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May 3, 2015

JConcepts Indoor Nationals Series Rd2 – Qualifying Rd1

The first round of qualifiers of the second round of the JConcepts Indoor Nationals at Tacoma R/C Raceway are officially in the books. With most racers wisely putting in safety runs for the first round, some would not hold anything back and shoot straight to the front of the pack setting the fastest runs of the round. The show in 4WD Modified had the entire room on their feet as Ryan Maifield and Michael Schoettler would engage in a battle that lasted the entire 5 minutes on the clock. There was a point were it looked like Maifield was going to walk away and take an easy TQ run, but Schoettler would dig deep to close the gap. Maifield would cross the line with a 19 lap 5:08.02 and Schoettler would only lose TQ by .6 seconds! AE/JConcepts’ Damon Borkowicsz would fly under the radar and take a well deserved 3rd place run.

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May 2, 2015

Roche Rapide P12 screw set & titanium turnbuckles

Roche have new option parts for the Rapide P12 1/12th scale pan car available in the form of a titanium and aluminium hex screw set and titanium turnbuckles. Starting with the fasteners, the set includes over 55 M3 screws of different length and material to replace the standard steel screws. The alloy fasteners come red anodised while the titanium screws are included in natural colour. The set is made to reduce the overall weight while adding some visual impact at the same time. Also new are two 2-piece sets of M3 turnbuckles. Coming as 15mm camber links and 42mm long steering turnbuckles the parts are made to replace the standard steel camber and anodised aluminium steering turnbuckles with durable yet lightweight titanium parts.

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May 2, 2015

JConcepts Indoor Nationals Series Rd2 – Seeding

The 2015 JConcepts Indoor Nationals Series is underway at Tacoma R/C Raceway in Washington State. With approximately 230 entries and racers from all across the nation joining in on this epic event presented by JConcepts. With 3 minute seeding rounds and taking the top 3 consecutive fast laps to sort the qualifying starting order, practice will give a sneak peak into this weekend’s action packed racing. Reigning INS champion, Ryan Maifield has made the trip to the Pacific NW to defend his 2WD and 4WD titles against young up and coming threats like AE/JConcepts’ Spencer Rivkin and Michael Schoettler. Also hungry to prove himself and looking strong this weekend is NW local, Kyosho/JConcepts’ Tanner Day.

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May 1, 2015

JConcepts sign Renaud Savoya

JConcepts welcome Renaud Savoya to their world-wide race team. Currently they have IFMAR World Champions, ROAR National Champions and Regional Champions on the race team and now they bring a European Champion back together with JConcepts. Renaud will race a complete full calendar of 1/8th off-road events as well as dipping into some 1/10th off-road as time allows and he had the following to say about the deal:

I’m delighted to join the JConcepts race team. It is a brand that brought a lot to this industry with major achievements and innovations. Well known worldwide with IFMAR and ROAR wins, it is also a great opportunity to work with some of the best drivers in the world. I’m excited with this new challenge and I will put in the best effort possible to bring titles on European soil. I would also like to thank everyone at Sweep Korea and USA for the last 4 successful years, especially Steve Kong and Ryan Lee.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

May 1, 2015

Marc Rheinard joins Yokomo off-road team

Yokomo have announced the signing of Marc Rheinard to their off-road team for 2015 and 2016. Marc will race the company’s 2WD and 4WD buggies and he will join Yokomo’s UK super star driver Lee Martin in his campaign that will see appearances at the World Championships in Japan, the European Championships in the UK and also at the EOS. This is what Marc had to say about the deal:

I would like to thank Team Yokomo to give me the opportunity to use 2wd and 4wd Buggy for the next years including the WC in Japan and EC in England and also the EOS races. it’s also nice to be a teammate with Lee Martin again. I think we will achieve some great results in the next races. One more time thanks to all the people at Yokomo to let me on board to the off-road team.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

May 1, 2015

HB D815 optional clutch springs & hub carrier plates

HPI Racing have new optional parts for the HB D815 1/8th scale buggy available in the form of different clutch springs and rear hub carrier camber link plates. Starting with the clutch springs, beside the standard 1.0mm spring there are also softer 0.9mm and harder 1.1mm variants available to adjust the clutch engagement to your liking. Generally spoken a softer spring makes for earlier, low-RPM engagement while a harder spring results in higher-RPM engagement with the latter resulting in harder acceleration while a softer setting makes for a more controlled take-off.

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May 1, 2015

Austrian Electric On-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the beautiful track of 1. MRC Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria and it attracted over 50 driers in to race in the four classes of Touring Car Modified and Standard, Formula and World GT. Unfortunately due to bad weather conditions the race had to be stopped during the second leg of the Touring Car Modified class. In Touring Car Stock there was a close race between Jürgen Horn and Martin Szunyogh. Whilst Q1 to Q3 brought Jürgen a solid TQ, Martin set the fastest qualification time in Q4. Obviously Martin’s car seemed to perform better as the track temperature increased. Third on the grid was last year’s vice champion Christian Schiff. In the finals the weather was getting colder and so it was Jürgen Horn who dominated the mains and he took an easy win followed by Martin Szunyogh and Jürgen Linsberger, who managed to grab 3rd position starting from 6th on the grid.

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May 1, 2015

Lehua Lin joins Team Serpent

Serpent have announced the signing of Lehua Lin to their team. The Chinese driver is considered an off-road expert with his best achievements so far being A-main appearances at FEMCA Championships as well as a podium finish at the 2013 FEMCA EP Buggy Championships. Lehua has the following to say about the deal:

I am very honored to join Team Serpent and very much looking forward to work with other world class racer on the works team. With the support from Team Serpent, I am sure I have the best package ready for the year 2015.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]