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April 29, 2013

Cockerill & Storey wins Rd1 of OOOOS

The first oOple race of the summer took place at the Stotfold venue recently. The Schumacher Team were there in force and dominated the final results. The new series puts the emphasis on fun racing and there were plenty of happy faces in the pits. In 4WD Schumacher’s own Tom Cockerill took the win from Nathan Ralls and Ben Jemison with 6 out of 10 A finalists running the Cat K1. In 2WD Tom pushed the Cougar SV2 of Lloyd Storey all the way but it was Lloyd who came out on top from Tom and Nathan again. Cougar SV2’s made up half of the A final.

View the final results here

April 29, 2013

Jerome Sartel wins Rd2 in France

The 2nd round of the French 1/8th offroad Nationals took place at the weekend in Toulouse in the South of the country. Wet weather hampered qualifying on Saturday allowing only one round to be completed before the organisers put a stop to the track action. Thanks to the club working hard to prepare the track with sawdust they were able to run another round of qualifying on Sunday morning. Following the 2 rounds it was Jerome Aigoin that took the top spot after qualifying with brother Yannick in 2nd, with Jerome Sartel and young Rayan Medjobi in 4th. In the final it would be Agama driver Jerome Sartel that took the win by some 8 seconds from Kyosho driver Jerome Aigoin in 2nd with Associated driver Yannick Aigoin in 3rd, the top 3 covered by less than a lap after 45 minutes racing.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

April 27, 2013

Team C 2wd SC truck teaser

Team C have released a teaser image of their new 2wd SC truck. The chassis looks to be heavily based on the TM2 buggy which features an inline mounted mid motor configuration that drives a center shaft to the rear drive train. The chassis and top deck are carbon as per the buggy and it also features the aluminium side stiffeners for rigidity. We have no other details currently regarding release date but we will let you know as we find out.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

April 27, 2013

JConcepts Satellite tire gluing rubber bands

JConcepts has reinvented the tire mounting rubber band. A uniquely molded design, specifically developed for tire mounting, the rubber band is produced in a high-elasticity material capable of stretching to a full assortment of different sized tires. Finely detailed array of handles are designed to ergonomically conform to your fingers so the user can deftly adjust the rubber band to the sidewall of each tire to apply the pressure where it is needed. The Satellite rubber bands are available in blue and black colors and will include 4 bands per package.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

April 26, 2013

FTW XB9 2013 Night Fox body

FTW have released their Night Fox body for the Xray XB9 2013 spec buggy. Tailored to fit the 2013 Spec’s wider chassis, the newest Night Fox features a suite of refinements that take the tradition to new heights. Sculpted sidepods and an additional 6 degrees of rake to the windshield combine for improved airflow. The rear deck height has been lowered to expose more of the engine head and integrate a spoiler while preserving the fastback profile.

View more images of the body here

April 26, 2013

DE Racing Borrego wheels for ZX5 & SC8

DE Racing have announced some updates to their Borrego wheel line with the release of this front wheel for the Kyosho ZX5. Also new is a Borrego 17mm SC wheel for the Team Associated SC8 and other SC conversions using a 17mm hex. Both new wheels are available in white, yellow, silver and black.

View the SC8 wheels here

April 26, 2013

Revolution Design 210 Series steering plate R2

The Revolution Design 210 Series aluminium steering plate R2 is specially designed for the Team Durango 210 series vehicles including the DEX210, DEST210 and DESC210. The plate is totally redesigned from scratch and sports a new vertical inner ball stud position. This in combination with a more central and lower position of the ball studs does away with the need to use countless shims on the outer steering blocks in order to achieve zero bump steer. The steering plate is a direct replacement for the stock part and is CNC-machined from aircraft-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and comes black anodised and laser-etched for easy identification and a cool factory look.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

April 26, 2013

Emer Agero wins E-Buggy at Philippine Off-Road Nats

It was a nice, warm and sunny Summer day in Manila for the Philippine Off-Road Nationals in the E-Buggy Class held at the CV Off-Road Track. The early benchmark in qualifying was posted by Team-C racer Garet Santayana who was almost assured of pole position until a late charge by Team Losi Racing driver Emer Agero who snatched the TQ spot by posting some blistering final laps on his last run. The top 5 on the grid after qualifying were TQ Emer Agero (Losi), 2nd Garet Santayana (Team-C), 3rd Mike Ang (AE), 4th Ish Montilla (AE) and 5th Joseph Salcedo (Xray).

Continue reading the report here