July 17, 2013

TLR Grand Prix Series – Announcement

TLR Grand Prix Series – Announcement

This Saturday, July 20th kicks off the TLR Grand Prix Series begins at CVRC. The TLR Grand Prix Series is a five race series that will determine CVRC’s top drivers and it is run in a large variety of classes including SCT2 and SCT4, Nitro Buggy and Buggy, Electric Buggy, several large scale and Kids/Novice classes. Racers are encouraged to attend every round of the series, but in the event they are unable to attend, there will be one throwout race. Trophies will be awarded to the top three in every class. Find more information here.


July 16, 2013

Cody King wins Pro Buggy at JBRL Nitro Rd4

Cody King wins Pro Buggy at JBRL Nitro Rd4

The JBRL Nitro Round 4 was held last weekend in Temecula, California at ARC Raceway. Cody King and Reds Racing new Team driver Cody Smith went 1st and 3rd in the buggy class. During the final, Cody King filled up with fuel at 10 1/2 minutes. It was not an easy race, because he had to fight with Adam Drake for the win. With about 5 minutes left in the 20 minute main Adam had a couple mistakes and allowed Cody to stretch out a bit. This would give him about a 6 second lead and he could cruise home to the win. Cody was really pumped on the fuel economy, as he was consistently well over 10 minutes on a tank, and with fuel to spare. This was at race pace with a lot of wheel spin and a lot of throttle input.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]


July 16, 2013

Yeah Racing cooling fan & steel servo screws

Yeah Racing cooling fan & steel servo screws

Yeah Racing announce the release of the Tornado high speed cooling fan in chrome-pink colour and special servo steel screws with aluminium bushings. Starting with the fan, the unit is 2S LiPo compatible, it is of a high-flow design and incorporates dual ball bearings for vibration-free operation. Sporting dimensions of 30x30x10mm it is ideal to cool speed controllers and motors and the fan comes pre-wired with a red JST connector. Also new are 3x10mm steel servo screws with pink colour aluminium bushings. The screws offer high strength ideal for all 1/10th and 1/8th applications while the aluminium bushings replace the conventional rubber grommets for rock solid installations.

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July 16, 2013

Wilcox & Bernal win at JConcepts Summer Indoor Nats

Wilcox & Bernal win at JConcepts Summer Indoor Nats

The past round of the 2013 JConcepts Summer Indoor Nats series was held at the Outback Raceway in Chico, CA. Home of A Main Hobbies the Outback Raceway is one of the premier indoor racing facilities in Northern California. With over 250 entries it would be a hard fought battle to not only get into the A main but win one. Factory drivers from Associated, Team Losi, Kyosho, Tekno RC, and many more were in attendance. Local hero Shon Wilcox would TQ the 40+ Stock ST Truck class in front of Tekin team mate Randy “Buttercup” Lathrop. Wilcox would continue his good fortune and win the 40+ Stock Buggy title, team mate Craig Patterson would join him on the podium in 3rd. BMiller racing’s Nathan Bernal took the TQ in the Stock ST Class and he also took the overall win over Ryan Sagisi.

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July 16, 2013

Door wins Pro4 at JConcepts’s Summer Indoor Nats

Curtis Door wins Pro4 at JConcepts's Summer Indoor Nationals

The JConcepts’s Summer Indoor Nationals took place at the Outback Raceway in Chico, CA this past weekend. There was a huge turnout for all classes including the Pro4 Short Course. Tekno RC Driver Curtis Door was the top qualifier in this class and pulled out a win after having a hard battle for the lead swapping positions with MIP’s Matt Olson four times throughout the race.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]


July 15, 2013

Potter, Buechler & Preugschat win at Region 11 champs

Potter, Buechler & Preugschat win at Region 11 champs

The 2013 ROAR region 11 1/10 off-road championship took place in Spokane, WA. The 2WD Mod Buggy saw Nick Buechler (Associated), TQ-ing the class and securing the overall win after A2 while the 2WD Mod Truck class had Jeremy Potter (TLR) wrapping up the win chased by Tekin team mate Buechler. The 4WD Mod Buggy class was dominated again by Nick Buechler and his AE B44.2. Nick would walk away from the field in every qualifier and main to take home the victory. Privateer Ross Carter would take a well deserved 2nd overall. The 4WD SC class belonged to TLR driver Shane Preugschat. Starting on pole, Shane quickly left the rest of the field to fight for 2nd in both A1 and A2.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]


July 15, 2013

Tamiya aluminium servo horns

Tamiya aluminium servo horns

These Tamiya aluminium servo horns are ideal to replace the kit’s standard plastic items with better looking and more durable ones. Available as Sanwa/KO and Tamiya/Futaba compatible variant the parts are CNC-machined and come blue anodised to match with the remainder of the company’s options. The levers are of a clamp-type design for added security and offer a pre-treaded hole for the steering linkage ball stud.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.de]


July 13, 2013

Ronnefalk gets his revenge

Ronnefalk gets his revenge

Having come so close to winning his first European title last year in Austria, today in France Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk got his revenge, the Swede winning a thrilling final at the Reims track ahead of Xray’s Renaud Savoya despite the former 3-time champion being willed on by the huge home crowd who brought great atmosphere to the 33rd running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships.  The podium at the Reims track was completed by Savoya’s team-mate Martin Bayer, the Czech ace clearly delighted with the result.

View our complete event coverage here.