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May 29, 2014

Kyle Rhodes takes CT State Championship

The CT State Championships was held at Wolcott Hobby and Raceway in Wolcott, Connecticut with around 100 entries. Up for grabs was the State championships for 1/8th nitro buggy, truggy, electric 8th scale buggy and 4WD SC. Leading up to the event the area experienced a few days of rain which left the track a little soft, but the Wolcott Hobby crew did a great job of prepping the track and making sure there was no standing water. Come heat 2 of nitro buggy qualifying and light rain started to fall again that quickly disappeared leaving perfect grip conditions for heat 3. Kyosho’s Kyle Rhods jumped out front early, limited his mistakes and was able to set TQ for the round. Round 2 and with an unchanged buggy but new tyres Kyle made a few mistakes early in his heat on which left him in third for a few laps but he again jumped back out front and was setting a new TQ by 6 seconds ahead of his round 1 time, but he had to pull off at the 3 minute mark, but the TQ from round 1 was fast enough to give him the overall TQ.

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May 29, 2014

DE Racing 22T & RT6 Speedline ST wheels

DE Racing extend their existing line of Speedline ST disc wheels for the TLR 22T and the Kyosho RT6 by adding four new colours. Coming in red, pink, orange and green, the rims are direct replacements for the stock wheels and they add to the yellow, white and black wheels that are already available. All are made from tough yet lightweight material and offer specific offsets for each vehicle.

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May 28, 2014

STRC Team Associated B5 series option parts

STRC introduce the first in a line of option parts for the Team Associated B5 and B5M. First up is a 25 degree front aluminium bulkhead. The bulkhead increases the durability of the front end of the buggy while adding a bit of weight to the front of the buggy to help assist in tuning for more steering out of your buggy. The set-screw over hinge-pin design provides long life for the aluminium parts as the hinge-pin will not wear down the bulkhead over time.

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May 28, 2014

2014 ROAR Region 4 Championships – Report

Region 4 racers converged at Space Coast R/C Raceway in Cocoa, FL, for a weekend-long event to determine the coveted ROAR regional title. Racers came in from all points of Florida to compete and also gain access to a facility that is also going to host the ROAR 1/10th Off-Road Electric Nationals later in the year. A very warm Florida weekend made things rather stuffy inside and out, but as always the track is full of traction which racers seem to love time and time again. A bumpy surface combined with the high-traction had racers on-edge all weekend trying to find that ultimate combination of fast and stable.

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May 28, 2014

Schumacher brand glass setup boards

Made from 6mm toughened glass are three new setup boards from Schumacher. Available in Schumacher, Core RC and Contact designs, the boards measure 40x30cm and are ideal for setting up 1/10th touring, GT10, LMP12, GT12 or 1/10th off-road buggies. Also available separately are three matching neoprene zip-up bags to protect the board during transportation.

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May 28, 2014

Exotek SRX2 direct spur mount

Exotek Racing introduce this direct spur mount for Serpent’s SRX2 series of buggies. Designed for the use in stock motor classes and oval racing, the spur mount eliminates the slipper assembly in order to make for a lighter drivetrain which improves acceleration and lowers the running temperatures of the motor. The hub assembly weights in at only 5.8g, which is almost the half of the stock slipper assembly and the design allows for easy switching between the gear hub an the stock slipper assembly when conditions call for it.

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May 28, 2014

Sanwa SRG aluminium servo case

German Sanwa distributor LRP introduce an aluminium upper and lower servo case for the Sanwa SRG servo. Included in the set, that greatly increases the strength and stability of the servo, are CNC-machined and gun metal anodised aluminium cases, four screws and two rubber seals to replace the standard plastic parts on the SRG servo. Although not official stated it is understood that the aluminium case is only usable with the standard size SRG-CZ but not the low-profile SRG-BL or -BLS.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

May 28, 2014

Deniz Aksüt wins at Turkish buggy offroad series Rd1

The first round of the Turkish 1/8th buggy offroad series was held at the Snappy Raceway in Istanbul over the weekend. In the E-buggy class, run on Saturday, Serpent’s Deniz Aksüt dominated the proceedings by taking the TQ, win and fastest lap. For Sunday’s nitro buggy race Deniz was able to conserve his performance as he again took the TQ, the win and the fastest lap in the 45 minute final.

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