April 22, 2013

Bittydesign 1/8th Stealth off-road wing

Bittydesign 1/8th Stealth off-road wing

Bittydesign have released this teaser image of their soon-to-be-released 1/8th off-road wing called ‘Stealth’. The low-profile wing is designed to fit all current buggy and truggy kits and will make a first public appearance at the Asia Contest Race in the talented hands of the Bittydesign team drivers.

Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]


April 22, 2013

Kim, Oh & Park win at Serpent On-Road Race Party

Kim, Oh & Park win at Serpent On-Road Race Party

Serpent Korea organized the Serpent On-Road Race Party for gas-powered on-road cars and the meeting was held in 1/10th 200mm and 1/8th classes and also saw the introduction of the GT8 vehicles. In the 200mm sedan class it was  Yeon Cheol Kim who took the win in front of Seung Seok Lee and Seung Won Choi. The 1/8th class saw Yong Taek Oh taking the win followed by Seong Go Jo in second and Yong Hoon Park in third place. Yong Hoon Park though took the win in the 1/8th GT class chased by Dong Hee Go with Deok Jin Kim taking the last remaining podium spot.

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April 22, 2013

P-S-R ball cup dust covers

P-S-R ball cup dust covers

Power-Save-Racing from Germany announce the release of their ball cup dust covers for 1/10th Team Associated vehicles and many other cars, trucks and buggies of that scale. Made from a special foam the water-cut rings offer a better fit and therefor improved protection compared to the original part. They prevent dust and dirt from entering the ball stud and ball cup assembly in order or reduce maintenance time and costs in the long run. The foam rings come in 10-piece packages and are available now.

Source: Power-Save-Racing [power-save-racing.de]


April 22, 2013

Avid Triad B44.2 clutch spacer

Avid Triad B44.2 clutch spacer

Avid introduce the Triad B44.2 spacer to allow the use of the Triad slipper clutch in the latest Team Associated B44.2 buggy. As B44.2 bulkheads are shifted 6mm farther apart the spacer goes behind the Triad slipper to compensate the longer slipper shaft from a B44.1 to a B44.2. The Triad clutch is meant to calm the car down and gives a smoother throttle feel than the kit VTS item for added setup possibilities.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]


April 21, 2013

Evans wins Mod Truck at Spring Indoor Nationals

Evans wins Mod Truck at Spring Indoor Nationals

The only one of the feature classes at the JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals to go to the third A-Main, Mod Truck saw Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans secure the overall title as he took the win in Leg 3 backing up his A2 result to claim the top step on the podium at Mike’s Hobby Shop in Dallas, Texas, ahead of Leg 1 winner Ryan Maifield and Top Qualifier Cody Hollis.

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April 21, 2013

Maifield takes ‘Spring Indoor Nationals’ Buggy titles

Maifield takes 'Spring Indoor Nationals' Buggy titles

Ryan Maifield is the JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals buggy champion, the Team Associated driver wrapping up overall victory in 2WD and 4WD Buggy by backing up his A1 results with two more tone to tone wins in Leg 3 of the triple A-Mains at Mike’s Hobby Shop in Dallas, Texas. Winner of the opening round of the Indoor National Series in St.Louis in February, the Winter Indoor Nationals, Maifield claimed his second win of the five race series with another easy win over TLR’s Dustin Evans although this time round the advantage was a much more slender 3 second gap with Taylor Larsen completing the Top 3 a further 4-seconds adrift.

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April 21, 2013

Maifield wins first Mod Truck encounter

Maifield wins first Mod Truck encounter

Ryan Maifield kicked of the final day of the JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals in Dallas, Texas, this morning to take a comfortable win from 3rd on the grid over the battling TLRs of Taylor Larsen and Dustin Evans. Top Qualifier Cody Hollis had a poor race a series of mistakes dropping him back down the order to finish a distant 4th.

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April 21, 2013

KS Chu wins at Malaysian EP on-road race

KS Chu wins at Malaysian EP on-road race

One of the biggest EP on-road races in Malaysia was recently held at the Sarawak Sibu Ex-airport track that is considered one of the largest in the country with the cars reaching speeds of up to 100km/h down the main straight. The meeting was held in a stock 10.5T and a modified class and attracted racers from Kuala Lumpur, Terrengganu, Taiping, Sabah, Brunei, Kuching, Miri and Sibu. KS Chu was able to take pole position in both the stock and modified class ahead of Mohd Sonny and William Tiong. In the A finals Ks Chu lead from start to finish with no major challenge from any of the competitors. The second and third spot on the podium went to William and Sonny in the stock class with Sonny and William switching final positions in the modified event.

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