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September 24, 2015

Gary Baird takes 2015 Irish 1/8th Off-road Champs

The final round of the Irish 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held on the astro turf track in Navan. The usual weather playing games had the drivers need sun cream for the Saturday and a wet suit for the Sunday. Qualifying was mixed for a lot of drivers. The new astro they laid in Navan had plenty of gaps in it that randomly spun your car, but also rubber balls instead of sand, so it smelt delightfully of melting rubber. The man on a mission Alan Scroggie took TQ with pretty impressive runs. Andrew McClean would line up 2nd looking very controlled and starting to give the older drivers a lot to think about while Gary Baird would line up 4th and Barkley 6th. Three of these drivers were separated only by 2 points in the overall championship.

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September 24, 2015

Jarred King takes NSW 4WD Buggy State Title

The 2015 NSW Electric Off-road State Championships were held in the usually hot and sunny Maitland although the weather was very different this time around. Saturday started off with a dry and slippery track but overnight downpour mixed things up for Sunday’s race day. Racing didn’t got underway till lunchtime but then another healthy downpour stopped racing until around 2 pm. The organisers decided to reduce qualifying to three rounds and the finals to two legs meaning the fastest time would win the title. Q1 of the 1/10th 4WD class saw Mitchell Steer coming out fastest from Jarred King, and also Q2 would see Mitchell coming out fastest meaning an early overall TQ for him. Behind Steer, the race was on for the 2 spot on the grid between Jarred King and multi-national champion Josh Pain. At the end Josh grabbed the round TQ in Q3 to take the runner-up spot after the qualifiers from Jarred.

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September 24, 2015

Italian 1/8th Off-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The Italian AMSCI 1/8th off-road national championship recently concluded with the running of the fourth and final round. Held at the Rome Cross Village track, more than 80 drivers competed on the three nitro categories of Expert, F1 and F2 and the event also saw the single round Electric Brushless Championship to be held. In the Expert category Davide Ongaro took the win from tone to tone in the 45 minute final. Behind him Marco Natale, Davide Tortoricci, Alessandro Stocco and Fabrizio Teghesi battled for the remaining podium spots with the positions changing constantly. At the end Marco held the upper hand by taking the runner up spot one lap down on Davide Ongaro, leaving Davide Tortoricci behind by only around 0.5 seconds. Alessandro ended the final some 3.5 seconds short of Davide in fourth, Fabrizo rounded out the top 5 in the same lap as the second to fourth placed drivers, making for an entertaining season finale.

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September 24, 2015

Tekno RC shock/ball end tool & updated sway bars

Tekno RC have introduced a couple of new parts in the form of a multi-purpose shock and ball end tool as well as updated sway bars for the company’s 1/8th and 1/10th vehicles. Starting with the shock tool, it incorporates many useful features as it can hold 3mm to 4mm shock shafts and there are also 12mm shock bottom cap and 17mm shock bottom and top cap hex holding areas that are very useful for shock rebuilds. The tool comes CNC crafted out of high grade aluminium and it is anodised in a two tone black/grey finish.

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September 23, 2015

Hinz wraps up double PL Indoor Champs victory

The Pro-Line Indoor Championships race was recently held at Warehouse3. Friday started out as all-day practice, with everyone trying to find the hot setup. On Saturday the track opened for three rounds of qualifying with rocket round times. About halfway through the 18-heat program was Mod 4WD Buggy. Tommy Hinz set the TQ time to beat by over 15 seconds. Up next was 2WD. Hinz again had the TQ run by 4 seconds over teammate Ashe Deering. In the second round, Hinz again TQd 4WD. However, 2WD racing got a bit closer. Deering was in the first heat and had a good run going the extra lap. Hinz followed him to go the extra lap and take TQ back over by half a second. Sunday was the triple A-mains and Hinz would win A1 and A2, wrapping up the win for both 2WD and 4WD classes.

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September 23, 2015

Pro-Line Micron 1/10th buggy rear tyres

Coming soon from Pro-Line Racing is the Micron 1/10th rear buggy tyre. The tread is basically a lower pin option of the Electron with whom it shares the connected tread technology with an emphasis on creating as many forward facing edges as possible for maximum forward grip. The unique centre tread zig zags back and forth for both forward and side bite while maintaining good wear given the low tread height. The Micron is available in M4 super soft and MC clay compound including blue closed cell inserts.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

September 23, 2015

Pro-Line B5M Predator & Flow-Tek Fusion SC bodyshell

Pro-Line have introduced two new bodyshells, the Predator B5M buggy body as well as the pre-cut Flo-Tek Fusion short course truck bodyshell. Starting with the Predator, the design was originally developed for the RC8B3 and has now been scaled down to fit perfectly on Team Associated’s mid motor 1/10th 2WD buggy. The Predator features a sleek and low-profile front cab and a rear section the will fit any transmission configuration including 3-gear and laid down styles. It takes design features from both Phantom and Type-R designs to create a whole new look with balanced performance in any condition. As usual the body comes clear, including window masks and a decal sheet.

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September 22, 2015

Team Associated B5 series FT aluminium gear cover

Coming from Team Associated and made for 5th generation 1/10th off-road vehicles such as the B5/5M, T5M and SC5M is the Factory Team aluminium gear cover. It replaces the cover found in the optional gear diff kit and the aluminium material will prevent warping, providing a tighter seal than the current cover, and longer run times between maintenance.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]