Team Associated is releasing two new t-shirts for 2024 with the blue Heritage and black WC23 designs. . The Heritage tee features the heritage AE slot-car track logo design on a high-quality poly/cotton blend shirt in blue. The black WC23 shirt was designed for the American brand’s Team Drivers for the 2023 World Championships in Arizona where Davide Ongaro added to the AE tally of World titles.
Dialed-RC has officially announced its entry into the 1:8 Buggy Tyre market with 11 new patterns. The tyres, inserts, and Patent Pending Cobra wheels were 100% designed and developed in the USA by owner Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson. Hickerson used his 37 years of racing experience to create wha he feels is the most Dialed tire/insert/wheel/compound combo on the RC market. The team has been running preproduction tyres since October and have received TQ’s, wins, and podiums all over North America at nearly every race so far. At the heart of Dialed-RC tyres is the innovative Cobra spoke and dish wheels. The Patent Pending Cobra 1:8 Buggy Wheels were meticulously designed to handle even the harshest conditions in RC Offroad racing. Whether you race in extreme temperatures on abrasive treated tracks, or in extreme cold on slick bumpy surfaces, there is an option for you.
Klinik RC has released this Switch Eliminator with CNC machined carbon fibre plate for the Sparko Racing F8 Buggy 1:8 Buggy. Unmatched reliability and durability, don’t risk your engine or safety with a $5 switch that will fail, only a matter of when. Klinik RC’s switch eliminators are proven to virtually eliminate switch failures and run-aways. With 1000s sold worldwide and used at the highest level including World Champions, the Pros know.
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New from Surpass Hobby is the Rocket-RC Kiwami Mini ESC specially designed for micro RC cars. Based on the MINI 28 PRO sensored Brushless ESC, it has newly upgraded performance and appearance over the previous generation . It has the characteristics of small size, high power, light weight, fast heat dissipation, and good linearity. Extremely compact, it is possible adapt to the space requirements for more small-scale RC cars. With a continuous current output capacity of 30A, it can provide powerful and high performance output for micro RC Cars. By optimising design and selecting materials, the weight of the ESC has been reduced, making the overall weight of the chassis more lightweight for use in competition. With a wide range of adjustable functional parameters, it can be customised according to user needs, the Kiwami are born for competition. Adopting an all metal CNC shell design, the appearance and heat dissipation function are perfectly combined to ensure that the equipment can quickly dissipate heat during high-power operation.
New from OfficinaRC is their “Smart Edge System” which represents the ideal solution for those looking to refine the wheel arches of car bodies quickly and easily. With the increasing importance of bodywork tuning, precision in detail becomes ever more essential, which can be challenging with traditional scissors. To tackle this issue, OfficinaRC’s Smart Edge System comes into play. Lightweight, balanced, highly effective, and manufactured in Italy using high-quality aluminium, the cylinder is shaped to accommodate two rubber rings, ensuring a perfect grip of the ‘sanding band’, secured by a gold-anodised threaded nut. The cylinder also features lightening holes on its base and houses a steel pin fixed by interference. The Smart Edge System comes with the ‘Sanding Band Strong’, but a version with a finer grit called ‘Sanding Band Soft’ is also available.
Sworkz Juan Carlos Canas took the big win at the 2024 Silver State Indoor Championships, the Spanish driver winning Pro Nitro Buggy ahead of the Tekno of Truggy Champion Ryan Maifield and TLR’s Dakotah Phend. Once again attracting a massive 1100+ entries, qualifying for the Las Vegas event would see Maifield secure the TQ honours after the completion of the 3 rounds ahead of Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin with Canas third and Phend P4. In the 45-minute final, Rivkin enjoyed a few laps a the front early on before Maifield took charge but 10-minutes in costly mistakes dropped him back. With Canas taking the lead, pit stops giving Phend the lead for a few laps before everything settled down, once in front the European Champion edged out a lead eventually finishing with over 12-seconds on Maifield. Phend would complete the podium a further 5-seconds back. Having won the event a year earlier, Marco Barufollo would finish 5th at South Point Casino and Hotel behind Seth VanDalen. In Truggy, Maifield made the class his own taking the TQ and win from Mason Fuller and Phend, the Top 3 finishing in the same order as they started. In eBuggy, Top Qualifier Fuller won followed home by Maifield and Canas.
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The inaugural 1up Racing West Coast Invitational took place at 2024 IFMAR World Championship host track Finishline RC Raceway where Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski took the win. A nod to the famed Reedy Race Race of Champions, which last ran in 2019, the Mike Reedy Memorial Invitational Touring Car class attracted some strong international entries to the Bakersfield, California, track for 12 rounds of heads up racing. With a field of 16 invitational drivers, Orlowski and Xray’s Bruno Coelho would go right to the wire for the title. Sharing a total of 6 wins each and both ending up on 16 points, and all tie break avenues exhausted, 2nd places, 3rd place etc. the fastest 3 run times combined would give the on form Pole the title over the current World Campion. With most of the major manufacturers using the event to get track time ahead of the ISTC World Championships, that take place in early November, it would the Axon of Japanes driver Akio Sobue who completed the podium. Also with four win Awesomatix’ Lucas Urbain finished 4th ahead of team-mate and best of the host nation representative Sam Isaacs. Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee rounded out the Top 6. Making it a double celebration for Schumacher, Italian Mattia Collina took the traditional race format Open Touring Car win from David Mayhew and Byrce Butterfield while Xray’s Jan Ratheisky won 17.5.
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Leadfinger Racing has unveil a new “Retro-Mod” body and wing for Team Associated’s B6 and B7 2WD buggies. In the beginning, the “Retro-Mod” design that started as a side project to create something a little different, surprised everyone by turning into one of the coolest mods in Leadfinger Racing history. If you’re an old school racer you may notice something familiar. In LFR’s opinion, the 1987 Optima Mid body is one of the best-looking 4WD 1:10 scale buggy bodies even today. So, what would happen if we combined a similar body style with the both the Team Associated B6 and B7, well this is it. This body is perfect for the modern-day racer going after that vintage look on their Associated 2WD buggy. Made in the USA from durable polycarbonate, the new “Retro-Mod” body comes clear and ready for paint. Protective over spray film, window masks and official LFR logo stickers are included. The wing is sold separately.
