The South American Championship took place in Paulina, Brazil on a track built by The Dirt’s Joey Christensen. Serpent’s Mike Truhe took the TQ in both the nitro Buggy and nitro Truggy class. He then went on to win both of his semi finals to take the pole positions for the mains that he also won by a comfortable margin to take snatch both titles.
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The final round of JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series Spring Session continued its record pace with 191 entries Saturday at FZRC in Sarasota FL. The weather gods were set to see some of the best action to date as the sunny south Florida weather was set perfectly in the 80’s with a light breeze. Marty Chilton and the FZRC crew groomed and manicured the red clay surface to give racers the most technical layout challenge to date. As racers began to pack the track early Friday morning, all quickly focused on their fast lines and marks for consistent lap times.
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New from JConcepts come the 2.8″ Choppers monster truck tyres. The tall and burly square lug design of the Choppers provides a deep tread depth for heavy footing even in the toughest conditions with the recessed lugs give a multitude of fresh edges to maintain consistent traction during the initial phase of tread life. The tread alignment and spacing provides massive forward bite acting as a paddle in loose dirt or sandy bashing environments. The outer sidewalls include heavy JConcepts X-Tread support ribs to aid traction in tight conditions or while against sharp or angled objects. The inner side-walls have built-in ribbing for added tyre to insert support increasing cornering consistency. Heavy internal waffle pattern carcass ribbing strengthens the tyre structure while the included closed cell inserts provide the utmost support for high-speed turns while also minimising tyre expansion in straight-line drag situations. The tyres are available in blue and yellow compound as tyre only or pre-glued on Traxxas compatible JC Rulux wheels.
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FTW introduce the Reactor bodyshell for the Team Associated B5 buggy. Offering both aggressive downforce and stabilising side force, the body is moulded from .030″ polycarbonate and it comes including two .040″ thick Fulcrum rear wings, a set of window masks and a decal sheet.
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This past weekend the BRCA 10th off-road national series visited Southport in the NW of England. As racers descended on the venue they were greeted by an, as usual, excellently prepared track, now sporting some new features in the middle portion of the track to go along with the infamous Southport “back section”, that would give the racers a challenging and fresh layout to race on. The national format see’s just 2 rounds of 3 minute practice runs before drivers in to 4 rounds of qualifying and then finals, with just the A main having 3 legs to battle it out, 2WD on the Saturday and 4WD on the Sunday.
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VP Pro introduce the Power Star PM-1207LV low-profile digital servo. Featuring an aluminium heatsink case, a mixed stainless steel and titanium gear set, as well as a brushless motor the servo pulls up to 12kg-cm with a speed of up to 0.074s. The standard voltage servo is usable with 4.8V to 6.0V input and weights in at 62g.
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Following a first rendering Tamiya America now officially introduce the TRF201XMW 2WD buggy kit. Offering virtually the same specifications as the buggy used by Tamiya’s Lee Martin at the 2013 IFMAR World Championships, the kit comes with big bore aeration shocks, an aluminium gear case, ball and gear differential as well as a body and wing. Included are also steel turnbuckles, captured universals and a rear carbon fibre shock tower. The limited edition kit will become available very soon.
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Muchmore Racing have two new rotors for the Fleta ZX Modified brushless motors available. First up is the super mild 12.0x5x25.3mm rotor that offers a mild power curve, ideal for 2WD and low-traction applications. The rotor comes with a grey marking ring and laser-etched size markings. The second new rotor is the larger diameter 12.8x5x25.3mm high power band offering. It comes with a blue marking ring and is ideal for all applications that require a high-torque motor such as 4WD buggies and touring cars.
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