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July 13, 2015

Boots finally comes good to win EC title

Elliott Boots is the 2015 1:8 Offroad European Champion, the driver renowned for his outright speed finally coming good to claim the first major title of his career. Top Qualifier at the 35th running of the championships, the Kyosho driver would end the reign of former team-mate David Ronnefalk by leading home the HB driver by almost half a lap of the Ongaroring. In front of a hugely supportive Italian crowd Alex Zanchettin would complete the podium in Sacile ahead of home hero Davide Ongaro. Unfortunately for Ongaro’s Mugen team-mate Robert Batlle his race would end before it had even started when his front centre driveshaft came out during the final countdown to the cars being put down on the grid.

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July 13, 2015

Muchmore CA rubber & foam tyre glues

Muchmore have three dedicated cyanoacrylate glues for rubber and foam tyres available. First up is the V-Made glue that is the strongest in the line and therefore it is ideal for 1/8th and 1/10th buggy tyres and generally all applications that require a very strong bond. Also new are specially formulated rubber and foam tyre glues for general applications. All three come in 20g bottles with a needle cap and applicator being included in the package.

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July 13, 2015

Sweep Racing SRC Revo-series pre-mounted tyres

Sweep Racing have introduced their new SRC brand which sets a focus on bashers and fun racers. Developed with Sweep Racing’s R&D facility in California the tyres combine racing technology with go everywhere ability and thus both the Road Crusher on-road and Terrain Crusher off-road tyre feature a reinforcing inner belt that prevents the tyres from ballooning under aggressive acceleration and under high speeds. Both tyres come in a unique rubber compound for high grip and exceptional durability and they are pre-glued to newly developed spoke rims that are a direct fit on the Traxxas Revo series trucks. The tyres offer a diameter of 147mm and a width of 80mm and they come on black, silver, bronze or black chrome rims.

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July 13, 2015

JConcepts Summer INS – Brendan Wheatley’s T5M

JConcepts Summer INS – Brendan Wheatley's T5M

Brendan Wheatley has been on fire all weekend long here at the JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals in the 17.5 Stock Truck class earning the overall TQ with his Team Associated T5M. Only racing for 2 years, Brendan has been climbing the stock ladder and making great progress with his well equipped custom T5M chassis made by Dillon Davis, Schelle ceramic bearings, MIP 3 gear aluminum gearbox and Eco top shaft. With smooth power delivery from his Hobbywing ESC/SchuurSpeed Select motor combination, Brendan has been able to masterfully tame the high traction, full slick tire conditions here at Outback Raceway. With Ron Schuur on hand, Brendan has been able to optimize his gearing and motor timing to maintain both high corner and straightaway speed to separate himself from the field resulting in the only 20 lap qualifying run.

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July 13, 2015

JConcepts Summer INS – Q4 update

With such a fantastic start to the weekend at the JConcepts Summer INS, dominating his rivals in all 4 classes and already earning the overall TQ in all 4, the final round of qualifying for Rivkin was used to break in tires for the mains. The combination of track watering and new tires, Rivkin struggled a bit to maintain his previous pace and had to settle for a 20 lap 5:08.7, but still taking the win. The battle between TLR/JConcepts’ Jason Moberly and Kyle Layton has been on since the start of qualifying. Edging out his competitor, Moberly would finish ahead of Layton in the final round of quals giving him 2nd overall in qualifying with Layton starting just behind Moberly.

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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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