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May 26, 2017

Rheinard, Cavalieri & Sobue open Reedy Race with wins

Marc Rheinard, Ryan Cavalieri and Akio Sobue have opened the 20th running of the Reedy Race of Champions at Tamiya Raceway with wins, with reigning champion Ronald Volker opening his quest for a 4th title with a second behind Cavalieri. In the first of the Round 1 encounters, it was Reedy Race debutant Bruno Coelho who lead the way after a bad start for pole sitter Viljami Kutvonen. Leading from Rheinard, Coelho had the 5-time winner on his rear bumper with their proximity leading to contact in the sweeper which would spin out the Xray driver. Resuming the lead as Rheinard waited, Coelho’s chancing of opening with a win were short lived as the track’s infamous kick launched him into the barriers allowing Rheinard and team-mate Naoto Matsukura to the front for an Infinity 1-2 finish as Coelho finished a distant 3rd. In the second leg Offroad star Ryan Cavalieri got the jump on the front row and despite Volker trying to use the kick to make an offroad pass on the Team Associated driver he would hold on to take the win by more than half a lap as Volker pulled an impressive pass on Juho Levanen through the chicane on the final lap. Wrapping up the first of the 12 rounds, Ralph Burch was looking like he would be the only pole sitter to pull off the win but half way through the race clipped the curbing in the chicane allowing Akio Sobue, Naoki Akiyama and Christopher Krapp through which is how they finished, Burch’s race however going backwards as he finished last of the 8 cars that make up each race.

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May 26, 2017

Heng wins at Shanghai Muchmore Touring Series Rd2

Round 2 of the Shanghai Muchmore Touring Series was held at the indoor carpet track of the RCI V2 track. In the Electric Touring class Heng would grab a solid TQ from Nicholas and Robert in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Huahua and Jason Wang came in 4th and 5th with the top 4 being separated by less than one second which promised some close racing in the finals. The opening A-main then saw the top 2 cars pulling away quickly and in the end TQ holder Heng would take the win about a second in front of Nicholas while Tommy Dai would be further back in 3rd, some ten seconds down. At the start of the second main Nicholas had some problems and he had to let Lu by in the second corner. Lu would stay in 2nd place for about six laps until Nicholas found a way past. Unfortunately both made contact which promoted Tommy Dai into 2nd place. Both Lu and Nicholas would chase Dai for about eleven laps until the latter made a mistake which allowed the two chasing drivers through. Up front Heng would bring home the win from Lu in 2nd and Nicholas 3rd.

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May 26, 2017

Pro-Line 82 white truck snap back hat

Pro-Line have introduced their new 82 white truck hat. The hat features a bright white front section emblazoned with throwback 1982 red and blue styling and a breathable blue mesh material for back of the hat. The 82 trucker hat has a snapback to fit most and has a blue flat bill in the front.

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May 26, 2017

Charles Hollander doubles at SARDA Off-road Nationals

The recent SARDA Electric Off-road Nationals were held at the BMR carpet track in South Africa. It was a two-day event with three heats of qualifying being held on the Saturday and three heats of mains being held on the Sunday. However due to rain it was held on one day with qualify and mains been reduced to two each which put the pressure on for all competitors. The two most hotly contested classes were 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy and it was Charles Hollander who managed to take a double TQ and win in both classes to walk away with the double title.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 26, 2017

Gonzalez & Williams win at Southern Summer Payout

The Southern Summer Payout Series was recently held at T&T Hobbies in Shreveport, LA and it saw Robert Gonzalez taking the win in the 2WD Stock Buggy class from Austin Jefferies and Jason Christie. In the 4WD Super Stock class it was Serpent driver Marcus Williams who walked away with the win after the A-mains with Jason Christie and Daniel Grobe (both Xray) rounding out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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May 26, 2017

Carles Echarri TQs & wins at Spanish National Series Rd1

Round 1 of the Spanish National Series was held recently and in the Touring Stock class it was Carles Echarri (Xray) who set the early pace. Carles would still be on top after the qualifiers, taking the overall TQ from Carlos Fernandez and Guillem Diaz and he would also take the opening two A-mains to grab the overall win early, leaving Guillem Diaz (Schumacher) and Carlos Fernandez (Awesomatix) behind in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 26, 2017

JB Carbon B6 split 3-gear laydown gearbox

Coming soon from JB Carbon is a split 3-gear laydown gearbox for the Team Associated B6. The split design will make diff tuning and maintenance quick and easy as by undoing only a couple of screws the top and bottom part of the gearbox are easily separated, allowing access to the differential without the need to tear the whole rear end apart. The conversion will become available soon.

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May 26, 2017

Xray XB8 centre differential spur gears

Xray have expanded their range of centre differential spur gears for the XB8 series of buggies and trucks. Available as 46T to 50T variant the main gears are precision cut from special Hudy spring steel, they come hardened, individually machined, tested and inspected and they feature laser-engraved markings for easy identification.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]