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April 8, 2014

Marcel Paul wins at Northern Germany regionals Rd1

The first round of the Northern Germany nitro off-road regionals, a qualifying round for the German nationals, took place at the prestigious Bistensee track. While the remainder of Germany had wonderful Spring weather the race suffered from rain showers that soaked the multi-surface track making for very challenging conditions. Close to the end of the second qualifying round rain started to fall again making for a real tyre gamble. Nevertheless most of the front runners opted to run in round 3 and 4 despite very muddy track conditions in order to place as high as possible on the timing sheets. At the end the TQ went to Marcel Paul (Kyosho) who quite easily adapted to the slippery track conditions.

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April 8, 2014

Hartson doubles at April Fools Classic

The 26th annual Pro-Line April Fools Classic was held at the Intermountain RC Raceway in Magna, Utah last weekend running most of the important 1/10 and 1/8 scale electric off-road classes. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class TQ Steven Hartson brought home the win for Team Associated, leaving TLR’s Dustin Evans and Rob Gillespie (Team Associated) behind. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class the race saw the same three gentlemen on the top 3 positions. Steven again put himself on top, but this time Rob came in second while Dustin completed the podium. The 2WD Stock Buggy class had Carl Hyndman first took the TQ position and then he also went on to win the class ahead of Chris Boise and Ron Reid while the latter also took the Hot Lap award.

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April 8, 2014

Dylan Gerard wins Nitro Buggy at MSCS Rd2

Round 2 of the Michigan State Championship Series was held over the weekend at Dirt Burner Hobbies and Raceway with 172 entries. TLR’s Dylan Gerard TQ’d the Nitro Buggy class and lead the main wire to wire with Shane Racer (Kyosho) finishing in the 2nd spot, 3 laps down, and TLR driver Mike Marshall finishing 3rd.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

April 8, 2014

TLR in control of things at JBRL Nitro Series Rd1

While TLR’s Adam Drake and Kyosho’s Cody King where the dominant drivers in the Nitro Truggy and Nitro Buggy class at the recent JBRL Nitro Series Rd1, it was Jose Castelan (TLR) who took the win in the Sportsman Truck class. Jose also wrapped up the win in the Sportsman Buggy class while Robert Wickham (TLR) came in 1st in the “old dude” 40+ Buggy class.

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April 8, 2014

Tyler Brown wraps up Team Losi Winter series title

Revelation Raceway held the fourth round of the Team Losi Winter series. Coming into the final round of the four race series, TLR’s Tyler Brown was in control of the overall standings and wrapped up the last race with a solid 2nd place finish with his Novarossi powered TLR 3.0 buggy.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

April 7, 2014

Kennie Ekenstierna signs contract with Xray

Xray announce that young talented driver Kennie Ekenstierna teams up with Xray for the 2014 season. The Nordic vice-champion and top Swedish off-road driver will run the full line of Xray 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road cars. Kennie will primarily focus on the 1/10 off-road European Championship that will be held in Sweden, as well as all Nordic and Swedish races and has to say the following about the deal:

I have been racing Xray XB4 and XB4 2WD as a private driver since last year, and I am very impressed with their performance and reliability which allowed me to attain 2nd place at the Nordic Championship last year as well as getting to onto the podium many times at various races in both classes. It was not a hard decision for me to change also my 1/8 buggy to an Xray. I am very honored to be given the opportunity to work directly with the Xray world racing team and I am super excited to work with drivers the likes of Savoya, Bayer, and Matias. I know I will learn so much from them and will improve my racing skills. I want to give my thanks to Minicars for their support, and my thanks and appreciation to Xray for their trust in me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 7, 2014

3Racing LED setup board & pit light

3Racing introduce two new pit accessories in the form of a LED backlit setup board and a LED pit light. Starting with the setup board, it is designed for cars of up to 220mm in width and sports two bubble tubes to make sure it sits nice and level on the pit table. A pink-themed graphic allows the LED backlight to shine through for a bit of added illumination in dark surrounds, without being to harsh for the eyes. The setup board can also be used in combination with the second new part from 3Racing, a LED pit light. The lamp is of a foldable design and it can be used as a stand alone device but it also is attachable to the aforementioned setup board using a threaded bushing. There is no release date yet but both accessories should be available soon.

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April 7, 2014

Cody King wins Nitro Truggy at JBRL Rd1

The opening round of the 2014 JBRL Nitro Series got underway at the Thunder Alley RC Raceway last weekend. In the Nitro Truggy class TLR’s Adam Drake and Kyosho’s Kyle McBride and Cody King all looked fast in qualifying and this would also proof in the 15 minute main where Adam and Cody battled the entire final. With about 4 minutes left Cody made the final pass to take the lead and with a gap of about a second he was able to beat Adam Drake who had to settle for 2nd place. Kyosho’s Kyle McBride, who is preparing for the Silver State race, completed the podium in 3rd.

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