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September 22, 2015

Schelle B5M rear pull hinge pins & SC5M protector

Schelle Racing Innovations have new option parts for the Team Associated B5M and SC5M off-road vehicles available. Starting with the buggy part, the new rear pull hinge pins are the perfect complement to the aluminium arm mount D Schelle released in early this year. With some slight trimming to the B5M plastic rear bumper racers can remove the carbon fibre rear cap and remove the rear hinge pins and arms without taking any screws off of the chassis bottom. The pins are 3.5mm diameter chrome steel with a hard Titanium Nitride coating. The pins fit all B5M, B5M Factory Lite, T5M, and SC5M vehicles equipped with the Schelle arm mount D. Also new is the chassis protector for the SC5M short course truck. Being an authentic UpgradeRC product the decal is printed on quality 18 mil thick vinyl with aggressive adhesive and each package contains the chassis protector and two replacement rear skids.

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September 22, 2015

Adam Drake doubles at Western Cup

Revelation Raceway hosted its annual Western Cup this past weekend. World traveller Adam Drake was in attendance beside a vast amount of local talent and Mr. Drake would TQ’d and win both the Expert Nitro Buggy and Expert Nitro Truggy classes.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]

September 21, 2015

Cole Ogden wins at Southern Nationals

The Southern Nationals were held over the weekend in Louisiana. In the Pro Buggy class Cole Ogden (TLR) took the TQ in the first two rounds of qualifying. The start of the main final then was a toss up; people were switching spots and wrecking everywhere. Cole cased the back double and lost the lead to Ryan Lutz (Tekno) on the first lap, only to regain it after dodging a wreck on the front straight. Cole continued to stretch his lead and lapped the field at about 20 minutes. Around that time, he made small mistake and flipped upside down, the marshall slipped and almost fell on Ogden’s car but stuffed his pipe in the process. Cole flamed out, got refired and got back on the track right in front of the epic second place battle between J.R. Mitch (TLR) and Joe Bornhorst (Tekno). Ultimately Cole maintained a good lead till the finish to take the win from Ryan Lutz in second and Joe Bornhorst in third.

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September 21, 2015

JConcepts Outdoor Turf Nationals – Report

RC Madness in Enfield, CT, hosted to the first ever Outdoor Turf Nationals. The dedicated track and facility with one of the first Turf tracks in the United States offered up a challenge to all. As title sponsor, JConcepts offered a unique experience to the racer offering controlled (soon to be revealed astro/carpet) tires in the buggy classes while all other available classes used an open tire. Practice began on Friday afternoon after just a little weather had passed though the surrounding area. Jason Ruona and Alex Kosciuszek were among the early test drivers sorting out setup and learning the new layout. As the sun came out over the bright green racing surface, traction immediately came up and the racers were smiling. As the day moved on, racers practised in classes ranging from 17.5 Buggy to Stadium and SCT truck and while the buggies dominated the entry count the trucks appeared to be just as enticing as the buggies.

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September 21, 2015

Nacho Lopez takes Spanish 200mm title

The fourth and final round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nationals was held at the tight and technical Carsol track in Elche. Going into the final round four drivers, Nacho Lopez, Victor Pelaez, Jonnhy Pastor, and Carlos Ferrando had the chance to grab the overall championship title. The weekend started out with free practice on Friday on a very slippery track due to heavy rain the week before the race. From the start of the controlled practice on it became clear that the fight for the TQ would be between Nacho Lopez and Sergi Franch. After the qualifiers Sergi and Nacho were tie on points but with the better end for Sergi in the tie-breaker. Also directly qualified for the final were Carlos Ferrando and Jonnhy Pastor in third and fourth respectively. Victor Pelaez had a tough qualifying and ended in 6th place so far so he had to go through the semifinals to maintain his chance to grab the title.

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September 21, 2015

Jack Holger Sørensen wins at Danish On-road Champs

A round of the Danish On-road Nationals was recently held at the Hillerod RC Racing club. In the 200mm Nitro class Rasmus B. Nielsen showed some good speed during Saturday’s dry practice. Sunday started out wet but this did not kept the driver from fighting for valuable points in the championship. Rasmus already had a 9 point lead over runner-up Claus Ryeskov in the championship and there was no reason for him to start but other drivers wanted to tackle the wet track to keep their positions in the championship so at the end the drivers decided to do one qualifier followed by the finals.

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September 21, 2015

Slovakia Cup 2014/15 Rd8 – Announcement

The Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia will be host for the 8th and final round of the Slovakia Cup this coming Saturday. The event will be held in several electric on-road and off-road classes on the Arena’s indoor tracks and more information can be found here.

September 21, 2015

Cody King wins at 1st annual Easy Money Race

The 1st annual Easy Money race was held at Thunder Alley RC Raceway. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy main final was a battle between Kody Neumedahl (Team Associated), Richard Saxton (Team Associated) and Cody King (Kyosho) at first. Cody chased them down and got around them but crashed and dropped back to 4th. Due to the hot weather a lot of cars had issues and after a quick pit stop to having his engine adjusted Cody was on a mission again. Richard was surprisingly tough to get around, but eventually Cody would lap the field on his way to the win. At the end results behind the leader mixed up a bit and it would be local fast guy Steve Harris (Mugen) in 2nd and Chad Panek (Tekno) in 3rd who rounded out the podium.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]