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December 5, 2009

Tebo takes all at Annual Turkey Shootout

The 2nd Annual Turkey Shootout was hosted by Real R/C in Pheasant Hill, MO on November 28-29. The two day race format would consist of qualifying on Saturday and Triple A-Mains on Sunday. This is Kyosho Factory Driver Jared Tebo’s home track and he would go on to TQ and win all 3 Modified classes with his Team Orion powered Kyosho rides. In the 2wd Mod class, Jared won from TQ Racing driver Dave Alberico and Associated racer Rod Rippee, while in 4wd Mod it was Associated pairing of Taylor Jaes and Wayne Snider that would be runners up. The truck Mod class again saw TQ Racing racer Alberico in 2nd, with Gene Cook taking 3rd with his Associated.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

December 4, 2009

Tim Bremicker joins Nosram

Nosram have announced that top German and international offroad racer Tim Bremicker has joined their international racing team. Tim, who recently made the move from Mugen to Associated, is one of Germany’s leading nitro offroad racers in both OR8 and ORT classes and recent successes include the German Truggy National title in 2009 & 2008, German Buggy National title in 2008 as well as multiple vice champion titles. Tim will use the complete line of Nosram power equipment for his high-level competition racing, including the RS.21 RR high-performance competition engine, the VTEC 1/8 offroad buggy & truggy tire range and VTEC LiPo transmitter & receiver batteries.

Source: Nosram [nosram.com]

December 4, 2009

Tyler Vik takes ROAR Open Pro E-Buggy Champs

Tekno RC were in touch to tell us that Tyler Vik took the win in the Open Pro Buggy class at last weekend’s ROAR 1/8th Electric Championships. Tyler was driving a Tekno RC equipped Kyosho MP9 with the Elektri-Clutch system and mechanical brakes and finished ahead of Buggy ROAR Pro winner Jeremy Kortz who came home 2nd with Associated team manager Brent Thielke in 3rd. Tyler also finished 3rd on the podium in the ROAR Pro buggy class.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

December 4, 2009

JP Richards dominates Thanksgiving Bash

Last weekend’s Thanksgiving Bash took place at CRCRC Raceway in Columbus, Ohio. CRCRC boasts some of the toughest competition in the Mid West, with factory drivers from Associated, Kyosho, X-Factory and Losi in attendance, and so this was a great test for TQ Racing’s new SX102W buggy. JP Richards TQ’d every round and went on to win the 2wd class with the SX102W ahead of X-Factory driver Dan Griffin in 2nd and Team Losi driver Curtis May in 3rd.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

December 3, 2009

Kortz takes inagural ROAR 1/8th Electric Buggy title

This past weekend, the first ever ROAR Electric 1:8 Off Road Nationals were held at Revelation Raceway in Pomona California, the truggy results from which we already brought you. There were approximately 130 entries for this inaugural event with each of the major manufacturers being represented by their top guns. Notables in attendance were Ryan Maifield, Adam Drake, Travis Amezcua and Cody King just to name a few. In the 1:8 Buggy class after three hotly contested A mains, it was AKA factory driver Jeremy Kortz who came through for the win with his Losi Xcelorin powered HoBao 1:8 Electric Buggy. This win brings Jeremy’s count of National Championship titles to an impressive 14 and counting.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

December 2, 2009

Team AJ RB5 & RT5 front suspension parts

New for the Kyosho Ultima RB5 and RT5, comes these front lower bulkheads and hinge pin plates from Team AJ. The lower front bulkheads have been machined from aluminium and significantly increase the strength in this area of the car. The block can be flipped around so that the user can select between 25 and 30 degrees caster, with markings clearly displaying which is currently being used. The new 0.5mm thick aluminium hinge pin plates again offer strength to the front area by preventing the suspension pins from spreading under impact. Both items are available in anodised, red, black and blue.

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December 1, 2009

Adam Rayls wins big at Illinois State Race

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Adam Rayls and Ben Ellis attended the 13th Annual Illinois State Race at Rectors RC Raceway in Alboin IL. Saturday was Stock Class Day and Adam was able to secure the TQ and win in the stock truck class. He was also able to get the TQ in stock buggy and finished 3rd behind winner Jacob Robins and 2nd placed Chris Shieldsmith. In stock 4WD, Jacob Robins took the TQ and win for Associated while Adam finished 2nd with Chris Shieldsmith 3rd. On Sunday for Mod Day, Ben Ellis was able to grab the TQ in 2wd Mod ahead of Adam, while in Mod truck Adam got TQ in front of Ben, while in 4wd Mod Jacob Robins took the TQ spot. In the mains Adam was able to get out to and early lead in all three classes and couldn’t be passed. Adam went on to sweep all three classes in the Mains. Ben Ellis finished 2nd in 2WD and 4WD.

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December 1, 2009

Xray ECS drive shaft polished chrome pins

New from Xray, for use with the XT8, are these polished chrome pins for the ECS drive shaft. Sold in a set of two, these 2.5 x 15.8mm pins have been specially hand-ground to create a flat spot for tightening the set screw for maximum precision when putting together the drive shaft assembly.

Click here to see the pins mounted