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March 9, 2011

Brian Kinwald back at Team Associated

Team Associated is pleased to announce the return of two-time IFMAR World Champion Brian Kinwald back to their factory race team. Brian started his career with Team Associated in 1989 as a local driver for Team Associated and quickly rose to the top ranks under the tutelage of Cliff Lett and Mike Reedy. His Team Associated career culminated in 1993 when he won his first, and Team Associated’s twelfth, IFMAR World Championship in Basildon, England. Now over 15 years later, Kinwald returns home to where it all began. A wiser, more experienced Kinwald will bring his vast knowledge and development experience to the Team Associated stable. He will be working closely with Team Associated Engineering, developing current and future projects, including the recently released SC10 4×4. Additionally Brian will continue to compete at the highest level at the major events including the IFMAR World Championships, ROAR Nationals and other major events.

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March 9, 2011

Tyler Vik joins Hot Bodies

Hot Bodies have announced the addition of Tyler Vik to their factory driver list. The former Kyosho driver races multiple classes from 1/8th off-road to 1/10 touring and is successful with everything he drives. Tyler joins an already strong team stateside that features Ty Tessmann, Jesse Robbers and Josh Alton and will make his debut race at the Silver State Nitro Challenge in April.

Source: Hot Bodies [hotbodiesonline.com]

March 9, 2011

TLR confirm Reedy Race winner for ‘Euro Offroad Series’ pilot event

Team Losi Racing have confirmed 2011 Reedy International Race of Champions Invitational winner Dustin Evans will travel over from the US to represent them at the ‘Euro Offroad Series’ pilot race in Sweden which runs from April 1-3. The 25-year-old from Denver, Colorado, is the latest big name driver to join the growing entry list that already includes current European Champion Lee Martin, former champions Marc Rheinard, Hupo Honigl & Jorn Neumann, Petit RC race winner Paul Bradby and young Swedish star David Ronnefalk.

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March 9, 2011

JQ THE Car optional sway bars

GB Modelsport has issued details of the full range of option sway bars for THE Car, by JQ Products. Complementing the standard 2.3mm front and 2.5mm rear sway bars, the range now includes 2.4mm and 2.5mm fronts, and 2.3mm, 2.4mm and 2.8mm rears.

Source: GB Modelsport [gbmodelsport.co.uk]

March 8, 2011

AKA Rebar electric offroad tires

AKA are set to debut their new ‘Rebar’ Electric offroad tires at next weekend’s Cactus Classic. The new Rebar rear as well as 2wd and 4wd front tires, which were just finished yesterday, are seen here on the Kyosho buggies of Factory driver Jared Tebo and will hit the track for the first time this week for their shakedown ahead of the big event.

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March 8, 2011

LRP-Offroad-Challenge Solms report

Last weekend saw the new LRP-Offroad-Challenge held in Solms, central Germany. The race was a great success with 69 entries in 4 different classes at only the first round of this new German national offroad series, sponsored by LRP. In the “Rookie-Challenge” it was Martin Klees who took the win, while in the popular “Short-Course Class” Bernd Haas could secure TQ honours as well as the win with his HPI Blitz Shortcourse Truck. The 2WD and 4WD classes were also raced and showed off the highest amount of drivers and competition. A little sensation happened in the 4WD class as Bastian Schäfer took the win with the LRP S10 Blast BX Chassis beginner chassis, in front of two time world championship A-finalist Marcus Lübke, driving for Team Ansmann Racing and Dai Sakaguchi with his Tamiya 511 in third

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

March 8, 2011

Kazuya Tanaka signs for TecnoPower

Rody Roem’s emerging engine brand TecnoPower has signed big name driver Kazuya Tanaka from Japan. The deal, brokered through national distributor Hirofactory, sees the reigning Japanese National champion and Kyosho factory driver run the Italian made engines. Having already run the motors in testing he is happy with the stability, reliability and believes there is much more torque and top speed than his previous engines.

Source: TecnoPower [tecnopower-motor.com]

March 8, 2011

Hot Bodies 21XZ-B Hara Edition engine

As revealed at this year’s toy fair Hot Bodies have released their new 21XZ-B Hara Edition engine. Based on the O.S. Speed motor that Hara used to take a close 2nd place at last year’s World Championships in Pattaya this limited edition engine features a new lighter crankshaft, modified to improve response and improve torque. It has then been DLC coated for better fuel flow and increased durability. The low center of gravity cooling head is also new, featuring limited edition graphics and finally the latest version black anodised carburetor is included, with a 6mm venturi it gives an excellent balance of power and fuel economy.

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