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September 13, 2013

On the Grapevine – Flowood

Last weekend I was back on board a Delta Airlines flight bound for the US, while it felt like only a few weeks since I last crossed the Atlantic Ocean I was little shocked when I discovered its actually been 5-months since we covered our last American event. On that occasion my trip was to Dallas, Texas, for the JConcepts Indoor Spring Nationals at Mike’s Hobby Shop when thanks to track owner Mick Darnell I also got the chance to visit Gas Monkey Garage from the Discovery Channel hit show Fast & Loud. Luckily when traveling to the US from Ireland Dublin Airport has one of only a few purpose built facilities outside of the North America that allows US bound passengers to undertake all immigration and customs inspections prior to departure meaning no queuing on my arrival at the other side. As part of the process one must fill out the details of your trip including its purpose and the address at which you will be staying and this lead to a funny reaction from the US immigration officer. While he found the purpose of my trip, reporting on a model racing car event, unusual enough when he saw the hotel address he responded in an slightly amused tone ‘Your staying in Flowood!!!’.

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September 13, 2013

Jon Ander Lorenzo wins Spanish Stock nats Rd3

The third round of the Spanish touring car nationals was held at the Clubcar10 circuit in Bilbao. The weather during the weekend was very unpredictable giving the drivers a hard time to prepare and adjust their cars. Come Sunday racing started in wet conditions again but the track dried up for the finals. At the end it was Jon Ander Lorenzo who took the win in the Stock class in front of round 2 winner David Perez and Koldo Imanol Seras, last year’s winner of the Bilbao round.

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September 13, 2013

Bruno Coelho takes Portuguese nitro on-road titles

The final round of the 2013 Portuguese nitro on-road nationals took place at the Maiorca track in the North shore of Portugal. The weekend started with a slow low-traction track but as practice went on the grip slowly came up. Overall the attendance was lower than in the previous rounds as the championship was almost decided. In Sunday’s qualifiers Xray’s Bruno Coelho, who had the best chances to win the 2013 titles, took TQ in both the 1/8th and 1/10th class and later he went on to easily win the 1/10th class some five laps in front of his team mate Rogerio Araujo. This handed Bruno the 2013 national championship title. The final of the 1/8th class was a different story though. Bruno led the race until the moment when a track marshal wanted to get another car back on track and didn’t see his RX8 coming right at him. In the accident the marshal got injured and Bruno’s car suffered damaged so he fall back to 8th place. After a short pit stop to get the damage fixed he went back to the track and ended the race in second positions with only 3 shocks on his car. The runner-up spot was enough to secure him the 1/8th championship after taking the 200mm class title the same day.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 13, 2013

Team Associated low-friction ball cups

Team Associated have new low-friction ball cups available for all cars that use the company’s standard #7230 ball cups. The redesigned cups help to free-up the front and rear suspension to let it work more efficiently. Included in the set are 12 rod ends.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

September 13, 2013

Exotek F1 & Pan Car heatsink

Exotek introduce this heatsink for the use with pan and F1 cars. The special design allows the air to flow through the large fin section while the back of the heatsink gives enough clearance for high axle F1 or low axle 1/12th cars. The low-profile design also gives adequate body clearance and vented openings allow ‘open can’ motors to breath. The heatsink is machined from 6061 aluminium, comes in blue or black colour and simply clips onto the motor with no fasteners needed.

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September 13, 2013

Yokomo B-Max2MR Ver.2 announced

After introducing the updated B-Max4 III a couple of days ago Yokomo now announce the soon release of the new B-Max2 Ver.2 2WD buggy. Included in the kit will be some of the option parts Yokomo have to offer for their 2WD platform as there is the recently introduces aluminium chassis with composite side pods, aluminium idler gears for the transmission and steel diff gear internal. The chassis will greatly improve handling especially on medium to high grip surfaces while the idler and internal diff gears make for better durability and also a more efficient drivetrain. The buggy that can be built in mid or rear motor configuration will hit the stores from End of September.

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September 12, 2013

Pro-Line Pro-2 2wd SC kit

Pro-Line have announced the release of their Pro-2 SC kit combing their highest quality and best performing SC accessories into one box to create the ultimate Short Course Truck. The Pro-2 SC Performance Chassis is 3mm thick Hard Anodized 7075-T6 aluminium and extends the full length of the truck for maximum durability and keeps everything in-line and extremely low for optimum performance. The Performance Transmission has been a popular upgrade for many other vehicles and has now found a permanent home in the Pro-2 SC. The oil-filled, tunable differential coupled with the steel top shaft, idler gear and internal diff gears offer durability and proven performance.

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September 12, 2013

OCRC to host Reedy Int’ Offroad Race of Champions

OCRC to host Reedy International Offroad Race of Champions

Following the recent announcement that West Coast RC Raceway was to close, the Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions had to find a new home. After talking to suitable venues in the SoCal area the race organisers have chosen OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach as the venue for the 2014 event.

Reedy is pleased to announce that OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA will be the new home for its 20th running. OCRC will be the 11th facility to host the 27-year-old event. With the same organization staff, event sponsors, Scotty Ernst on the mic, and OCRC owner Robert Black all on board, racers are assured a world-class event.

View the complete announcement here.