The 7th annual Psycho Nitro Blast saw Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz walking away with the win in the Pro E-Buggy class after taking all three qualifying rounds, handing him the pole position for the triple A-mains. After some eventful finals Ryan was able to take the win from TLR’s Adam Drake with Joe Bornhorst grabbing the final podium spot in 3rd.
Source: Team Durango [teamdurango.com]
KO Propo have several new products to offer in the form of the a limited edition “red screw” EX-1 KIY radio, the BSx2 brushless servo line and the Power variant of the RSx one10 low-profile servo. Starting with the EX-1 KIY, the Ver.3 transmitter comes with the already introduced Expert Grip pads and larger trigger unit. In addition the radio features a red anodised aluminium screw set for the grip and master unit which is also available separately as is a silver colour set to update older radios. New to all Ver.3 radio sets is the KR-413FH receiver that offers a significantly faster reaction time over the previous KR-411.
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MIP now have the Pucks Shiny drive system for the Kyosho RT6 stadium truck available. The set makes use of MIP’s own Pucks system that greatly reduces outdrive and driveshaft wear by using special composite cushions, called pucks, instead of conventional drive pins to connect the outdrives and driveshafts. The pucks also make for a smoother drivetrain action both for stock and modified racing. The “Shiny” system comes with captured C-CVA dogbones, RT6-style wheel axles, new outdrives, diff rings and diff gear, as well as an assortment of MIP grease and thread lock.
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DE Racing have new additions available to their SpeedLine series of wheels in the form of specific rims for the TLR 22T and the Kyosho RT6 stadium trucks. Both wheels are a direct replacement for the stock parts, they are manufactured from high quality material and come in neon yellow or white colour in sets of two.
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The first round of the Danish nitro off-road nationals took place on a purpose-built track in an indoor horse training arena. The qualifying saw Oliver Fisher being the dominant driver so he quite easily took TQ but Peter Harder was in pursuit and was able to take the lead in the main final only on the second lap. Peter then started to build quite gap on the second place driver and he was close to lapping Oilver halfway through the final. But then Peter started to struggle due to an erratic behaving car allowing Oliver to close up. With around 5 minutes to go Oliver was on Peter’s tail and then things got even worse for the Xray driver as a tyre started to come off but at the end Harder was able to maintain a 0.8s gap handing him the win in front of Oliver Fisher and Jan D. Hansen.
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The New Zealand 2014 North Island Champs took place at the Taranaki Radio Control club. In the Nitro Buggy class Chris Banham managed to TQ 5 out of 6 qualifiers to take the overall TQ and also in the Nitro Truggy class he pretty much dominated the qualifiers by taking 3 round wins which in turn also gave him the overall TQ for the finals. Following the semifinals Chris than would also take the pole positions for the finals of both classes.
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Team C Racing have several new M3 screw sets in orange colour available. Coming as 12mm, 10mm, 8mm and 6mm button head as well as 10mm, 8mm and 6mm flat heat variants the screws are supplied in sets of 6 and are ideal to replace the standard black fasteners with items of more visual impact not only on Team C cars but all orange-themed chassis.
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Kyosho Germany introduce two aluminium option part sets for the MB-010 Mini-Z Buggy. Available in red and gold colour the sets include a range of performance and durability enhancing parts such as front and rear shock towers, steering knuckles and C-hubs, suspension mounts, front bumper and small parts. The parts are available separately for some time already with the now introduced set being a cost-efficient way to get the most important of them in one kit.
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