The 4th and final round of the Paraguay Nationals Championship was held this past weekend following events in Hohenau, Captain Meza, and Ciudad del Este. The race format saw two round of 10 minute qualifying followed by 30 minute semis and a 45 minute main final. At the end Marcelo Garcete Talavera came out successful in front of his Serpent teammate Manuel Dressler.
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The Western Australia EP Off-Road Interclub Series recently kicked off at MORBC in Whiteman Park with 84 entries across six classes with 20 4WD Modified and 18 EP8 entries to bolster the racing and excitement. The MORBC club put on an incredible event, turning it up with a fresh and exciting layout designed with 1/10th cars in mind. With a little help from the weather to put on a fantastic day, the scene was set for some great racing with WA’s best and fastest drivers all turning out including back-to-back 4WD Modified Australian champion Josh Pain, 2014 4WD SCT Australian champion Kyle Francis and 2014 2WD Modified runner-up and 4WD Modified number three driver Craig Laughton.
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This past weekend saw the Opening Race at the RC Tracks Las Vegas venue, home of the 2016 1/8th Offroad Worlds. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw HB’s Ty Tessmann taking the win in the A-main from his newly signed teammate Renaud Savoya who finished only 5 seconds down on Ty after being held off by traffic. Serpent’s Mike Truhe rounded out the podium in 3rd. Dylan Rodriquez and Cody King came in 4th and 5th respectively. The Nitro Truggy class then was a bit of relief for Reno as took the win in the A-main from Mike Truhe.
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Exotek have announced a range of carbon fibre and aluminium option parts for Losi’s Mini 8ight range of vehicles. First up are 3mm carbon fibre shock towers for the Truggy variant. Stronger and lighter than the original parts the front tower also allow for a more upright shock position for improved jump handling.
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Team Associated help you to take your scale realism experience to the next level with the ESS-One Engine Sound System and XP light arrays. The ESS-One Engine Sound System allows to choose from multiple throaty race engine sounds, shifting, brakes, and turbo blowoff valves. The programmable ESS-One delivers these sounds in one simple, small box for a clean and easy installation and it is usable for short course trucks, drift or rally cars.
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Schelle Racing Innovations’ Nova 3-pad slipper clutch is now also available for Kyosho’s RB6 2WD buggy. All parts needed are included in this conversion to race stock or modified buggy with a 69 or 76 tooth Nova spur. Also included is the required Nova aluminium topshaft which will adapt the Kyosho gearbox to a Nova slipper clutch and 5.5mm hex adjustment nut. The Kyosho conversion also includes both types of slipper pads with a tuning guide to help racers learn how to tune the clutch for different conditions from slick to astro turf. The conversion also fits the RT6, SC6 and Ultima SC with the aluminium top shaft also being available separately.
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Gravity RC introduce the Skirt Pen, an adjustable height marker to mark the height of on-road body cut lines. With the body on the car the pen is laid on the table or pit board to draw an accurate line around the body which indicates the lower cutting line. The 6-sided unit offers measurements of 4.5mm, 5mm, 6mm, 7mm, 8mm, and 9mm with the laser-engraved number facing up is the exact height of the pen’s tip. The Skirt Pen also includes masking tape to apply on the body’s skirt before drawing the line to help with visibility on dark body designs. Other uses may include marking lines on foam off-road inserts when cutting them narrower to size.
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Tekno RC have revised rear arms for the EB48 and NB48 1/8th buggy and a new 5.5mm and 7mm nut wrench available. Starting with the A-arms, they are exactly the same material and dimensions as the XT arms, but with added clearance for the shock spring perches. They are a direct fit on the Tekno’s nitro and electric 1/8th buggies and they will perform well in all climates.
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