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June 10, 2014

Jeff Guest takes Mod Buggy at Mid Summer Shootout

The 4th annual Mid Summer Shootout was run at Coyote Hobbies in Victorville CA with about 180 entries. During qualifying in Mod Buggy, it was a battle between Jake Mayo, Rudy Rico, and Jeff Guest for the TQ. Jeff grabbed the TQ in round one and Jake went on to TQ the final two rounds of qualifying. So starting off the triple A-Mains it was Jake taking the TQ, while Jeff Guest was second and Rudy Rico was sitting in third.

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June 10, 2014

Nitro-West-Masters Rd2 – Report

Frank Schewiola, Thilo Toedtmann, Marco Muscara and Thorsten Lewandowski are the class winners of round two of the Nitro-West-Masters, a popular on-road racing series mainly held in Western Germany. Three weeks after the amazing season opener in Oberhausen with a series record of 67 participants, a total of 55 drivers entered the race weekend in Dueren which made it a new record for this 232 meter track near Aachen. Once again the weather was perfect but the nitro family was quite lucky that a thundery front just passed the area with no effect. Finally, as in Oberhausen, the Nitro-West-Masters experienced thrilling racing action in a friendly and fair atmosphere.

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June 10, 2014

Hiro Seiko M2.6 titanium screws

New from Hiro Seiko come various M2.6 titanium screws. Available as flat head or button head variant in 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and 12mm the screw can replace M2.5 fasteners when the mating part is made from composite material.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]

June 10, 2014

Drake sweeps Alabama Manufacturer Shootout 5.0

The Alabama Manufacturer Shootout event in Cullman, Alabama, continues to be one of the most well-known races on the calendar during the Summer racing season. The AMS 5.0 event had a record 600 entries, race directors Jimmy Babcock and Canyon Thompson kept the program running smooth all weekend while the AMS crew built a very technical layout that held extremely well. Qualifying in the Pro classes was dominated by Adam Drake. Drake was the overall TQ in 1/8th Nitro Buggy, 1/8th Nitro Truck, and 1/8th Electric buggy.

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June 10, 2014

Team Associated B5 series FT milled motor plates

Team Associated now have milled motor plates for the B5 and B5M buggy available. Being part of AE’s Factory Team line of accessories and option parts, the motor plates not only look cooler but are also light of weight while increasing the surface area for improved cooling at the same time. The plates fit both the rear motor B5 and the mid motor B5M and come in blue or black anodising.

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June 9, 2014

Javi Pombo wins 1/8th Buggy Euros B

The 2014 EFRA 1/8th Buggy European Championship B was run at the Circuito CARTT Fuencarral track in Madrid, Spain. Javi Pombo (Mugen) was the dominant driver all weekend and he quite easily grabbed the TQ position after the four qualifying rounds. Juanma Guillen, Agustin Illanes and Jaume Figuls completed an all-Mugen top 4 after the qualifiers. The semifinal A then again went to Javi while SWorkz’ Antonio Almeida came out successful in semifinal B but a faster time handed Javi the pole position for the 45 minute final.

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June 9, 2014

Korgae Scales takes WCICS WGT championship

At the final round of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series (WCICS), which hosted over 1500 registrations across 8 events this season, newly crowned WGT champion Korgae Scales wasn’t racing. Instead he was at home welcoming his new son into the world. But he had so dominated the class that he had the Championship locked up before the 8th and final round. CRC sponsored Korgae won the WGT season Championship for the 3rd year in a row, becoming the first and only 3-peat champion in the modern WCICS era, moving ahead of the only other repeat champions Steve Soon and Josh Carter. Second in the WGT championship was Team Associated’s Peter Toszer, followed by privateer, WCICS President, Josh Carter. Planning is already underway for next season, which will begin in late September in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

June 9, 2014

Lee Martin doubles at 2014 Euros warm-up

The Nordic 1/10th electric off-road Championships and EFRA 2014 Euros warm-up race took place last weekend in Trelleborg, Sweden. The event took place on a purpose-built clay track housed in an icehockey stadium. The US-style layout and slippery surface called for rear motor buggies in the 2WD class and a smooth throttle finger. In said 2WD class Yokomo’s Lee Martin took the win from his Yokomo teammate Robert Batlle while Oskar Levin (Team C) completed the podium in 3rd which also handed him the Nordic Champs title.

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