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May 30, 2013

Losi XX-SCT Tuff Country 2wd SCT RTR

The new Losi Tuff Country SCT is based on Losi’s evergreen XXX platform that has stood the tests of time and is ideally suited for taking the knocks and scrapes that comes with SCT racing. Its 3-gear rear motor transmission features a fluid-fillable gear differential and is protected by an adjustable twin disk slipper clutch mechanism. Awesome horsepower is assured courtesy of Dynamite’s 4-pole 3300Kv sensorless brushless motor, which combines optimum efficiency with brute strength and torque to endow the Tuff Country XXX-SCT with incredible acceleration and high top speed capability. Matched with Dynamite’s 45 Amp Fuze Waterproof Sensorless brushless ESC, the Tuff Country XXX-SCT is able to cope with the demands of running is less than ideal weather conditions – making it the perfect companion for anyone eager to explore the RC car hobby for the first time.

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May 30, 2013

Hank Perry 240 wins for Potter, Buechler & Tjepkema

Round 2 of the NCT series also know as “The Hank Perry 240” was held once again in Spokane Washington over Memorial Day weekend. This is one of the largest events in the Northwest with this year being no exception at close to 275 entries and drivers from all over the Northwest and Western Canada. The biggest class the entire weekend was the always exciting electric buggy class. In three very close qualifying rounds Tekin’s own Jeremy “PG” Potter would take his Hot Bodies D812/Tekno converted Buggy to the overall TQ followed closely by Tekin team mates Jordan Hestness, Jayson Tjepkema and Nick Buechler. Potter would take it to the field in A1 and A2 and come away with the overall win. In A3 Buechler would run away with it and take 2nd overall with Tjepkema rounding out the podium.

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May 30, 2013

Mibosport Offroad Meeting 2013 – Announcement

After completing their very successful Winter race series Mibosport now announce the Offroad Meeting 2013. Organised with the support of Yokomo the race will take place at the Mibosport astro turf track in Trebic, near Hrotovice on the weekend of the 30th of June. The main purpose of the race is to have fun and this is reflected by the time schedule that sees free practice on Friday with control practice on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. A Saturday night dash for cash race rounds out the package. The meeting is run in 2WD and 4WD buggy classes as well as SC truck on dBoots Nanobyte tyres. Find more information here.

May 30, 2013

Dave Henry triple at RC Pro Canada Rd1

This past weekend saw round 1 of the RCPro Ontario provincial series in Canada. The 100+ entry event was hosted by the Durham Offroad Rc Club in Bowmanville Ontario about 45 minutes east of Toronto and the all volunteer track crew did a great job shaping the layout for this, their first big event outside of their own series races. The track offered a good mix of challenging high speed sweepers along with some tricky rhythm sections and a good level of grip under beautiful blue skies. TLR’s Dave Henry took home the top honors in all 3 classes he entered. Dave used Nitrotane fuel to help 2 stop the 30 minute final with the TLR 8ight 3.0, while In 1/8 eBuggy Dave used his freshly built TLR 8ight 3.0 to win the final two mains of the triple main format to secure the win. He managed the same feat in 4wd SC with the TLR 2.0 SCTE to complete the triple.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

May 29, 2013

2013 Grass Roots Racing Series Rd5 – Report

For round 5 of the 2013 Grass Roots Racing Series Rob Jackson and Crew took over the Pro-Line Racing test track for the weekend and invited racers from all over to attend. For those of you not familiar with the Grass Roots Series it’s a 6 round series based out of Southern California that travels through three of the best outdoor tracks in the area. The event is held over a two day period focusing one day on nitro 1/8th scale while the other day is devoted to 1/10th scale electric short course and 1/8th scale electric Buggy. For this time around the nitro crew would kick things off on Saturday while the electric rigs would wrap things up on Sunday. This turned out to be a great thing as the bigger heavier 4WD cars would sweep a fresh layout that had just been built by Sik Track Designs the week before and had not had a chance to be run in yet. The track that was build was of the highest quality and was fairly straight forward yet challenging at the same time. There were a couple large doubles, a fast sweeper, rhythm sections, as well as one of the best whoop sections built to date in RC. It was really neat to see a track designer do such a great job accommodating multiple classes and being able to please them all.

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May 28, 2013

Fabrizio Teghesi wins Italian nitro buggy champs

The second round of the Italian off-road nationals was held at the Panico Model Team track in the centre of Italy. Kyosho’s Fabrizio Teghesi took the win in the 45 minutes final handing him the national championship title early with one race to go. This meant the triple for Fabrizio who also won the 2011 electric buggy and 2012 truggy title. Second placed Alex Zanchettin (TLR/Novarossi) secured himself the vice championship title with Riccardo Perin (HB/OS) completing the podium of the second round of the series.

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May 28, 2013

Mugen Seiki MBX7 steering upper plate

After seeing versions from many after market companies Mugen Seiki now introduce their own steering upper plate for the use with the MBX7 buggy. The part is machined from 3mm high quality carbon fibre to increase stability and durability and comes including mounting hardware and the necessary shims for the steering posts.

Source: RMV [rmv-deutschland.de]

May 28, 2013

Vision Racing Associated buggy & truck options

Vision Racing introduce two new carbon fibre option parts for Team Associated 1/10th off-road vehicles like the B4, T4 and SC10. First up is a short battery brace that does away with the somewhat longer original part. It is machined from 2.5mm quasi-isotropic material for balanced longitudinal and torsional stiffness. Also new is a speed controller shelf to allow the ESC to be mounted right before the shock tower. The shelf is cut from 2.0mm material and attaches right to the bulkhead using the existing screws.

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