Team Associated’s Factory Team brand has released these stylish new carbon fiber wing buttons to keep your wing secure from run to run with a more durable one-piece design. Three options are offered. With one to fit the RC10B5 2WD to the present 1:10 offroad vehicles. The also have one for the RC10B5 2WD and B64 4WD buggies to the present 1:10 offroad buggies with a third option for the RC8B3 to the present 1:8 offroad vehicles.
Ielasi Tuned, the engine brand of former World Champion Daniele Ielasi, has announced fast Swedish female racer Jessica Palsson will join its team for 2023. The 2022 Nordic Offroad Champion will use the DIRT R engine from the Italian company in her HB Racing D819RS as part of 2023 race plans. Commenting on the announcement Palsson said, ‘I wanted to test something new and I had been looking for new engine at Euros and Worlds. The engine that has caught my eyes was precisely Ielasi Tuned. Lots of power, good run time. We started run in my first engine and it looks good! I really looking forward not only to use DIRT R but also to work with family Ielasi.’
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
A favourite among some of the best racers in the World, German track Minidrom Ettlingen is looking for the support of the RC community as plans for a Biogas Plant look set to see the track closed by 2024. The club has been operating for 40-years and the track has attracted some of the best racers from around the global to the city of almost 40,000 through events such as IFMAR World Championships, EFRA European Championships, Euro Nitro Series and the ETS. Built on land owned by the city, the ground has been earmarked as the site for the new 50,000 ton organic waste fermentation plant. The club is looking to highlight the value of the track to local tourism in terms of hotels, restaurants and suppliers and on a wider level how vital the track & its strong club are for R/C racing in Germany and also Europe. Red RC have been guests of the club for many races there over the years. The racing has always been entertaining and the club have always looked after us well. We also love the banking around the track which makes for great spectating. Already World Champions Dominic Greiner, Simon Kurzbuch and Robert Pietsch, among others, have got behind supporting the club.
You can support the club in their quest to ensure Minidrom Ettlingen remains a favourite track among racers for years to come by signing the online petition which can be found by clicking here.
To celebrate the huge success of the servo at the recent ISTC World Championships in Italy, including Bruno Coelho’s successful title defence, BrunoRC has given its BR1-X4 servo a restyle. Launched 1 year ago to coincide with the release of Xray’s new X4 platform, the servo, which is specifically developed to directly fit the X4, statistically was one of the most used servos during the World Championship, being the top choice 16% of the time. This is even more impressive considering that this model only fits on the X4. And again more impressive when looking at the XRAY drivers, 60% of these have chosen BR1 X4. The new BR1 X4, in addition to presenting itself in a celebratory packaging for the 4X World Champion titles, displays a new graphic, with 4 lasered stars on the product that commemorates not only the 4 World Titles won by these great drivers in Gubbio, but also the 4 World titles of Coelho himself. The new BR1 X4 was produced in a very limited number, available for sale just in time to arrive in stores ready to be mounted on the new Xray X4’23.
T-works is the latest company to add storage/transport solutions to its product offering with this compact hard case. Measuring 14cm square and 8cm deep, the case can be used as a parts or engine bag but is also offered with a specific insert for housing the M6D and M9 chargers from ToolkitRC. A mesh pocket in the top of the bag can store small accessories and charging cables.
AGFRC has released a series of 8mm MOD 1 Pinion gears from 18T to 46T. Four different designs divide these gears, 18t-27T without through-hole design, 28-32T with one hole design, 33-39T with two through-hole design, 40-46T with three through-hole design which is to reduce the weight as much as possible. Unique lip design to reduce friction for free spinning. Upgrade to use 2pcs M5 set screw for extra secure tight fitting. High Precision processing tooth profile, extremely strong and durable steel for long time performance in RC models with different condition. Perfect for High Speed Runs and Drag Racing Application, such as Traxxas / Arrma /Hobao /Losi /HPI /OFNA /Mugen/ Serpent /XLX /XL2 1:8 Buggy and Truggy conversions.
JConcepts continues its release of new officially licensed bodies for the iconic BIGFOOT monster truck with the addition of the ‘Racer’ and the ‘Nation’. One of the more famous schemes produced in the early 2000’s is BIGFOOT Nation, and it featured a radical departure in design from those in the past. The all-one-color design appeared in many shows around the country and always performed well in front of spectators. The key part of the design, less is more, a simple colour palette combined with decals give fans a BIGFOOT that would thrive in popular motorcycle culture. With BIGFOOT Racer, most fans recognise the Racer Stripe scheme as the moment BIGFOOT upped the ante in design, safety, and competition handling. The addition of the yellow and red stripes said it all back in 1990, and it seems, every incarnation of The Original Monster Truck is compared to the Racer Stripe. During the 2015 racing season, top driver Dan Runte was topped off with the Racer scheme for one of the largest events of the year at Charlotte Motor Speedway at the Back-to-School Monster Truck Bash.
EssexCarpetClash returned the first weekend of October for their fifth year championship in the southern region of England. This year, there were a couple of changes compared to previous years, the main being a limit to the number of rear sets of tyres used for the day. A maximum of 2 sets, but the second set (if you chose to use them) could only be used in the finals. Eleven car heats and finals were the other addition, but this was accompanied by a larger track and in turn a longer lap time giving everyone space on the track. As in the past, it was the best 2 qualifying runs from 4 (round by round qualifying) to count for the final grid positions. Ed Kerry, (now running a Serpent) edged the pole position slot from Harley Eldridge (Xray) who were both joint on points, only separated on countback by less than 2 tenths of a second. 3rd on the grid would be last year’s champion Klye Moon (Willspeed).
