Avid Racing has released carbon arm inserts for HB Racing’s D2 Evo2 1:10 Buggy and D8T/E8T Evo3 1:8 Truggy. The 1.5mm inserts offer another great tuning feature by reducing the flex and twist in the arm. A common setting is to run them just in the front or just the rear to dial in the feel of your buggy or truggy. The left and right inserts are interchangeable and come complete with stainless-steel installation screws.
In a month that has been filled with driver announcements, the biggest surprise of them all has come in the form of Offroad superstar Ryan Cavalieri being announced as a factory driver with WRC Racing. The Italian brand, who have the SBX-2 1:8 Buggy platform, simply posted an image of the multiple World Champion on their Facebook page with the simple text ‘Ryan Cavalieri welcome to the WRC factory team!’. Recently the company announced a number of Team Managers across the US, with Cavalieri now the icing on the cake in terms of brand expansion in this key offroad market.
Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]
World Champion Electric Touring Car ace Jilles Groskamp has wrapped up 2022 with an interesting video showing the evolution of the electric touring car body shell over the last 20-years. Having gathered together of his old race bodies, which have been in storage in his father Frank’s house, the collection includes many that we here at Red RC have had the pleasure of photographing in the heat of battle. Most notable of these are his 2009 European winning Protoform Speed 6 and his 2012 World Championship winning Protoform LTC-R. Interestingly, the factory Infinity driver concludes the video on the topic of how the so called ‘Touring Car bodyshell’ no longer has any resemblance to an actual touring car and adds he hopes the rules will be adapted to try bring them back to resembling the real thing in the future. Another interesting point is how the bodyshell is now almost half the weight of that of two decades ago.
Watch Jilles recount his 20-years of bodyshells here
Montech has just presented their latest body shell, the new Quattro C intended for both GT10 and GT12. The GT body takes its shapes from the well-known Italian Alfa Romeo brand’s mid-engined C4. The Quattro C GT10 can be mounted on all TC chassis while the GT12 is available in two versions, Standard and Leggera. Molded in premium quality polycarbonate, the kit includes screws and decals for the headlights, grilles and masking to protect the windows.
Lee Martin has announced his departure from Yokomo. The news the British driver will not continue with the Japanese brand into 2023 is the second such announcement in recent days with Ryan Maifield also out of their factory squad. Martin spent nine years representing the brand collecting plenty of championship titles in that time and was particularly important in establishing the brand in Europe in more recent years. Making the announcement on social media in which he hints a new manufacturer announcement is imminent, the multiple European Champion said, ‘With 2022 almost over, it’s time to say a massive thank you to Yokomo as our time together has come to an end. We have spent a fantastic 9 years together and brought some fantastic results, products, experiences and more! 3 x EOS series championships, 2 x European championships, BRCA National Championships and IFMAR worlds podiums to name a few. I would like to thanks Mr. Tom Yokobori for trusting me back in 2014 to lead the charge and then of course Shinno for being by my side throughout our time there together. We built a great team and made so many friends. I have some exciting news coming, so don’t think you have seen the end of me on the top step! 2023 is going to be a good year and it starts very soon’.
Source: Lee Martin [instagram]
Schumacher is gearing up for the new season with the addition of new apparel for 2023. The ‘Mono’ line includes a black hoodie and t-shirt with white Schumacher branding front and back as well as on the sleeve. The t-shirt is made with 100% certified organic cotton while the hoodie is made in an improved thicker 65% Cotton 35% Polyester material. Also added to the range is a fleece lined bobble hat. Ideal for the winter weather, it comes in grey with black embroidered branding to front and back.
Schumacher Racing has announced the departure of Joern Neumann from their factory 1:10 Offroad team. The German joined the British manufacturer at the beginning of 2018 and over the followed four years enjoy much success with the brand. Announcing the news on their Facebook page, Schumacher stated, ‘As we draw near to the end of 2022 Schumacher Racing would like to say goodbye and thank you to Jörn Neumann. Jörn has contributed massively over the last 5 years to the team, development of our products as well as securing some great titles and results for us. We wish him all the best for the future’. Shortly afterwards the multiple European Champion and former Reedy Race Champion posted on his own page, “I would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone at Schumacher for 5 successful years together. It has been a fantastic time. We achieved great results at many events. Soon a new chapter will start.”
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
JConcepts has released the new Relapse tyre for both 1:8 Buggy and 1:8 Truggy. The Relapse is a tyre derived from research and development put into tires such as the Detox and Rehab. Those results were incorporated into a new design optimised for indoor and outdoor track success while delivering more forward bite than the original incarnations. The JConcepts speed laboratory started with the centre section of tread for more horizontal pin contact. The design revolves around the centre structure which has medium to small sized, dense lugs arranged in a stacked and horizontal configuration. The lugs have strategically placed cuts and grooves to allow flex in dust to perform when the track is in a deteriorating condition. The outer portion of the tread fits together like building blocks, with shapes placed together that nest well but also work together to flex laterally to provide steadfast side-bite. The tread tapers off cleanly to the outer sidewall giving a smooth transition during hard cornering.
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