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July 21, 2014

17th Annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout – Report

The 17th Annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout was held this past weekend in Saugus, California. The race always attracts some of the country’s fastest off-road drivers and the 2014 edition was no exception and so 2WD class qualifying had Hot Bodies’ Ty Tessmann taking the TQ in round 1 in front of Jared Tebo (Kyosho) while the two swapped positions in round 2. Tebo then also TQ’d round 3 in front of Ty to take the overall TQ position for the finals. 4WD Buggy qualifying saw TLR’s Dustin Evans TQ-ing round 1 in front of Ty Tessmann who in return grabbed TQ honours in the second qualifier from Team Associated driver Ryan Cavalieri. Round 3 then went to Ty Tessmann who left Carson Wernimont behind. The round win then handed Ty the overall TQ for the finals.

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July 20, 2014

Exotek SRX hub set & mid rear bulkhead

Exotek Racing have two new aluminium option parts available for Serpent’s SRX-2 line of buggies and trucks. First up is a front C-hub set made from 7075 aluminium. Weighing in at only 12 grams, the parts are lightweight yet strong and with the included 2mm spacers they match the stock SRX C-hub geometry. With the vertical ball end mounting, roll centre adjustments are easily made by adding or removing spacers.

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July 20, 2014

Jörn Neumann makes it two at 2014 Euros

After winning the 2WD class at this week’s EFRA Electric Buggy European Championships Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann also won the 4WD class. The qualifying saw Jörn walking away with the TQ from Yokomo’s Lee Martin and Team C’s Hupo Hönigl. Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk had a better qualifying than in the 2WD class with a 4th place overall whole Team Associated’s young Joona Haatanen completed a top 5 result that saw five different chassis manufactures battle for the top spots. Robert Battle (Yokomo), Daniel Kobbevik (Team Associated) and Michal Orlowski (Team Durango) put their buggies on 6th, 7th and 8th on the grid while Tom Cockerill (Schumacher) and Ellis Stafford (TLR) made for seven different brands in the top 10 qualifying result.

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July 19, 2014

Arrowmax B-Max aluminium spring cup set

Arrowmax now have a 4-piece aluminium spring cup set for Yokomo’s B-Max line of 2WD and 4WD buggies available. Offering improved rigidity over the stock parts, the cups promise a more secure fit of the springs. They come blue anodised and with laser-etched Arrowmax logos.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

July 19, 2014

STRC TLR 22 series weight reduction kits

ST Racing Concepts introduce two new weight reduction kits for the TLR 22 2.0 and TLR 22-4 buggies. Including lightweight titanium hex head screws and aluminium locknut hardware, the sets weight in at about half the weight of the standard steel hardware. The aluminium nuts come in gun metal anodising to match the colour of TLR’s aluminium parts. Coming as specific assortments for the 2WD and 4WD 22 series, the 22 2.0 set also includes all needed screws for both mid and rear motor converted cars.

Source: STRC [teamstrc.com]

July 18, 2014

Xray XB8E 2015 spec coming soon

Xray have announced that they are close to releasing the new 2015 version of their XB8E 1/8th scale EP buggy. No further details as of yet, but we will publish full details as we get them.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 17, 2014

JConcepts B5 series ultra wheel hexes

JConcepts introduce the ultra front and rear wheel hexes for the Team Associated B5 and B5M buggy. The hex adaptors are precision machined, blue or black anodised and feature a fluted design eliminating unnecessary rotating weight. The aluminium material combined with clamping design and light-weight styling provides utmost durability and all-important functionality. The hexes are available separately for the front and the rear of the B5 buggy.

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July 17, 2014

Jörn Neumann takes 2WD class at EFRA Euros

The 2014 EFRA Electric Offroad European Champsionships are being held this week in Trelleborg, Sweden. Run on a somewhat tricky clay track built into an ice-hockey stadium, all drivers seem to have a bit of a hard time on the short and slippery track. In the 2WD class, run earlier this week, defending champion Jörn Neumann (Team Durango) took the opening three qualifying rounds, looking to have secured the TQ position early but a late charge from Lee Martin (Yokomo) handed the UK star the pole position for the A-finals as he TQ’d round 4 and 5 with a faster time, denying Neumann the prestigious TQ spot.

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