a TQ run while team-mate Dustin Evans topped Q2 but had to settle for 4th on the grid behind Kevin Gillespie. In the 4WD finals, second place starter Horne would get the better of Champlin to take A1 and repeating that again in A2 wrapped up an earlier overall win. Following Champlin home in A3 for a P2 finish, Evans would complete the podium line-up ahead of Xray’s Ty Tessmann. In the 2WD finals, Horne won A1 while Champlin retired and Evans came through from P5 for second. Taking A2 ahead of Horne, Champlin forced play to the last final of the event however Horne duly took A3 to complete the April Fools Classic double.

Image: Team Associated [Facebook]

April 3, 2023

Tolomelli & Tassinari secure LMP & GT12 Italian C/ships

The 2023 LMP & GT12 Italian Indoor Championships took place at RC Landia in Scandiano over the weekend. A race sanctioned on the 2023 National Sporting calendar of ACI Sport, the Italian Motorsport Federation and member of the FIA, in LMP Open Modified it was Alessio Tolomelli (Team Marka) secured pole position after the 4 qualifiers. In the afternoon finals he would back his qualifying pace up with a dominant win during the finals ahead of Marcello Galli with Alessandro Bianchi (Team B-Racing) completing the podium. In GT12, Luca Tassinari (Team Schumacher) showed speed and consistency throughout the day securing both TQ and the overall win in a dominant fashion ahead of Davide Mischiatti (Team Schumacher) and the emerging young talent of Luca Rampini (Team Treerremodellismo). The activity of the Italian RC Car Racing Federation (ACI Sport) will now move outdoors with the second phase of the National Sporting calendar: the months of May, June and July will see the Italian Cup taking place in Northern, Central and Southern Italy in several classes (8th scale On and Off Road, TOURING EP). Such races will also serve as Qualifiers for drivers in order to gain access to the 2023 Italian Championships, to be held in September and October.

View GT12 Podium here

April 3, 2023

Sworkz S14-4 Alu Synthesis Rear Hub

New from Sworkz for their S14-4 1:10 4WD Buggy is this new rear wheel hub system for called the Synthesis Rear Hub Set. These alloy option parts are made from high quality aluminium and there are 6 positions provided for the rear upper linkage. You can also adjust to higher linkage ball positions with different washers. With this new stronger option S14-4 rear hubs, the buggy gets more corner speeds from the rear suspension.

View individual Synthesis Rear Hub here

April 2, 2023

Tironi & Branson winners at Ielasi Tuned Trophy

Francesco Tironi and British visitor Kyle Branson were the winners of the 2023 Ielasi Tuned Trophy. First hosted by former World Champion Daniele Ielasi in 2O15, the annual Ielasi Tuned Trophy again attracted a quality international field to the Northern Italian Leno track. Unfortunately rain meant no finals could be run with the final results being declared on the outcome of qualifying. In 1:8, it would be the Infinity of Tironi that had the edge over Mugen’s Robert Pietsch over the 4-minute qualifiers. Former Trophy winner Toni Gruber managed P3 with his Capricorn just ahead of team-mate Mirko Salemi. In 1:10, it was the Xray of Branson who set the pace in qualifying to be the Top Qualifying ahead of the Serpent of Matteo Passetti and Capricorn of Stefan Chodzynski.

View 1:10 Trophy presentation image here

April 2, 2023

JConcepts Tribute Wheels BIGFOOT body set

JConcepts has teamed up with BIGFOOT 4×4 to offer officially licensed Tribute Wheels decal sets to go along with branded body shells. One of the more famous paint schemes from the 1990’s featured a lot of flame work on a black base colour body. This radical departure became a crowd favourite with Dan Runte piloting a new generation BIGFOOT to victory during the glory days of side-by-side competition. With JConcepts’ featured wheel in the RC monster truck product line, “Tribute Wheels” seems to be a perfect match for one of the more successful BIGFOOT trucks of all-time. The included body shell, a 1993 Ford F-250 with visor and racerback can be dressed as the iconic truck. With major help from the included decal sheet and massive wrap, the Tribute Wheels body is a thing of beauty once it is carefully prepped and decalled. Tribute Wheels BIGFOOT is the result of JConcepts always looking through the lineage to add staple designs to an already bolstered line-up. Back in 2020, the team unveiled this shell design with a wild look and to the pleasure of many RC monster truck fans, now, they were able to re-create a lot of their favourite vehicles.

View more images here

March 31, 2023

Carten T410 Rally Kit

Carten RC has released details of their upcoming T410 Rally Kit. Based on their plastic chassis 1:10 190mm T410 kit, the Rally kit is intended for more intense driving. The bathtub chassis with a cover that improve dustproofing effect. Aluminum chassis plates front and rear make more durability on rougher terrain. The front 7 degree kick back design make car more stable when running on bumpy track conditions. The kit includes aluminium C hubs, full CVDs and aluminium 67mm front and 77mm rear shocks.

View more images here

March 31, 2023

Jade Lim joins VP-Pro

VP-Pro has announced the signing of top Malaysian Offroad racer Jade Lim. The 22-year-old Team Associated driver is the reigning Malaysian 1:8 Offfroad Champion having wrapped up the title for a third time at the end of 2022. Joining VP-Pro will use their tyres and accessories as part of his 2023 1:8 Offroad programme.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

March 31, 2023

STRC TRX-4M Machined Alu Threaded Shock Upgrade kit

New from ST Racing Concepts for the Traxxas TRX-4M 1:18 Crawler is this is CNC Machined Complete Shock Upgrade kit. The it includes threaded aluminium shock bodies, O-ring shock collars, lower shock caps and upper shock caps. The threaded bodies are of black anodised while the collars, lower/upper shock caps are anodised in colours to accentuate the looks of the shock kit. Just simply swap over the stock internal components and you will have a high-performance oil-filled shock set up for your TRX-4M. To complete that shock package, new CNC machined brass lower shock spring retainers add more weight to the lower parts of your TRX-4M while securely keeps the shock spring in place. Shock kit available in black, gun metal, orange, red and silver. Brass lower shock spring retainer available in black.

View set mounted here