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February 20, 2016

McBride doubles at Australian Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the 1/8th Nitro Off-Road Australian National Titles was held at NWRCCC down in Tasmania, Australia. This year the nationals has turned into a three-round series – instead of one national title, the events are spread over the year and are held at the start, middle, and then the last round at the end of year to decide the overall national champion for all three rounds. At round one Kyle McBride would make a clean sweep in the Nitro Truggy qualifying and he would also win four of the five Nitro Buggy qualifiers.

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February 20, 2016

Axial 2.2″ Method Beadlock & Method 105 wheels

Axial 2.2" Method Beadlock & Method 105 wheels

Coming from Axial are the 2.2″ Method Beadlock IFD and 2.2/3.0″ Method 105 wheels. Starting with the 2.2″ Method Beadlock IFD wheels, the officially licensed Method 12-spoke rims are easy to assemble and they work with most 2.2″ tyres. The hub design allows this wheel to mount to any Wraith, 1/10 Yeti, RR10 Bomber, AX10 Ridgecrest/Deadbolt, and SCX10 while Axial’s Interchangeable Face Design wheel system makes it easy to dress it up with a new look. The 3-piece beadlock wheels utilise new 2x11mm pins for added strength, the updated plastic hub adapter eliminates slop and capture the 2x11mm pin and they feature adjustable breather holes for fine tuning tyre performance. The wheels come in pairs and in orange, green or white colour.

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February 20, 2016

Phend to start 2nd as TLR claim Buggy 1-2 in quali

With Ryan Maifield having wrapped up the overall Buggy TQ at the Dirt Nitro Challenge in the second qualifier, the third & final round was all about determining the starting order behind the defending champion. Despite a poor concluding heat it would be Dakotah Phend who gets second on the grid for a TLR 1-2 as their rivals failed to deliver. With a P3 each, only Ty Tessmann and David Ronnefalk could demote Phend from the second he held all day behind his team-mate but needing a TQ to separate the two TLR driver at the front of the grid they could only manage 5th and 8th respectively in Q3. Maifield, showing no signs of letting up despite having bagged his third class TQ of the Fear Farm event earlier in the day, would make it a clean sweep as he again put his 8ight 4.0 at the top of the times. The slowest of Maifield’s three TQ runs in buggy, it would be the closest of the qualifiers with long standing rival Ryan Cavalieri getting to within half a second while an impressive drive from TLR’s Cole Ogden gave him a P3 for the round. Cavalieri’s P2 time would secure the Associated driver 3rd on the grid with Tessmann set to start 4th and Ronnefalk 7th in front of Ogden.

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February 20, 2016

Maifield does TQ triple at ‘The Dirt’

Maifield does TQ triple at 'The Dirt'

Ryan Maifield pulled off the TQ triple at The Dirt Nitro Challenge as he added the overall buggy TQ to yesterday’s Truggy and eBuggy haul. Having topped the opening round of buggy qualifying at the Fear Farm, the reigning champion again led a TLR 1, 2 from Dakotah Phend to wrap up one round early the overall TQ for the blue ribbon class at the 17th running of the Joey Christensen event. Again it would be HB that provided the closest challenger this time Ty Tessmann finishing third as David Ronnefalk, 3rd in Q1, ran out of fuel on his penultimate lap.

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February 20, 2016

Pro-Line Timberline soft-top & Overland roof rack

Pro-Line Tiberline soft-top & Overland roof rack

Pro-Line have two new accessories for scale rock crawler available in the form of a soft-top for the Axial SCX10 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon and the Overland scale roof rack. Starting with the soft-top, it is made from black nylon with clear vinyl windows and it will fit perfectly on the stock Wrangler Cage with the included Velcro mounts. Just like a full-size soft-top, the TimberLine soft-top captures the details with a rear window, two side windows and a full length soft roof to protect the important cargo and a small, sewn in P-L tag adorns the back.

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February 19, 2016

Reigning Champion Maifield tops Q1 at DNC

Reigning Dirt Nitro Challenge Champion Ryan Maifield got his quest to retain his buggy title off to a good start this morning in Arizona as he topped the opening qualifier. The 3-time champion lead a TLR 1,2 from team-mate Dakotah Phend, the pair separated by 1.5 seconds. Having enjoyed a successful day at the Fear Farm yesterday when he TQ’d both Truggy and eBuggy, Maifield took the first of the three qualifiers after a late mistake from Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin, while behind the TLRs, HB’s David Ronnefalk was best of the rest with the 3rd fastest time. Following Rivkin’s costly 8-second last lap crash which dropped him to 6th behind Ty Tessmann, Ryan Cavalieri would be top Team Associated in 4th.

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February 19, 2016

Reedy SC1000-DB sensorless brushless ESC

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Team Associated have introduced the Reedy SC1000-DB sensorless brushless speed controller. Splash-proof for maximum durability, its robust design installs in most 1/8th buggies, truggies, and monster trucks and it comes pre-wired for two batteries and features individual low voltage cut-off circuits for protection from over-discharge and improved safety. On the motor side of things the speedo comes factory-wired with 4mm gold-plated connectors.

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February 19, 2016

Pro-Line Pro-Spline HD rear axles

New from Pro-Line come the Pro-Spline HD rear axles for the Pro-2 SC and Slash 2WD with ProTrac kit. The Pro-Spline HD technology debuted on the Pro-Line Pro-MT kit and is designed to handle some serious power. Made from hardened black oxide coated steel, the drive shafts have a true 6-sided spline that slides smoothly throughout the suspension travel without having to worry about stripping out like the stock plastic drive shafts. The pins are held in place by zinc coated snap rings and M3 set screws on both ends. The drive shafts also fit the Stampede and Electric Rustler kits.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]