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July 29, 2014

Josh Wheeler doubles at Futaba Challenge St. Louis

This past weekend was the O.S./Futaba Challenge in St. Louis, MO. The track was built by The Dirt Racing with lots of jumps and some nice flowing sections that made for good racing. The racing format was best 2 out of 3 qualifiers with two 20 minute main events for both pro buggy and truggy. There would also be a dash for cash with the top 6 qualifiers starting in inverted order. Truggy qualifying went very well for Josh Wheeler as he managed to TQ the first two rounds to take the overall TQ. Buggy was going to be tough with top names like Jared Tebo, Ryan Lutz and Taylor James. The first round went well but a mistake would cost Josh the overall TQ to Taylor James. The 2nd and 3rd rounds went much better and Wheeler TQ’ed both rounds.

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July 29, 2014

Adam Drake dominates 5th Annual East Coast Champs

The 5th Annual East Coast Champs took place at R/C Excitement in Fitchburg, MA with around 100 entries. TLR’s Adam and Ronda Drake were on hand for the event not only to race, but to offer help to all the racers. Adam was the top qualifier in 1/8th nitro buggy and 1/8th nitro truck. Drake then went on to win the 1/8th nitro buggy final followed by Renato Tradardi, Gunnar Rieck, Richard Saxton, and Ronda Drake and he also came out successful in the 1/8th nitro truck class followed by Ronda Drake in 2nd and Anthony Mazzara in 3rd.

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July 29, 2014

Yokomo B-Max4III Lightweight Spec combo kit

To celebrate the win at last weekend’s JMRCA 1/10th Buggy nationals, Yokomo release a special combo set of their successful B-Max4III 4WD buggy. Based on the standard kit the set also includes the recently released lightweight chassis kit that allows to use both saddle and shorty LiPo batteries. While the standard kit is best used in low-grip conditions the lightweight chassis is designed for high-grip tracks with artificial surface such as astro turf or carpet. The Lightweight Spec combo kit therefore allows the driver to adapt the buggy to virtually every track condition right from the box. The kit will ship on August 1st.

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July 29, 2014

Steven Schöniger wins German E-Buggy nats warm-up

The warm-up race for the German 1/8th E-Buggy nationals was held last weekend at the RC Racing Club Eisenach in Eastern Germany. The track offers a good flow that is disturbed a bit by a “skateboard” ramp in the middle of the track but the element is also very unique and now accepted by the racers. After the qualifiers Daniel Reckward put himself on top of the timesheets with Steven Schöniger and Marvin Fritschler in tow. In the 15 minute final local hero Steven Schöniger made best use of his track knowledge to come in 1st followed by Marvin Fritschler and Daniel Reckward.

Source: Spielzeugautorennfahrer [spielzeugautorennfahrer.de]

July 29, 2014

Schumacher Mi5evo Speed Secrets option parts

Schumacher have new Speed Secrets option parts for the Mi5evo touring car kit available in the form of a 2mm aluminium chassis, alloy eccentric bushings, alloy wishbone spacers and a centre body post set. Starting with the chassis, the part has been designed for high traction conditions, usually carpet, but can be used on treated tarmac tracks or any other surface with high traction. It provides a stiffer car with a lower centre of gravity for better corner speed and is manufactured from 2mm thick, high quality aluminium, with ground edges to improve the smoothness in cornering.

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July 29, 2014

Vanvelmen & Beunis en route to Benelux Truggy titles

With only two races to go Kurt Vanvlemen (Mugen/O.S.) in the Masters class and Bas Beunis (Mugen/O.S.) in the Hobby category are on their way to snatch the overall 2014 Benelux Truggy Championships in their respective classes. The runner-up spots are currently also taken by Mugen drivers with Bjorn Nagels in the Masters class and Jos Borgdorff in the Hobby category.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

July 29, 2014

Arrowmax B-Max series lightweight driveshafts

Arrowmax have new lightweight driveshafts for Yokomo’s B-Max series of 2WD and 4WD buggies available. Being made of high-quality spring steel and offering a lightweight design the driveshafts feature blue anodised aluminium cross pin retainers to securely keep the pins in place. The shafts are available for the front of the B-Max4 and as an universal variant for the rear of the B-Max2 and B-Max4.

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July 29, 2014

Belgian/Netherlands off-road champs Rd5 – Report

The 5th round of the combined Belgian and Netherlands 1/10th off-road championship was held at the astro turf track of Arendonck in Belgium. The sunny weekend made for a record outcome of 53 2WD and 40 4WD entries. Nicolas Risser (Team C) took 3 qualification rounds in front of Wesley Van Helmond (TLR) with Bryan Van Rijnberk (Xray) coming in 3rd. The triple looked like they would battle for the win as they already opened quite a gap to the following drivers. In the 2WD finals Nicolas was challenged by Wesley but at the end Nico took the overall win.

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