The 8th and final Round of the JBRL Electric Series finished off at Jimmy’s home track – Hot Rod Hobbies. In 2WD Modified Buggy Team Associated’s Cody Numedahl came in first, followed by Kyosho’s Cody King and Kevin Motter (Team Associated). Cody also wrapped up the overall 2013 JBRL series championship.
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New from Team Associated come these World T-shirts and hoodies. They sport the red, white and blue Team Associated logo set with the 100 percent cotton shirts being available in blue and black colour and the hoodies coming in black colour only.
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Central Valley R/C Raceway hosted the Octoberfest this weekend. TLR’s Phillip Atondo TQ’d the 1/8 Nitro Buggy class and was the only one to go the extra lap in qualifying. Race went deep into the night and track changed a lot with the moisture coming up and under the lights. At the start of the 30 minute buggy main Atondo made early mistakes as he dropped back to about 5th witch allowed Tyler Vik and Austin Blair to get out front. Vik and Blair were battling which allowed Atondo to reel them in. Atondo got by Blair and was setting his sights on Vik who was running a smooth race. Just after the halfway mark Atondo caught Vik and they would swap positions with a great battle and Atondo being patient to get around Vik. In the last 5 minutes of the race Vik crashed in the big rhythm section witch allowed Atondo to get by and pull away for the win.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Seen in prototype stages for a good amount of time; now MIP finally released more information on their upcoming Pro8 conversion kit for the SCTE short course trucks from Losi and TLR. The set includes all needed parts to convert the 1/10th 4WD short course truck chassis into a veritable Pro8 lightweight buggy as there are front and rear carbon fibre shock towers, 17mm hex wheel adapters, suitable shock pistons and springs, body mounts, front bumper and rear wing mounts as well as an assortment of small parts. The kit, that will also see a special variant for MIP Pro4mance converted trucks, is meant to hit the stores at the end of October and it will work with a wide range of body shells including TLR 2.0 gas and 2.0 electric, JConcepts and Pro-Line shells as well as the Pro-Line Bulldog RC8.2 gas body.
Source: MIP [miponline.com]
During the last couple of weeks JQ Products released a 3-part video series of their upcoming THE White Edition 1/8th nitro buggy and now also have first photos available. The forthcoming evolution step of THECar features a new front end with long lower arms and a conventional C-hub suspension that, according to JQ Products mastermind Joseph Quagraine, offers the best compromise in nearly all track conditions making THE White Edition easy to set-up and to run for intermediate and pro level drivers alike. Beside a new front end the buggy also received revamped rear end components such as aluminium hubs that allow for outboard toe-in settings in order to maximise traction. In order to make maximum use of the new geometry JQ included 16mm shock pistons and the kit comes with a large range of option parts such as front aluminium knuckles, aluminium centre bulkhead and reinforced shock towers. To find out more about the buggy feel free to have a look at the 3-part video series after the break.
Team Durango today released a first teaser image of their upcoming DEX408v2 electric 1/8 off-road buggy. Looking at the photo the most apparent change from the current car are the relocated rear shock absorbers that now sit behind the shock tower with this also meaning a new wing mount and possibly a new rear bulkhead and shock tower assembly. The new rear end may also receive updated lower A-arms and by the looks of things the shocks themselves received a slight make-over with new shock caps. Other charges are hard to spot so we have to wait until the official press release later this week.
Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]
Mugen Racing announce the soon release of the World Champion MBX7 Nitro Buggy in the Mugen pre-built M-Spec configuration. The M-Spec is pre-built straight from the Mugen factory with all the proper suspension, camber and caster settings pre-set. The shocks and diffs are factory filled with Mugen silicone oil and the body is already cut out and waiting for a custom paint job. The MBX7 M-Spec will be available in November of 2013.
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LRP introduce the 2S 4300mAh Hyper Pack LiPo battery. Build from 30C cells the battery comes in a protective hardcase of oval diameter making it ideal not only for RTR vehicles but also to power nitro start boxes and many more. The battery comes prewired with a Tamiya-standard connector and EHR balancer port.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
