UK TLR racer Simon Reeves is the latest addition to Beta Tyre’s team of talented racers. Simon is a strong force and an established racer with numerous national main final appearances bringing a vast amount of knowledge to the team. He will not only help with continued development of Beta tires and products but also assist racers trackside with tire choice and general help throughout his 2013 campaign.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
Speed Passion introduce two new body shells for shourt course trucks. The Ananta named body is available in two variants as 50 percent pre-decorated and also as clear variant. Both are made from high-quality polycarbonate and include side number plates, side damps and a rear wing for both a realistic look and enhanced performance.
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This year’s eights and final round of the Electric JBRL was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, CA. There were two rounds of rocket-round qualifying and one 6-minute main event, all run on Saturday. Racers showed up on Friday to get some practice for the racing on Saturday. As always, there was a good number of racers getting in some laps. The track layout was the same from the Reedy Truck Race a few weeks before and had good flow and great traction for how early in the event it was. Saturday morning brought overcast skies and slightly colder temperatures than the practice day before. But the weather didn’t seem to hamper the traction or racing. It looked to be another great day of racing if the rain managed to stay away. In the Truck Modified and 2WD Modified classes, Steven Hartson started second behind Mike Truhe. A patient Hartson shadowed Truhe for the entire Truck Modified main event only to finish a few tenths of a second behind at the finish line. In 2WD Modified, Hartson got around Truhe on the first lap and never looked back. The Team Associated driver lapped almost the entire field on route to a dominant performance.
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Spec-R are proud to introduce the S1 sports series electric touring car kit. Build on the design ideas of the recently introduced R1 competition touring car the kit features a narrow lower chassis made from 2.5mm fibre glass, 2.0mm upper deck and 3.0mm shock towers. A slim transmission and motor mount design improves handling while a dual bellcrank steering makes for optimised steering geometry and corner handling. Included in the kit are a light rear gear differential, composite plastic/metal shock absorbers, plastic bulkheads and a red anodised aluminium motor mount.
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Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans brought Durango’s domination of the 4WD Short Course class in the Euro Offroad Series to an exciting end as he claimed the overall win in the third and final A-Main at the 2012/13 season opener in Poznan, Poland, ahead of defending champion Joern Neumann. Having won the class at the EOS pilot race in Sweden and all three rounds of the inaugural season of the series, the first sign that Team Durango’s reign was under treat came in qualifying when Evans used his Losi Ten-SCTE to TQ qualifying. Predicted to be the best racing of the day the small grid of trucks didn’t disappoint with an epic battle in the first A-Main which saw Evans Orion powered truck take the win in a drag race to the finish line with Neumann, the American doing just enough to snatch the win from the German who had led the previous 9 laps.
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Having claimed victory in 2WD Buggy earlier in the day, Joern Neumann made it a buggy double at the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series in Poland as he also secured an early overall win in 4WD. In a class of his own in 4WD, none of rivals could come even close to challenging the reigning champion.
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HPI Racing introduce four new parts boxes to store small parts such as screws, nuts, washers, shims and springs. Available in dimensions of 130x100mm, 210x130mm, 200x135mm and 275x185mm the boxes sport adjustable compartments to give the required storage space. They come transparent clear with a white HPI Racing logo.
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Joern Neumann has wrapped up the overall win in 2WD Buggy at the opening round of the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby. The German was declared winner of the second A-Main following an incident on the penultimate lap when original race winner Dustin Evans was deemed to have not waited appropriately following an incident coming off the table top on to the main straight. Evans had taken the win by 7/100th from Neumann but on reviewing video footage of the race the American was demoted to second with the Top Qualifier declared the winner handing him the overall win.
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