New from JConcepts come stainless steel ball studs for Team Associated off-road vehicles and all cars that make use of inch-size hardware. They are machined from high-quality material, offer a smooth surface finish and an internal hex for 5/64” and 2mm hex wrenches. The ball studs are available in .200”, .300” and .400” length and come in packs of six pieces.
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Team Orion announce the addition of 4-time European Champion Jörn Neumann to their international race Team. The German frontrunner will be using Team Orion’s 1/10 and 1/8 electric products on the upcoming World Championships in the U.S. and also through 2014. This is what Jörn has to say about the deal:
“I am very happy to be back at Team Orion. They were one of my first sponsors back in 2004 when Oscar gave me motors and batteries to Win my 1st European Championship. After testing Team Orion’s Vortex R10 Pro ESC’s, Vortex VST2 Pro brushless motors and touch screen chargers there was only one choice for me: Team Orion. I would like to thank Philippe, Oscar and Joe for this opportunity and I’m looking forward to many successful years together. I would also like to thank everyone at Speed Passion as well. They helped me a lot during the last 3 years. I wish them all the best in the future. “
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
The Swedish electric off-road nationals took place at a dirt track in Falun, Sweden. The race attracted many top drivers from all over Sweden including Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk and Christoffer Svensson, TLR’s Oskar Levin and Otto Ausfelt, Team Associated’s Niclas Månsson, Schumachers Kenneth Malkusson to name a few. Track layout was pretty small and not too that technical and it was Schumacher’s Magnus Vässmar who took TQ in front of Kenneth Malkusson. The finals had some nice battles to offer and Magnus took the win with Kenneth Malkusson in 2nd. Oskar Levin completed the podium.
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Xray’s Bruno Coelho has won the Albufeira opening race in the South of Portugal. The race for the 43 drivers started with three rounds of qualifying and no practice at all and in the end it was Bruno Coelho who took the overall TQ. The start of the main final was a bit of a disaster for the Xray driver who ended up at the rear end of the pack in the beginning but he moved his way back into the lead and brought home the win one lap ahead off S-Workz’ Antonio Peixe with Xray team mate Joao Ramos completing the podium.
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The sixth round of the polish off-road nationals took place in Nova Gadka near Lodz. Due to heavy rain only two races took place on Saturday but Sunday had three rounds of qualifying and the finals and in the end it was Xray driver Jakub Pietrzak who took the winning honours with his XB4 buggy on the very demanding track.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
ST Racing Concepts introduce new aluminium option parts for the Traxxas Nitro Slash 2WD and the Slash 4×4 as well as a colour variant of their shock shaft pliers. First up is the CNC machined Nitro Slash 2WD aluminium engine mount, a much stronger foundation for the Traxxas engine over the stock cast aluminium one. It does away with cracking issues in the screw thread area, can take more abuse and is available in anodised blue, gun metal, red and silver.
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Avid introduce this standard aluminium topshaft for Team Associated B4.2, T4.2, SC10.2, SC10B and C4.2 vehicles. The drop-in replacement is made from 7075 aluminium, comes hard anodised and saves about 6.7g of weight compared to the kit part for more acceleration and increased punch due to a lower rotation mass.
Source: Avid [avidrc.com]
Taiwanese driver Chin Yi Wu claimed his first 1:8 Offroad Chinese National title this morning at the Fengtai Raceway in Beijing. This year’s single race Chinese Nationals was held alongside the FEMCA Championships which are being hosted for the first time in China at Beijing Model Sports Association’s all new facility. Starting from 4th on the grid a good start saw Wu take his SH engines Z-Car to the front of the field early on from where he would lead through to the end of the 30-minute encounter. It was a 1-2 result for the Z-Car and SH Engines with SH owner Lien Sheng Chang, who started third on the grid, taking second in the final minute of the race. Driving a Sirio powered Team C buggy, Top Qualifier Wei Zhan completed the podium. The Chinese driver was running second until he ran out of fuel at the 29-minute mark allowing Chang through to second.
