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January 6, 2022

Blake Champlin joins Schumacher

Schumacher Racing are extremely happy to welcome top USA racer Blake Champlin to the team. Blake will bring even more speed to the team and will further help support customers in the US and worldwide. Blake had the following to say, ‘I’m very happy to be joining the #SchumacherFamily for 2022! I’m appreciative of the opportunity I’ve been given by Muz and Robin over at Schumacher. I’m looking forward to bringing my knowledge and skill over to help represent and promote such an awesome brand. I’m very excited to work with the team, as well as reunite with my brother, Broc, to form a great duo. Let’s see where this year of racing takes us.’

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

January 6, 2022

SWorkz S35 red shock spring nuts

From SWorkz for the S35 comes these new shock spring nuts. They have same function as the standard versions but come in red to let you personalise your SWorkz 1/8 cars. Sold as a pair and they include the internal o-ring.

View the shock spring nut set here

January 6, 2022

Avid B6.3 Arm Mount C wider -2°

The new Avid B6.3 -2° C arm mount is a must-have if you are racing on high bite surfaces such as carpet or turf. This mount frees up the vehicle in the turns and when landing jumps sideways such as corner tabletops. To get to the low rear toe settings you need on carpet, you have to start narrowing the pills through the D Mount which is increasing side bite by decreasing your track width. This C Arm mount prevents that from happening by widening the C Arm Mount 1.4mm, thus starting you at 1 deg of rear toe with centered pills on the C and D mount instead of 3.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

January 6, 2022

STRC Drag Slash HD rear tower

STRC have introduced their new CNC machined aluminium heavy duty rear shock tower for the popular Traxxas Drag Slash. This HD shock tower anchors the rear of the Drag Slash by improving the strength of the rear upper shock mounting points and eliminating unwanted flex found in the stock plastic shock tower. Offering optional upper shock mounting locations, it also increases the weight in the rear for improved traction and adds great looks to your Drag Slash. Available now in anodised blue, gun metal, green, red and silver.

Source: STRC [teamstrc.com]

January 6, 2022

Arena X4 graphite rear body post holders

Arena RC have released their own graphite rear body post holders for the X4. Sold as a pair of left and right holders, they are machined from 3.0mm graphite and sport a modified shape which they say helps reduce deformation and improve stability.

Source: Arena [rcmarket.com.hk]

January 6, 2022

Yokomo BD10F front balance weights

Yokomo have released this front balance weight to improve traction of the BD10F. The weight can be increased by 40g on each side for a total of 80g, reducing wheel spin that tends to occur during acceleration. This will improve acceleration out of corners and improve your lap times. By using only one screw to fix the weight to the chassis, the effect on chassis rigidity is minimised.

View the weights set here

January 5, 2022

Joe Bornhorst joins The Drake Racing

The Drake Racing have announced the signing of Joe Bornhorst to their race team. Joe brings with him a wealth of knowledge and amazing attitude on and off the track. He will make his O.S. Speed B21 AD2 powered debut at the Southern Indoor Championship and The Drake Racing will be supporting all of Joe’s nitro powered needs. Joe’s engine of choice will be the O.S. Speed B21 Adam Drake 2 for both nitro buggy and truck. The Sworkz factory driver had this to say about his 2022 nitro engine program:

2022 is going to be a great year with the support of Adam and Ronda from The Drake Racing. It gives me a lot of confidence knowing my O.S Speed B21 AD2 engines will be prepared, broken-in, and services by The Drake Racing.

Source: The Drake Racing [thedrakeracing.com]

January 5, 2022

Avid bearing tool, multi-wrench & tweezers

Avid have introduced some essential tools to their line-up. First up is the bearing sizer/tester, the perfect tool for seeing if your bearings need to be maintained by spinning them while they are on the sizer. Suitable for bearing sizes of 1/8″, 4, 5, 6, 1/4″, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15mm. Next up is the ubiquitous 4-in-1 multi-wrench. Made from durable steel, it has a 8mm nut wrench for glow plugs, 10mm nut wrench for clutch nuts, 3mm hex for M4 chassis screws and 5mm hex for pillow ball adjustment. Finally there are two different tweezers, a straight and curved version for helping with small parts and fasteners.

View the other new tools here