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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.

Click here to see the class results

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.

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November 30, 2009

Adam Drake wins 1/8 Truggy Electric Nats

This past weekend saw the first annual 1/8 Electric Nationals run at Revelation Raceway. Adam Drake ran the Pro Truggy class with his 8ight-TE 2.0, powered with Xcelorin speed control and 1700Kv motor, and TQ’d all three rounds to take the overall top qualifying spot in Pro Truggy. In the A-main Adam Drake would put in a great performance making no mistakes to take the victory in front of Tyler Vik and Ty Tessmann.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

November 30, 2009

JConcepts Illuzion MBX6-T Punisher shell

JConcepts continue to release their range of Punisher bodies, the latest for the Mugen MBX6-T, with its mean look it separates itself from the rest of the bodies on the market with it’s distinctive styling. Beginning with the newly re-designed grill and headlights, the hood and cab are amongst the lowest in class giving the Punisher top notch performance. The bed area represents the latest offering for 1/8th truck racing featuring a super low profile design for increased engine cooling, air flow and escape.

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November 30, 2009

BRCA Micro Nationals Rd2 Report

Round 2 of the Micro National series saw 54 drivers brave the November rain and wind on their way to the wonderful Liberty Ballroom facility in Newbury. Having hosted some extremely successful 1/10th offroad indoor meetings over the past few years the Newbury RC Club were more than able to lay out a great track that would not only challenge the top runners but also allow those lower down the order to get around without too much trouble.

Continue reading the report here