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December 17, 2013

HPI Baja 5B SS 2014 kit

HPI introduce the 2014 Baja 5B SS large scale gas off-road buggy. The latest incarnation of HPI’S iconic 1/5th scale kit features many performance and durability enhancing features such as new heavy-duty aluminium front wheel hubs, an aluminium tuned pipe with steel header, 1-piece rear hub carriers and super heavy duty driveshafts, diff shafts and axles. All of the above adds to the already included options parts and accessories such as a 26cc gas engine, 8000 RPM clutch, sway bars, alloy diff case, a pre-cut clear body, SFL-10 metal gear steering servo and the gunmetal anodised main chassis. As usual with HPI SS range of vehicles the Baja 5B SS comes as kit, leaving you with the joy of building the 817mm long bad boy.

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December 16, 2013

Alberto Garcia wins CARTT Christmas Cup

The CARTT Christmas Cup was held at the Fuencarral track in Madrid, Spain. 102 drivers filled the only class at this event, 1/8th off-road buggy. In the 30 minute final, run in dry and slippery conditions, SWorkz’ Alberto Garcia came in 1 lap ahead of Daniel Pariente, followed by Oscar Navarro, who completed the podium another lap down. Chema Casado Gil and Janma Guileen came in 4th and 5th respectively.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

December 16, 2013

Speed Passion Blaze short course motor

Speed Passion introduce the new Blaze series of sensored and sensorless brushless motors for 1/10th scale short course applications. Designed to bridge the gap between raw power and high efficiency the Blaze series motors feature an innovative motor design to provide power and efficiency for both indoor and outdoor tracks. The design translates to more power, longer runtimes, and less motor heat while providing stronger and smoother braking at the same time. The motors are inspired by the World Champion MMM series motors and will become available as 4600kv and 5700kv variant.

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December 16, 2013

RDRP RB6 front and rear shock towers

New from Revolution Design come front and rear carbon fibre shock towers for the Kyosho RB6 buggy. The front shock tower is CNC-machined from 4mm high-quality carbon fibre and a direct replacement for the stock part, mimicking the original shock geometry allowing to use it as drop fit solution. Beside being of a lightweight design the part also add a cool technical look to Kyosho’s World Championship winning buggy. The rear shock tower is specially designed for the use with mid motor converted cars and it comes as set including a precision machined aluminium adapter plate to resemble the original part thickness in the rear bulkhead and wing mount area. Just like the front damper stay the rear shock tower is modelled after the kit’s suspension geometry and made to create a stiffer and more precise base for the shocks. Both the front and rear shock tower are sold separately and they are available now.

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December 16, 2013

Tasos Paparegas wins 4WD buggy at Greek nats Rd4

The final round of the Greek electric off-road championship took place at the Pachi astroturf track. In the 4WD buggy class Tasos Paparegas took TQ in front of Papanikolaou and Amaksas. In the finals Tasos made a clean sweep by winning all three legs leaving Papanikolaou in second place. Tasos’s brother completed the podium in third position.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 16, 2013

Novotny & Mara win at Lestr Cup Rd4

The 4th round of the Lestr Cup took place in Dubec last weekend. In 4WD SC Team Durango driver Kaja Novotny went home with the class win in front of Michal Strnad and Jakub Vondracek. In 2WD Kaja was able to conserve his form, taking the second win of the day with Jiri Mara and Marcel Dostal in tow. Jiri then took the highly contested 4WD class win in front of Kaja Novotny and Jan Domansky who completed the podium.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

December 16, 2013

Maifield wraps it all up at Hobby Plex in A2

Ryan Maifield wrapped everything up early at the Finals of the JConcepts Indoor National Series taking place at the Hobby Plex track in Omaha, Nebraska, this afternoon as he backed up his clean sweep in A1 to claim the overall win in 2WD & 4WD Buggy and 2WD Short Course. Coming into the event already confirmed as the champion of both buggy classes the win in Short Course added that title to his 2013 haul while the 4WD Buggy win completes the perfect season with five wins from the five events that make up the popular series.

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December 15, 2013

Clean sweep for Maifield in A1 at JConcepts Finals

Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield completed a clean sweep in the opening round of Mains at the JConcepts Indoor National Series Finals, winning A1 in all three classes he is contesting at the Omaha, Nebraska event. First up for the Arizona ace was 4WD Buggy in which the Top Qualifier took the win over TLR’s JR Mitch, but only after his team-mate made a mistake on lap 8 rolling at the end of the straight and braking a front arm. There was little time to think about the win as up immediately after was the one class for which the overall title is still to be decided 2WD Short Course. Again starting from the pole, Maifield lead this entertaining encounter from start to finish seeing off very close attention from title rivals Harston and TLR’s Dustin Evans. Evans, who didn’t start the 4WD Main after stripping a spur gear in the warm-up, would finish second with Hartson claiming third from 5th on the gird.

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