August 13, 2011

2011 ROAR Electric Off-Road Nats – Round 2 update

Ryan Maifield

Dustin Evans found himself leading early in 2wd Short Course Modified Q2. Jared Tebo and Ryan Maifield made an early move to take over the top spots. Tebo looked to be in a commanding lead when Maifield had to make a quick pit stop to fix a body issue. Maifield came back out with some speedy laps and closed the gap to Jared. With two laps to go, Maifield passed up Jared to take the win and TQ for Q2. Ryan said his setup on his SC-10 is super easy to drive and doesn’t plan on making any big changes. I asked him about the track conditions and he thought it was a bit dustier and had slightly less traction. Ryan is off to a great start defending his National Title from last year.

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August 12, 2011

Yeah Racing lightweight flywheel & locknut wrench

YeahRacingflywheeltool

The lightweight flywheel & locknut wrench from Yeah Racing is made from tough plastic material and ideal to securely hold 2-shoe or 3-shoe flywheels during clutch assembly. The tool also incorporates a 17mm hex wrench for standard 1/8 scale wheel nuts.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

August 12, 2011

Adam Drake sweeps Leisure Hours Raceway Summer Sizzler

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TLR factory driver has won both the 1/8 scale nitro buggy and truggy class at the recent Leisure Hours Raceway Summer Sizzler in Joliet, IL. In the buggy class he won ahead of TLR drivers Chuck Berg and Daniel Yachnin, all of them driving the TLR 8ight 2.0. With the truggies it was again Adam who left the competition in the dirt with Chuck Berg taking second and Jimbo Kvidera in third position.

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August 12, 2011

Team Associated B4.1 12mm hex drive

Associated-HexAdapters

Team Associated is pleased to introduce a 12mm hex drive front wheels for the RC10B4 and RC10B4.1 buggies. Available soon or already are plastic wheel hex adapters including shims and drive pins, B4 front axles for hex use, SC10 steering blocks to go with the hex axles as well as white and yellow 12mm hex disc front wheels. The rear hex adapter allows the TLR22 rear wheel offset to be used and the front wheels also fit the Kyosho RB5 buggy.

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August 12, 2011

2011 ROAR Electric Nationals – Thursday Practice

2011 ROAR Nats Track Layout

Nor-Cal Hobbies is located in Union City, Ca. (Just minutes south-east of San Francisco) and is your host of the of the 2011 ROAR Electric Nats. The facility boasts and indoor carpet track, outdoor asphalt track, not one but two off-road tracks and a well-stocked hobby shop. The larger of the two off-road tracks is where the event is being run and the indoor carpet track has been covered to allow for ample pitting out of the sun. In store for today are 2 rounds of controlled practice. The heats are 6-minutes in length and drivers will be seeded for qualifying on Friday by their fastest 3-consecutive laps during their runs.

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August 11, 2011

RB 1/8th off-road tyres

RB-Tyres

Seen for the first time at the recent 1/8 scale nitro off-road European Championship in Sand/Germany, the new line of RB buggy tyres becomes available very soon. Coming in the form of three different medium to fine threads and in supersoft, soft and medium compound the tyres already showed their performance, with the only 11 lap run of the event was done using the RB Dragon thread. The tyres come either pre-glued on dish rims or as rubber only including a multi-purpose insert.

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August 11, 2011

Team Losi Racing 22T stadium truck

TLR22T

Following closely on the heels of the 22 Buggy Kit, the 22T Truck Kit will posses the same unique design of the 22 allowing it to be the first truck in the industry to include both a rear and mid motor completion option in the same kit. Having both of these options opens up the potential for the 22T because different parts of the country benefit from different chassis configurations, varying tracks styles and layouts as well as indoor vs. outdoor tracks. The 22 and 22T share a majority of the same parts with about only 15% of the total parts listing being new. The hard anodised aluminium chassis, stadium truck-length 12mm big bore shocks, adjustable front kick, oversized rear outer bearing, bolt-on camber blocks are just a few of the features that make the 22T different from the 22 buggy as well as a force to be reckoned with in 1/10-scale 2WD truck racing. Like the 22 buggy the 22T is packed full of innovation and expert TLR engineering.

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