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November 24, 2014

Tessmann & Savoya win at Las Vegas Opening Race

Tessmann & Savoya win at RC Tracks Las Vegas Opening Race

This past weekend saw the Opening Race at the RC Tracks Las Vegas venue, home of the 2016 1/8th Offroad Worlds. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class saw HB’s Ty Tessmann taking the win in the A-main from his newly signed teammate Renaud Savoya who finished only 5 seconds down on Ty after being held off by traffic. Serpent’s Mike Truhe rounded out the podium in 3rd. Dylan Rodriquez and Cody King came in 4th and 5th respectively. The Nitro Truggy class then was a bit of relief for Reno as took the win in the A-main from Mike Truhe.

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November 24, 2014

Capricorn 1/8th scale V3 shock absorbers

Capricorn introduce their new V3 shock absorbers for the company’s 1/8th on-road kit. They are of an updated design that allows to use one or two O-rings in the lower cartridge for smoother operation with reduced friction or improved sealing. A newly designed piston rod uses a screw to keep the piston in place for easier setup changes and a fixed piston that does not rotate within the shock housing. The 1/8th scale V3 shocks are available in 57.5mm and 60.5mm length and are meant to work best with 60 shore volume compensators.

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November 24, 2014

Exotek Mini 8ight carbon fibre & aluminium options

Exotek have announced a range of carbon fibre and aluminium option parts for Losi’s Mini 8ight range of vehicles. First up are 3mm carbon fibre shock towers for the Truggy variant. Stronger and lighter than the original parts the front tower also allow for a more upright shock position for improved jump handling.

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November 24, 2014

TopRC Winter Electric Series Rd1 – Report

The first round of the TopRC Winter Electric Series was held with around 50 drivers in attendance at the Genius Ring indoor facility. The event attracted a good amount of local talent and also some internationally experienced racers such as 2014 Large Scale European Champion BA Arnaldi as well as 2014 ETS Stock and European Stock Champion Marek Cerny beside former European 1/8th Champion Jernej Vuga. The weekend started with free practice on Saturday with one round of controlled practice followed by three rounds of qualifying kicking off the Sunday.

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November 24, 2014

KM H-K1 Evo3 brake system option parts

KM Racing have new option parts for the H-K1 Evo3 200mm nitro on-road car available. All target the brake system of the car and first up are stainless steel brake pads. The parts come with already attached fibre material brake pads, they are are larger in diameter for improved brake performance and they include new springs for reliable brake pad separation. Also new is an aluminium right hand 2-speed shaft stand in blue colour and with a heatsink fin design. Also new are an aluminium brake post and hardened steel brake return guide pins. All parts are a direct fit on the Evo3 and Meen Version kits, they have to be used in combination and improve durability and ease of maintenance.

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November 24, 2014

iRacing X9 & X9GT .21 on-road engines

New from Italian brand iRacing come the X9 and X9GT 3.5cc nitro on-road engines. Produced by Novarossi the engines are built to meet iRacing’s specifications and first up is the X9 engine for 1/8th on-road cars. The 9-port engine offers a dual balanced 14.5mm crankshaft, a reinforced crankcase and a lightweight cooling head while the X9GT is a dedicated GT racing engine with basically the same specifications as the X9 but a larger cooling head for improved heat dissipation under GT bodyshells. Both engines are designed for the use with 25 percent nitro fuel and they come with blue anodised cooling heads with white laser engraving.

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November 22, 2014

Team Associated engine sound system & LED light kit

Team Associated help you to take your scale realism experience to the next level with the ESS-One Engine Sound System and XP light arrays. The ESS-One Engine Sound System allows to choose from multiple throaty race engine sounds, shifting, brakes, and turbo blowoff valves. The programmable ESS-One delivers these sounds in one simple, small box for a clean and easy installation and it is usable for short course trucks, drift or rally cars.

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November 22, 2014

Keisuke Fukuda joins Arrowmax

Arrowmax RC announce the signing of 2006 1/10th 200mm World and multiple Japanese National Champion Keisuke Fukuda to their team. Keisuke will use Arrowmax’ honeycomb wrenches and setup tools in the forthcoming season. Keisuke Fukuda said, “I feel happy to join this young and energetic team. I’m looking forward to the coming season.”

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]