Coming from Xray and made for the NT1 car is the graphite radio plate flex brace. The part is cut from 2.5mm carbon fibre and designed to stiffen the front end of the car which can help to calm down the car in high-bite conditions.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Ari Heinonen continued his recent great form by taking the TQ and victory in the latest round of the National Championships in his native Finland. Ari was on top of his game again and was able to place his buggy at the top of the pile.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
The 1st annual North American Indoor Championships were held at Sparks Park in Columbus, Ohio and the event brought in approximately 160 entries across the ten classes that were offered. In Modified 2WD Buggy, Brandon Marsh took the TQ and in the A-main he was able to lead from start to finish to take the win while Brandon Weiland and Eric Clark came in second and third respectively, making for a Team Associated podium lock-out.
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New from Yokomo come graphite suspension parts for the YZ-2 1/10th 2WD buggy. Available are front suspension arms in flat and gullwing specification, C-hubs as well as steering blocks all of which are made in a harder graphite-reinforced composite that was developed with this year’s IFMAR World Championships at the Japanese Yatabe Arena in mind. As for the different design front arms the flat type was developed to offer maximum stability while the gullwing arm gives more steering.
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The second round of the Czech Nitro Buggy Championship was held on the astro turf track in Opatovice. Young Milan Mudra took the win in the Junior category and also the overall victory, leaving Petr Katovsky and Kaja Novotny behind in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]
Round five of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Electric Series was held at Pegasus Hobbies in Montclair, California over the weekend. In the premier class of 2WD Modified Buggy Shawn Blackwell Sr. took the win from Jake Mayo in 2nd and Jeremy Hase Jr. in 3rd.
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Made for Yokomo’s Drift Package cars with RWD option is the new aluminium steering knuckle set. The knuckles feature five different upper camber link positions and four different steering Ackermann points to allows for a wide range of steering scrub, trail, kingpin angle and Ackermann adjustments including positive and negative Ackermann settings. Included in the set are the left and right steering blocks, 1050 bearings and new wheel axles.
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T-Works have new lower shock mount pins for the HB D812 and Serpent Cobra buggies available. Cut from titanium the parts offer a low weight and a high rigidity and the D812 pins also act as anti-roll bar mounts. The shafts come in sets of four pieces.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
