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March 25, 2015

JConcepts Mono & Bullet disc wheels

JConcepts introduce the new Mono wheels for the front of the TLR 22-4 buggy as well as the Bullet 4.0″ 1/8th truck wheels. Starting with the 1/10th wheels, they are designed in the popular dish style and available in bright white and fluorescent yellow. They offer the maximum size allowed under ROAR rules and make a statement with their large appearance, flat dish shape and inner rib design. The wheels incorporate an outer glue catch that resists excess glue from running down the wheel face during the gluing process. The wheels are manufactured using advanced techniques to ensure trueness and durability and are branded with the small JC logo for brand identification and authenticity.

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March 25, 2015

DE SpeedLine Plus 2.4 1/10th buggy wheels

The SpeedLine Plus 2.4 is the latest 1/10th buggy wheel from DE Racing. Offering a 2.4″ diameter, for the use with the latest generation of 1/10th buggy tyres, the wheel delivers maximum corner control and stability by utilising DE Racing’s “Sure Lock” foam retention system. This system, comprising of radial ribs that lock the wheel and foam insert together, retains maximum tyre traction to the racing surface while eliminating the vague inconsistencies that come from an insert that is free to move around on its wheel. The rims are available for Team Associated, Kyosho and TLR 1/10th buggies and in white, yellow or black colour.

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March 25, 2015

Ryan Maifield teams up with TKO

TKO have announced that Team Losi Racing’s Ryan Maifield has joined their team. TKO products, such as wheel, clutch and engine bearings will be in his race cars and with the rolling out of TKO’s new electric performance product line Ryan will also help with testing and development. Currently Ryan is running TKO products such as ceramic engine bearings, flat & finished diff rings, special RT clutch bearings and wheel bearings, Eureka gear box lube, and Enhanced Rotation bearing lube with more to come.

Source: TKO [tkocompetitiondev.com]

March 25, 2015

Showtime as EOS heads to Austria

Following a two month break, the Euro Offroad Series resumes this weekend (March 27-29) with Round 3 of the 1:10 Offroad Championship taking drivers to Wels in Austria. For the second year running the EOS will run as part of Austria’s largest modelsport show ‘Modellbau Wels’ with show organisers this year placing the indoor track in one of the Messe Wels newly constructed entrance halls. In term of the racing action, the event marks a important stage in the championship in terms of determining who the title contenders will be and there will be a lot of attention around the championship’s most successful driver Joern Neumann as the Round 2 4WD winner makes his EOS debut with Serpent.

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March 25, 2015

Dutch BL-Cup Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Dutch BL-Cup for 1/8th scale electric brushless buggies was held at Raco2000 in Utrecht. The previously modified track now offers more challenges for 1/8th buggies and it was the first race on the new layout. With 55 drivers from the Netherlands and Germany it was a good turnout for the BL-Cup which only started in Holland this year. Sunday started out cold but dry and around mid-day the sun came out making for perfect weather conditions. After the qualifiers Bart Mullink, Nick Anneveld and Stefan Petri were the fastest drivers with Bart having won two of the three qualification heats while Nick came out fastest in the other.

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March 25, 2015

Cody Turner doubles at JBRL Electric Season Opener

The 2015 JBRL Electric Series kicked off the season at IERC in Southern California this past weekend. The 1-Day JBRL race format with over 300 entries meant for a long day but once the sun set and the mains had been raced Cody Turner led the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class with Dylan Nelson in a close 2nd and Shawn Blackwell Sr. in 3rd.

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March 25, 2015

Ollie Currie wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd12

Round 12 of the HNMC Winter Series brought plenty of guys out to play at the recently re-vamped Herts track. With many new features put in and the layout having changed a fair bit, there was a challenge for all to get used to it, with the old layout having been in place for a long time. Qualifying saw Ollie Currie laying it down, and after a mistake in round 1 costing him that TQ he made no such mistakes in rounds 2 and 3 to take the overall TQ for the meeting in fine style.

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March 25, 2015

LRP S8 Rebel carbon fibre shock towers

LRP have carbon fibre shock towers for the S8 Rebel 1/8th scale buggy available. Made to improve stability while lowering the overall weight of the buggy the shock towers come cut from high-quality carbon fibre and they sport machined LRP logos for easy identification. The parts are available separately and fit both the S8 Rebel BX nitro and BXe electric buggy.

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