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.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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Ryan Lutz will carry the No.1 racing number in the top heat of qualifying tomorrow at the US National Championship at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas. The Team Durango driver topped today’s seeding with his 3-consecutive laps from the first of the day’s two 7-minute practice rounds with the track generally proving to be slower second time around. Team Losi Racing’s Dakotah Phend would top the evening run to end the day second fastest with Truggy top seed Ty Tessmann completing the Top 3, while defending champion Adam Drake ended the day 5th fastest.
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Ty Tessmann will be the top Truggy seed when qualifying for the US National Championships gets underway at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Texas tomorrow. The factory HB driver and defending champion ended the seeding day top of the time sheets thanks to his opening run, with the second only netting the Canadian a fourth. After a DQ in the first practice, Ryan Lutz took his Durango to the fastest 3-consecutive laps in the final practice to end the seeding second overall. Although he couldn’t improve on his morning pace having posted the second fastest time, Serpent’s Mike Truhe completed the final Top 3 of the seeding.
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