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July 26, 2012

Tebo wins 15th Annual HRH Shootout

The 15th Annual HRH Shootout was held July 19th to 22nd at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. The weather was very typical for the Shootout being in the upper 90’s all weekend long putting controllers, motors, and batteries to the ultimate test. This year’s event brought in over 300 race entries. In the Modified Truck Class it was TLR factory driver Dustin Evans taking the TQ honours. In A main number 1 TLR’s Dakotah Phend went on to take the win over his teammate Dustin Evans by one second. Steven Hartson finished 3rd. A main number 2 saw Kyosho’s Jared Tebo taking the win from the fourth starting position. Steven Hartson finished second and Dustin Evans in third. In the deciding third A main Steven Hartson would take the win, Tebo finished second only .4 seconds behind, and Dustin Evans finished third. With both Tebo and Hartson finishing with a first and second in two of the mains, the title would come down to combined laps and times as the tie-breaker. After everything was added together, it was Team Orion/Kyosho’s Jared Tebo taking the Modified Truck overall win by .1 second.

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July 26, 2012

Martin Bayer defends large-scale EC title

Last weekend saw the Large-scale Touring Car European Championship at Valencia. Starting from Pole Position with a dominant drive Martin Bayer/RS5 was able to defend his European Championship title he took in Leipzig/Germany last year. After a clean start Bayer stayed in front followed by Arnaldi. Then during the first lap Arnaldi tried to overtake Bayer and both cars touched with the result of a rolling RS5 of Martin and a stop and go penalty for Arnaldi. With his move the French lost his chance to fight for the title. Martin was able to pull away in the first minutes of the race and never looked back from that point on. Markus Feldmann was the only real competitor for Bayer and always stayed within a distance of five to eight seconds but ran out of fuel with two minutes to go. This gave Arnaldi handed Arnaldi the vice championship with Andrea Catalani completing the podium.

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July 26, 2012

Boots wins BRCA National Rd3

Round 3 of the BRCA 1/8th rally cross took place at HNMC with both days full and drivers waiting on the reserve list this class is very strong in the UK. With semis completed it looked like the top four would fight this out, Boots, Cragg, Bloomfield and Martin. This indeed was the case in the final with Boots and Bloomfield pulling away and Martin and Cragg fighting hard. At about 30 minutes left Bloomfield tried to stretch another lap but ran out on track leaving Boots out front with Martin second and Cragg third. The win also meant the 2012 BRCA title for the Kyosho driver.

Thanks to James Thompson for sending the report.

July 25, 2012

Bliss F3 .12 Tuned engine

Bliss have released their F3 .12 Tuned engine for on road 1/10 touring cars. Featuring a super lightweight cooling head, it also sports a carburetor with adjustable inserts. The crankshaft has been given the silicon insert treatment while a CNC machined billet piston and Swiss steel front & rear bearings complete the package. The cylinder is double-checked to avoid imperfections and flaws.

View the engine internals here

July 25, 2012

Spec-R Sport Series swing shaft

A new release from Spec-R is the Sport Series swing shaft. It is made from hard coated steel with a safety ring and at a lower price it is better for the beginner and for practice. Available for Xray touring cars in 50mm & 52mm and for Tamiya touring cars in 44mm & 46mm.

Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]

July 25, 2012

Tresrey red balancing clay

Tresrey have released this red clay for wheel balancing on any RC model from 1/12 Racing to 1/8 Off-road. Simply press it directly into the inside of the wheels and it will stay there. Easy for fine tuning and adjusting the weight balance. Made in the USA it is available at the end of July.

Source: Tresrey [tresrey.com]

July 25, 2012

Viktor Wilck joins Sweep Racing

Sweep racing have announced that they have signed 2012 Reedy Race champion Viktor Wilck as their new factory driver through to the end of the 2013 season. Viktor will play a important part in testing new tires along with Jilles Groskamp beginning right after the world championship. Viktor had this to say:

After some tests with the Sweep tyres I’m very excited to join the Sweep racing team. As I spend a lot of time racing I’ve seen the commitment and effort sweep put in to there production to make the perfect tire! I’m looking forward to test and develop new tire that make for better racing.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

July 24, 2012

Matsukura takes 3rd consecutive World title

Team Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukura has joined a very elite group of drivers after the 18-year-old secured his third consecutive 1:12 World Championship title in the Netherlands ahead of CRC’s Andy Moore, the result going to a tie break that was decided by Matsukura’s faster Leg 1 winning race time. Winning the third & final A-Main ahead of the defending champion, Ronald Volker completed the podium at the 16th running of the IFMAR event.

View our complete event coverage here.