The 2015 Winter Series was held this past weekend on the island of Grand Canary. The temperature of 25 degrees made for perfect racing conditions and after the qualifiers it was Cristian Artiles who took the TQ. The semifinals went well for Cristian too as he was able to take the pole position for the 30 minute main that he later won some three laps ahead of Leandro Romano.
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Still in its first year of operation, the new and improved Beach Hobbies of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina hosted the 2015 Palmetto Classic this past weekend. The event spanned two days of racing on 6000 square feet of Carolina clay. 179 entries tested their skills against one another on the technical yet fast layout and the surface itself remained very consistent with tons of traction throughout the festivities requiring little more than the occasional lap with the leaf blower. This allowed the race director Myssie Hanna to move through the four action-packed rounds of qualifying on Saturday and double A-mains on Sunday with great efficiency.
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Sweep Racing introduce the Tendroid front tyre for 1/10th scale 2WD buggies. Offering a pretty unique design with a deep W-shaped inner tread and massive “android”-shaped outer portions the tyre is made especially for grooved track conditions. Made to fit most 2WD front rims the tyre is available in ultra soft silver, extra soft blue, soft red, medium white and a soft clay compound.
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This year’s Japanese JMRCA 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be held from the 5th to 7th of June at the Yatabe Arena, host of the 2015 IFMAR 1/10th Electric Buggy World Championships. The Nationals will also act as the Warm-up for the Worlds in October and the entries for oversea drivers are now open here. The race, run on a purpose-built astroturf track, will see the use of the official Schumacher Worlds control tyres and inserts as listed below.
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The opening round of the Cyprian 1/8th National Nitro Buggy Series was held at the A.G. Metal Track in Limassol under perfect weather conditions and on a challenging track. The 40 minute A-main saw the lead swapping several times and in the end Marios Christodoulou brought home the win from Nicholas Zachariades in 2nd and Simos Tikkis in 3rd.
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Tyler Jones had an impressive weekend at round 5 of the JCP Winter Electric Point Series as the you man took the TQ and win in the 2WD Modified Buggy class and would go on to also win the 4WD Buggy class after a great battle in the main.
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JConcepts have new accessories for the Team Associated T5M stadium truck available in the form of chassis protective sheets and a 6-piece titanium turnbuckle set. Starting with the chassis decals, the pre-cut stickers come in sets of two and they not only protect the chassis bottom from becoming excessively scratched but they also decrease friction between the chassis and the dirt surface.
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Made for the Traxxas E-Rustler and Stampede 2WD trucks are new wide front A-arms from RPM. The arms extend the front width by 31.8mm and therefore by exactly the difference in offset between the front and rear wheels. All that is needed for the conversion, that will make for stability-adding performance, is a second set of “front” wheels for the rear of the truck to align the front and rear tyres. Depending on the converted truck a new set of front turnbuckles and toe links is needed due to the increased track width. The A-arm are made from RPM’s durable Nylon blend and they are available in a range of colours including black, blue and green.
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