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December 10, 2018

Schumacher Winter Series Rd3 – Report

For the third round of the Schumacher Winter Series presented by the Louth Radio Control Car Club, 70 drivers turned up for some hot track action while the temperatures were cold outside. In 13.5 Ricky Lee would debut at the club and set about the top qualifying position with his Awesomatix. Nathan Winyard and Chris Lovely would mix at the top with their Xrays but miss out on TQ rounds. Andrew Green would show an improvement to form with 4th. Joseph Cocking showed promise with the new Yokomo, ahead of Garry Plant with another Awesomatix.

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December 10, 2018

Adam Drake wins at DDH and the Drake 2 race

Deans Discount Hobbies of New Port Richey, Florida held the DDH and the Drake 2 race this past weekend. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the TQ and Adam would also come out on top of the 15-minute A-main event, taking the win a lap ahead of Christian Bruck (Serpent) as Serpent’s Billy Easton rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

December 10, 2018

Tyler Jones wins at ROAR Region 5 Off-road Champs

The ROAR Region 5 1/10th scale Off-road Championship was held at EN Hobbies in Columbus, Ohio this past weekend. 2WD Mod Buggy qualifying and the main were super close with intense battles between TLR’s Tyler Jones and Team Associated’s Aydin and Austin Horne. Ultimately Tyler was able to grab the TQ and win the main, that was one to watch. Austin Horne would come in 2nd, some 2.8s behind Tyler as Aydin had to settle for 3rd, another 1.7s down.

Image: Tyler Jones

December 10, 2018

Exotek AE 6 series alloy rear hubs & wing mounts

Exotek have released two new aluminium option parts for the Team Associated 6 series of kits in the form of 2-tone rear hubs and a buggy wing mount set. Starting with the rear hubs, the stealthy 2-colour anodised alloy rear uprights fit the B64, T6.1 and SC6.1. The customised polished black base with blue chamfered accents goes great with stock plastic parts or after market blue parts and through careful cutting and shaping the hubs are actually 2g lighter than the alloy Team Associated counterparts. The set includes 2mm roll centre alloy spacers to match the stock geometry of the AE alloy hubs and Exotek’s updated design works as either the left or right hub, giving racers more camber link hole options.

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December 10, 2018

Factory RC AE 6 series battery retention system

Coming from Factory RC is a new battery retention system for the Team Associated 6 series of off-road kits, such as the B6.1, T6.1 and SC6.1. The system utilises 3mm black or blue weave carbon fibre along with a colour matched aluminium spacer and stock hardware for a secure and highly adjustable retaining system. The system allows for battery float to allow the chassis to work independently which can provide better grip, less chassis “snap”, and a better overall driving vehicle. The battery hold down system is available now in both traditional black weave carbon fibre, and our blue weave carbon fibre material.

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December 10, 2018

Daniel Carlsson wins at MSEC Rd3

Round three of the MSEC cup was held in Åtvidaberg in the middle of Sweden, this past weekend. In the Touring 13.5T class it was Buggy ace Elias Johansson who set the pace in the qualifiers. Only 0.7s off was team mate Daniel Carlsson and lining up 3rd on the grid was Marcus von Elling. In the finals Elias Johansson had some hard times when grip came up that added to some electronic problems. Daniel Carlsson took full advantage of this and brought home the win in A1 and A2. Before A3 the remainder of the podium was still quite open and Elias Johansson took the win in front of Markus von Elling, so the overall result was Daniel Carlsson (Team Associated) taking the win in front of Marcus von Elling (Xray) and rounding out podium was Elias Johansson (Team Associated).

Thanks to Daniel Carlsson for the update.

December 8, 2018

Prümper tops EWS International after Saturday

Saturday’s action at the 2018 EWS International concluded with Infinity’s Yannic Prümper atop the ranking lists in the Modified class. The German had started off the day with a second place in the opening qualifier, and backed that up with a TQ run in the evening’s Q3 round. Describing how the whole Infinity team had improved throughout the weekend, the multi-time podium-finisher at the event said that it had “started pretty bad, but we worked together and found pace again”. He won’t make any changes to his IF14 for tomorrow, but will use the free practice round scheduled in the morning to run in his second set of race tyres.

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December 7, 2018

Sunpadow sign Olly Jefferies

Sunpadow continue to bolster up their factory team with high-class drivers, with the latest addition being multi-time BRCA national champion, Olly Jefferies. The Schumacher driver maintained a clean sweep record in the 2018 nationals season and he will be using Sunpadow LiPo batteries from now on while also helping with R&D and marketing in Europe.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]