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March 28, 2012

Drake crowned Dialed Inc. Invitational Champion

The 2012 Dialed Inc. Off Road Championships is an all-new event that was held last weekend Shreveport, Louisiana at T&T Speedway. The classes consisted of 2wd/4wd Short course, 1/8th electric buggy/truck, 1/8th nitro buggy/truck, and a special invitational class based off the Reedy Race format, six heats of 10 minute duration, truck on Saturday and buggy on Sunday. They also used gates starts to add a little excitement to the invitational class. The track was built by Joey from The Dirt and a crew of helpers from the local area.

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March 28, 2012

Reds Racing line of manifolds

Reds Racing has designed and developed a completely new manifold line for On Road and Off Road engines. The new line of manifolds is provided with a cooling system, efficient and lightweight, which helps improve engine gasket life, to maintain engine performance over time. Polished both inside and outside, they are delivered with exhaust gasket and springs. The new conical 1/8 On Road manifold is available in three different lengths M, L, XL to fit any kind of track and are matched with the Reds 2069 muffler. The single bend Off Road manifold is available, in addition to the standard version M, in a new version S and are matched with both Reds 2069 and 2034 mufflers.

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March 28, 2012

Pro-Line Bulldog for Centro C4.1

The Centro C4.1 mid motor conversion for the Associated B4.1 is getting quite a lot of attention lately. Just yesterday JConcepts released a shell for it and today UK Pro-Line importers showed off the finished sample of the new Bulldog for C4.1. The shell features the well known cab forward Bulldog styling and will be supplied with undertray and rear wing. More details from Pro-Line when it is officially announced.

Source: CML [facebook.com]

March 28, 2012

TeamSR DEX210 rear inner suspension mounts

TeamSR have introduced their new machined anodized aluminium rear inner suspension mounts for the Durango DEX210 buggy. As one of many soon to be introduced line of hop ups for the DEX210, these suspension mounts are available in 0°, 1.5° & 3°degrees of kick-up. Precision machined from aircraft grade 7075 T6 aluminium, hard anodized black and engraved with markings, these mounts provide a more rigid mounting position thus increasing durability over the existing factory plastic suspension mounts.

Source: TeamSR [teamsr.co]

March 28, 2012

Answer RC silicone tyre bands

Answer RC have released these silicone tyre bands, made to be super stretchy and ultra long life with no loss of shape over time. They make the job of tyre gluing a far more straightforward and faster task, no more wishing you had three hands, no more waiting on a part to glue before moving to the next one. Supplied in packs of 4pcs.

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March 28, 2012

Nilsson & Ronnefalk win Swedish Cup Rd1

Last weekend saw the first of five rounds of the Swedish Cup in 1/10 electric buggy 2WD and 4WD class. The first race was hosted by Tomelilla MK at their indoor track, this time using the same layout as the last year’s EOS Pilot race. For this series, the AKA 1/10 Rebar tires together with the red AKA insert was used as a regulation tire for the first time in Sweden. On Saturday the race started with 2WD and practice and four rounds of qualifying. Local TLR driver Henrik Nilsson opened strong and won the two first qualification rounds and David Ronnefalk the other two. On equal qualifying points Henrik took the TQ on better time and started from pole position in the A-main.

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March 27, 2012

JConcepts Centro C4.1 Finnisher body

JConcepts have released the Centro C4.1 Finnisher body for the popular mid-motor Associated B4.1 conversion kit. The C4.1, developed specifically for high traction conditions, has been an immediate hit on conditions including grass, astro-turf and carpet. With the evolution of multi-surface racing, including complex circuits combining more aggressive jump transitions and extremely high-speed corners, JConcepts incorporated many features which provide several benefits in the most critical situations.

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March 27, 2012

Zacarias Villalba wins Spanish 2WD nationals Rd2

The second round of the Spanish 2WD electric buggy Championship took place on the weekend of the 24th and 25th of March in the Andalusian town of Jerez, in southern Spain. It is the first time that the club CDRC Jerez hosts a national championship and they put on a great effort to have everything prepared for the race.

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