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September 19, 2013

Niclas Maanson & Daniel Kobbevik join Savöx

NorthTQ from Denmark have announced that Sweden’s Niclas Maanson and Daniel Kobbevik from Norway have recently joined Savöx to run the popular servo brand in all of their cars. Currently practicing at OC/RC Raceway in Los Angeles as a preparation for their IFMAR World Championship campaign the two Team Associated drivers have successfully used the servos so far and now look forward for the World Championships that will kick off this Sunday.

Source: NorthTQ [northtq.com]

September 19, 2013

2013 North-West Championship Tour finale – Report

The 2013 North-West Championship Tour (NCT) finale was held this past weekend in Pasco, WA. This would be the 6th and final stop of this years series. Over the past 6 months, the NCT Series has hit six of the best outdoor tracks in The Great North-West. The race schedule saw controlled practice on Friday, three qualifying rounds on Saturday and lower bump-up mains and triple A-mains on Sunday. In 2WD Modified Buggy Kyosho’s Joe Pillars went on to TQ all three rounds of qualifying while Kyosho’s Austin Seim went onto take the wins in A-main number 1 and 2 to take the 2WD Modified Buggy overall win for the weekend. Pillars would finish 2nd in the first two A-mains after a great battle with Austin, and took a convincing win in the last A-main to finish 2nd overall. Roger Seim put in a strong showing during all three A-Mains and would tie for 3rd overall with AE’s Chris Nealeigh. After the tie breaker was calculated by each drivers 2 best finishes along with laps and times added together, it was Nealeigh just edging out Seim for 3rd overall.

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September 18, 2013

DE Racing B4, T4 & SC10 chassis braces

New from DE Racing come front chassis braces for the Team Associated B4, T4 and SC10 line of buggies and trucks. Designed to increase life and durability while maintaining the chassis’ stock appearance the parts virtually eliminate broken chassis. When mounted the chassis brace sandwiches the chassis between itself and the upper steering plate, redistributing impacts and reducing the change of braking the chassis. The braces are available as B4/T4 and SC10 variant and come including a drill and mounting hardware.

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September 18, 2013

Agustin Cutini TQ’s and wins Argentinian Truggy Nats

Agustin Cutini TQ's and wins Argentinian Truggy Nats

Last weekend the Argentinian Truggy National Championship took place at last year’s Buggy World Championship track near Buenos Aires. Mugen driver Agustin Cutini took TQ with his Novarossi-powered truck and also went on to win the final ahead of Sebastian Recio (Mugen/Novarossi) and Nicolas Bregante (Xray/Team Orion. Agama driver Lucas Cribari and Alvaro Colombo (TLR) completed the top 5.

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September 18, 2013

Peter Harder wins 40+ Nitro Buggy Euros

The 2013 40+ European Buggy Championship took place at the Bistensee track in the very North of Germany. Rune Karlsen (Kyosho/OS) from Norway took the overall TQ after qualifying but Peter Harder (Hot Bodies/OS) and Mats Angseryd (Xray/OS) also looked very fast on track. The weather proofed to be very unreliable with a mix of rain showers and sun and this made things interesting over the final day. In the 45 minute main Peter managed to build a gab on Rune and Mats quite quickly and also took benefit of his two followers battling it out for second place. At the end Peter brought home the win and the 2013 40+ title some 20 seconds in front of Rune with Mats completing the podium only one lap down.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 18, 2013

Tasos Paparegas wins Greek Buggy Champs

The last round of Greek 1/8th off-road championship took place at the Fanatix track in Athens, Greece. During qualification Papanikolaou proofed to be very fast on his home track so it was no wonder that he took TQ after four rounds of qualifying in front of T Paparegas and J Paparegas. In the 45 minute final Tasos Paparegas took the lead five minutes into the race and never looked back. Polesitter Papanikolaou had bad luck as an engine flame out letting him drop back to 8th but he soon recovered. Finally Tasos and his Xray XB9 won easily with a difference three laps ahead of Papanikolaou.

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September 18, 2013

Team C TM4 4WD buggy – First image

Some weeks ago Team C released a first rendering of their upcoming TM4 4WD electric off-road buggy and today a first image of what appears to be the production prototype is available. The buggy makes use of the tried and tested T4 suspension components and big bore shock absorbers but everything in between is new. Given the photo the TM4 makes use of an aluminium main chassis with carbon fibre upper deck and the overall design sees the motor and speed controller as well as the shorty LiPo battery pack being located in the rear part of the chassis while the steering servo and receiver will find a home up front. The somewhat unconventional weight distribution is meant to calm the buggy down, allowing for higher corner speeds and a lighter overall weight. We keep you up to date with more information as soon as they come up.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

September 17, 2013

King Headz Ten SCTE steering top plate

King Headz Ten SCTE upper steering plate

New from King Headz for the Losi Ten SCTE is this steering top plate which has been CNC machined from 7075 aircraft grade aluminium. Black anodized it is designed to increase the rigidity between the top plate and the front shock tower. The upper shock tower bolts screw into the upper plate and will eliminate the chance of the upper plate screws being pulled out of the bulkhead in a bad crash.

Source: King Headz [kingheads.com]