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November 12, 2014

2014 Time Zone II GP – Race Report

The Timezone II Grand Prix was held at La Center, Washington last weekend and has to be one of the “funnest” indoor on-road races of the year. With 120 entries and the fact that most of racers being longtime friends, the shenanigans were out of control. With a bag full of bananas, special guest and world famous announcer, Charlie Suangka, delighted the audience with his comedic style all throughout the weekend. Another guest fresh off his 2nd place finished at the IIC in 1/12 modified and his win 13.5 TC in Vegas, was non-other than Team Associated’s Keven Hebert making the long journey from Quebec, Canada. Also, on hand to race as well as assist Keven was Team Associated’s engineer Bob Stellflue. Another great driver making the journey from New Mexico was Max Kuenning, who just won the World GT class at the IIC in Vegas.

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November 12, 2014

Hagberg TQs opening qualifier in Thailand

Alexander Hagberg took a somewhat surprise TQ run in the opening qualifier of the 200mm World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, the round seeing all of the Top 10 from practice having difficult runs. Running in the second fastest heat having been 11th in practice, the Xray driver set the fastest 5-minute time by just under a second from the Serpents of Dominic Greiner and Tadahiko Sahashi, the Top 6 for Q1 all running in the same group. An incident filled top heat would go to Mark Green but suffering a body tuck after contact with Teemu Leino, the Serpent driver’s time would only be good enough for 11th. The top seed for qualifying having topped timed practice, Leino would end up 13th. Defending Champion Meen Vejrak would roll his KM resulting in tyre damage that left him struggle to 36th.

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November 11, 2014

Martin Harrison triples at Southern Indoor Champs

The 2014 Southern Indoor Championship took place at Autaugaville, Alabama this past weekend. The schedule was Friday practice, Saturday 4 rounds of qualifying with qual points and triple A mains on Sunday. Qualifying went well for Martin Harrison, he was able to TQ Pro4 SCT and E-Truggy. E-Buggy was more difficult to be as consistent but as the dust settled Martin was able to secure the 2nd spot on the grid. The last of the 4 rounds was a good indication of what the track would be like for the up and coming triple A mains. The track began to break down and make your line selection important.

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November 11, 2014

2014 Maritime Off Road Wars – Report

This weekend was the 2014 edition of the ever popular Maritime Off Road Wars. The event has created quite a following over the years with Ian Knight and his team running a great race program and laying, as ever, an excellent track. The track was very fast paced, with plenty of well profiled jumps to keep the drivers entertained and the racing close. The format would see 2WD run on Saturday and 4WD the following day. One round of practice, four rounds of qualifying and then three leg A finals would decide the winner. Unusually it would be FTD qualifying, a novelty to most drivers now used to the round by round format currently used, but a welcome change that requires a slightly different approach to the day.

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November 11, 2014

Leino top seed for qualifying

Teemu Leino will be the top seed for qualifying at the 200mm World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand tomorrow after the fourth & final practice at the Huge RC Circuit showed no improvement on the HB driver’s CP3 pace. Bringing 5-days of practice to a close, it was Dario Balestri would would top the round but with JJ Wang the only Top 10 driver to better his time the line up for the top qualifying heat remains unchanged. Behind Leino it was Nicholas Lee who ended the day second fastest, followed by Balestri and Mark Green making it four different manufacturers represented in the Top 4.

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November 11, 2014

Curtis Door & Eric Albano win at Fall Brawl

Last weekend, A Main Hobbies would host its 2014 Fall Brawl at their indoor facility, Outback Raceway. The event would be host to over 270 entries making for close racing in all classes. Qualifying would consist of four IFMAR format rounds, taking your best two of the four. Qualifying would be a challenge on the high grip and fast layout, with slick clay tyres would be the choice throughout.

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November 11, 2014

Project Push V2 1/8th quick release wheel axles

Italian company Project in cooperation with AGM introduce the updated Push V2 quick release wheel mounts for 1/8th on-road vehicles. The wheel axles feature a symmetrical design minimising possible imbalance as associated with conventional lever-type quick release mounts. New to the V2 is a hardcoated surface on the hubs for improved wear characteristics as well as new springs that make for better durability compared to the previous parts. In addition to the standard black release buttons Project will also release limited edition orange, red and blue variants.

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November 11, 2014

Kyosho Beetle 2014 2WD buggy kit

Coming this December is Kyosho’s re-release Beetle 2WD buggy kit. The 2014 version of Kyosho’s 1983 kit externally may look like the original Beetle with its semi-trailing suspension arms, but the advanced 6061-T6 forged aluminium material delivers futuristic levels of strength, rigidity and durability to cope with the power of modern day electronics. Following the original design, the kit features a new two-piece die-cast aluminium gearbox with differential gears and in addition, the included slipper clutch protects the transmission as well as delivers efficient traction. Precision 48 pitch gears reduce traction pulsation for direct driving control characteristics while the flat under surface of the countersunk chassis has no protruding screw heads for minimal contact resistance and scraping, resulting in higher durability. Stainless shafts combine with aluminium shock bodies on the oil shocks for smooth stroke from top to bottom and running performance worthy of a true racing buggy. Like the original Beetle, the 2014 version is packaged as an unassembled kit, but nearly all tapping screws and nuts have been replaced with the improved lightweight and security of hex screws. Included with the kit also comes a replica bodyshell and period-correct wheels and tyres.

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