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August 14, 2013

Rivkin & Fiege win at ROAR 10th electric off-road nats

The 2013 ROAR 1/10 Electric Off-Road Nationals visited Silver Dollar Raceway in Chico, California to determine the top drivers in North America. Seven classes were scheduled to compete on the hard-packed Silver Dollar surface with a newly installed track configuration designed specifically for this event. Track guru Kevin Jelich designed the layout, which incorporated challenging obstacles and jumps, including several elevation changes, off-camber turns, and varying track widths. It became clear early on that driving skill, setup, tire choice, motor/battery choice, and ESC setup would all play important roles in the final outcome.

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August 14, 2013

2013 Keilor Cup Rd3 – Report

The 3rd round of the popular Victorian Drivers Series was held at the Keilor Club in Melbourne on the 11th August. The Keilor track crew worked hard to get the track ready after a week of heavy rain and come race day, the track was perfect with a groove forming. Over 150 entries were received for this 1 day event making for a long day with full fields in all classes. The modified fields in particular were stacked with 30 entries in both 2WD and 4WD open. With no less than six previous national champions in the field, just making an A-main was going to be tough. JConcepts were well represented headed by Factory driver Ray Munday (JC/AE/Novak/Reedy), Glen Bonetti (JC/AE) Ash Peeler (JC/Kyosho), Glen Bonetti (JC/AE), Leigh Cheeseman (JC/Schumacher), John Watkins (JC/Xray) and Scott Giles (JC/Schumacher) ready to take it to the rest of the field. This included multi-time national champ Matt Griffin (Yokomo), Ben Sterling (Kyosho), touring car ace Ryan Maker (Kyosho), Welsh star Jody Denner (Yokomo), Mark ‘Paris’ Rodgers (AE), Tasmanian Sam Wells and Scott ‘The Hot One’ Rawlings (Yokomo).

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August 14, 2013

Kim Sitensky doubles at German truck nationals

The German electric truck nationals took place at the astro turf track of the RCSF Singen last weekend. Run in 1/10th 2WD racing truck and 2WD short course truck the drivers were faced with a fast and flowing layout ideal for mid-motor vehicles. Kim Sitensky (Kyosho) was the man to beat after dominating the practice and qualification he found himself on pole position in both the racing truck and SC class. Local hero Swen Lauber took the second spot with Florian Eberhard owing the third spot in the truck class after qualifying. In SC Christian Geier placed his Associated truck in second place with Florian Eberhard in tow. Come the A final of the racing truck class Kim made for an early decision by winning the first two A finals in style handing him the 2013 racing truck title early. The runner-up spot went to Swen Lauber, Dirk Endres completed the podium.

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August 14, 2013

Serpent Cobra 811-E radio tray & battery straps

Serpent release new option parts for the Cobra S811-E line of electric buggies on the form of a light radio tray set and optional carbon fibre battery straps. Starting with the radio tray, the set is made from CNC-machined aluminium and carbon fibre and targets the hardcore racer who wants to reduce the vehicle’s weight and add an amount of rigidity while having easier access to the electronics. The set includes a machined aluminium steering servo mount, carbon fibre speedo mount plate, carbon fibre diff cover with aluminium top-spacer, and two 2.25mm carbon fibre battery-braces, which allow the use of slightly thicker LiPo packs. An aluminium antenna mount is rounding out the package. The parts are designed to fit all electric 811-series vehicles including the competition and RTR variants. The included carbon fibre battery braces are also available separately to upgrade existing kits.

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August 14, 2013

Bayer & Mara win at Czech buggy nationals

The first round of the 2013 Czech 1/10th electric off-road nationals took place at the MK Svitavy club on an 100 percent astro turf track. In the 2WD class Jiri took Xray’s XB2 prototype to TQ honours and went on to win the first round of the nationals by winning two out of three A finals. Radek Flek took the second spot and Martin Bayer completed the podium. In the 4WD class Xray’s Martin Bayer took the pole position and cruised to the overall win by taking the first two A mains. His team mate Jiri Mara came in second while Team Durango’s Kaja Novotny completed the podium.

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August 14, 2013

Tamiya DB01RR 4WD buggy kit

Tamiya soon have their latest version of the DB01 club level 4WD racing buggy kit available, called the DB01RR. The race-spec version will feature a new tub chassis specially designed for LiPo battery packs, it will include TRF aluminium big bore shock absorbers, aluminium suspension mounts and a slipper clutch along reinforced belts and, from what we understand, oil-filled differentials. The limited edition kit is meant to hit the stores at the end of September.

Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]

August 14, 2013

Scottie Brewer wins at King of the Hill

The 2013 King of the Hill race in White Rock, NM saw FTW’s Scottie Brewer TQ’ing both Nitro Buggy and Truggy and he also qualified 2nd in both 4×4 SCT and E-Buggy. Come the finals he went on to win the Nitro Buggy class in front of Scott Harrell and Carter Altman. In 4×4 SCT Tony Hinojosa won the race followed by Scottie Brewer and Jason Kennedy while in the Truggy class Scottie had a bit of bad luck as he suffered a flame out following a crash when leading most of the race. He still managed to come in third place behind winner Jose Carillo and second placed Mike Cisneros.

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August 14, 2013

Team C TM4 4WD buggy – Sneak Peek

After launching the TM2 2WD mid-motor off-road buggy Team C Racing now takes the platform to the next level by announcing the TM4 4WD buggy. The TM2, simply spoken, is a mixture of a 4WD rear end combined with the front end of a 2WD buggy and is designed for 2S Shorty LiPo battery packs only. The motor is located on the opposite side with the steering servo and receiver being mounted in the front “2WD part”. By the looks of things the upcoming TM4 will make use of the exact same weight distribution and design concept: Shorty LiPo pack in the rear together with motor and speedo while the servo and receiver sit in the front. Given the CAD rendering the chassis will be made from aluminium in a long wheelbase configuration while the motor mount and suspension brackets are also being made from alloy. Other features one can spot are big bore shock absorbers and possibly large 14mm wheel hex adapters. No word on a release date yet but maybe we can spot prototypes at next month’ IFMAR World Championships in California.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]