The Deerdale RC Offroad club in the UK held their Deerdale’s Welcome Back race last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was HB Racing pilot, Graham Alsop who would excel as the work the TQ and win a lap in front of Edward Callan (Xray). Adam Hall (HB Racing) came in 3rd overall after the 20-minute A-main, another lap down.
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Coming from Yeah Racing are their new aluminium transmitter steering wheels. Available in two different designs and with silver, blue or red accents, the steering wheels also include adapters to fit most mainstream transmitters. Also included are matching brake disks for looks as well as gold-colour screws for extra bling.
Beans RC of Sherrodsville, Ohio held their Nitro Nights race on the 4th of July. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst with the overall win, taking the victory in the 45-minute A-main with a 1-lap margin from Agama’s Tyler Jones in 2nd. Xray’s Adam Johnson came in 3rd overall, another lap down. Over in the single 10-minute A-main event it was again Joe Bornhorst with the overall win as Adam Johnson came in 2nd overall. Tony Meintel (HB Racing) came in 3rd overall to round out the podium.
Mon-Tech Racing have released two teaser images of their forthcoming all-new 1/10th scale front-wheel drive touring car body shell. No official information about the body is available yet beside a front fender and hood as well as a rear wing image. Full details are awaited to surface within the next two weeks.
The RCI V2 indoor facility in Shanghai, China held an electric touring car race last weekend, attracting drivers to compete in a single 13.5T touring class. Jimmy Qian took the overall TQ and with wins in A1 and A3 he also snatched the overall win from A2 2inner, Simon Wang in 2nd. Hua came in 3rd overall to round out the top 3 result.
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Samix have introduced their new high-clearance titanium link set for the Axial SCX10 III trail truck. The links are a direct fit with the standard SCX10 III rod ends and support the 312mm wheelbase setting. They are machined from high-quality titanium, are of a high-clearance design for improve ground clearance, and they come with laser-engraved position markings, making building and maintenance a lot easier. Included in the kit are ten suspension links including two steering turnbuckles.
Coming from T-Works and made for the TLR 22X-4 4WD buggy is an aluminium spindle bushing set. The kit includes eight bushings that allows to adjust the height of the steering knuckle in relation to the C-hub in order to fine-tune the roll centre and thus front end grip and steering reaction of the buggy. The bushings are machined of high-quality aluminium, they come black anodised and feature machined rings for size recognition.
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RC Maker have released three new GeoCarbon series optional parts for the Xray T4’20 touring car in the form of a forward servo mount plate and two sets of battery clamps. Starting with the forward servo mount plate, the part was designed to be used with the Xray #306205 forward mounting bulkhead. It shifts the servo mounting forward and the GeoCarbon servo mount plate adds some style to the chassis.
