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March 10, 2014

Yugo Nagashima wins at 2014 Speed King Tour Rd2

Round number 2 of the 2014 Speed King Tour took place at the World Jam Racing indoor tarmac track in the Gunma prefecture in four electric touring car classes including Modified, Stock, JMRCA Stock and Local. In the premier class of TC Modified, last year’s champion Yugo Nagashima took the TQ in front of TRF driver Takayuki Kohno. Round 1 winner Akio Sobue held the third position after the qualifiers. Following a good start into the A main, Yugo’ car lost rear grip in the first turn but he recovered quickly and kept the lead. Yugo then dominated the final from start to finish with his Yokomo BD7-2014. Akio moved up to second after a mistake of Kohno while young local talent Toyoki Yamada finished third to complete the podium. In the championship Akio keeps his leading position, while Yugo suffers from having missed the first round due to heavy snow fall. The next round of the 2014 Speed King Tour will be held at the RC Stadium track on the 6th of April.

Source: Speed King Tour [speedkingtour.blog.jp]

March 10, 2014

Exotek XB4 aluminium shock parts

Exotek introduce new optional parts for Xray’s successful XB4 line of buggies in the form of aluminium shock caps, shock collars and spring cups. Starting with the shock caps, the parts are CNC-machined from high-quality aluminium and of a heavy duty design. They come in orange or black colour, include snap-in POM bushings and high density rubber O-rings for the bleeder screw. They are usable on all XB4 shocks but require the use of XB4’14 inner O-ring seals.

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March 10, 2014

Team C TC10 touring car spring sets

Team C Racing have two new spring sets for the TC10 touring car available. Each set contains four pairs of 20mm low-profile springs, starting with the softer 2.3N to 2.6N set while the “harder” set contains the 2.7N to 3.0N variants. All paris come in handy containers with highly visible hardness markings and are usable with Team C’s TC10 chassis as well as many other touring cars that use 20mm long springs.

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March 10, 2014

Powerstar PM-1610 HV servo

The Powerstar PM-1610 high voltage servo is designed for heavy duty applications such as 1/8th on-road and off-road. Offering a transit time of 0.09s and a torque of 18kg-cm at 8.4V input the all-alloy case servo is ideal for steering and throttle/brake duties alike. Sporting dimensions of 40x20x37.2mm it weights in at 77g and comes with stainless steel and titanium gears as well as a brushless motor.

Source: Powerstar [powerstar-racing.com]

March 9, 2014

Bayer does the double at EOS

Martin Bayer has pulled off the double at the Euro Offroad Series third round in Slovakia, the Xray driver backing up his & Team Xray’s first ever EOS win in the morning’s 2WD Main by wrapping up the overall 4WD honours early with a convincing victory in A2. With his 2WD victory somewhat unexpected, his 4WD victory has been on the cards all season and for the Czech driver this was the one he wanted most, ending Joern Neumann & Team Durango’s reign as the championship’s only 4WD winners, a record that until today stood for 9 races over 3-seasons.

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March 9, 2014

VBC Racing LightningF Formula kit

VBC Racing have released their next generation 1/10 formula car, the LightningF. Sharing some important features from their race winning Lightning12 pan car this helps provides a competitive edge over the other Formula cars in the market, the LightningF recently taking the TQ spot at the 2014 TITC. Some of the features include a 2.5mm carbon fiber chassis, adjustable battery placement with the capability to mount different types of battery, the choice of lay down or vertical servo configuration as well as carbon fibre front arms with 7075 aerodynamic front end mounts to increase front end stiffness, precise building and adjustments.

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March 9, 2014

Bayer claims Xray’s first EOS win

Bayer claims Xray's first EOS win

Martin Bayer has claimed both his and Xray’s first Euro Offroad Series victory, an unexpectedly easy win in A3 giving the Czech driver & his XB4-2 the overall win at the Hudy Arena. Becoming only the fifth different winner of the championship’s largest class, Bayer’s surprise win, his first win expected to come in 4WD, ends the winning streak of Naoto Matusukra the Yokomo driver finishing second overall after struggling in the third leg. Finishing second in the final 2WD encounter, Team C’s Hupo Honigl completed the podium in Slovakia.

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March 8, 2014

Matsukura takes first A-Main in Slovakia

Naoto Matsukura moved one step closer to making it three from three as he won an action packed first A-Main of 2WD Buggy at the Euro Offroad Series in Slovakia tonight. Top Qualifier for the third round of the championship, the Japanese driver took the win from David Ronnefalk and Martin Bayer, the latter really putting it up to the Yokomo driver over the first two laps before a mistake on lap 3. While the Berlin winner would take a comfortable win over Ronnefalk’s Kyosho who in turn had a good gap over Bayer it was the battle for third that provided the entertainment.

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