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December 12, 2013

Top Notch Series Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the JConcepts Top Notch Winter Series was hosted at IERC Raceway in San Bernardino, CA. The Top Notch Series (TNS) is an 8-race points based series, run at various tracks throughout Southern California. Last season, TNS averaged 230 entries per round and features race announcer “Notch” Johnson. IERC Raceway is one of Southern California’s largest indoor RC tracks and the series attracts top drivers from all the main race teams such as TLR’s Brian Sullivan, Shawn Blackwell and Ronda Drake, Tekno RC’s Rudy Rico and Chad Panek, Hobby Pro’s Andrew Smolnik, Tamiya’s Jimmy Wright, Mugen’s Scott Wolf, Kyosho’s Cody Turner and Lucas Sanford, and a number of very fast local racers. There would be two rounds of 5 minute qualifiers, followed by 5 minute A Mains.

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December 12, 2013

MIP extend Traxxas Race Duty CVD kit range

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MIP announce new Race Duty CVD driveshaft kits for wide range of Traxxas vehicles. The Race Duty CVD axles sport the light weight features of the small steel shaft CVDs combined with the heavy duty X-duty features making the steel driveshafts ideal for “racing conditions” using 2S LiPo battery packs. Different versions for Traxxas Slash and Nitro Rustler, Slash 4×4 as well as Rustler-VXL based vehicles are available, all of which are drop-fit solutions including all needed hardware, grease and thread lock.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

December 12, 2013

Yeah Racing 2-in-1 aluminium camber gauge

New from Yeah Racing comes this 2-in-1 aluminium camber gauge. The tool is CNC-machined from aluminium and it sports three recessed areas so it can also act as a tray for small parts. Measuring camber angles of 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 degrees the gauge comes in blue, orange, pink and gunmetal colour.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

December 12, 2013

Team C T8 front weight & GT8 gears

Team C Racing have new option parts for the T8 V3 buggy and the GT8 line of GT cars available. First up is a front weight for the T8 V3, the brass piece weights 55g and fits right between the steering bellcranks and underneath the gearbox input shaft. Designed to add weight in a low and forward biased position the the weight helps on slippery or very bumpy tracks. Also new are two 2-speed pinion gears, a 21T and a 17T variant. Both fit the GT8 and GT8L gearbox.

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December 12, 2013

T-Work’s XB4 option parts

T-Work's XB4 option parts

T-Work’s have new option parts for Xray’s XB4 buggy available. First up is a titanium turnbuckle set that includes a total of seven links made from high quality titanium. They are meant for the camber and toe links as well as the servo link and come with a suitable 4mm aluminium wrench for easy adjustment. Next in the line are titanium shock mount shafts for swift and easy shock angle adjustment. Coming in a set of four the 1-piece design allows for swift set-up changes as you only have to undo a single nut in order to remove the damper from the shock tower.

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December 11, 2013

Darren Bloomfield to race Schumacher 1/10 buggies

Schumacher announce the signing of multiple champion Darren Bloomfield to their 1/10th off-road Team. The former TLR front runner will race the new Cougar KF, SV2 and KR platforms in 2WD, alongside the new CAT K1 Aero in 4WD. Darren will fit his 1/10th activities around his 1/8th commitments with Nemo Racing. This is what Darren has to say about the deal:

Schumacher are very much a company on the front foot right now with some excellent new products and forward thinking ideas. I look forward to achieving some great results and working closely alongside them with future developments.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 11, 2013

JConcepts Silencer MBX7 Eco body – Teaser

JConcepts have a first teaser image of the forthcoming Silencer bodyshell for the Mugen MBX7 Eco available. Like the other Silencer design bodies the Mugen variant is especially made for high-speed tracks where straightline stability and airflow around the wing and the electronics is critical. All information about the release will become available soon.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

December 11, 2013

Robert Batlle wins at Guadalcacin indoor race

Last weekend saw the running of the Guadalcacin electric buggy indoor race in Spain. Current 1/8th IFMAR Buggy World Champion Robert Batlle attended along other top Spanish drivers like Alex Daras, Hector Albarracín or Zacarías Villalba. In 2WD Robert (Y0komo) took the win in front of Zacarías (Team C) and Alex (Yokomo) while Kiko while Kiko Navarro and David Bustos filled the remaining podium spots in 4WD for a Yokomo 1-2-3.

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