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July 31, 2012

Cody Turner double at JBRL Rd6

This past weekend was stop 6 of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Series (JBRL) at SDRC in San Diego, California. This event brought in over 250 entries from Southern California’s best drivers. Factory Drivers such as current 2wd Modified Buggy ROAR National Champion Dustin Evans, last weeks big 2wd Modified Buggy Winner Steven Hartson and 2-time ROAR 2wd Modified Buggy National Champion Mike Truhe just to name a few. Kyosho’s rising star Cody Turner just one week ago had his break-out performance at the 15th Annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout. Cody looked to carry that momentum to this week at the JBRL. The class of the day was 2wd Modified Buggy. Cody would lay down impressive runs in qualifying to take the overall TQ. Cody then went on to win the Main Event with a very impressive drive.

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July 30, 2012

Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout report

The 2012 Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout is in the books, with 306 entries and a big dose of warm Southern California air. Over the course of practice days, qualifying and on to the main events, the JConcepts team had a strong showing from start to finish. From the first laps on the track, JConcepts owned the SCT classes of Pro2 and Pro4. With the combination of Bar Codes in Pro2, Pressure Points in Pro4, the driving of Ryan Maifield and Jörn Neumann, each were untouchable.

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July 27, 2012

Robitronic Razer X10 brushless motors

Robitronic introduce the Razer X10 sensorless brushless motors. Specially designed for the use in RC-Cars the 540-size motors are available as 8T/5820kv, 10T/4680kv and 12T/3940kv variant. With a maximum current of 100A to 155A the motors are able to produce up to 1000W of power. They feature a black anodized and highly ripped heatsink can, red anodized front and rear plates and are usable with up to 5S LiPo batteries depending on the winding.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.com]

July 27, 2012

Exotek DEX210 aluminium option parts

Exotek Racing announce a host of option parts for Team Durango’s DEX210 2WD buggy. Available are an aluminium CNC-machined orange anodised steering link, steering cranks and alloy 15mm wheel hexes. The steering link is less prone to break or flex and makes for a more precise steering response. The same applies to the steering cranks that also add strength to the steering assembly of the 210. The levers feature left and right servo horn mounting positions and are supplied as pair. Last but not least are the orange anodised wheel hex hubs. They come as pair, are available as 4.75mm and 6.25mm offset version with laser-etched markings and are usable on the DEX210 and DEX410 kits.

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July 26, 2012

Yeah Racing T plug soldering jig

Yeah Racing introduce this soldering jig for Deans Ultra plugs and many other connectors. Made from CNC-machined aluminium the jig securely holds the connector in place via a spring-loaded pressure plate for easy and secure soldering.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

July 26, 2012

Xray XB9 progressive springs

Made for the XB808 and the XB9 are the new progressive springs from Xray. They feature softer rate at the beginning and become harder during compression to generate more grip and higher corner speed. They come laser-etched for easy identification, are available as pair and are usable on both the front and the rear of the buggy. Available as soft, medium-soft and medium type.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 26, 2012

Tebo wins 15th Annual HRH Shootout

The 15th Annual HRH Shootout was held July 19th to 22nd at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. The weather was very typical for the Shootout being in the upper 90’s all weekend long putting controllers, motors, and batteries to the ultimate test. This year’s event brought in over 300 race entries. In the Modified Truck Class it was TLR factory driver Dustin Evans taking the TQ honours. In A main number 1 TLR’s Dakotah Phend went on to take the win over his teammate Dustin Evans by one second. Steven Hartson finished 3rd. A main number 2 saw Kyosho’s Jared Tebo taking the win from the fourth starting position. Steven Hartson finished second and Dustin Evans in third. In the deciding third A main Steven Hartson would take the win, Tebo finished second only .4 seconds behind, and Dustin Evans finished third. With both Tebo and Hartson finishing with a first and second in two of the mains, the title would come down to combined laps and times as the tie-breaker. After everything was added together, it was Team Orion/Kyosho’s Jared Tebo taking the Modified Truck overall win by .1 second.

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July 26, 2012

Boots wins BRCA National Rd3

Round 3 of the BRCA 1/8th rally cross took place at HNMC with both days full and drivers waiting on the reserve list this class is very strong in the UK. With semis completed it looked like the top four would fight this out, Boots, Cragg, Bloomfield and Martin. This indeed was the case in the final with Boots and Bloomfield pulling away and Martin and Cragg fighting hard. At about 30 minutes left Bloomfield tried to stretch another lap but ran out on track leaving Boots out front with Martin second and Cragg third. The win also meant the 2012 BRCA title for the Kyosho driver.

Thanks to James Thompson for sending the report.