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February 23, 2015

Jefferies & Finlay win at International Carpet Challenge

The International Carpet Challenge was held in Southend, south-east England over the weekend. Xray’s Olly Jefferies completed his domination of the 2015 ICC event by taking a clean sweep of qualifying and the triple leg finals. The British National Champion was clearly the class of the field at signature race of the well-known EWS team in the UK. Olly topped the controlled practice rounds, and then proceeded to win every one of the five qualifying rounds at the 2-day event. German star Christopher Krapp looked liked being Olly’s closest challenger, taking his Kyosho to second place in the opening three rounds of qualifying.

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February 23, 2015

Griffin Hanna wins Pro E-Buggy at Motorama

This past weekend the annual Motorama race was held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In the Pro E-Buggy class Serpent’s Griffin Hanna took the TQ and he went on to win the main final also while coming in 2nd in the Pro E-Truggy class.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 23, 2015

EX Lab T4’15 floating steering servo holder

EX Lab T4'15 floating steering servo holder

EX Lab has released a first rendering of what appears to be a floating steering and servo holder for the Xray T4. Making use of a redesigned upper servo holder plate that takes the steering bellcrank posts the part removes the steering assembly from the lower chassis plate to minimise the influence of the twisting chassis on the steering angle during hard cornering. The chassis will also flex more with the steering posts removed from the lower plate which can be beneficial in certain conditions while an additional post allows to connect the servo holder plate with the top deck in case a stiffer front end is required. The set, that from what is understood is designed to work with the T4’s standard inner and out aluminium servo mounts, will become available in mid-March.

Source: EX Lab [excelllab.com]

February 23, 2015

Spec-R M-05/06 HD gear differential set

New from Spec-R comes a heavy duty gear differential set of the Tamiya M-05 and M-06 kits. Using a lightweight yet sturdy plastic diff housing, nylon gears and longlife differential joints the diff requires less maintenance compared to the kit part while offering improved diff action at the same time. It also will be more consistent during a run even when using higher power motors. The diff comes without the needed fluid and it is only usable with 10x15x4mm bearings.

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February 23, 2015

MX Racing fuel name Joe Pillars as US team manager

During this week’s Dirt Nitro Challenge it was announced that Joe Pillars will become the US team manager for Thailand based MX Racing fuels. Still in the early stages of their program, they have already signed 3 top level drivers to their team, Jared Tebo, Ryan Cavalieri and Joern Neumann, the former being the top qualifier of the truggy class at this year’s event. Working on building up a larger US team over the course of the season, Joe will still retain his role as Kyosho and Team Orion US team manager. The fuel which will be distributed in the US by HPI and is expected to be released in the next 2 months with a focus on offroad with the MX Dirt fuel becoming available in 25% and 30% nitro and only in 4.5 litre cans.

February 22, 2015

Carlsson & Andersson win at SSIC Rd5

Carlsson & Andersson win at South Swedish Indoor Cup Rd5

The fifth round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held in Hasselholm in the three classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock 17.5T Blinky and Formula. The race was held on a small and technical track and in the Modified class it was Daniel Carlsson who finished the day on top after grabbing the pole position for the finals. Christian Holmström came in 2nd while Kenneth Carlsson rounded out the podium on the 3rd spot.

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February 22, 2015

Ronnefalk wins DNC Truggy title after epic HB duel

Ronnefalk

David Ronnefalk is the Truggy Champion of the 16th running of the Dirt Nitro Challenge, the Swede becoming the first European to win the title after an epic duel with HB team-mate & outgoing 4-time champion Ty Tessmann. The class of the field, the new for 2015 team-mates would put on a show for the crowd who lined the perimeter of the Fear Farm track as they battled over the lead. Unfortunately with 2-minutes to go Tessmann’s D8T would start to act up with the culprit becoming clear when the front left arm finally let go. Despite a wheel hanging off his truggy, the Canadian would manage to nurse it home in second for a HB 1-2. Three seconds back, TLR’s Ryan Maifield would complete the podium with Top Qualifier Jared Tebo ending the 45-minute encounter in fourth.

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February 22, 2015

Tessmann adds eBuggy to DNC title list

Having won 5 out of a possible six nitro titles over the passed three years of the Dirt Nitro Challenge at the Fear Farm, tonight Ty Tessmann added his first eBuggy title. Top Qualifier for the race, the HB driver led the 10-minute entire from start to finish with only Jared Tebo and Ryan Maifield attempting to put pressure on the Canadian.

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