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October 22, 2013

Fenix Suzu-ka conversion & 64dp spur gears

Fenix Racing introduce the Suzu-ka conversion kit for the Tamiya F104 V2 and WRC F-one chassis as well as new delrin 64 pitch spur gears. Starting with the conversion kit, the set feature a 3mm quasi isotropic carbon fibre chassis and keeps some of the features Fenix have on the I-mola kit such as a semi rigid rear link, which allows different rigidity settings of the rear links for increased tuneability, multi wheelbase options, and the car has been designed keeping the racer in mind, with all the adjustment are easily available in a matter of seconds. Also new are two 64 pitch virgin delrin main gears. They are available as 88 and 93 tooth variant, sport a 12mm bearing and 16 3mm diff ball holes.

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October 22, 2013

EJ Evans wins at 4th Annual TOP Gun Challenge

EJ Evans wins the 4th Annual TOP Gun Challenge

The 4th annual TOP Gun Challenge at Norcal Hobbies was run last weekend. The race is put on by TOP Racing and Norcal Hobbies that follows a Top Gun movie theme. Past winner have included Hayato Matsuzaki and Rick Hohwart and this year’s race saw over 120 entries and is unique as first place trophies are fighter pilot helmets. The Open Modified class is ran Reedy style with 8 rounds of heads up racing. The winner gets an automatic invite to the 2014 Reedy Race of Champions Invitational Class. This year it was TOP Racing’s EJ Evans who took home the victory. Evans won in dominating fashion winning all of his 8 rounds. Second place went to 2013 Reedy Open Mod champion Ethan Erchinger (Xray) and third place to 2013 Reedy Open Mod finalist Lex Tyler (Yokomo). Beside the Open Modified class several other classes were run Sportsman Modified, 17.5T Expert and Sportsman, VTA, Mini and Expert Nitro.

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October 22, 2013

TD North East Indoor Champs – Announcement

The Team Durango North East Indoor Champs will take place at the Maximus R/C Raceway in York, Maine on November2nd and 3rd. The race is held in 1/8th Open Buggy, 1/10th Open Buggy and several 2WD and 4WD SC classes and will see the attendance of World-class drivers such as Travis Amezcua, Matt Olson and Carson Wenimont along some of the best local drivers in Northern New England. More information can be found here.

October 22, 2013

Pro Stock Series season finale – Report

As a result of a joint venture between Shepherd Micro Racing and German Serpent distributor 2-Speed the Pro Stock Series was created as a follow-up series of the popular Hobby Cup which was run and supported by Shepherd for the past 10 years. The series features regional races all across Germany with a grand final being held at the end of the season to determine the overall winners. This year the final took place at the beautiful track of the Wiesbaden Mini Car Club in the centre of Germany. Practise started on Saturday with all participants trying to find the best setup for their cars. In the 1/10th scale class newly crowned European Champion 40+ Bernd Hasselbring and Hobby Cup Champion 2011 Marcus May were the favourites for the overall title, while Alex Kempe – normally pitman for Patrick Schäfer – showed a great performance too and joined the list of possible race winners for the prestigious final. In the 1/8th scale class it was clear that the race and the championship would be decided between Serpent’s Patrick Gassauer and Shepherd’s Timo Schröder as both clocked clearly the fastest laptimes.

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October 22, 2013

Centro C4.2 alloy bulkhead & 2.5° suspension mount

Team Associated introduce new option parts for the Centro C4.2 conversion kit in the form of a rear aluminium bulkhead and a 2.5° rear hinge pin brace. Starting with the bulkhead, the part is CNC-machined from aluminium, it sports the stock geometry but a less bulky design compared to the kit’s plastic part for a sleeker overall appearance. At the same time rigidity is increased thanks to the stronger material which is ideal when racing modified classes. The second new part is the 2.5° rear hinge pink block that again is machined from high-quality aluminium and it comes black anodised. The suspension mount features 0.5° less toe compared to the kit 3° block for added straight line speed and a more agile handling on high bite tracks. Included with the block come suitable delrin hinge pin inserts.

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October 21, 2013

ROAR Region 8 Championship – Report

This year, the Region 8 Championship race was held at Fastlane Raceway in Blue Springs, MO, near Kansas City. This years event ended up being around 150 entries and included several of the Midwest’s finest drivers. The track surface consisted of hard packed top soil and had medium grip. The layout was pretty cool and included an option step up in the centre where you could go double-double or single-triple. The race format this year was a little different from years past and included four six minute qualifiers with single eight minute main events. Qualifying was random order. There were four rounds and a total of 20 heats. After four rounds of qualifying, 2WD qualifying was very close. Taylor Larsen, Cody Hollis, Nick Gibson and Mitchel Gardner all TQ’ed a round, which left it up to the finishing orders of their other rounds to determine the overall TQ.

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October 21, 2013

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Cup Rd1 – Report

The 1st round of the Xray Challenge Moravia and Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Arena last weekend. The meeting was run in five different electric on-road classes and after Friday’s practice qualifying started on Saturday morning following two additional hours of practice with the finals also being held on Saturday. The electric off-road class saw Martin Hudy taking the TQ and race win using Martin Bayer’s Euros winning XB4 buggy. Martin had to use the precious car due to a last minute decision to run off-road and he only swapped tyres but did no setup work at all. Joining Martin on the podium were Petr Sekula and Honza Slezak.

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October 21, 2013

Jefferies and Spashett dominate BRCA 1/12 nats Rd1

Round 1 of the 2013/14 BRCA 1/12th scale nationals took place at Teesside last weekend. Over 100 drivers competed in the LMP12 and GT12 classes during the weekend, making it the best turnout at a Teesside national for more than 15 years. This bodes well for the other rounds of the series, which take place closer to the Midlands and will require less travelling for the majority of competitors. The BRCA nationals are weekend-long events, but each day counts as a separate meeting and points are scored for different championships. This means that drivers can choose to race on both or just one of the days depending on their preference.

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