Team Losi Racing’s Adam Drake won Pro Truck at the 2014 Battle of the Sikest at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway last weekend. Drake TQ’d all four rounds of qualifying and won the first two A mains to take the overall victory with his Novarossi powered TLR 8ight T 3.0 equipped with Pro-Line M3 Holeshot tires. Drake also TQ’ed Pro Buggy and finished second behind Ryan Lutz.
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New from Associated’s Factory Team come these V2 .71 threaded front shock bodies which are compatible with all current RTR and Factory Team shocks on the RC10 World’s Car and RC10 Classic vehicles. Made from low-friction material, the threaded lower seal cap acts as a guide bushing, this easy-to-build seal package simplifies the build using two O-rings and one spacer. Works with existing shock shafts, pistons, O-rings, shock ends, spring cups, and shock caps.
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Hiro Seiko have release some new titanium screw kits for both Team Losi Racing & Team Associated EP buggies. Set to reduce the weight of the car between 16g to 22g the sets are available for the RC10 B5, TLR 22-4, 22SCT (Mid & Rear) and 22 2.0 (Mid & Rear).
Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]
Last weekend was the oOple Invernational race held at Robinhood raceway in the UK on their unique clay track. The event has become very popular in it’s short time on the race calendar with racers and their family’s and it’s easy to see why! The race finds the perfect balance of some serious racing on the track but lots of fun off the track on Friday and Saturday evenings. Friday consisted of open practice starting at 11:30am which went well on the perfectly presented track until around 4pm when the rain arrived! The covers were pulled over the track in a Wimbledon style fashion whilst the torrential rain passed over. Unfortunately the water managed to find it’s way onto the track in a few places and ruined the hard work that had been put in. The track team and several racers worked very hard to get the track useable again and practice re-started only for the rain to return so they called it a day at that.
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New from Serpent for the Spyder range of 1/10 offroad cars are these shorter rear springs for use on even, high grip tracks such as astro and carpet, where a lower ride height is needed. Made from high quality spring steel, each spring is matched and paired, and all feature a colour for easy identification. Available in orange 1.8lbs, red 1.9lbs, pink 2.0lbs, blue 2.1lbs, purple 2.2lbs and green 2.3lbs.
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VBC Racing have introduced some new option parts for the newly released Firebolt DM Buggy. First up are front and rear springs in medium-soft green and medium-hard orange as well as a line of TiNi coated front and rear shock shafts, suspension pins and kingpins. Finally there is a new graphite piece to replace the kit steering strut in the car.
David Ronnefalk has successfully defended his 1:8 Offroad European Championship title with a convincing victory in Sand am Main. Having set the benchmark all week at the German event, the Kyosho star took an easy win over the Xray of Martin Wollanka but a mistake on the opening lap meant the Swede didn’t have it as easy as was expected. Making a mistake on the opening lap when on the run up the hill he landed his Orion powered MP9 on the track marker this allowed Darren Bloomfield to the front of the 1-hour main which also saw the Xray’s of Martin Bayer and Renaud Savoya lead for a time the 12-car field. After an entertaining opening 15-minutes Ronnefalk got back to the front and finding the composed form he has shown all week pulled clear to resume control. With first time finalist Wollanka securing a surprise second and his team-mate Renaud Savoya retiring from 3rd with a clutch bearing failure with 5-minutes to go the race for the final podium placing would be fought out by former Champions Darren Bloomfield and Robert Batlle. In the end it was Agama’s Bloomfield who came out on top with Batlle who found himself last at the end of the opening lap having to settle for fourth.
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Just as he did last year enroute to winning his first 1:8 Offroad European Championship title, David Ronnefalk will start the Main Final in Sand am Main from pole position. Top Qualifier for the event the Kyosho driver cruised to an easy win over the man who he took the title from Darren Bloomfield but it was the second of the Semi Finals that provided the drama. On target for a repeat of Ronnefalk’s domination of the first Semi, World Champion Robert Batlle’s Mugen would in the final 30-seconds of the 20-minute encounter come to a halt coming up the hill due to a battery failure. Luckily for the Spaniard, who won the last time the championships were hosted at the German track, he had completed just enough laps to claim sixth despite not going the full distance, the last bump up position, to progress to the final.
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