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February 10, 2015

New FX B5 nitro buggy engine coming soon

FX Engines announces the soon release of the all-new FX B5 nitro buggy engine. Based on the 5K, the engine that allowed Xray’s Martin Wollanka to take the European Vice-championship, the power plant will feature several refinements and improvements such as a diamond-coated crankshaft and ceramic bearings. The engine will become available separately or as a combo set including a suitable muffler and manifold set. More information on features and specifications are available very soon.

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February 10, 2015

JConcepts Winter INS – Ron Schuur/Hobbywing

Roaming through the pits at the recent opening round of the JConcepts Indoor National Series we had a chance to sit down and talk to Ron Schuur, team manager of Hobbywing. It was interesting to discuss the testing and tuning Ron had come up with for his team drivers here this weekend at the JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals. Not only are the team drivers being taken care of but Ron has turned some heads with customer support helping drivers tune their vehicles trackside.

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February 10, 2015

Akio Sobue wins at 2015 Speed King Tour Rd1

The Kazuki Endo presented Speed King Tour 2015 started at the Rajiten Nagoya indoor tarmac track this past weekend in the two electric touring car categories of Modified and Stock with more than 50 drivers in attendance. Last year’s Speed King Akio Sobue shows great speed right from the start of the qualifying and he took the TQ in the Modified class with his Tamiya TRF419. ARC driver Yusuke Goto placed his car 2nd on the grid and 2014 1/12th Electric On-road National Champion Hayato Ishioka came in 3rd with his VBC D07.

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February 10, 2015

2014/15 Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series – Report

The 2014/15 Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series was hosted by Premier R/C Raceway in Portland, Oregon. This six race series started in November and just recently came to an end. Each driver’s four best rounds out of the six would be used to determine the Champion in each class. The three month series averaged an impressive 60+ entries. With the ease of a carpet track and pre-made jumps, new track layouts were done the day of each series race in only 30-minutes to level the playing field for all drivers. When the dust had settled, Kyosho was left standing on top by taking four Modified class Championships.

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February 10, 2015

Ben Panic wins Lap Paradise 1/8th Offroad League Rd2

Round 2 of the Lap Paradise 1/8th Offroad League in Johor Bahru, Malaysia was held on a newly installed layout over the weekend. A new back section imitated the famed C-Netic track in Indonesia and it challenged the field as it was a lot tighter than the Indonesian version. With a good watering overnight by the track crew the first half of the day was run on a grooved track. Four rounds of qualifying split the drivers in to Christmas tree finals. By the time the finals came around the track had dried out, the groove was still there but the line was very tight and it was loose and dusty everywhere else with ruts forming.

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February 10, 2015

Evans & Chambers win at Rumble in the Rockies

The 20th Annual Rumble in the Rockies were held this past weekend at MHOR Raceway in Denver, CO, the home track to superstar drivers Dustin Evans and Matt Chambers. This year the entry count would reach an impressive 269, making for a great weekend. The race schedule saw open practice on Friday, 3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday and one last qualifier on Sunday followed by triple A-main events. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Dustin Evans would TQ two out of the four rounds of qualifying to take the overall TQ honours and he would then drive perfect in the first and second A-main to wrap up his 1st championship of the weekend.

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February 10, 2015

JJ Wang continues with Arrowmax

Arrowmax RC has announced that JJ Wang, one of their very first sponsored drivers in the history of the brand, will continue to use Arrowmax tools and accessories for the 2015 season. JJ has the following to say:

Arrowmax has given me the tools to be successful during the past 3 years and I am really excited to continue with such a great brand with great products.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

February 9, 2015

Daniel Kobbevik sweeps JConcepts Challenge Rd4

Round 4 of the Norwegian JConcepts Challenge was held at Mustit RC Raceway in the usual classes of 1/10th Electric Off-road and 1/8th Light Buggy. Saturday started with 1/8th Light Buggy, 2WD Buggy and 2WD Truck, and after 3 rounds of qualifying it was Oyvind Fast Olsen who sat on TQ position in the 1/8th class while in 2WD Buggy it was Joakim Nicolaysen who grabbed the pole position. In 2WD Truck it was Daniel Kobbevik who was the fastest driver after the qualifiers.

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