JConcepts will keep the racing going this summer in Florida with the announcement of the Summer Tour. These 3 standalone events will kick off on June 2nd at FZRC in Sarasota, Florida before a July 7th stop at eXtreme Hobby Zone in Winter Haven, FL and ending on July 28th at Shiverville in High Springs, FL. Come out and race these laid back events to help keep the Summer time blues away. More information can be found on the official event site here.
New for the Durango DEX210, Tresrey have released these aluminium front top deck mount buttons. Made from red anodised aluminium, with laser etched logo, they are a direct replacement for the standard plastic versions and bring an extra bit of bling to your chassis.
Alpha Plus and Ryan Lutz have teamed together to produce ‘The Lutz Edition’ Alpha Plus Engine. Based off the popular A852 model from Alpha Plus, the Lutz Edition has a few performance and cosmetic tweaks that give it a one of a kind look and feel. It starts at the top with the in-your-face hot pink signature cooling head sure to make you and your race vehicle stand out at the track. Drivers know that to race pink you have to be fast and that’s what this engine will ensure. The engine head itself is 2 fins lower than current Alpha Plus Models, providing 2 fins that wrap around the top of the crankcase to provide better cooling, while also boasting a lower Center of Gravity.
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The 2012 JBRL Nitro Series is in full swing and the second stop on the series took place last weekend at Revelation Raceway with over 200 entries. Many of the world’s best were on hand including the current World Champion Cody King, Ryan Cavalieri, Adam Drake, Mike Truhe, Ryan Maifield, Travis Amezcua, Dylan Rodriguez, Richard Saxton and Steve Hartson. The layout started out smooth and high speed, but by the end of the weekend is was very technical and rough. It was Adam Drake who dominated the event by winning three classes.
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Better known as a gas onroad racer new Thunder Power RC signing JJ Wang is making a name for himself throughout China as one of the rising stars of modified touring car and EP offroad. The 14 year old has launched his EP career with a 4th place finish in the FWD class at this year’s TITC race. Stepping up his game, powered by Thunder Power RC, JJ recently won the EP 4WD Short Course Truck and 2WD Buggy classes at the Horizon Hobby Cup. JJ will run Thunder Power RC Z3R motors and batteries to power his 2012-2013 racing season in China and at various International and US electric/LiPo events. JJ had this to say:
I’m very motivated and excited to join the Thunder Power RC team. I think their products have very high quality and I’m looking forward to using them in the upcoming season.
Source: Thunder Power [thunderpowerrc.com]
Round 2 of the 2012 1/10 Off Road Swiss Championship too place at Hohenems last weekend and it was Patrick Hofer who dominated all classes with his Team Associated B4.1 and B44.1 cars. Following a wet Saturday, Sunday was dry but the temperature did not reach more than 14°C. Patrick again showed his performance by placing his B44.1 and B4.1 on TQ in 4wd and 2wd modified. In the 4wd class Hofer won from Durango driver Michel Buschor in 2nd and Kyosho driver Sven Zünd in 3rd, while in 2wd Patrick won ahead of Yokomo racer Peter Forster in 2nd and again Sven Zünd in 3rd.
The 2nd round of the German West division Nationals was held in Hürtgenwald on an astroturf track and the weather was great all weekend. On Saturday there was open practice for a couple hours and then 3 rounds of controlled practice. JConcepts Driver, Jörn Neumann was in attendance and coming off his first round victory was ready to dominate again in round 2. Jörn tried a few different shock setups and a 3mm front sway bar during practice which he noted that it made is car a lot faster. He stuck with the same setup for the 1st Round of qualifying, finishing 2nd. On Sunday there were two more Rounds of qualifying. In Round 2 Jörn was on a good pace, but had a problem after 2 minutes and had to sit out the rest of the qualifier. The last Round worked really well and Jörn came back with a TQ in that round which was enough for the overall TQ.
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Schumacher have a long history of supplying some of the best Off Road tyres and they are now pleased to announce that their new low profile slim cut Stagger is now available. This new version should be used when less bite is needed than a Mini Spike and more bite is needed than a Stagger Rib. It also gives slightly more initial turn in than the standard Slim Cut Stagger, which has a higher profile. Available in the great popular Schumacher compounds, yellow, green and silver.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
