The 2nd place at the recent 4th and final round of the Paraguay National Championship held in Asuncion was enough to hand Serpent’s Manual Dressler the 2014 Nitro Buggy Championship title. Teammate Marcelo Garcete came in 2nd while Michael Mende rounded out the all-Serpent podium in 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
SWorkz introduce the new Falcon II bodyshell for the S350 1/8th scale buggy. Standard with the forthcoming S350 Evo II buggy kit the body will also fit older spec S350 platform buggies. Design-wise the Falcon II is a cab forward offering with a highly angled windscreen, roof-top airflow ribbing and a very contoured section around the engine head. As usual the body will come clear allowing to realise your own paint schemes.
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Team C have new option parts available for the TC10 touring car in the form of hard compound suspension parts and a new 4 degree rear arm mount. Starting with the plastics, they are made from a special hard compound to reduce flex under load such as it occurs when running in high bite conditions. Available are front and rear lower A-arms as well as front 4 degree caster C-hubs. The parts come also come in handy when running in high ambient temperatures. Another new item is the 4 degree rear arm mount. The aluminium part comes orange anodised and laser-etched for easy identification. All parts fit both the TC10 competition and TR10 budget touring car.
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Beach R/C in Myrtle Beach, SC recently held their Grand Opening Race after working hard on an indoor track for the Winter. Tim Smith TQ’d Modified Truck, and he took a convincing win in the final in what seems to be a resurgence of the Mod Truck class. In 2WD Buggy, Tim qualified a strong third, proving a competitive pace before the A-main kicked off around midnight. At different stages of the race, Tim, Max Flurer, and Griffin Hanna would all lead at one point, but after the mistakes panned out, it was Tim who brought home the victory.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
Wolcott Hobbies and Airsoft recently hosted the Connecticut Indoor State Championship. The track was fast with a ton of bite and a nice flowing layout and with over 18 heats the days were long, but fun. In the 2WD class, Team Associated/Reedy driver Alex Kosciuszek set the pace and he took the TQ to start the 6-minute main event. From the start of the race, “Alex K” battled with Team Associated privateer, Kyle Rhodes, but a few mistakes from Rhodes saw Kosciuszek extend his lead and take the victory with Rhodes in second. In the 4WD Modified class it wasn’t even close. Kosciuszek dominated the competition by being the only driver to turn 25 laps. In the main, Alex cruised to an easy win, taking his second victory of the event.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
The 5th and final round of the Asia On-Road Championship was held over the weekend at the World-famous Yatabe Arena with over 200 participants. In the 1/12th scale class it was Hayato Ishioka who took the TQ with the only 37 laps run in the qualifiers. Ishioka then went on to dominate the A-main also by bringing home the win with his Trinity-powered CRC ride in front of Masatsugo Edo (Yokomo) and Toto Ebukuro (Yokomo).
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New from Hudy comes this water-resistant winter jacket, perfect for any autumn and winter weather conditions, to keep you warm during outdoor races. Available in S to XXL sizes the jacket features an articulated detachable hood, full-length inner storm flap, internal audio player pockets, laser-cut adjustable cuff tabs, and an adjustable drawcord at the hem.
Source: Hudy [hudy.net]
Coming from Arrowmax and usable for a range of mini-size vehicles including Kyosho’s Mini-Z cars is the 4-piece Mini Honeycomb tool set. Coming in a protective plastic case, the tools make use of Arrowmax’ unique Honeycomb design lightweight aluminium handles and included with the set comes a 1.5mm allen wrench, 2.0mm and 3.5mm Phillips screwdrivers and a 4.5mm nut driver.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
