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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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February 9, 2015

Xray X1 graphite front brace

Made for the use in high traction conditions is this graphite front brace for the Xray X1 formula car. Cut from 2.5mm carbon fibre sheet and coming with mounting hardware the brace makes for a less aggressive steering feeling on grippy surfaces as it stiffens up the front end assembly by connecting the lower wishbones.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 9, 2015

Volker & Prumper complete ETS podium

Ronald Volker and Yannic Prumper completed the podium at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany after the Yokomo pairing claimed a 1-2 finish in the 3rd A-main. With Marc Rheinard wrapping up his first ETS win on carpet in 5-years with a second win of the weekend in A2 and sitting out A3, the closing race of the record breaking event would see Volker lead an uneventful race from start to finish. Behind him Prumper, despite making early attempts to pass his team-mate would run the entire race in second despite coming under pressure from a much improved Alexander Hagberg in the closing laps. Winner of the event last year, Hagberg would be classified 4th overall followed by Viktor Wilck and Christopher Krapp, all drivers having started the leg with a chance of a podium finish.

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February 9, 2015

JConcepts Indoor National Series Rd1 – A3 results

The 2WD Modified Winter Indoor National Champion of the premier class came down to the final race between AE/JConcepts’ Michael Schoettler and AE/JConcepts’ Nick Gibson. With Gibson having a win and a 3rd and Schoettler with a win and a 2nd, A3 would decide who would be crowned the new champion. Once again, Nick Gibson would attack right from the start and put the pressure on the rest of the field as he would try and repeat his perfect run in A2. Gibson’s fast pace was hard to match lap for lap as TLR’s JP Richards would push hard to keep the Kansas City native within striking distance. On the 7th lap, Richards was unable to maintain Gibson’s pace and a mistake would allow Schoettler and Kyosho/JConcepts Mitchel Gardner through to see if they could chase down the leader.

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February 9, 2015

Flavio Elias joins Hot Race Tires

Hot Race Tyres has announced the signing of top South American driver Flavio Elias to their team. Flavio was instantly impressed by the performance of the tyres and he will use them in his upcoming campaign that will include races such as the national and South American Championship as well as the Winternats and other events.

Source: Hot Race Tires [hotracetyres.com]

February 9, 2015

Teamsaxo aluminium touring car setup wheels

New from Teamsaxo are aluminium setup wheel for 1/10th touring cars. Coming CNC-machined from aluminium, in blue or black anodising and with laser-etched markings the alloy wheels come in handy when making adjustments to the car’s suspension geometry as they offer a lot more precision than the plastic wheels of pre-glued rubber or foam racing wheels which leads to an improved accuracy of camber and toe settings.

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February 9, 2015

Kyosho Inferno MP9 TKI3 ReadySet

Kyosho Inferno MP9 TKI3 ReadySet-1

Coming soon from Kyosho is the Inferno MP9 TKI 3 ReadySet 1/8th nitro off-road buggy. Based on the World Championship winning MP9 platform the buggy features some cost efficient parts such as stamped aluminium shock towers to reduce cost without sacrificing strength and functionality. The buggy features a split receiver and receiver battery box layout as the full option kit as well as short rear suspension arms, threaded aluminium big bore shock absorbers, full ball bearings and a factory-installed KE21R recoil starter engine with polished tuned muffler. Included are also a high torque waterproof servo and a 2.4GHz radio system with LC display alongside a pre-designed bodyshell and pre-glued wheels.

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February 9, 2015

JConcepts Indoor National Series Rd1 – A2 results

Having made an early mistake in A1 which resulted in an unfavorable 3rd place finish for the 2WD Modified TQ, AE/JConcepts’ Nick Gibson vowed he wouldn’t make the same mistake twice. This time, the story was much different as Gibson was able to slowly stretch out his lead from the rest of the pack. In a league of his own and having the fastest car on the track, Gibson was able pull away and cruise to an uncontested win in A2 leaving the rest to battle for 2nd and 3rd.

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