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April 24, 2018

Maifield TQs & wins 4WD Mod Buggy at JC Carpet Nats

The 2018 JConcepts Carpet Nationals were held this past weekend at NW Hobbies in Albany, Oregon. Over the past couple of years in the Northwest, this area has became very well known as the leader in the use of artificial surfaces. What better place to have a race of this magnitude than at one of the original pioneers being NW Hobbies. The event attracted a total of 146 entries and in the 4WD Modified Buggy class, Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield dominated qualifying by TQ’ing all three rounds to take the overall TQ honours. Maifield continued his dominance by winning A-mains 1 and 2 to take the 4WD Mod Buggy Title for the weekend from Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin 2nd and Yokomo’s Brandon Foote 3rd.

View the final results here

April 24, 2018

Brilliant RC black & natural finish titanium screws

Brilliant RC have introduced new black and natural finish titanium screws. All fasteners are made of high-grade titanium for a low weight and exceptional durability with the black-finish screws making for an extraordinary look. The hardware is available in packs of eight pieces and as 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm or 12mm button head as well as 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and 12mm countersunk screws. Also available are full sets for the Shepherd V8 an V10 with kit for other manufacturers so follow soon.

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April 24, 2018

Speed King Tour Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2018 Speed King Tour was hosted by the TM Circuit Wakayama in the Japanese Wakayama prefecture last weekend. The event was held in Touring Modified and Stock classes with the Oval category not being run this time due to the track layout. In the Modified class Super Pole session, track owner Kazushige Tomita took the TQ with his Tamiya in front of Infinity’s Akio Sobue and young Yokomo driver Satoshi Bando.

Continue reading the report here

April 24, 2018

Kenny Kong wins at Dog Days of Summer race 2

The recent Dog Days of Summer round 2, hosted by The Track in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was run with a somewhat condensed format of only two qualifiers and a single bump-up A-main. With around 110 entries the traction had really come up between qualifying rounds and especially for the mains, a lot of people would start to have issues with traction rolling. From the tone Kenny Kong (Yokomo) was leading the 4WD Buggy race, however after a troubled opening laps it was Adam Vink (Xray) in 2nd. Adam got right behind Kenny and tried making a pass, but tapped a pipe and didn’t have enough time to catch back up to him. Ultimately it was Kenny in 1st with Adam 2nd and Tekno driver Paul Rush in 3rd. Frank Deiny and Omar Ladenburg would round out the top 5.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 24, 2018

JConcepts Monster Truck team shirt

JConcepts have introduced their new Monster Truck team shirt for the 2018 season. The T-shirt debuted at the Solid Axle Showdown in Richmond, Virginia and it sports the jumping imagery of one of the large tyre beasts with the large image showing a JConcepts themed truck in a blasting checkerboard and exploding background covers the rear of the shirt. On the front, the specially designed team shield is front and centre showing the skull moniker with iconic lightning bolts. The shirt itself is 100 percent cotton, available in multiple adult sizes and packs a durable design along with the popular fabric material.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

April 24, 2018

Tasos Paparegas wins at Greek Championship

A round of the Greek 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the Serres track in Northern Greece last weekend. Tasos Paparegas would be in control of things in the main final, bringing home the win some two and a half laps in front of runner-up, Nikos Grigoriadis. In 3rd Makis Mistakopoylos rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 24, 2018

Xray Racing Series Poland finale – Report

The final round of the Xray Racing Series Poland was held recently, marking the end of the indoor season with the drivers now moving outside in their respective classes. In the premier 2WD Buggy class it was Bartlomiej Zambrzycki with the win from Sebastian Migal and Bartosz Zalewski in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Continue reading the report here

April 24, 2018

Davide Gianuzzi wins at Tropheo Easy Cup

The first round of the Tropheo Easy Cup series was held at the Valletta Mini-Racetrack in Italy last weekend in several 1/10th electric on-road classes. The track is of a challenging design with lots of elevation changes and in the Touring 13.5T F1 class it was Ruggero Zanusso with the TQ, however with wins in A1 and A3 it was Awesomatix’s Davide Gianuzzi with the overall victory from A2 winner, Nicola Di Palma (Awesomatix). Yokomo driver Gianni Franzetti rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]