Thailand based Ride have announced that Meen Vejrak, 2012 TITC Winner, has joined their Team from the start of this month. The multi discipline top international driver will use Ride Tires, bodyshells and the complete range of Ride Accessories.
Source: Ride [rc-ride.co.jp]
The first weekend of July saw Pro-Line Driver and recently crowned double ROAR National Champion Ty Tessmann race at the Medicine Hat Shootout which was the 2nd leg of the ARCOR Series, held at his home track in Medicine Hat, AB. The weekend was the hottest one they’ve had yet with temperatures hovering around 35C. Ty TQ’d all 4 rounds of Pro Buggy, as well as 3 rounds of Pro Truck that he ran and took the win in the 30 minute Pro Buggy main, 30 minute Pro truck main and the 8 minute 4WD Open SC main. It was a great weekend and all of Ty’s equipment ran flawlessly.
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
New from ZZRacing, for the HB D8 & D8T and HPI Vorza & Apache C1 is this front hub carrier and rear hub set. Machined from 7075 aluminium and anodised red they aim to improve stability and steering reaction.
View the rear hub carriers here
Serpent introduces these machined aluminum zero steering blocks, or as some call them 0 degree aluminum spindles, for the full Cobra 1/8 line. Very durable, they are made from 7075 T6 aluminium, which has been anodized. The new part will create more on throttle steering, this will be very noticeable especially on corner exit. Fits all cars in the Cobra line.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Italian company Capricorn have released their new lightweight shock set for the Lab C02. The set includes ultra light delrin shock bodies, hard coated aluminium 5.8m uniballs and super smooth titanium shock shafts. Sold in a complete set of two shocks.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Round three of this seasons BRCA National touring car championship saw victory for Schumacher’s Chris Grainger ahead of Colin Price and Andy Moore, the event proved to be one of the most intriguing for many seasons. Halifax is renowned for being quick on new tyres and tyre strategy proved to be the big talking point at the head of the field, while Chris Grainger and Tamiya’s Elliott Harper slogged it out fighting for TQ other drivers including Andy Moore and Olly Jefferies were saving their fresh rubber and attempting to qualify on just one set.
Continue reading the report here
Arrowmax have released version 2 of their radio plate mount for the Mugen MRX5. Machined from a single piece of brass it brings extra weight to the centre of the car, improving handling and corner-rotation. Comes complete with hardware as shown and is laser engraved with the Arrowmax logo.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Exotek have release their TC6TEK performance ultra narrow LiPo chassis conversion set complete with bushing supported hinge pin blocks for the TC6.1 or TC6. The new design incorporates heavy duty bushing supported hinge pin blocks, the same concept incorporated into other world caliber touring cars by Tamiya, Yokomo and Hot Bodies. The steel insert bushings insure ultra free suspension movement, no matter the arm angles. Newly designed 7075 heavy duty bulkheads are included and their shortened design allows for improved chassis flex. 4 heavy duty 7075 suspension blocks are included, FF-C, FR-C (split style), RF-XB (split style) and RR-D and the included blocks will give you 0 degree of front arm sweep and 3 degrees of rear toe. The chassis is made from 2.25mm USA made precision cut soft weave carbon fiber and at only 84mm wide the main chassis can better utilize lower ride heights for more aggressive cornering.
View the complete conversion set here
