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May 2, 2013

Hartson double at 2013 JConcepts Stock Nationals

The second edition of the JConcepts Stock Nationals was held last weekend at OC_RC Raceway, located in Huntington Beach California. The crew at OC_RC had a fresh, stock friendly layout for the event, that was fun, flowing and had a tricky rhythm section to keep the best drivers on their toes. With stock 17.5, no boost ruling the event, consistent, tight, fast laps were going to get you to the checkers first. With an increase in entries from the inaugural event to 168, classes were full with some of the fastest drivers in the world giving it a go in Stock at this fun event. The OC_RC crew ran an efficient program to allow 4 rounds of qualifying on Saturday using Qual Points to set the Sunday main events.

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May 2, 2013

Team C TM2SC 2wd Short Course

Following last weekend’s teaser image, Team C have shown off more pictures of their new mid motor 2wd Short Course, the TM2SC. The images don’t reveal a whole lot more apart from the confirmation that the car will accept a regular stick pack down the right side of the chassis and that there is an all new motor mount developed for this new chassis. Team C also showed off the car’s new body shell.

View more images of the truck here

May 2, 2013

John Sotiropoulos wins Greek 1/10th nats Rd2

Last weekend the 2nd round of the Greek 1/10th Nationals was held at beautiful Montelodromio track in Patras. There were a total of 20 drivers signed and the weather was sunny and hot. John Sotiropoulos, who only showed up on Sunday morning with no practice, showed strong and took the pole position in the 2nd qualifier, which kept till the end. In the 45 minute race John had perfect start and clean path in front so he had an easy job to keep his place till the end, finishing 1 lap clear of Nick Karabelas in 2nd with Kuriazis Michalis in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 2, 2013

Nähr & Günther win at South German Regionals Rd1

Nähr & Günther win at Rd1 of South German Regionals

Last weekend the MBC Bamberg hosted the first round of the South German Championship in the north of Bavaria with Team Shepherd winning two of the three racing classes. In the 1/10th scale touring car class Patrick Nähr had a hard time during qualifying but when the finals began he and his Velox/Sonic package were back in shape bumping up from the semi to the final witout a problem. When his biggest rivals Thomas Günsel and Dominic Greiner had to retire at the beginning of the final Patrick took over the control of the race cruising to victory 9 laps in front of Martin Schöffel and Mirco Thalheimer. In the 1/8th scale class 2, young talent Maximilian Günther had a brilliant debut with his new Velox V8. After qualifying he was ranked on 3rd position in the combined ranking of class 1 and class 2 nearly one lap in front of the next best placed driver of class 2. In the combined final Max demonstrated his driving skills and crossed the finishing line in third position behind the class 1 pairing of Nico Bähr (Serpent/Sonic) and Dominik Mayer (Xray/Orcan). With this result Max scored the maximum points for the ranking of the South German Championship at his first race with Shepherd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 2, 2013

Matt Schreffler joins Serpent America

Serpent America has announced they have signed top US offroad driver Matt Schreffler to their team. Matt will be running the Cobra GP Buggy and Truggy, as well as the Spyder 1/10 2wd Buggy that will be introduced in July. The SoCal native will compete in this year’s ROAR Nationals in Gas and electric as well as the IFMAR Worlds which take place in California in September. Matt had this to say:

I appreciate the opportunity that Serpent has given me and hope to have much success with Team Serpent. I would like to thank Joaquin Desoto and Paul Ciccarello of Serpent America for providing me with this opportunity and hope to prove successful in my new venture.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 2, 2013

Tekin RX8 Gen2 ESC

The Tekin RX8 Gen2 brings new features and next level performance to the popular RX8 series speed controls. Designed using today’s state of the art micro components, the Gen2 delivers advanced tuning options for the hardcore racer. When it comes to 1/8th scale racing, this ESC has what racers demand, reliability, precise control and unmatched power handling capability. Packed with new features, it delivers a programmable high-voltage BEC, an EZ Access Port for HotWire communication and Datalogging capabilities in a small sized package.

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May 2, 2013

Schumacher Cat K1 gear diff & Cougar wide track mod

Schumacher have released a complete gear diff for the Cat K1. The new diff provides lots of run time between maintenance rebuilds and with steel gears is super strong. Suitable for a wide range of conditions but very good in high grip as it can give more drive and rotation. For Cougar SV2 the wide track modification improves stability in corners and over bumps. Recommended for narrow overhang tyres such as Schumacher Minispikes, wide overhang tyres may cause a problem with width rules.

View the wide track modification here

May 2, 2013

Agustin Cutini wins Rd1 of Argentine Nationals

Last weekend the first round of the Argentine 1/8 off-road National Championships took place at the Speed Paradise track, host of last December’s World Championship. On Saturday, the TQ went to Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi), the 2012 National Champion was also able to take the win in the main final on Sunday. Second place went to Adrian Castro (Xray/Novarossi) with the third position going to Sebastian Recio (Mugen/Novarossi).

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]