In a week that lets Formula 1’s “silly season” look like a kindergarden Xray announce that the Slovakian company and French factory team driver Renaud Savoya are ending their professional relationship. Xray’s Juray Hudy states that both parties split in a friendly way.
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HPI/HB announce that IFMAR World Champion Ty Tessmann has signed with HB for another 2 years, to the end of 2016. A longtime member of Team HB and backed by his father Gord and mother Leann, Ty is a dominant force in off-road racing an his progression through the ranks has been steady and unceasing as he raced with the biggest names in RC racing. Everyone at Team HB and HPI Racing would like to thank Ty for his continued commitment and congratulate him for his recent World Championship win. This is what Ty has to say about the deal:
I’m excited to be signing with HB for another 2 years, my entire career has been spent with HB and I am grateful for their support. I want to thank Tatsuro, Hiro, Torrance and the rest of the HB staff for supporting me throughout the years. Success is a team effort and I believe that we have a winning team.
Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]
A standard part in Pro-Line’s newly released Pro-MT 2WD monster truck the all-metal gear Performance HD transmission from Pro-Line is now also available as a heavy-duty upgrade for the Pro-2 SC and Pro-2 SC Buggy, the Traxxas Slash 2WD as well as the Stampede 2WD, Electric Rustler and Bandit. Specifically designed to bring Traxxas’ 2WD line of trucks up to their full bashing potential with all steel internal gears the high-end race transmission also features a race-inspired vented disc slipper clutch system, a 3mm thick machined motor plate and a sealed oil-filled gear differential. The transmission comes factory-assembled, filled with 5,000 wt. differential oil and full ball bearings.
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HPI Racing introduce a 3-piece aluminium clutch shoe set for the D812, the D8T Tessmann Edition and the Trophy RTR series vehicles. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming anodised in a gunmetal colour the shoes are designed to replace the stock parts with harder wearing components for longer intervals between rebuilds.
Source: HPI Racing [hpiracing.com]
The 2014 season of the Belgian SCT Cup came to an end with the final round being held at the brand new indoor clay track of the BRCC, the first and only venue of this kind in Belgium. The new track attracted a lot of driver as the 8th round counted a new record attendance for the SCT Cup. The Pro2 class qualification then was very open with a bunch of new local drivers joining. Loic Voumard (TLR), running in a lower heat, scored the best times in the opening two rounds to take the overall TQ early while Martin Vierin (Team Associated) took the final round to start from 2nd on the grid. Behind the two Julian Andre (Team Associated), Nicolas Gandibleu (Team Associated) and Nicolas Evens (TLR) lined up tie on points.
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The 2014 Asia Offroad Championships were held last weekend at the World-famous Yatabe Arena, the venue of next year’s IFMAR EP Offroad World Championships. The race was held on the facility’s astro turf track that received a new layout prior to the event to allow for equal conditions and no advantage for the drivers that attended the JMRCA Nationals back in July at the same venue. As in previous years the race was announced by Charlie Suangka and the race format was five rounds of qualifying followed by triple A-mains, double B and lower mains. Overall more than 50 drivers, including a good amount of entries from oversea, attended the race in the three classes of Electric Buggy 2WD, 4WD and Junior and it was newly crowned Touring Car World Champion Naoto Matsukura who took the win in the 2WD class from UK’s Lee Martin and Kohta Akimoto.
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The final round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held this past weekend at the famous Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, CA. Kyosho driver Cody King took the win during the A final becoming the 2014 JBRL Expert Buggy Champion. Round 7 had Drew Moller (Mugen) coming in 2nd while Jeremy Kortz rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
Team Associated’s new B5M 3-gear transmission provides the spec class racer with a lightweight/low rotating mass option to improve drivetrain efficiency. It also features a new, smaller, lightweight top shaft which uses smaller diameter 5x10x4mm bearings for additional weight savings. The 3-gear transmission is also a great tuning aid for modified class racing on high-grip tracks because the gyroscopic effect of the motor is reversed, making the car stay flatter in the corners. The 3-gear transmission requires the dedicated top shaft, gear box, gear cover, and either the black or blue 3-gear motor plate, all sold separately.
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