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September 9, 2020

Thayer, Batta & Ashmore win big at Surf City Classic

Having covered the mod classes from the 13th Annual Surf City Classic that was held this past weekend at OCRC Raceway, the action was no less exciting in the Stock classes. In the 13.5 4wd Buggy class, it was Yokomo driver Matthew Gonzales that would get the TQ spot for the single 10-minute A-main ahead of Matthew Williby. As the tone went off, 5th place starter Jake Thayer got off to a great start and would find himself in 2nd place by the end of lap 2. He would then slowly begin catching the leader Gonzales during the next few minutes of the race by putting in fast and consistent laps. Right at the halfway point of the A-Main, the Yokomo/Muchmore driver made a great pass for the lead and would hold it to the end to take an impressive win. Matthew Gonzales would have to settle for 2nd with Matthew Williby completing the podium in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

September 9, 2020

Xpress Execute lower suspension mount spacers

From Xpress for their line of Execute touring cars, including the XQ10, comes this set of 0.5mm thick lower suspension mount spacers. Further fine tune your roll centres with these easy to install spacer shims for your lower suspension mounts. Also included is a shim for the one-piece optional FR mount. Suitable for the Xpress Execute XQ1S, XQ1, XM1S, XM1, FT1, FT1S & XQ10.

Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]

September 9, 2020

XactRC Affix CA premium tire glue

XactRC’s new Affix CA premium tire glue was developed and tested for today’s new rubber tires to bond quickly with the best adhesion. Available in a single 20g bottle or two 10g bottles with one of the new black tip (steel) and pink tip (plastic) included with each package. Also available separately, XactRC’s black and pink tips compliment the glue bottles perfectly to give you more control during application. Each package includes 10 pieces for extra value.

View the different tips here

September 8, 2020

Team Associated Octalock spur gears

Team Associated have released their new range of Octalock spur gears, launched with the RC10B74.1 buggy. In addition to the octagon shape, each pad has eight locking tabs that engage with the spur gear for maximum security and longevity. Octalock spur gears are 100% backwards compatible to older models while the Octalock version slipper pads are only compatible with Octalock spur gears. The spur gears are available in 72T, 75T, 78T and 81T 48P, while the pads come in 11mm and 19mm inner hole variants.

View the different slipper pads here

September 8, 2020

Marco Baruffolo wins 2020 HotRace Cup

The HotRace Cup took place last weekend at the NitroBuggy Genzone track, home track of Marco Baruffolo. The track conditions were really difficult with high grip and lots of bumps making it really hard to drive fast and safe. In qualifying it was Xray driver Baruffolo that took the opening round, with multiple European Champion Elliott Boots driving his SWorkz taking the other 2 rounds to claim the top qualifier spot. In the final Marco could get by the British driver on the opening lap, Boots having problems on the 2nd lap as his front tires came unglued, the resulting pit-stop dropping him out of contention. Baruffolo would go on to win by more than a lap in front of another SWorkz driver, Leonardo Valente in 2nd, with TLR driver Alex Zanchettin completing the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 8, 2020

Yokomo YD-2 aluminium I-arms

New for the Yokomo YD-2 series, these new aluminium I-arm’s are for use on the front upper arm of this car. They allow the caster angle to be adjusted within a range of 7mm to the front or back by moving the position of the included spacers, which is a larger range than standard and by including 1mm spacers you can also make smaller adjustments than standard. Despite being made of highly rigid aluminium, the I-arm shape makes the part as light as possible. When changing from the standard plastic part you must use the D-155 series rod end adapter. Available in anodised red, black or purple, they sport the Yokomo logo etched into the top of the part.

View the different colour options here

September 8, 2020

Rayan Medjoubi joins SWorkz factory team

SWorkz have announced the signing of top French race Rayan Medjoubi to their 1/8 factory team. The French National Championship runner up had this to say, ‘Already after little testing it was clear for me to join the SWorkz team. Quality and performance of the products and the friendly but professional atmosphere in the team, makes me looking totally positive into the future. Max Sonnleitner from SWorkz followed up by saying, ‘I am sure Rayan is fitting perfectly into our team. Thanks to Jerome Sartel for introducing Rayan to us and I am sure he will make his way.’

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

September 8, 2020

Mächler, Vogl & Luyer victorious at 2020 Austrian EP Nats

The Austrian Nationals, compressed into one event, was held this past weekend at the track of MRC Wiener Neustadt. The Stock class was headed by ‘Mad Max’ Mächler, making the trip from Germany for the race and having TQ’d he would go on to take the win, needing to go to 3 finals having lost out to eventual runner up Philipp Neudinger who took A1. Alexander Mayer would round out the top 3 and give a podium lock out for Awesomatix. In the Modified touring class it would be Dominic Vogl that would take the top spot in qualifying in what was a very reduced field. The finals saw the Awesomatix driver come back from a difficult first main to take the title ahead of A1 winner Patrick Gollner (Xray) in 2nd and Sascha Klug (Awesomatix) in 3rd. FWD would see Florian Luyer win from pole, wrapping up the National title early again for Awesomatix, with Johannes Neumaier (Mugen) coming home in 2nd thanks to his win in A3, while René Kronsteiner (Awesomatix) would lose out on the tie break and have to settle for 3rd. The Formula class was dominated by Rene Kobel who took his Xray to the win from pole position to claim the title with Andreas Stiebler (Serpent) in 2nd and Michael Pittner (Xray) in 3rd.

View the other podiums here