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March 16, 2013

Matsukura TQs second 2WD Buggy Qualifier

Matsukura rules Q2 at Cactus

Having notched up his first TQ run at the Proline Cactus Classic in 2WD Buggy, Naoto Matsukura appears to relish the night time conditions at SRS Raceway in Scottsdale, Arizona, with the factory Yokomo driver completing a buggy double by taking his B-Max 4 to the fastest time in 4WD ahead of Kyosho’s Jared Tebo and Q1 Top Qualifier Ryan Cavalieri. A much closer affair than 2WD, the Top 3 were separated by just 1.2 seconds with the 19-year-old Japanese ace running a time for the 5-minute qualifier that was just 3/10ths slower than Cavalieri’s Q1 time.

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March 16, 2013

Tebo & Cavalieri TQ opening Buggy Qualifiers

Jared Tebo and Ryan Cavalieri have TQ’d the first round of qualifying for the blue ribbon buggy classes at the 27th Proline Cactus Classic. In 2WD Tebo took his Kyosho around the super high traction SRS Raceway in the fastest time ahead of Team Durango’s Joern Neumann and practice pace setter Naoto Matsukura while in 4WD Cavalieri put his Associated on top also ahead of Neumann with TLR’s Dakotah Phend third. For defending double champion Ryan Maifield the first of the four scheduled qualifiers saw the Arizona ace take both his Associated buggies to the fourth fastest time.

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March 15, 2013

Truck Champions top first Cactus qualifier

Defending truck champions Ryan Cavalieri and Ryan Lutz got their Proline Cactus Classic campaigns off to the perfect start as they TQ’d the opening round of qualifying in Mod Truck and 2WD Short Course respectively this morning at SRS Raceway in Scottsdale, Arizona. For 4WD Short Course Champion Joern Neumann and Team Durango there was some controversy in the opening qualifier as the entire team with the exception of Ryan Lutz were disqualified from the top heat for running rear spoilers on their trucks but ultimately it was Team Losi Racing’s Billy Fischer who set the pace.

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March 15, 2013

ElectroChamps 2013 – Announcement

Greece’s capitol Athens will see the annual ElectroChamps electric off-road meeting. For the third year in a row the FRT Off Road track will hold the country’s biggest electric off-road event, this time on the weekend of the 9th of June. The race will see modified 2WD and short course racing on Saturday and modified 4WD on Sunday. More details can be found on the dedicated event page by clicking here.

March 15, 2013

Schumacher Block rear tire

Specially designed for all long pile astro turf tracks is Schmacher’s new Block rear tire in yellow compound. It sports an aggressive square block design, is usable as 2WD and 4WD rear tire and is available now.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

March 15, 2013

Team Associated at Silverstone Winter Series

The Silverstone Radio Control Model Car Club were hosts to a fabulous six round winter series that has proved extremely popular with the racers, each event being over-subscribed despite being held on a rather untraditional Saturday. A different track layout was used each time and the designs were enjoyable to drive and testing for the drivers, laid out on very high bite astro-turf with some additional slippery surfaces thrown in along with a variety of jumps and ripples. 2WD was the most popular class with a multitude of national A finalists on show and it was CML/Associated/Centro driver Tom Yardy that showed the way – taking the championship with a perfect score using his Centro C4.1. The 4WD class was taken by Chris Bowater (Team Associated B44.2). There was also a full compliment of 2WD Short Course trucks racing at each meeting and it was a strong showing by the Team Associated SC10 FT with the truck taking all the pole positions and all the wins in the hands of Liam Galvin and Simon Chambers. With all the points tallied up Liam Galvin’s Reedy powered SC10FT took a convincing win to complete the Team Associated title white-wash.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.com]

March 15, 2013

Novak Vulcan Spec & Outlaw brushless motors

Novak introduce the new Vulcan Spec and Outlaw brushless motors. Based on the proven Ballistic platform the new motors feature a redesigned stator, new endbells, and updated options to make for the highest possible performance. Coming in two variants for sanctioned and outlaw races the Vulcan Spec is build using the largest wire permitted for spec racing classes while the Outlaw sports Novak’s new ULR ultra-low-resistance stator for maximum copper fill and power in ‘outlaw’ racing. Both motors are available as 10.5T, 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T variant.

Source: Novak [teamnovak.com]

March 15, 2013

Team C shock & differential fluids

Team C Racing announce new shock and differentials oils as an extension of their existing line of silicone fluids. In addition to the existing range of shock oils now also 100cps and 150cps as well as 900cps variants are available. Specially made for on-road and off-road gear differentials are the high viscosity 15,000wt, 20,000wt and 100,000wt oils. All come in large bottles with easy portioning tips.

Click here to view the new diff oils