Xray introduce these rear mud guards for the XB8 buggy. Made from a tough composite material the parts help to protect the rear driveshafts and shock absorbers from collecting an excessive amount of mud or grass when running on wet tracks. The parts mount directly to the wishbones and come as pair.
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The first race of the Portuguese nitro on-road nationals took place last weekend. At first it looked like Bruno Coelho would make a clean sweep in the qualifiers and semifinals but he ran into trouble allowing Mario Miranda to take the pole position for the final. In the main Mario and Bruno had a great battle for the lead and while Bruno looked like he would be the winner Mario was able to squeeze by in the final lap to take the win over his Xray teammate.
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Tamiya expands its F1 wheel product line with these new silver, gold and white wheels. These wheels complement the existing black wheels already available for Tamiya’s line-up of modern F1 cars such as the TRF101, F104 and F104 V.2. They will also work on many of the F1 chassis on the market that have patterned their design around the Tamiya wheel specification. The non-ribbed wheels are designed to fit the popular Pit-Shimizu rubber tyre as well as foam tyres. The ribbed wheels are designed to fit Tamiya’s proprietary rubber tyre as well as the Pardus tyres.
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A Main Hobbies hosted their 4th annual Outback Shootout at the Outback Raceway in Chico, California. Kyosho/Team Orion’s Ryan Matesa would make the journey from Graham, Washington to compete in what turned out to be a highly competitive event. With over 280 entries, this would be A Main Hobbies biggest event to date. The event consisted of 4 rounds of heads-up qualifying and one 8 minute final. Ryan’s RT6 was on point and he would TQ 2 rounds to take the overall one spot in Modified Truck. Ryan would walk away with the win in modified truck while lapping the field. Eddie Bernal (Team Associated) came in 2nd, Terry Wickum (Team Associated) completed the podium in 3rd.
Thanks to Joe Pillars for sending the report.
The first race of the IP Galician series took place at the Villagarcia track last weekend. Xray’s Cristian Villar took the TQ position some 9 seconds ahead of Ivan Cerdeira, Victor Remiseiro completed the top 3 after qualifying. Cristian then went on to win his semifinal too handing him the first position on the final’s starting grid only to loose the 1st place in the second lap of the main. He soon recovered, regained the lead and won the 45 minute final with 2 laps over Ivan and Manuel.
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JConcepts introduce the Silencer bodyshell for the Team Associated B5M mid motor 2WD buggy. Sporting the well-known Silencer design features the body sports a mild cab forward design, a roof top shark fin and an extremely low profile appearance. Made from clear polycarbonate the body comes including window masks, decal sheet and two 6.5″ Hi-Clearance wings.
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Core RC now have a new servo saver kit for 1/12th scale cars and SupaStox GT12 chassis available. Included are S1 composite material pieces to reinforce the steering lever and to make for a more precise steering feel. Included is also a 3mm drill bit for enlarging the pre-drilled holes for 3mm ball stud fitment. The kit is available for Sanwa/KO and Futaba servos.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Revolution Design Racing Products introduce the RB6 Slipper Plate Set for Kyosho’s RB6 2WD buggy and RT6 2WD stadium truck. The plates are CNC-machined from 7075-T6 aluminium, come hard anodised and with a hardcoated surfaces for added rigidity and super long life. Being of a vented design they make for a more consistent and reliable slipper action in every racing condition. They sport laser-etched RDRP logos and are available now.
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