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March 7, 2013

’13 JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series Rd3

JConcepts’ Super Cup Round 3 packed the house at FZRC in Sarasota Florida. Once again, racers drove from hundreds of miles around to continue another attendance record setting event. Marty Chilton had the track ready for everyone that arrived as early as Thursday night. Racers wanting to get the edge on the competition, hurried to the track on Friday in order to gain valued practice time dialing in their setups. The JConcepts crew setup quickly and began accepting early registrations. As the sun rose on race day morning, racers were patiently waiting for enough sun light to hit the clay. Mother Nature also made an appearance delaying race start 30 minutes with a quick shower. Rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the 174 racers who attended, setting a new attendance record for FZRC Raceway. Once the weather cleared, it was time to go racing. In 1/8th E Buggy Jim Hess showed everyone how it’s done taking TQ and the first place spot with 16 laps/5:06. Bruce Bennett finished in 2nd place as Rob Didion, Mike Myers & Steve Baron separated by only 2 seconds to finish 3rd, 4th, and 5th. In the Stock Truck class Matt Bradford paced the field for the TQ spot with 14 laps/5:01. Mark Mixon & Jeff Lynn held off 9 others to bump into the A main. The A-main winner, Tracy Carver stared in the 6th position and fought his way to the top with 14 laps/5:01. Erik Everett took the 2nd place spot, and Riker Gatenby took the 3rd place spot edging out Landen Lewis 4th, Jeff Lynn 5th.

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March 7, 2013

2013 A Main Hobbies Outback Shootout – report

The 4th Annual Outback Shootout was once again hosted at The Outback Raceway in Chico, California. Racers from the local area to neighbouring states would make the trip to what is one of the nicest indoor facilities in Northern California. Outback’s indoor track is known for its consistent, high-bite clay surface and challenging layouts. The pits are heated, and there are classes for all electric off-road racers. Competitors will automatically be entered to win dozens of raffled prizes from our sponsors. A Main Hobbies’ massive inventory is available to racers who need miscellaneous parts while competing, and those will be conveniently delivered to their pit spaces. Not many tracks can say that have that kind of inventory. All off road classes were offered and the largest being the 2wd Stock Buggy class with nearly 5 full heats. 4wd SC and 4wd Mod buggy were also large classes at the event. Qualifying for the event would be qual points best 2 out of 4 rounds.

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March 6, 2013

RDRP Durango 210 C-hubs & wing mounts

Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced new aluminium option parts for the Team Durango 210 series of vehicles such as the DEX210 buggy, DEST210 stadium and DESC210 short course truck. Made for all 210 series kits is the DEX210 C-Hub set. Precision CNC-machined from aircraft quality 7075-T6 aluminium and coming with a glossy black anodised finish the parts replace the stock plastic caster blocks with a more durable and sexy solution. The blocks sport four threaded mounting locations for the upper camber link and a -1mm track width per side for a slightly narrower front end. The C-Hubs are usable with the stock steering hubs and caster inserts.

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March 6, 2013

2013 Euro Contest – Announcement

2013 Euro Contest - Announcement

The organisers of the Euro Contest have been in touch to promote what they believe will be one of best races in Europe on the newly rebuilt US style track of ‘Barco Off’ which is one of the best Italian offroad tracks. The race will be open to 2 buggy classes, Pro (F1) and Open (F2) as well as the brushless class and will once again feature Superpole competition as well as Last Chance Qualifiers not to forget the DJ set, music, cocktail party, girls and much more. The event will run from the 21st to the 23rd of June and entry is now open here.

March 5, 2013

AKA 1/10 buggy Handlebar & Impact pre-mounts

AKA have announced that the first of their 1/10 buggy pre-mounts are available in the Handlebar and Impact tread patterns in Soft and Super Soft Compounds. They both feature the industry standard Red inserts on your choice of white or yellow HEXlite wheels.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

March 5, 2013

Serpent 811 Cobra EP buggy 2.0 buggy

Serpent have released the new 811 Cobra EP buggy 2.0, a new development realized following a full year of racing across the globe, listening to feedback from many drivers and dedicated testing on many different surfaces. The feedback from the drivers on the Cobra E-Buggy in general was very good but according to some drivers the car could benefit from a more responsive rear end, combined with a bit more steering, which would bring the Cobra to the highest performance level. The 2.0 features new wider rear end, differently positioned new rear shock towers along with other small changes to the rear of the car.

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March 5, 2013

JConcepts Pressure Points for 1/10th buggy

JConcepts’ new Pressure Points are the latest low-height tread option specifically designed to tame high-speed courses with either wet or blue groove traction conditions. The design starts as an angular, low pin design as a carryover from the successful Bar Codes front tire line-up. The small “points” combined with “lower case” Y elements developed on the original Bar Codes V1 rear tire provide the ultimate in surface area “pressure” penetration and tack. The inner carcass and side-wall has built-in ribbing which limits carcass collapse and increases support on the outside during hard cornering and driving. The new inner ribbing, combined with the included JConcepts insert, is a perfect match to provide the ultimate in support, traction and consistency. The Pressure Points are designed to be driven hard while maintaining the grip necessary to drive at the limit. The edges of the side-walls have been carefully rolled for a smooth transition during cornering which limits traction-roll characteristics and allows the driver control during the all important tipping point every driver has experienced. Available in blue, green and gold compounds.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

March 5, 2013

World Champion Batlle joins EOS

This weekend (8-10 March) the third round of the ‘TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby’ travels to Leoben in Austria where some of 1:8 Nitro Offroad’s biggest names are set to try their hand at 1:10 Electric Offroad including newly crowned World Champion Robert Battle and multiple European Champion Renaud Savoya. Arch rivals in 1:8, both drivers are newcomers to 1:10 and will be looking to impress in particular against 1:8 racing peers Darren Bloomfield and David Ronnefalk who are experienced electric offroad competitors.

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