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October 30, 2013

Atsushi Kawamoto wins JMRCA 1/8th buggy nats

This year’s JMRCA 1/8th nitro buggy nationals were held at the RC Land 23 track in Matsuzaka-city. Kyosho’s Wataru Takashiro took TQ and but at the end of the 60 minute final multi Japanese champion Atsushi Kawamoto (Kyosho) crossed the finish line as the 2013 champion some five seconds in front of Itaru Kawamoto (Kyosho) and Kazuya Tanaka (Kyosho) who was further 8 seconds down. Takuya Kimura (Kyosho) and Wataru Takashiro (Kyosho) completed the top 5.

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October 30, 2013

Spec-R DEX410 option parts

Asian option parts specialists Spec-R released preview images of their forthcoming line of optional parts for the Team Durango DEX410 buggy. The portfolio will include several aluminium parts such as hard-coated centre driveshafts, big bore shock caps, 14mm wheel hex adapters, rear hubs as well as shock nuts and spring holders. Also coming are spring steel double joint driveshafts, shock screws and a spring steel slipper nut as well as a brass 33g skid plate weight. All parts are direct replacements for the stock items on the DEX410 buggy.

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October 30, 2013

Moller & Gaffney win at The Dual

Beside the eBuggy and 40+ class The Dual race at Pro-Line’s test track in Banning, CA and at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, CA also had an 1/8th Invitational and Expert class to offer. The Invitational was run in the Reedy Race style format that would see three 15-minute races in each class consisting of 1/8 Nitro Buggy and 1/8 Nitro Truggy on each track. The 2 best points from each class, each day would count towards the overall win using a total of 8 finishes. With one full heat of Invitational drivers, each race was very exciting. For each main the starting grid was decided by each driver picking a number out of a bowl, so completely random. The starting position did not dictate how the drivers would finish in the race due to racing incidents and pit strategy. In the start of each of the mains, it was a crap shoot as everyone was in hot pursuit of each other. Some of the races were clean and some of them were not. After day 1 at Pro-Line, Kyosho’s Drew Moller ended up with a 2-2 finish in Buggy and a 3-1 finish in Truggy that gave him a total of 8pts. This would put Drew 3rd overall going into Sunday as Ty Tessman was leading with 6pts, and Ryan Maifield in 2nd with 7pts.

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October 30, 2013

Richard Saxton wins at The Dual

The Dual is an exciting new event which made its debut last weekend. Instead of the typical qualifying and main event format utilised at nitro races, racers competed head to head in six races spread out over two days on two completely different tracks. Drivers scored points for their finishing positions, with their best two finishes at each track used to determine their overall finishing position. Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, CA hosted Saturday’s action with Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, CA hosting Sunday’s finale. A variety of 1:8 nitro buggy and truggy classes were offered as well as an 1:8 eBuggy class. With nitro races running 15 minutes and e-Buggy races running 10 minutes, everyone received plenty of track time and equal opportunity to gain positions on their competitors. Team Associated’s Richard Saxton has been racing his eBuggy on a regular basis and the track time really paid off at The Dual. Saxton showed off a brilliant performance with his Reedy-powered RC8.2e by finishing with a perfect score to take the overall win. Saxton was even more dominant with his RC8.2. Richard clinched the overall victory in the 40+ Nitro Buggy class with a win in round five, which meant he could slip on his flip-flops and enjoy round six as a spectator.

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October 29, 2013

Erol Uçar wins Turkey Touring Series

This year’s Turkey Touring Series, a six round championship, culminated at the carpet track of the Team NCRC Arena. After five rounds run on asphalt the drivers had to adapt to the unknown surface and at the end it was Mustafa Alp who took the winning honours of the final round in the Modified class in front of the Xray duo of Erol Uçar and Halit Körpe. In the overall championship the second place was enough for Erol to grab the 2013 title in front of Mustafa and Halit.

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October 29, 2013

WRC STX dual joint driveshaft sleeves

Italian company WRC now have special sleeves for the dual joint driveshafts of the STX touring car available. Made from a special resin material the sleeves not only prevent the cross pins from accidentally falling out, the captured design also keeps dust and debris away from the delicate parts.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

October 29, 2013

Antros Lemesianos wins Cyprus off-road champs

The 4th and final round of the Cyprus off-road championship organised by the RCO took place at the Metal Track RC Off Road track in Limassol. Xray driver Antros Lemesianos took TQ and also went on to win the 40 minute final in front of fellow Xray driver Savvakis Milikouris who suffered from a damaged steering servo. Andreas Thrasyvoulou came in third and completed the podium. In the overall championship Antros Lemesianos took the 2013 title in front of Savvakis Milikouris and Sotiris Taifas, also driving an Xray XB9.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 29, 2013

Yeah Racing Shock-Gear optional springs & shafts

Yeah Racing introduce an optional spring set as well as titanium-coated shock shafts for their Shock-Gear range of dampers. Starting with the spring set, included are five sets of super soft to super hard springs that are ideal not only for Yeah Racing’s dampers but many other 50mm to 55mm shock absorbers. The springs are made from high quality spring steel and come marked for easy identification. Also new are titanium-coated shock shafts for the 55mm variant of the Shock-Gear dampers. The gold colour coating significantly reduce friction to make for a smoother operating damper.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]