September 24, 2014

Viper R/C Chassis Armor protective decals

Viper R/C Chassis Armor protective decals

Viper R/C Solutions introduce the authentic epic1Designs Chassis Armor decals with the Viper R/C logo. This sticker provide 21mil thick protection and will reduce friction from contact the chassis has with the track. With peel & stick & stick & stick Technology, the Chassis Armor can be removed to work on your car and re-applied multiple times with no issues. The 5.5 by 13.5 inch sheet will fit 1/10 touring cars, off road trucks, off road buggies and many 1/8 vehicles and it is available in a black or white variant.

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September 24, 2014

STRC Slash 4×4 LCG limited edition conversion kit

STRC Slash 4x4 LCG limited edition conversion kit

STRC’s popular LCG low centre of gravity chassis conversion kit for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 now come in three special colours. The conversion makes for improved handling and on-track performance and it is now available as hard anodised chassis and front bulkhead or matching colour anodised chassis and front bulkhead in green or orange colour. The limited edition kits include a 4mm chassis, HD front bulkhead, motor mount with motor can, servo mounts, battery brackets and many more parts.

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September 24, 2014

Maifield comes close but another TQ run for Tessmann

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Ryan Maifield came close to toppling Ty Tessmann’s reign over qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Sicily with the American and Canadian separated by the closest gap seen yet at the Naxos World track.  With Tessmann having stamped his authority on Day 1 of qualifying, topping Q1 by 7-seconds and ending Q2 with a 5-second advantage, in this morning’s third round the separation was just 3/10ths at the end of the 10-minutes at the end of a round which saw both drivers have issues on leaving the pits after their fuel stops.  A slower pace than yesterday, overnight hail making the track’s tiled section lose traction, Lee Martin ran the 3rd fastest time while team-mate & defending champion Robert Batlle had a tough round finishing outside the Top 16.

Read the full report here or our complete coverage here.

September 24, 2014

Nick Buechler takes NW Championship title

Nick Buechler takes NW Championship title

The final round of the Northwest Championship Tour was held in Pasco, WA this past weekend. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class Nick Buechler came out successful at the season finale in front of Jesse Munn and Jeremy Potter. The win also secured Nick the overall championship title from Jeremy and Jesse, who rounded out the top 3 in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Jeremy Potter

September 24, 2014

Arrowmax B-Max2 aluminium rear bulkhead

Arrowmax B-Max2 aluminium rear bulkhead

Following the rear brass bulkhead for the Yokomo B-Max2 buggy Arrowmax also have a more lightweight aluminium version available. The set adds only a small amount of weight compared to the stock composite part to retain the weight distribution, but it adds a good amount of rigidity especially in the camber link ballstud mounting area. Included also comes a sway bar mounting system to add further adjustability. The bulkhead set is made from 7075 aluminium, it comes blue anodised and laser etched for that pro looks.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

September 23, 2014

Vegas to host 2016 1:8 Offroad Worlds

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Las Vegas has been selected to host the 2016 IFMAR 1:8th Offroad World Championships.  With three tracks making submissions to host the 16th running of the IFMAR event, the new track was selected over 2012 1:10 Offroad World Championship track Silver Dollar Raceway and 2014 1:8 ROAR Nationals track Thornhill Racing Circuit.  With Vegas’ world famous strip visible from the drivers stand and the airport located across the street, the venue is sure to be a huge hit with racers & teams but Jared Tebo believes the track will put on a very worthy event.  Visiting the venue earlier this year along with Kyosho team-mate Cody King to test for the Silver State race, Tebo was childhood friend of the track owner Chris Tocco and after 10 years of not seeing him was reunited through r/c racing, reigniting that friendship.

Continue reading the announcement here

September 23, 2014

Tessmann ties up first day of qualifying in Sicily

Tessmann ties up first day of qualifying in Sicily

Ty Tessmann made Day 1 of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad World Championship in Sicily his own, the Canadian backing up his Q1 run with another convincing performance in the second round.  Bettering his time by almost 2-seconds over 10-minutes the HB driver was 5-seconds clear of his nearest rival Robert Batlle, the defending champion having a much better Q2.  Again showing he is the master of run time going the full distance without a fuel stop, Adam Drake completed the Top 3 knocking close on 10-seconds off his morning time.  For qualifying top seed David Ronnefalk it was not to be a good day with Q2 proving worse for the Swede who did not even make the Top 16 this time round.

Read the full report here or our complete coverage here.

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