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September 26, 2013

TLR 22-4 1/10 4wd buggy

Team Losi Racing have introduced the hugely anticipated 22-4 4WD electric off-road buggy on the eve of the 4WD competition at this year’s 1/10th electric buggy World Championships in Chico, California. The buggy is meant to be the spiritual successor to the all-conquering XX-4 and builds on a 2.5mm 7075 aluminium chassis with a modular multi-belt drive system that, unlike the XX-4, can now be independently maintained or removed, as a whole from the chassis leaving the suspension in-situ. Strategically milled to reduce weight, improve flex and to provide the all-important but often forgotten wire routing for the ESC or Servo to the RX, the 22-4 has been carefully thought out.

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September 26, 2013

Tebo is 2WD World Champion

Jared Tebo has finally got his hands on the title he so badly wanted, the Kyosho driver securing the 2WD Electric Buggy World Championship after winning another ‘intense’ A-Main at the Silver Dollar R/C Raceway in Chico, California. Having seen off a last corner challenge from former champion Neil Cragg in the opening Main, the Top Qualifier had to see of a very similar challenge from Associated’s Ryan Maifield in A2 but that was just what he did to be crowned the 15th IFMAR World Champion. Winning in front of his wife and young daughter, Tebo said this made the victory even more special.

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September 26, 2013

Centro T4.2 mid motor truck conversion

Not in use at this week’s Buggy World Championship but on show is Centro’s forthcoming conversion kit for the Team Associated’s T4.2 racing truck. The kit is based on the successful B4.2 mid-motor kit and offers a black anodised aluminium chassis, carbon fibre chassis stiffeners and a rear shock tower from the same material. Taken over from the buggy conversion are the rear composite bulkhead and the moulded gearbox that was introduced with the C4.2 kit. Different from the buggy kit the truck conversion allows for multiple battery layouts from stock as the carbon battery braces take saddle and shorty packs as well as the new ‘square’ packs introduced by Reedy. There is no word on a release date yet but all parts beside the rear body mounts look pretty final meaning the kit should hit stores soon.

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September 26, 2013

Drake doubles at Thunder Alley Gas Champs

ThunderAlleyGasChamps

The 2013 Gas Championships were held this past weekend at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, CA. The weather was perfect and Levi Jackson built another great layout with Jimmy Babcock making the race director keeping the sold out program running smooth. The Gas Champs is a unique race that runs a heads up racing format for both qualifying and the finals. Each driver had 1 round of practice on Saturday morning, followed by three rounds of qualifying and double A Mains on Sunday. Team Losi Racing and Pro-Line were two of the major event sponsors. In the 1/8th Expert Buggy and Expert truck class TLR’s Adam Drake had a great weekend TQ-ing both classes and also winning them both later on.

Thanks to Adam Drake for sending the report.

September 25, 2013

Tebo ‘rains’ as 2WD Top Qualifier

Tebo 'rains' as 2WD Top Qualifier

Jared Tebo is Top Qualifier for the 2WD Electric Offroad World Championships after heavy rain last night led to the cancellation of this morning’s fifth and final round of qualifying. Originally the stage was set for Tebo and defending champion Ryan Cavalieri to go head to head to start onpole position for the finals but with the track unraceable this morning there was little option but to cancel Q5. Originally 3 of the 5 rounds were to count but with only 4 rounds complete the grid has been determined by each drivers two best heats leaving Cavalieri second on a grid that will see the Top 5 places filled by drivers representing 5 different manufacturers.

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September 25, 2013

Carsten Keller wins German E-Buggy nationals

The 2013 German 1/8th electric buggy nationals took place in Duisburg in the North-West of Germany under mixed weather conditions. 75 drivers fought for the title and it was Mugen’s Chris Kammann who was able to put his Hacker-powered MBX-7 Eco in front of Carsten Keller (Kyosho) and Stefan Scheuenpflug (SWorkz) for the main final. The final itself had Carsten taking the win from Maik Wiesweg (RB) and Christian Hahlen (Mugen). Stefan Scheuenpflug ended in fourth position, Luca Rau (Kyosho) completed the top 5.

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September 25, 2013

Yokomo announce new brushless controllers

Yokomo introduce three new brushless speed controllers in the form of the BL-SP3, BL-RS3 +Turbo and the BL-Pro3 +Turbo. While the SP3 with its 8.5T motor limit is more of an intermediate level offering both the RS3 +Turbo and the Pro3 +Turbo are pure competition speedos. The latter two offer an aluminium heatsink case, they are widely adjustable using Yokomo’s optional programming box and it is understood that they offer both a zero timing and a turbo mode making them ideal for blinky, boosted and modified racing alike. All three speed controllers will become available in October and details on specifications and features will be available shortly.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

September 25, 2013

Cavalieri TQ’s penultimate qualifier

Cavalieri TQ's penultimate qualifier

Defending Champion Ryan Cavalieri claimed the first TQ run of his World Championship campaign as he steered his Associated to the top of the time sheets in Q4 ahead of fellow American factory heavyweight’s Dustin Evans and Jared Tebo who posted the fastest lap of the round. The result means that we will have to wait until tomorrow morning’s fifth and final round of qualifying to determine who will be the overall Top Qualifier for the finals that will decide the 15th IFMAR 2WD Electric Offroad World Champion. As it stands now with 4 of the 5 qualifiers complete the battle for pole position is between Tebo and Cavalieri, the latter winning the title in Finland 2-years ago from 2nd on the grid.

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