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March 4, 2025

Klinik RC NB|NT48 2.2 Carbon Center Diff Top Plate

US racing upgrade parts producer Klinik RC has released a Carbon Fibre centre diff top plate for the Tekno NB48 2.2 buggy and NT48 2.2 truggy. The 4mm thick precision machined plate is much stronger and more ridged then the stock plastic top plate providing a more accurate brake feel and settings and is also lighter than aluminium. The top plate also features two rubber sealed 5x8x2.5 flanged Avid ball bearings for the brake cams to easily rotate and reduce any slop.

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March 4, 2025

1up Racing Pro Pit Scale

New from American RC accessories brand 1up Racing comes this Pro Pit Scale. The perfect pit companion for precise weight measurement of your diffs, parts, tyres, etc., it has a max weight of 500 grams and increments of 0.01 grams to gives you the capacity and precision you need, build after build. It features stylish laser etched 1up logos on a durable stainless steel face, a blue backlit LED screen, 9 weighing modes, and a full-capacity tare range. Included with the Pro Pit Scale are a protective cover, small parts weighing tray and AAA batteries for your convenience.

Source: 1up Racing [1upracing.com]

March 4, 2025

OGO Racing ‘Dana’ 1:8 Offroad Tyre

Spanish offroad tyre brand OGO Racing has presented their latest 1:8 Offroad buggy tyre, Dana. The new pattern been created to fill the gap between their Vulcano and the Storm, making it ideal for slightly dusty surfaces, while offering enhanced durability for more abrasive terrains or polished surfaces that cause excessive wheel spin. The pin size and spacing have been modified to allow better clearance for dust, while maintaining a high pin density across the tread for excellent wear resistance.

Source: OGO [ogo-racing.com]

March 4, 2025

RugRacers Finale – Report

British indoor touring car winter series Rug Racers concluded at the weekend with the fifth & final round where Schumacher’s Elliot Harper completed a series clean sweep. With the Modified title already wrapped up by Harper prior to the finale most eyes were on the Stock & FWD classes where the winner was not yet decided let alone the podium places. Alongside each class was also the last roll of the dice to crown the class Junior & for the first time Masters Champions. In Modified, Harper got off to a great start with fastest time in Q1 ahead of decorated & multiple British Nitro Champion Alex Thurston, Andy Murray just behind in 3rd Q2, would be the same order but all improving their times. Q3 went the way of Thurston, from Murray & Matthieu Dambrine before Harper took the fourth round & overall TQ ahead of Alex and Murray.

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March 4, 2025

SuperRad SR-10 1:12 LMH body

US competition body shell manufacturer SuperRad has expanded its offerings with the release of its new SR-10 LMH designed for the emerging 1:12 LMH class. Made from high quality polycarbonate the body is offered only in their Lite 0.5mm option. The clear unpainted body shell comes complete with wing, decal sheet, and window mask.

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March 4, 2025

Hotrace Slick V1 1:10 Offroad tyres

Hotrace has introduced their first 1:10 slick offroad tyre which they are calling the Slick V1. Developed by Aydin Horne and Chase Lemieux who had a 1-2 finish at the INS Round 1 at Trackside Hobbies and at the Desert Classic at Hobby Action this past weekend, the Italian manufacturer says they are confident in product for use on all kinds of indoor clay dirt surfaces. They will initially start by offering it only in their white compound available for now. The rear tyre has inner webbing and proper thickness characteristics to help to have a great balance between grip and stability. The front tyre has no webbing and can be ran on both 2WD and 4WD. This thickness is ideal for 2WD on all conditions and good for a 4WD in low and medium grip track conditions. The 4WD specific Front Slick V1 has inner webbing and is perfect for 4WD especially in medium/high grip track conditions. The tyres will be offered just as rubber to help keep costs down, and eliminate the need to buy new inserts every time, or complete with blue close cell inserts.

Source: Hotrace Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

March 3, 2025

Neo Vintage Racing Works ´91 Midship conversion kit

Neo Vintage Racing, a side project of well known RC designer Michael Vollmer and Patrick Morliere, has released this limited edition Yokomo Works ´91 Midship conversion kit. The conversion kit for the Works ´91 re-release buggy is to convert the chassis into a mid motor layout to improve handling and performance. The chassis allows to install traditional Sub-C cells and also modern LiPo shorty batteries. The chassis features a adjustable belt tension separate for front and rear belt. The kit includes belts, ball raced steering plate, a removable ESC plate, cable guide, bearing holders, battery posts and all necessary parts and hardware and tools. The kit also includes a dril, a tab and a drill template to make the thread for the belt pulley on the original Yokomo motor holder. The NVR Midship kit is limited to 25 kits.

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March 3, 2025

Paloschi wins GT International Gran Prix

New for 2025 Capricorn signing Gabriele Paloschi got his new program off to a strong start with victory at the 2nd edition of the GT International Gran Prix at Mini Autodromo Stradivari in Cremona in Northern Italy. In qualifying it was team-mate and World Championship Top Qualifier Alex D’Angelo who secured the nitro GT TQ after topping 2 of the 3 rounds of qualifying. Fastest in Q2 Paloschi would line up second for the 30-minute final with Leonardo Valente completing the Top 3. Setting the fastest lap of the final, World Championship finalist Paloschi would lead home a LAB GT 1-2 by 16-seconds from D’Angelo. Genius Valente completed the podium. In electric GT Natanaele Senesi took his own creation to the TQ and win over Diego Pizzagalli.

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