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March 16, 2017

Orlowski targets first EOS title at Arena33

The Euro Offroad Series makes its second trip of the season to Germany this weekend (March 17-19) with the all new Arena 33 the venue for the penultimate round of the championship. With three of the expanded five round calendar to count, both Michal Orlowski and Bruno Coelho will be targeting wrapping up the Season #6 titles. Completing back to back victories in 2WD last time out at the Hudy Arena, a third consecutive win in Andernach would bring Orlowski and Schumacher their first EOS title and end Yokomo’s three year reign as champions of electric offroad’s premiere class.

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March 16, 2017

JConcepts Skull snapback hat

JConcepts have introduced their latest merchandise sporting the new-for-2017 JC Skull logo, a snapback hat. The front sports the new logo in patch form on the black snapback hat material while the rear of the hat features mesh type material to stay cool for those warm days at the track.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

March 16, 2017

Eric Anderson takes ROAR 1/12th 13.5T title

The 2017 ROAR carpet nationals were held at 360v2 in New Rochelle, New York. The track is one of the bigger tracks in the US and it offered high bite and a fast flowing layout. In the 1/12th 13.5T class it was Xray’s Eric Anderson that took the win after the triple A-mains, courtesy of a 2nd, 1st and 4th place finish. Behind him Team Associated’s Joe Trandell would come in second with a 3rd and two 2nd place finishes while Speedmerchant’s Chris Tosilini would round out the top 3 with a win and two 3rd place finishes.

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March 16, 2017

Factory RC B64 blue weave carbon fibre option parts

Coming from Factory RC and made for the Team Associated B64 series of 4WD buggies are blue weave carbon fibre option parts. The range includes a floating servo mount plate made from 2.5mm material and incorporating an antenna mount, next up is a 4mm battery strap that utilises the stock hardware and also new is an 18mm bellcrank input arm that offers reduced weight. Next up are 4mm front and rear shock towers with increased void volume in the centre for additional airflow towards the windscreen and improved airflow in the rear of the body. Also new are 2.5mm steering arms that are lighter than the aluminium parts and the range is rounded out by a 3-piece rear diff shim set including 0.5mm, 1.0mm and 2.0mm shims that allow to raise the rear or front diff case for improved dog bone plunge and increased grip. The blue weave carbon parts sport Factory RC’s Leading Edge chamfered edges which makes sealing the parts with CA glue a snap.

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March 16, 2017

Jacky Mouton successful at French 1/8th Classic opener

The opening round of the French 1/8th Classic on-road Championship was held in Montbonnot, Grenoble, France. A total of 94 racers signed in, divided into 70 nitro and 24 electric class entries. In the nitro class, Jacky Mouton (Forfaster/VS Engines) came out successful in the main final from Serge Christiani (Forfaster/Forfaster) in second and Stephan Nicaud (Forfaster/VS Racing) third.

Source: Victosport [victosport.com]

March 16, 2017

Kalle Lehto takes FinTrack Tour Prostock title

The indoor portion of the FinTrack Tour recently concluded in Äänekoski with the fourth and final round. In the Touring 13.5T Prostock class the race for the title was on between Kalle Lehto and 2016 Champion, Vesa Yli. Vesa had won the opening round in Lahti while Kalle stroke back in round two and three, so Vesa needed to win at the finale in order to have a shot at the title. Right from the get go Kalle had an advantage though while Vesa struggled from an understeering car. After a good start into the third and final A-main Vesa was given a stop & go penalty for a crash he didn’t commit and so he had to settle for third overall behind Teemu Saarinen while Kalle took the day’s win and with it the overall title.

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March 16, 2017

Robin Frischkopf doubles at Indoor Bike Park GP Rd4

The fourth and final round of the Swiss Indoor Bike Park GP was recently held at the Indoor Bike Park in Pfäffikon and it was Robin Frischkopf that took the TQ in the 1/8th E-Buggy and 1/10th 4WD Buggy classes. After some close battles in all A-mains, Robin would also bring home the win in both categories with Romeo Grass obtaining the runner-up spot in the 1/8th E-Buggy class in front of Kevin Zwahlen while Pascal Jutz and Daniel Caviezel rounded out the top 3 in the 4WD Buggy class.

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March 16, 2017

Xray RX8’17 1/8th nitro on-road kit

Xray have revealed the 2017 version of their RX8 1/8th nitro on-road kit. It features some subtle changes compared to last year’s car, one of which is the updated aluminium chassis that sports repositioned engine mounting holes for easier gear mesh adjustment while also incorporating milled sections for additional carbon fibre stiffeners and add-on weights.

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