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July 12, 2015

JConcepts Summer INS – Q2 & Q3 update

With a flawless qualifying effort in round 1, Rivkin is looking for another clean sweep in the 2nd round of qualifying. Starting with Modified Short Course, AE’s young superstar was on a mission to match his earlier performance by TQ’ing the round with a 20 5:02.1. Improving on his first run by almost 10 seconds, Rivkin and his new SC5M is looking unstoppable. Consistent and quick, Jason Moberly would again post the 2nd fastest run with a 19 lap 5:09.4 and Kyle Layton would round out the top 3 fastest SC trucks with a 19 5:11.6.

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July 12, 2015

JConcepts Summer INS – Q1 update

Continuing from his ultra hot start, AE/JConcepts’ Spencer Rivkin is back at it again with another stellar performance in round 1 of qualifying. Having set the fastest time with his new Team Associated SC5M, Rivkin was in full control as he finished his run with a comfortable margin over his competitors with a 20 lap 5:11.2. Not making any changes to his brand new SC5M for round 2, Rivkin commented that his truck is “super easy to drive” and that “landing the thing is just cheating”. Finishing with the 2nd fastest time was JConcepts’ Jason Moberly with 19 lap 5:06.1 and Kyle Layton in 3rd with a 19 5:08.3.

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July 11, 2015

JConcepts Summer INS – Spencer Rivkin’s SC5M

JConcepts Summer INS – Spencer Rivkin's SC5M

The young Arizona star is running the soon to be released RC10 SC5M Team Kit from Team Associated at the JConcepts Indoor Summer Nationals. Receiving the parts just a week ago, Rivkin has limited time on the vehicle, but commented on how smooth the truck handles and specifically remarked on the consistent jumping. Choosing to outfit the truck with the Team Associated 3 gear transmission, hard suspension arms, Factory Team aluminum rear hubs and suspension mounts for the high bite surface of Outback Raceway, the vehicle is out-of-the box other than that. Already a hit it the pits, racers are flocking to check out the latest kit from Team Associated. According to Team Manager, Brent Thielke the SC5M should be hitting store shelve in the next few weeks.

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July 11, 2015

2015 JConcepts Indoor Summer Nats – Seeding

Team Associated/JConcepts’ Spencer Rivkin proved to be unstoppable during the seeding round as the young Arizona native has taken top honors in all four modified classes at the JConcepts Summer Indoor Nats. Having only 3 minutes to put in his fastest three consecutive laps, Rivkin was first able to top seeding in the Modified Short Course class with a combined 46.45 seconds followed by Jason Moberly with a 47.55. AE/JConcepts’ John Walentia would finish 3rd with a 48.41 to set up the qualifying order for Saturday’s qualifying rounds.

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July 11, 2015

Belgian SCT Cup Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Belgian SCT Cup was hosted by the TT Sprimont club on their recently modified track and under a new club management. The weather forecast with a temperature of 36°C scared some of the brave drivers but some cooling came from a massive rain shower in the final Pro2 main. In qualifying Nicolas Evens (TLR) took TQs in the opening two qualifiers ahead of Laurent Halluin (Team Associated). As Nicolas skipped the third and final qualifier Julien Andre (Team Associated) was able to grab the final TQ and with it the 2 spot on the grid. Haulin Laurent put his truck 3rd after the qualifiers.

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July 11, 2015

Track Focus – 2015 JConcepts Indoor Summer Nats

The 2015 JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals series has once again made its way to the world famous Outback Raceway with racers dialling their cars during the Friday controlled practice session here in Chico, California. With entries reaching the 260 range, the battle for Summer Indoor National Championship will be a battle to remember. With this race weekend coinciding with E-Buggy Nats in Pennsylvania, a few of the sports’ superstars are unfortunately not in attendance, however this opens the doors for a new champion hungry to make a name for themselves. Making the trip are some of AE’s top young guns like round 2 race winner Michael Schoettler, Tommy Hinz, Spencer Rivkin, Nathan Bernal, and Eric Albano. Also making their way from the Pacific Northwest is Kyosho/JConcepts’ Tanner Day and Ryan Matesa. With “local” power also in full force, the 2015 Chico Summer Nationals is destined to be a special race in the JConcepts calendar.

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July 10, 2015

Carsten Keller fully LRP’d

Carsten Keller fully LRP'd

German 1/8th off-road front runner Carsten Keller is set to use all-LRP and Sanwa equipment in his rides from now on. The former 1/8th E-Buggy German Champion and EFRA Euros finalist will use LRP’s nitro off-road engines, exhausts, as well as brushless electronics, batteries and chargers form now on along a Sanwa radio system to take control of everything. This is what Carsten has to say about the deal:

LRP is offering a very professional support. Especially team manager Andy Krämer is extremely helpful at the races and this is where I first used LRP’s ZZ.21C Ceramic Spec.2. The engine satisfied me in any aspect and especially with his very good and reliable performance.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

July 9, 2015

Manual Wagner wins at LRP-HPI-Challenge Rd19

Round 19 of the LRP-HPI-Challenge was held at the famous Andernach track in Germany with around 50 drivers in attendance. In the fastest class of 10.5T Stock Manuel Wagner took the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers. In the final Manuel had some close fights with Thorsten Zorn and in the opening A-main Manuel took profit of problems Thorsten ran into while in the second main it was Manuel who struggled a bit due to the hot weather conditions, but with some careful driving he was able to take the win and with it the overall victory. Come A3 and with some setup changes Manual Wagner again took the win to make a clean sweep. Behind him Thorsten Zorn finished in 2nd while Thomas Isbert rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]