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January 11, 2012

JConcepts sign Dustin Evans for 2012

Concepts have signed 2011 ROAR National Champion Dustin Evans to the 2012 racing team. One of TLR’s top drivers, Dustin brings versatility to an already speedy JConcepts driver line-up. The Denver, Colorado, native has ascended through the World rankings and established himself as a winner while being one of the few drivers capable of competing in 7 different classes of competition. Having won the ROAR Nationals as well as the Reedy Invitational race last year, Dustin’s first official race with the team will be at West Coast RC Raceway in 2 weeks to defend his Reedy Race title.

View an interview with Dustin here

January 10, 2012

Lucas Sanford wins BL at Snowman Series Rd1

New Tekno RC driver Lucas Sanford took the win this weekend in the 1/8th Electric Buggy class to kick off Round 1 of the Snowman Series hosted by ARC Raceway in Temecula, CA. The weather was nice during the day, but turned bitter cold as the night went on. A few adjustments had to be made to the car to make sure it would perform correctly in the cold and at the sound of the tone, it was all Lucas. The car was hooked up and locked in and after the first lap no one would catch him. In 2nd place was Tekno RC driver Matt Wolter also running one of the new Tekno RC chassis. At the halfway point, Tekno RC driver Ryan Hughes, also driving a new Tekno RC chassis, was in 3rd when a battery issue sidelined him. In all it was a great night of racing. We’ll bring bigger jackets and gloves for the next round.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

January 9, 2012

Drake & Moller wins Rd1 of Snowman Series

ARC Raceway kicked off its 2012 race season this past weekend with round one of the Snowman Series. Consisting of four rounds, round one had 12 heats. TLR, Novarossi, Pro-Line driver Adam Drake TQ’d both rounds of qualifying in the 1/8th Pro Buggy class in front of teammate’s Drew Moller and Matt Schreffler. In the 1/8th Pro Truck class Ronda Drake TQ’d round one with her new TLR 8ight T 2.0. Drew Moller TQ’d round two and would be the overall TQ for the truck class. In the 30 minute buggy final Adam Drake ran flawless and took the victory by more than two laps over Carson Wernimont in second and Colin Herzig in third. Drew Moller won the 20 minute truck final followed by teammate Andy Carillo in 2nd and Ronda Drake in 4th after a rough start.

View the final results here

January 9, 2012

Kyosho Masters 2012 – Announcement

Kyosho France were in touch to inform us of the 14th running of the Kyosho Masters. The race will take place at Sucy en Brie in France from the 15th to the 17th of June this year. It will be your typical Masters with top racing, lots of fun and giveaways. For more information you can contact the organisers at kyoshomasters@kyoshoeurope.com

January 9, 2012

Team C tapered pistons

Team C have released their new tapered pistons for buggy and truggy. The machined pistons are available with 1.2mm, 1.3mm and 1.4mm holes and help make the shock action smoother on the rebound stage.

View the other pistons here

January 8, 2012

dBoots chosen as official tire of EOS

As the New Year is upon us, all of us in the EOS organization want to wish everyone a very happy New Year. The new year will bring with it the beginning of the much anticipated Euro Offroad Series, kicking off in the Czech Republic on February 10th to 12th. As we prepare for the EOS, we would like to take this time to announce that the official race tire for the 2012 EOS will be dBoots tyres. Adam and all the team at dBoots have been working very hard with us to ensure the EOS will be a tremendous success and with the quality of the dBoots tyres it will prove to be a winning combination.

Continue reading the release here

January 7, 2012

JP Gimar sign Brazilians Alcantara & Fortes

JP Gimar and Brazilian importer ImpactRC have signed 2011 Brazillian Buggy Brazillian GT national Champion Francisco Alcantara and 2011 Republic GP Champion Joao Paulo Fortes. Both driver will be running the JP Gimar Mig Dirt X and alongside their regional and national campaigns will also compete at the IFMAR World Championships later in the year in neighboring Argentina.

Source: ImpactRC [impactautomodelismo.blogspot.com]

January 7, 2012

Associated RC10B4.1 Worlds Car kit

Since its release in 2003 the RC10B4 remains undefeated on a world level, having won five IFMAR World Championships in a row. In commemoration of their most recent 2WD Off Road World Championship win, Associated are proud to bring you the RC10B4.1 Worlds Car kit. The kit comes with the chassis spec’d out the same as the Team Associated buggies that were driven by Ryan Cavalieri, Ryan Maifield and Neil Cragg at the 2011 IFMAR World Championships in Vaasa, Finland. It has all the latest Factory Team features, starting with the +8mm B4.1 chassis conversion which greatly improves the overall stability and handling of the buggy, making it easier to drive and lower your lap times. Topping off the +8mm B4.1 chassis is the Pro-Line Bulldog +8mm body. Other features include the Factory Team 0° rear hubs, Factory Team rear ballast weight, and the new B4.1 Worlds Car setup sheet.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]