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February 21, 2023

Vejrak joins Team LRP

LRP has announced the addition of Meen Vejrak to their international team. The former Nitro Touring Car World Champion is one of Asia’s leading international electric touring car stars in recent years with results including being a ISTC World Championship finalist and podium finisher at the Reedy Race of Champions, TITC and ETS. The Thai driver will use use LRP electronics to power his Serpent electric touring car this season and is a significant boost for the profile of Jurgen Lautenbach’s electronics brand in Asia.

Source: LRP [Facebook]

February 21, 2023

Zero Tribe TRF420X Low Shock Towers

Japanese tuning parts brand Zero Tribe has released images from final testing of its upcoming release of new low shock towers for the Tamiya TRF420X. Running the towers one of its own Zetricks 420MID conversions which is running to R/C SuperGT Championship specification, they have the effect of lowering the centre of gravity and producing sharp steering characteristics and improved corner speed. Zero Tribe are recommending the use of Infinity’s IF14-2TE shock or Yokomo’s BD10, BD11 with R shock end used for both front and rear.

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February 20, 2023

HB Racing D4 Evo3 1:10 4WD Buggy

New from HB Racing is their D4 Evo3 1:10 scale 4WD electric buggy. HB designer Torrance Deguzman has updated his D418 design with new high performance features aimed to optimise performance on carpet and high grip race tracks. The D4 Evo3 includes a new chassis that moves the motor forward for improved weight balance, new gearboxes to allow lower ride height without compromising the suspension geometry, a lowered carbon fibre front shock tower, and E8 style chassis braces/rods that allow side flex while maintaining bending stiffness. Also included are Dual Cardan Joint front universals to eliminate front wheel chatter, machined aluminium front caster blocks, and new fully adjustable machined aluminium rear hub carriers.

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February 20, 2023

Mazzeo wins 1:8 GT Confederation Cup

Alessio Mazzeo got his arrival at Capricorn for the 2023 season off to a winning start with victory at the 1:8 GT Confederation Cup held at Miniautodromo Vallelunga just north of Rome. A track located at the full size Vallelunga Race Circuit, the former 1:10 Onroad Nitro World Championship podium finisher found himself with extra baggage for the flight home after he completed a clean sweep of the event securing the TQ and win with his Max engines powered GT2 chassis. Pushing Mazzeo throughout the 30-minute final, the Genius GTc8.23 of Alex D’Angelo would finish just 2.3-seconds behind. Xray’s Natanaele Senesi completed the GT Nitro podium adding to his TQ & win in the GTE class. 2023 is a big year for 1:8 GT with only the second ever running of an IFMAR World Championship for the category taking place in Sydney, Australia, in October.

Image: Alessio Mazzeo [Facebook]

February 20, 2023

Tessman wins Hotrace Grand Prix

With the biggest names in 1:8 Offroad gathering in the US for this week’s 24th running of the iconic Dirt Nitro Challenge, Ty Tessman took a nice pre event race victory at the Hotrace Grand Prix over the weekend at Channel Islands Raceway in California. In qualifying it was factory Tekno driver Marco Baruffolo who was the Top Qualifier, the Italian fastest from Tessman’s Xray and Mayako’s Jared Tebo. Winning their respective Semi Finals, Tessmann winning from Robert Batlle while Baruffolo won his 20-minute encounter from HB Racing’s Ryan Pavidis, it was the Canadian who had the fastest winning time to secure pole for the final. Over the 30-minutes, Tessmann would lead for all but a couple laps early on, and despite Baruffolo having the fastest lap, would win by a 20-seconds margin. Batlle completed the podium for Mayako while team-mate Tebo moved up from 6th on the grid to finish fourth ahead of Pavidis.

Image: Hot Race Tyres [Facebook]

February 20, 2023

T-Works S14-4C Titanium Turnbuckle and Ball End Sets

Coming from T-Works are these titanium Turnbuckle and Ball End sets for the Sworkz S14-4C 1:10 4WD Buggy. Machined from 64 grade titanium, the 6 piece turnbuckle set comes complete with a 4mm wrench. Also offering a weight saving over the standard kit parts as a result of its titanium material, the ball end set is made up of 14 pieces for complete upgrade.

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February 17, 2023

Reds Racing 723 Scuderia PRO Gen 3 .23 Truggy Engine

Reds Racing has released the 723 Scuderia PRO Gen 3 .23 Engine that is specifically designed for 1:8 Truggy. The new engine comes with a completely redesigned sleeve hand tuned by Mario Rossi to generate more power than the previous versions. In some applications, Truggy requires more power and the 723 Scuderia is designed around that. Based on our popular 721 Scuderia Pro, our 723 Scuderia piston and sleeve are specifically designed for use in Truggy and are optimised for this application. Furthermore, 723 Truggy engine comes with a new rear bearing for increased durability and reliability. The PRO engine features an extremely performing 3 needle carburetor which allows better and easier tuning in all conditions. Furthermore, thanks to its mid range needle, this carburetor guarantees more linear power delivery and greater power. The new engine also comes with DLC Coated crankshaft and backplate for improved engine durability. The crankshaft can last approximately 3 times more than a conventional steel crankshaft thanks to the extreme hardness of the diamond coating. Even the conrod life is lengthened by about 50%.

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February 17, 2023

MonTech Patrol Crawler Body

Expanding its offering of Crawler Bodies, MonTech Racing has released their all new Patrol body. Based on Nissan’s popular offroader, the Patrol body can be mounted on all scaler models with a wheelbase of 313/315mm. It is molded from 0.75mm polycarbonate and the kit includes decals and window masks.

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