The first ever LiveRC race which was also a stop of the Midwest Nitro Series was held at Brandon Rohde’s house where he has built a nice track in his backyard. The race had around 160 entries with a lot of the Midwest’s fastest guys in attendance. Serpent’s Mike Truhe was able to TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he went on to convert that TQ position into to a victory with comfortable drive in the final.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Dave’s RC Track in Hubbard, Oregon hosted the 5th Annual NW Invitational race on a glorious weekend of outdoor fun in the blazing sun. Previously, the great NW Invitationals were held at a tight, indoor clay track, but due to track closures and changes race organizer and Kyosho/Orion team manager Joe Pillars, decided to host this year’s event on an huge outdoor, loamy “dirt” dirt track. Originally, Ryan Cavalieri was scheduled for attendance, but due to 1/8th Worlds in a few weeks, unfortunately he was busy testing and perfecting his prototype RC8.
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For those racers that are looking to trick out their B5 and B5M in that “stealth” factory look, ST Racing Concepts now offer a complete line of B5 series option parts in black anodising. The line includes a 25 degree front bulkhead, HD front kingpin brace, front camber blocks, a steering bellcrank set, a rear chassis brace/camber link mount, rear hex adapters, upper shocks mount bushings, rear hub carriers and a finned aluminium motor plate. All parts are CNC-machined from high quality aluminium and are direct replacement.
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Reds Racing announce the signing of Australian’s Aaron Stringer. Aaron will be running Reds Racing off-road engines during his 2014/15 campaign.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
Round 6 of the Belgian SCT Cup took place at the famous MBV Kampenhout track. Being used to organise national and international events the club provided a perfect organisation and an awesome astroturf track. As usual the day started on a wet and slippery track but in time for the first qualifier the track had dried, offering tons of grip. In the Pro2 class, Nicolas Evens (TLR) swept all four qualifiers, being the only driver to make 12 lap runs in each round. The following three drivers on the grid all scored a 2nd and 3rd place as best results but the fastest time handed Julian André (TLR) the runner-up spot on the grid, ahead of Laurent Halluin (Team Associated) and Philippe Hautecoeur (Team Associated). Pascal Bouffioux (Team Associated) completed the top 5 in the 2WD class.
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The eleventh annual Sidewinder Nitro Explosion was held at Heritage RC Park in Chula Vista, CA. Team Associated driver, Ryan Cavalieri, had an exceptional weekend with a TQ and win in the E-buggy class outperforming Lucas Sanford (Kyosho) in 2nd and Chad Panek (Tekno RC) in 3rd spot.
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This weekend was the Futaba Electric Challenge hosted by Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. This very unique event which competes on both indoor and outdoor surfaces across two days of racing to crown an overall champion. The first day of competition started on Leisure Hours’ flowing, high-grip indoor track. In 2WD, Chad Due was able to TQ two of the three rounds of qualifying to start first on the grid in the main, followed by Ryan Lutz (Team Durango) and fellow Team Associated teammate Corey Liebherr. In the main, the first few laps were very clean and then a mistake by Ryan and Corey gave room for Mason Perillo (Team Associated). At the end Chad was able to cruise to the finish with Mason taking 2nd and Ryan 3rd.
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Made for Yokomo’s B-Max2 2WD buggy is this rear brass bulkhead set from Arrowmax. The multi-piece part replaces the stock bulkhead with a heavier and more rigid solution for an improved weight balance and a rock solid rear end. The bulkhead weighs in at 36g, it incorporates a rear swaybar mounting system for high-bite surfaces and it is available now.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
