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October 11, 2013

Argentina loses 200mm World Championship

IFMAR Sign

Argentina will not be hosting next year’s 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championship. The decision was made this morning at the IFMAR AGM which is taking place at the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Japan. With only a single application from a track not too far from venue of last year’s troubled 1:8 Offroad World Championship, the Pros & Cons of hosting the race near Buenos Aires were discussed with it decided that in the best interest of the class the race be relocated. With no FAMAR representative traveling to Japan to attend the AGM it was voted that the WC would be awarded to FEMCA. Hosts of last year’s Worlds in Thailand, where Meen Vejrak claimed the title, FEMCA accepted and will now start to gather applications from the 15 countries which they represent. 1:10 Nitro Touring Car is at a critical point with numbers struggling and moving the race should be viewed positively by the small number of manufacturers still supporting the class.

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October 10, 2013

Avid RC8.2 hard anodised shock towers

Avid introduce hard anodised aluminium shock towers for the Team Associated RC8.2 buggy. They feature an updated design that allows to use the popular camber rod mod without having to drill out inserts. The rear tower also is supplied with the popular ‘0’ hole and new shock tower positions with an additional inner hole and a removed outer hole for a more compact appearance. Both the front and rear tower are a direct fit on every RC8 buggy but it is recommended to only use the front tower in conjunction with the new AE vertical spindle system as the stock moulded caster blocks do not offer the support for the camber link mod. The overall shape now also offers clearance for larger HB/GHEA shock caps and Kyosho shocks. Available as separate items or as set of one front and one rear tower.

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October 10, 2013

2013 ROAR Region 4 Off-Road Champs – Report

For 2013 the ROAR Region 4 Off-Road Championships were held just outside of Orlando in Sanford, FL, at the popular Holeshot Raceway. Kris James and company put in the effort to ensure a great event with a technical inspection duo, constant track maintenance and race announcing courtesy of Lance MacDonald. The stage was set for a relatively serious event while roughly 160 entries filled the facility and parking lot for the once a year Florida showdown. Qualifying started briskly on Saturday morning with the 1st of 3 qualifiers to determine positioning for the main events. JR Mitch and Billy Easton were some of the fastest drivers during the first round of qualifying in the 2WD modified class and rose to the top each round showing consistency.

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October 10, 2013

Centro C4.2 reduced toe-in rear block

CML Distribution introduce this 2.5° rear suspension block for the Centro C4.2 conversion kit. The wishbone mount features 0.5° less toe-in compared to the stock part for more speed on the straight and improved rotation into turns on high bite tracks. The black anodised aluminium part comes including suitable inserts for the hinge pins.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

October 10, 2013

Yuki Model Yakuza SC brushless combo

CN Development & Media introduce the Yuki Model 1/8 Yakuza SC brushless motor and speed controller combo. Included in the set is a 4-pole sensorless 3674 motor with 2150kv and a 120A rated 6S-compatible speed controller. The ESC measures 57x49x39mm, weights 150g and features a switched 6V/3A BEC system. Included in the set are also a programming card, 5.5mm gold-plated bullet-type connectors and a multi-language manual.

Source: CN Group [cn-group.de]

October 10, 2013

Serpent Cobra T-e conversion kit

Serpent introduce the Cobra T-e electric conversion kit for the Cobra T nitro truggy. The set includes all parts needed to convert the nitro truck into a whisper-silent E-truggy, such as a new chassis plate, chassis braces, battery mounts, centre driveshafts, carbon shock towers and body mounts. The battery cups take all EFRA and ROAR legal batteries and allow to install taller packs as well. The set also includes the brand new bodyshell, which is a lot lower, narrower and smaller than the GP version. As usual electronics are not supplied but both buggy and truggy brushless motors fit the motor mount. For now the set is only available as conversion but Serpent may release a full kit and possibly a RTR version in 2014.

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October 10, 2013

RB/Xray Cup – Report

The RB/Xray Cup took place at the SAMC club in La Motte Servolex in France. 65 drivers attended in 1/8 Buggy Open and Promo as well as 1/8 E-buggy. Friday allowed for a lot of track time but come Saturday the heaven opened its gates ruining most of the day. Fortunately the club was well prepared offering good lighting to continue running in the evening. The qualifiers and finals were run on Sunday in an electric race format with 6 minute qualification runs and three 10 minute finals. The short runs made for lots of action on the track and especially the Open class saw hard battles between Miguel Matias, Marco Baruffolo and Lorenzo Crolla. At the end the three came in in the aforementioned order handing Matias the Open class win. In Promo Tanguy Vandre took the winning honours in front of David Restani and Joel Santos. The E-buggy class saw Yannick Brozzini taking the win with Corentin Precoma and Youssef Lesbir in tow.

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October 10, 2013

Armand Lantheaume wins French Cup 2013

The French Cup for 1/10th off-road buggies took place in Nantes this past weekend. Xray driver Armand Lantheaume dominated the race by first taking TQ in the 4WD class in front of Stéphane Deroch (Xray) and Florent Jadot (Xray). He then also went on to win the A final, again with Stéphane and Florent in tow who completed the podium.

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