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February 21, 2016

Yaniv Sivan wins Israeli League Rd7

Round 7 of the Israeli League was held at the Speed Racing track this past Friday. Yaniv Sivan took the TQ after the qualifiers, followed by Aviv Mimon and Omer Assayag. At the start of the 40 minute A-final Yaniv instantly took the lead and never looked back. Behind him, Omer Assayag, Tal Siles, Aviv Mimon , Ofer Avitan, Gil Harush, and Ido Carmon battled for the positions. Some four minutes into the race Omer Assayag had to quit with mechanical issue, promoting Aviv Mimon into second place but a flame out soon after cost him several positions. Meanwhile Ofer Avitan, with a super fast pace, took the second place followed by Tal Siles and Aviv Mimon who managed to recover from his earlier flame out. Ultimately at the end of the 40 minute encounter, Yaniv Sivan would take the win from Ofer Avitan in second and Tal Siles in third.

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February 21, 2016

Prumper tops Q5, Harper secures TQ at IIC

Yannic Prumper topped the final round of qualifying that was held at the 2016 International Carpet Challenge this morning. The run allowed him to secure second place on the grid, beating Kyle Branson on the tie-break. However, this was not enough to deny Elliott the overall TQ, the Schumacher driver saying that the surprisingly fast track conditions this morning “caught him out a bit”, but now knows what he needs to adjust for the finals. Olly Jefferies will line up fourth for Xray, with Fast Finn Viljami Kutvonen fifth overall with his Awesomatix. Chris Grainger will start sixth, the multi-time UK Champion, well-known as not the biggest fan of carpet racing, joked that after securing sixth he would “need a lie down”. Polish youngster Michal Orlowski was the top junior, seventh overall, in front of the Tamiya of Germany’s Christopher Krapp, Leo Arnold (Xray) from France and Paul Pinkney (Schumacher), making it five different nationalities in the main final and seven different manufacturers.

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February 20, 2016

Elliott Harper leads ICC after Saturday

Harper leads ICC after Saturday

At this weekend’s 2016 International Carpet Challenge Elliott Harper backed up his round one TQ with the fastest time in the second qualifier, but the highlight of the day was the fourth round of qualifying. Elliott, Kyle Branson, Yannic Prumper, Olly Jefferies and Viljami Kutvonen exchanged fastest laps and the lead of the heat seemingly every lap, and it was Elliott who snatched the TQ on the final lap with his Schumacher, ahead of the Yokomo of Yannic and Viljami’s Awesomatix. Elliott, who said it was “great for the spectators to have such a close fight”, said he was looking forward to tomorrow, having saved the better of his two sets of tyres for the finals. Kyle, who set the best time in the third qualifier, second that “second’s not bad” after day one. Pretty happy with his Capricorn, he is now the only driver who can deny Harper of the overall TQ.

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February 20, 2016

Arrowmax 4600mAh LiPo shorty battery pack

Arrowmax have expanded their range of high-performance LiPo battery packs by a 4600mAh shorty variant. Made from 110C/55C cells for high power output the pack is of standard shorty dimensions, it features 4mm through-type connector tubes that are accessible from the top and bottom to make wire routing easy, and it is ideal for 1/10th buggy and on-road applications alike.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

February 20, 2016

McBride doubles at Australian Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the 1/8th Nitro Off-Road Australian National Titles was held at NWRCCC down in Tasmania, Australia. This year the nationals has turned into a three-round series – instead of one national title, the events are spread over the year and are held at the start, middle, and then the last round at the end of year to decide the overall national champion for all three rounds. At round one Kyle McBride would make a clean sweep in the Nitro Truggy qualifying and he would also win four of the five Nitro Buggy qualifiers.

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February 20, 2016

Elliott Harper sets early pace at ICC

Elliott Harper has topped the opening qualifying round at the 2016 International Carpet Challenge. The Schumacher driver, running a plain green Protoform Mazda 6 bodyshell today, set a time nearly two seconds quicker than his closest challenger, Yannic Preumper. However, the German Yokomo driver did not have an easy run to second place, trading times with Olly Jefferies and top seed from practice, Viljami Kutvonen. The Finnish Awesomatix driver’s challenge essentially ended on the first lap, with a roll through the fast esses, whilst Jefferies rolled his Xray around the three minute mark, costing him one second. This left 2014 ICC winner Kyle Branson to take fourth in the round for Capricorn, with Viljami fifth and Christoper Krapp in sixth.

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February 20, 2016

Axial 2.2″ Method Beadlock & Method 105 wheels

Axial 2.2" Method Beadlock & Method 105 wheels

Coming from Axial are the 2.2″ Method Beadlock IFD and 2.2/3.0″ Method 105 wheels. Starting with the 2.2″ Method Beadlock IFD wheels, the officially licensed Method 12-spoke rims are easy to assemble and they work with most 2.2″ tyres. The hub design allows this wheel to mount to any Wraith, 1/10 Yeti, RR10 Bomber, AX10 Ridgecrest/Deadbolt, and SCX10 while Axial’s Interchangeable Face Design wheel system makes it easy to dress it up with a new look. The 3-piece beadlock wheels utilise new 2x11mm pins for added strength, the updated plastic hub adapter eliminates slop and capture the 2x11mm pin and they feature adjustable breather holes for fine tuning tyre performance. The wheels come in pairs and in orange, green or white colour.

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February 20, 2016

Pro-Line Timberline soft-top & Overland roof rack

Pro-Line Tiberline soft-top & Overland roof rack

Pro-Line have two new accessories for scale rock crawler available in the form of a soft-top for the Axial SCX10 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon and the Overland scale roof rack. Starting with the soft-top, it is made from black nylon with clear vinyl windows and it will fit perfectly on the stock Wrangler Cage with the included Velcro mounts. Just like a full-size soft-top, the TimberLine soft-top captures the details with a rear window, two side windows and a full length soft roof to protect the important cargo and a small, sewn in P-L tag adorns the back.

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