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June 21, 2014

First TQ run for champion Tessmann in Q3

Defending US National Truggy Champion Ty Tessmann claimed his first TQ run this morning at Thornhill Racing Circuit when he narrowly outpaced yesterday’s qualifying dominator Dakotah Phend in Q3. With the two drivers running almost identical lap times, Tessmann with a 44.764 compared to Phend’s 44.778, the pair where separated by 1.2 second at the end of the 7-minute qualifier. The championship’s most successful driver, Ryan Maifield, who has been Truggy Champion 3-times, enjoyed a good start to Day 2 of qualifying after a disappointing day yesterday as he completed the Top 3.

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June 21, 2014

Team C T8TE & T8E conversion kits

Team C introduce two new conversion kits to upgrade the T8TE electric truggy and T8E electric buggy. Both the T8TE V2 and T8E V3 set include a new hard-anodised 7075 aluminium chassis, a pair of aluminium arm mounts with composite inserts, a pair or inner suspension pins and a new design servo saver. Team C released no information about the specific chassis specs and features but as they seem to make use of the kit’s standard plastic sidepods there will not be any drastic changes in geometry etc.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

June 21, 2014

DKT RR8 carbon fibre option parts

Italian company DKT introduce a range of carbon fibre option parts for the Radiosistemi RR8 1/8th scale nitro buggy. Made to replace the standard aluminium parts with lightweight yet strong carbon parts, available soon are front and rear shock towers, steering knuckle levers, a centre differential brace and the radio plate including a battery mounting brace. All parts are a direct replacement for the stock alloy parts.

Source: DKT [dktshop.com]

June 21, 2014

Another TQ run for Phend

Dakotah Phend repeated his opening qualifying performance at the US National Championships making it two out of two in the truggy class as he again set the TQ pace. A slightly slower run than the morning, the second qualifier would be a repeat of the Q1 Top 3 with the Team Losi Racing driver again fastest from the HB of Ty Tessmann and the Mugen of Carson Wernimont. The biggest improvement of the round would come from Serpent’s Mike Truhe who having being 10th in Q1 would post the 4th fastest time.

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June 20, 2014

Tessmann runs out of fuel but still takes Q1

Despite running out of fuel on his final lap, Ty Tessmann took the first round of buggy qualifying at the US National Championships in Hutto, Texas. On target for the only 10 lap run of the first of the four qualifiers, the HB driver would run dry just after completing the fastest lap of the round but would still top the timesheets with a 9/6:57.187 run. Behind the 2012 Champion, Kyosho’s Jared Tebo would set the second fastest time 1.2 seconds up on last year’s overall Top Qualifier Dakotah Phend. Defending champion Adam Drake would only post the 20th fastest time, the TLR driver saying he just didn’t drive very well.

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June 20, 2014

Phend TQ’s opening Truggy qualifier

Phend TQ's opening Truggy qualifier

Dakotah Phend has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the US National Championships in Hutto, Texas. The Team Losi Racing driver took his Truggy around the large Thornhill Racing Circuit in a time of 10/7:33.918 to outpace defending champion Ty Tessmann by 1.74 seconds. Behind last year’s Top Qualifier, a further 4.86-seconds off the TQ pace, Mugen’s Carson Wernimont completed the Top 3 narrowly out pacing the Team Durango of Ryan Lutz.

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June 20, 2014

Reedy 2100mAh LiPo RX/TX battery pack

Team Associated introduce the new Reedy 2100mAh LiPo battery pack for receiver and transmitter applications. Measuring 86.5×30.5×16.5mm the pack mimics the dimensions of a NiMH straight pack and it is usable as receiver battery pack in nitro on-road and off-road cars as well as to power transmitters that accept 2S 7.4V batteries.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 20, 2014

Team C 2WD spec aluminium servo horn

Available soon from Team C is an aluminium servo horn specially made for the company’s 2WD buggies. Offering a certain offset compared to standard servo arms the part is a drop fit and does not require any modification. The arm is available for servos with 23T and 25T spline, offers a threaded hole for the ball stud and it comes black anodised with laser-etched Team C logo.

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