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If you race 1/8 off-road buggy on a UK outdoor oiled clay surface, choosing the right tyre makes a genuine difference to your lap times. This guide covers the best options currently available, based on what's actually working at UK club level.What Makes an Oiled Clay Tyre?Outdoor oiled clay tracks like Herts and Brookthorpe have very high grip levels due to the prepared surface. You want a tyre with a connected tread pattern — one that generates bite through surface contact rather than pin penetration. Tyres designed for outdoor loose dirt can actually be too aggressive on a prepared oiled...

The Hot Race Sahara is the most popular 1/8 buggy tyre in the UK — and for good reason. But with six different compounds available, choosing the right one can be confusing. This guide explains exactly which Sahara compound to use at UK club tracks, based on temperature and track surface.The Six Sahara CompoundsHot Race produce the Sahara in six rubber compounds, each optimised for a specific range of conditions: Super Soft (SS) — Extreme cold, very high-traction oiled surfaces Soft — Cold to mild (10–18°C), oiled clay and high-grip outdoor Medium — Moderate (18–24°C), oiled outdoor clay and packed...

Sunday 12th March saw the final round of the Ledbury Model Car Club winter series sponsored by RC-Pitbox. The day started out dry with a field of 46 drivers and Mini Pins were the order of the day on their Astro Track. This being the last round of the series with 4 rounds to count required to complete the series the championship was alive right until the end of the day’s finals, and it would certainly be a battle until the end! In Qualifying HB/Bullet Combo driver Nathan Powney took overall TQ with a TQ in rounds 3 and 4 ...

Last Sunday saw the final round of the popular Nitro X Cross winter series take place at Nene Valley Raceway. The RCPB team were out in force and looking good for a nice trophy haul! As we all know to finish first you must first finish so it was important that everyone was well prepared for the day ahead. With a dry forecast most of the team arrived with a dry set up but after a quick track inspection we soon realised that this wouldnt be the case. At least not to start with so it was back to a...

Sunday 29th of January saw round 5 of the popular Nitro X Cross winter series take place at Ledbury Model Car Club. With the weather forecast not looking great we didn't really know what to expect until we pitched up trackside. With Ledbury having its own weather system we took the chance to go racing and when we arrived we found that although some overnight rain was apparent the track looked very good with no puddles, just a mildly moist racing surface! As per the Nitro X Cross series which run to the same format at each round we would...