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June 13, 2016

Rivkin & Maifield successful at ROAR Fuel Nationals

This past weekend saw the running of the 2016 ROAR 1/8th Fuel Off-road Nationals at Thornhill Raceway in Hutto, Texas. TLR’s Ryan Maifield would double TQ the event but in the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main it was Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin who stole the show by taking the win with a narrow 1.5s from Maifield. Spencer would take the lead in the early stages of the main while Maifield dropped down the order, letting Ryan Cavalieri (Team Associated) and Ryan Lutz (Tekno) by. Also in the mix was HB’s Ty Tessmann who even lead in the early stages of the race but once things settled in, Spencer would control the pace from the front with team mate Ryan Cavalieri in tow. The latter would then fall back in the closing stages, allowing Maifield to put pressure on Rivkin while also Tessmann regained a podium spot shortly after. Ultimately Rivkin would bring home his first big national title in style to add to his Stock Buggy and Short Course Championships and his IFMAR 2WD World Championship title.

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June 13, 2016

Juan Carlos Canas takes 1/8th Buggy B Euros title

The Clube de Radiomodelismo in Freixedas, Portugal played host to the 2016 EFRA 1/8th Buggy European Championship B over the weekend. Gonçalo Melo took out the Top Qualifer honours after four rounds of high-intensity driving, just pipping fellow Junior driver Juan Carlos Canas on a tie-breaker. Both finished with 224 points after the four rounds, but a slightly better result for Melo in round four gave him the edge when dropped scores, of which each driver had two, were taken into account.

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June 12, 2016

Destiny introduces new RX-10S optionals

Destiny have introduced new option parts for the RX-10S 4WD touring car. First up is a progressive shock system that utilises a common design. Alloy inserts with triangular cut-outs and solid shock pistons make for progressive shock action on damper compression as the holes the shock fluids travels through become smaller while the pistons move up during compression. The tubes come black anodised for wear while the machined pistons offer high precision for even shock action. The set includes four inserts and four pistons and it is best used on asphalt tracks where it can add drivability and traction. Also new are 4mm aluminium wheel hubs with laser-etched markings for easy identification as well as aluminium diff cams as a replacement for the standard composite parts. Both the hubs and cams come in sets of two pieces.

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June 12, 2016

Ryan Maifield double TQs ROAR Fuel Offroad Nats

Qualifying of the 2016 ROAR 1/8th Fuel Offroad Nationals at Thornhill Circuit in Hutto, Texas saw TLR’s Ryan Maifield walking away with double TQs in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck. Scoring four round TQs on the opening day of qualifying, Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin denied Maifield the same spectacle on the second day by coming out fastest in the final Truck qualifier. Maifield had to settle for second, only a couple of tenth of a second shy of Rivkin’s time. Behind Maifield, Kyosho’s Jared Tebo, HB’s Ty Tessmann and Tekno’s Ryan Lutz would complete the top 4 while in Truggy Spencer Rivkin, Ty Tessmann and Jared Tebo made up the top 4.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

June 12, 2016

Neal King wins BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nationals Rd4

Neal King wins BRCA 1/8 Circuit National Rd4

The fourth round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit National series, took place at the Yorkshire Radio Control Model Car Racing Club, host to the 2013 1/8th scale euros, in stark contrast to round 3 at Adur, this is a fast flowing track where engine, gear box and clutch are critical to a strong performance. During Saturday’s practice the usual top contenders of Mark Green, Tim Wood, Neal King and Andrew Hastings were setting lap times in the high to mid 14 second bracket, which signalled the track was unlikely to be in lap record breaking condition for qualifying and finals following day. After four rounds of qualifying the Nitro A final would line up as follows:

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June 10, 2016

MD Racing MDP12-2017 – Teaser

Spanish company MD Racing have released a first teaser image of their MDP12-2017 1/12th scale pan car kit. Designed to make setup as easy as possible without compromising performance the vehicle will feature many unique ideas such as a highly adjustable front end that offers a total of seven track width settings, the reactive castor is adjustable between 2.5 degree and 7.5 degree using two shims and the castor can be set between 0 and 14 degree by loosening two fasteners. Furthermore the front end allows for wheel axle height adjustments and the car is equipped with a flex adjustment feature and a floating servo mount. Last but not least the chassis allows for four different electronics placements, the roll dampers are of a 4mm big bore design and the rear power pod offers quick adjustment ride height settings. More information about the kit should become available soon.

Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]

June 10, 2016

JConcepts RC8B3 Strike 2 & 8ight-T 4.0 Finnisher body

During this weekend’s ROAR 1/8th Fuel Off-road Nationals at Thornhill Raceway in Hutto, Texas, JConcepts have introduced two new nitro off-road bodyshells. First up is the Strike 2 for the Team Associated RC8B3 buggy. The refinements done target especially towards lower grip tracks with the front pod “finger channels” and rear spoiler improving stability and traction on today’s high-speed tracks while also making for more downforce which is essential on lower grip surfaces.

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June 10, 2016

Exotek 22 series heavy duty alloy servo arms

Exotek have introduce two heavy duty aluminium servo arms for the TLR 22 range of off-road vehicles. Machined from 7075-T6 alloy the servo arms are much stronger than the original plastic items, making for greatly improved durability and steering authority. Designed to use the stock TLR 4/40 ball end the servo arms are also of a clamping design for added security even when the servo screw comes off. The black anodised parts are available for 25T spline servos such as Futaba and Savöx and also as 23T variant for Spektrum, Sanwa and KO Propo servos.

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