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May 4, 2013

Daniel Sarmiento wins Philippine Offroad Nationals

Racers from all over Metro Manila as well as Cebu and even Riyadh descended on the CV Off-Road Track for The 2013 Nitro Buggy Philippine National Championships. Early in the morning everyone was greeted with fine & sunny weather. World renown Race Organizer & Announcer Scotty Ernst was on hand to as the event’s Race Director. His colorful commentary added even more excitement to what would be an already amped-up Race.

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May 3, 2013

Associated 12mm big bore shock pistons

Associated have released more new 12mm big bore shock pistons to increase the tuning options of your big bore shocks. Flat, machined pistons of two 1.6mm holes, three 1.4mm holes, and four 1.3mm holes are available in packs of four. The Big Bore shocks fit the B4.2, B44.2, T4.2, SC10, SC10B, and SC10GT, including RTR and FT versions.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

May 2, 2013

Video – Tales of the Dirt

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Shot during this year’s Dirt Nitro Challenge, Tales of the Dirt is a look into the life of Joey Christensen brought to you by Pro-Line Racing. Produced by Marcus Gelhard of Zebraworkz the short film is an interesting insight into the RC industry’s foremost track builder and his signature event.

May 2, 2013

Hartson double at 2013 JConcepts Stock Nationals

The second edition of the JConcepts Stock Nationals was held last weekend at OC_RC Raceway, located in Huntington Beach California. The crew at OC_RC had a fresh, stock friendly layout for the event, that was fun, flowing and had a tricky rhythm section to keep the best drivers on their toes. With stock 17.5, no boost ruling the event, consistent, tight, fast laps were going to get you to the checkers first. With an increase in entries from the inaugural event to 168, classes were full with some of the fastest drivers in the world giving it a go in Stock at this fun event. The OC_RC crew ran an efficient program to allow 4 rounds of qualifying on Saturday using Qual Points to set the Sunday main events.

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May 2, 2013

Team C TM2SC 2wd Short Course

Following last weekend’s teaser image, Team C have shown off more pictures of their new mid motor 2wd Short Course, the TM2SC. The images don’t reveal a whole lot more apart from the confirmation that the car will accept a regular stick pack down the right side of the chassis and that there is an all new motor mount developed for this new chassis. Team C also showed off the car’s new body shell.

View more images of the truck here

May 2, 2013

Matt Schreffler joins Serpent America

Serpent America has announced they have signed top US offroad driver Matt Schreffler to their team. Matt will be running the Cobra GP Buggy and Truggy, as well as the Spyder 1/10 2wd Buggy that will be introduced in July. The SoCal native will compete in this year’s ROAR Nationals in Gas and electric as well as the IFMAR Worlds which take place in California in September. Matt had this to say:

I appreciate the opportunity that Serpent has given me and hope to have much success with Team Serpent. I would like to thank Joaquin Desoto and Paul Ciccarello of Serpent America for providing me with this opportunity and hope to prove successful in my new venture.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 2, 2013

Tekin RX8 Gen2 ESC

The Tekin RX8 Gen2 brings new features and next level performance to the popular RX8 series speed controls. Designed using today’s state of the art micro components, the Gen2 delivers advanced tuning options for the hardcore racer. When it comes to 1/8th scale racing, this ESC has what racers demand, reliability, precise control and unmatched power handling capability. Packed with new features, it delivers a programmable high-voltage BEC, an EZ Access Port for HotWire communication and Datalogging capabilities in a small sized package.

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May 2, 2013

Schumacher Cat K1 gear diff & Cougar wide track mod

Schumacher have released a complete gear diff for the Cat K1. The new diff provides lots of run time between maintenance rebuilds and with steel gears is super strong. Suitable for a wide range of conditions but very good in high grip as it can give more drive and rotation. For Cougar SV2 the wide track modification improves stability in corners and over bumps. Recommended for narrow overhang tyres such as Schumacher Minispikes, wide overhang tyres may cause a problem with width rules.

View the wide track modification here