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July 19, 2016

Reno Savoya confirmed for Dragon Stone Champs

Having already confirmed, TLR’s Ryan Maifield, he will be joined by his newest teammate Reno Savoya at the inaugural 2016 Dragon Stone Asian Nitro Buggy Championship race in Liaoyang City, China. Reno’s long list of incredible accomplishments includes being a 2-time Worlds finalist, 3-times French National Champion, and 3 times European Champion. With his race experience and world class speed, Reno adds his name to the growing list of international talent to the event. For more information, check out the Dragon Stone Asian Buggy Championship on Facebook.

July 18, 2016

Graham Alsop wins at Northern Regional Series Rd2

This past weekend was the second round of the Northern Regional Series. Qualifying provided some great racing with Graham Alsop taking TQ with Ashlee Owen in second. Going into the finals Graham Alsop convincingly took the win in the main and lead from start to finish. Ashlee had a terrible start and was promoted to dead last after a couple of laps. With a solid fuel strategy he was able to work his way through the field, setting fast laps to take a solid second from Colin Brennan in third.

View the final results here

July 18, 2016

Revolution Design Racing Products Buggy Wing Buttons

Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced their all-new buggy wing buttons designed to improve wing fitment on both 1/8th and 1/10th scale buggies. Machined from aircraft-grade aluminium the buttons help to securely fasten both polycarbonate and moulded wings, prolonging the life of both the wing mount and wing. Machined holes for countersunk screws make for easy and convenient wing mounting, with the buttons being usable with most wing mounts that use screws over the standard body clip solution. The buttons come in the five different colours of light blue, dark blue, black, orange or red.

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July 18, 2016

Kyosho MP9 Team BootsCradock Celebration kit

Team BootsCradock have announced a full race spec Kyosho MP9 TKI4 pre-built by double European number 1 mechanic, Mike Cradock. The kit will come with a Reds Racing R7 Evoke V3.0 engine, Reds Racing 2112 pipe, Reds Racing M manifold and Reds Racing Quattro clutch. The buggy comes built using a range of option parts including IF346-04L, IFW406, IFW456, IFW453, IFW445, IFW436, IF491KR as well as a red rear wing. Each chassis will be hand-engraved with the build number and Mike Cradock’s signature and each kit also includes a card that will show the build number, date, final check and signatures from Mike and Elliott. Furthermore the kits display the same setup Elliott Boots ran at the European Championships in Spain. The Celebration kit is limited to 100 pieces and it is made by request. For more information and to order, contact Elliott Boots at bootsie01@icloud.com.

July 18, 2016

Bezerk RC B6 series carbon fibre option parts

Bezerk RC have introduces some new parts for the Team Associated B6 and B6D platform. First up are two front shock towers for the flat front arms. Both are cut from 4mm carbon fibre, offing a refined shape for increased strength with a standard and a half-hole version being available – the latter making for finer adjustments of the shock angle.

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July 18, 2016

Andreas Thrasyvoulou wins Limassol Tournament Rd1

The opening round of the Limassol Tournament for 1/8th Nitro Buggys was held at the AG Metal Off-Road Track with the turnout of racers being less than normal due to the current very high temperatures in Cyprus. The track was pretty rough with also a lot of jumps and in the A-final it was Xray driver and top qualifier, Andreas Thrasyvoulou who made the best out of the conditions, taking the win from the Kyosho duo of Simos Tikkis and Andreas Theodotou in second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 18, 2016

2016 Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout – Report

The 19th annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout was held this past weekend in Saugus, California. In the premier 2WD Modified class Kyosho’s Jared Tebo would grab the overall TQ but in the A-mains it was HB Racing’s Ty Tessmann who came out on top after scoring wins in A1 and A2. Jared had to settle for second while Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri completed the top 3 podium result.

Continue reading the report here

July 18, 2016

Marc Rheinard joins Arrowmax

Arrowmax have announced the signing of 3-times IFMAR ISTC World Champion and multi-time Europe Champion, Marc Rheinard to their factory racing team. Marc will be using the Arrowmax range of products and professional tools at races such as the up coming ISTC at Beijing, China, and all other major events including the European Championships and the ETS races. The German has the following to say about the deal:

 I would like to thank Team Arrowmax for supporting me with their professional tools and setup systems! [I am] looking forward to use the great products from now on which also makes my pit look even better!

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]