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November 21, 2018

HNMC Winter Series Rd2 – Report

Round 4 of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend with almost 80 drivers in attendance, making for a long day of racing. The Nitro Buggy qualifying would be a fight between Lewis Jones and Graham Alsop with Graham taking TQ, E-Buggy would go to Simon Reeves and in Truggy George Miller took the TQ. In the A-final it was again Graham with the top spot from Simon Reeves 2nd and Lewis Jones 3rd. E-Buggy was won by Simon Reeves with Darren Hayden-Ball coming in 2nd and James Clifford in 3rd. Finally in the Truggy A-main it was George Miller with the victory from Warabe Tatekoji and Darren Roper. Round 5 of the series will be held on December 2nd.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

November 21, 2018

Kyosho RB7 front anti-roll bars & Ti screw set

Kyosho have announced the soon release of two new option parts for the Ultima RB7 2WD buggy. First up is a front anti-roll bar set that includes three swaybar wires and mounting hardware. The colour-coded swaybars help to fine-tune the front end for various grip conditions but are best suited on higher grip tracks where a front anti-roll bar can lead to higher corner speeds and an easier to drive car.

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November 20, 2018

Daniel Grobe wins at RC Pro finals

The RC Pro finals were held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas last weekend in a variety of electric and nitro off-road classes. In Open E-Buggy it was Andrew Clark with the TQ but after the double A-mains it was Daniel Grobe with the overall win with 2-1 finished while 1-3 finisher, Hagen Gray had to settle for 2nd. Angel Reyes scored 5-2 finished to round out the top 3. Jonathan Phelps and Nick Vanderpool completed the top 5 results.

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November 20, 2018

Wick & Vaughn win at Veterans Day Race

Leisure Hours Raceway held the 2018 Veterans Day Race this past Sunday. Austin Wick would bring home the win in 2WD Modified Buggy from Brad Taylor 2nd and Alex Vaughn in 3rd. In 4WD 13.5T Buggy Rich S took the TQ, however it was Alex Vaughn who drove from 5th on the grid to 1st within a couple of laps battling along side Rich. Alex was able to hold him off for a win as Lee Conley came in 2nd and Rich S finished in 3rd.

View the 4WD 13.5T podium here

November 20, 2018

Brilliant RC high temperature exhaust gaskets

Brilliant RC have announced the release of their new high temperature silicon gaskets for .12 and .21 engines, pipes and manifolds. The black-colour gaskets are moulded from a special, high temperature resistant silicone rubber which ensures a very long durability. Coming in sets of three, these gaskets fit on all Novarossi and O.S. based .12 and .21 engines, as well as most popular pipes and manifolds.

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November 20, 2018

Serpent SDX4 aluminium steering lever set

Serpent UK have announced the release of an aluminium steering lever set for the SDX4 and SDX4 Evo kits. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming black anodised and with machined silver edge details the parts will replace the standard composite servo saver lever and composite steering lever for a rigid assembly that is also less prone to flex when running in high-grip track conditions. The parts are a direct fit.

Source: Serpent [serpentuk.com]

November 20, 2018

Mugen MBX8 -3 Ackermann plates & +15mm wing mount

Mugen have introduced two new option parts for the MBX8 line of buggies in the form of the -3 front upright Ackermann plates and the +15mm rear wing mount. Starting with the Ackermann plates, the items move the steering rod ball stud location 3mm towards the outside compared to the kit standard arms, which results in improved initial steering response and improved stability coming out of corners. The parts are machined from high-quality carbon fibre.

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November 20, 2018

Pro-Line Hoosier dirt oval racing tyres

Pro-Line have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming series of licensed Hoosier dirt oval racing tyres. Available are three new treads for Dirt Oval SC Mod and Dirt Oval Sprint Car racing all of which feature a scaled-down original tread design for looks and great performance. The tyres are understood to hit stores soon.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]