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July 13, 2015

Boots finally comes good to win EC title

Elliott Boots is the 2015 1:8 Offroad European Champion, the driver renowned for his outright speed finally coming good to claim the first major title of his career. Top Qualifier at the 35th running of the championships, the Kyosho driver would end the reign of former team-mate David Ronnefalk by leading home the HB driver by almost half a lap of the Ongaroring. In front of a hugely supportive Italian crowd Alex Zanchettin would complete the podium in Sacile ahead of home hero Davide Ongaro. Unfortunately for Ongaro’s Mugen team-mate Robert Batlle his race would end before it had even started when his front centre driveshaft came out during the final countdown to the cars being put down on the grid.

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July 13, 2015

Shepherd Velox RSS teflon shock pistons

Shepherd have announced their updated shock pistons for the Velox Revolutionary Shock System. The new pistons are made from high-quality teflon material and have a rounded shape to guarantee a much smoother damping characteristic. The standard 1-, 2- and 3-hole pistons have 1.0 mm holes and are complemented by additional pistons with 1.2mm holes. Made for shocks with an inner diameter of 10mm they also fit other shock systems on the market and the pistons are available from now on.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

July 13, 2015

Muchmore CA rubber & foam tyre glues

Muchmore have three dedicated cyanoacrylate glues for rubber and foam tyres available. First up is the V-Made glue that is the strongest in the line and therefore it is ideal for 1/8th and 1/10th buggy tyres and generally all applications that require a very strong bond. Also new are specially formulated rubber and foam tyre glues for general applications. All three come in 20g bottles with a needle cap and applicator being included in the package.

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.com]

July 13, 2015

Sweep Racing SRC Revo-series pre-mounted tyres

Sweep Racing have introduced their new SRC brand which sets a focus on bashers and fun racers. Developed with Sweep Racing’s R&D facility in California the tyres combine racing technology with go everywhere ability and thus both the Road Crusher on-road and Terrain Crusher off-road tyre feature a reinforcing inner belt that prevents the tyres from ballooning under aggressive acceleration and under high speeds. Both tyres come in a unique rubber compound for high grip and exceptional durability and they are pre-glued to newly developed spoke rims that are a direct fit on the Traxxas Revo series trucks. The tyres offer a diameter of 147mm and a width of 80mm and they come on black, silver, bronze or black chrome rims.

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July 13, 2015

JConcepts Summer INS – Brendan Wheatley’s T5M

JConcepts Summer INS – Brendan Wheatley's T5M

Brendan Wheatley has been on fire all weekend long here at the JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals in the 17.5 Stock Truck class earning the overall TQ with his Team Associated T5M. Only racing for 2 years, Brendan has been climbing the stock ladder and making great progress with his well equipped custom T5M chassis made by Dillon Davis, Schelle ceramic bearings, MIP 3 gear aluminum gearbox and Eco top shaft. With smooth power delivery from his Hobbywing ESC/SchuurSpeed Select motor combination, Brendan has been able to masterfully tame the high traction, full slick tire conditions here at Outback Raceway. With Ron Schuur on hand, Brendan has been able to optimize his gearing and motor timing to maintain both high corner and straightaway speed to separate himself from the field resulting in the only 20 lap qualifying run.

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July 13, 2015

JConcepts Summer INS – Q4 update

With such a fantastic start to the weekend at the JConcepts Summer INS, dominating his rivals in all 4 classes and already earning the overall TQ in all 4, the final round of qualifying for Rivkin was used to break in tires for the mains. The combination of track watering and new tires, Rivkin struggled a bit to maintain his previous pace and had to settle for a 20 lap 5:08.7, but still taking the win. The battle between TLR/JConcepts’ Jason Moberly and Kyle Layton has been on since the start of qualifying. Edging out his competitor, Moberly would finish ahead of Layton in the final round of quals giving him 2nd overall in qualifying with Layton starting just behind Moberly.

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July 12, 2015

Thilo Tödtmann signs with Hot Race Tyres

Reigning 1/10th IC Euro-B champion, Euro-A finalist and multiple ENS finalist Thilo Tödtmann has signed to race with Hot Race Tyres for future campaigns. This is what Thilo has to say about the deal:

With ambitious plans ahead I like to thank Nicola from Hot Race Tyres for the opportunity to use his great products. Being sure of having a competitive, top-notch and reliable tire feels great cause it’s the tire witch connects you to racetrack.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

July 12, 2015

Wayne Mah takes 2014/15 WCICS TC Stock title

Awesomatix’ Wayne Mah took the Touring Car Stock Championship at the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS. Xray’s Danny Buck took second overall, and Ivan Chan 3rd. Full results and podium pictures can be found on the official WCICS website by clicking here.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]