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April 22, 2013

Zac Ryan wins Malaysian buggy nats Rd2

Malaysia has become a hotbed of off-road nitro racing in the past couple of years. This past weekend with the effort of the new Putrajaya club and Alvin Lam along with the huge support of the local Putrajaya city and government officials a new track was launched. The Putrajaya city is creating sporting facilities for Malaysians to enjoy and within 100m of the new track were a RC flying field, RC drift track, a lake for RC boating and a world-class swimming complex. Supported by beautiful hotels set on the water it’s a great place to race. 135 drivers from Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, and Brunei attended and would contest the second round of the national’s. Qualifying would be 3 rounds of 10-minute heats with the best 2 of 3 to count. Round one ended up being dropped due to a transponder loop issue so it would be best 1 of 2 rounds to count on Saturday. TQ went to new factory JConcepts driver Zac Ryan from Australia. With his first outing on the JC rubber and a brand new MP9 Tki3 he would be tough to beat as he led the timesheets. Close behind him was Felix Tan (JQ/GO/AKA) and Didier Perrin (Mugen/Novarossi/AKA).

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April 22, 2013

Matsukura doubles at RC Park Gojo off-road race

Naoto Matsukura doubles at JMRCA off-road nats

Naoto Matsukura scored a double victory at the recent off-road race held at the RC Park Gojo in Japan. The 1/12th on-road World Champion secured the 2WD title in Yusuke Sugiura (Kyosho) and Kohta Akimoto (Kyosho). The 4WD class saw an identical result with Naoto (Yokomo) taking the overall win followed by Yusuke and Kohta.

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April 22, 2013

Lee Martin wins at BRCA nationals

The first round of the BRCA 1/8th off-road nationals took place at the dirt track of the HNMC. Day two kicked off cold and dry and gave perfect conditions for the drivers. Kyosho’s Elliott Booth took TQ after the qualifiers but dropped out in the semis due to problems as did Team Associated’s Neil Cragg. The A final saw a great battle between Mugen driver Lee Martin and TLR’s Darren Bloomfield for the whole 45 minutes. Every time Bloomfield caught Martin he was forced into errors letting him drop back again. At the end it was Lee who took the race win in front of Darren Bloomfield and Simon Willetts. Jack Embling won the Junior category with Oliver Curry taking the runner-up spot. The third place went to Callun Niblet.

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April 22, 2013

Bittydesign 1/8th Stealth off-road wing

Bittydesign have released this teaser image of their soon-to-be-released 1/8th off-road wing called ‘Stealth’. The low-profile wing is designed to fit all current buggy and truggy kits and will make a first public appearance at the Asia Contest Race in the talented hands of the Bittydesign team drivers.

Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]

April 22, 2013

Kim, Oh & Park win at Serpent On-Road Race Party

Serpent Korea organized the Serpent On-Road Race Party for gas-powered on-road cars and the meeting was held in 1/10th 200mm and 1/8th classes and also saw the introduction of the GT8 vehicles. In the 200mm sedan class it was Yeon Cheol Kim who took the win in front of Seung Seok Lee and Seung Won Choi. The 1/8th class saw Yong Taek Oh taking the win followed by Seong Go Jo in second and Yong Hoon Park in third place. Yong Hoon Park though took the win in the 1/8th GT class chased by Dong Hee Go with Deok Jin Kim taking the last remaining podium spot.

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April 22, 2013

P-S-R ball cup dust covers

Power-Save-Racing from Germany announce the release of their ball cup dust covers for 1/10th Team Associated vehicles and many other cars, trucks and buggies of that scale. Made from a special foam the water-cut rings offer a better fit and therefor improved protection compared to the original part. They prevent dust and dirt from entering the ball stud and ball cup assembly in order or reduce maintenance time and costs in the long run. The foam rings come in 10-piece packages and are available now.

Source: Power-Save-Racing [power-save-racing.de]

April 22, 2013

Avid Triad B44.2 clutch spacer

Avid introduce the Triad B44.2 spacer to allow the use of the Triad slipper clutch in the latest Team Associated B44.2 buggy. As B44.2 bulkheads are shifted 6mm farther apart the spacer goes behind the Triad slipper to compensate the longer slipper shaft from a B44.1 to a B44.2. The Triad clutch is meant to calm the car down and gives a smoother throttle feel than the kit VTS item for added setup possibilities.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

April 21, 2013

Evans wins Mod Truck at Spring Indoor Nationals

The only one of the feature classes at the JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals to go to the third A-Main, Mod Truck saw Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans secure the overall title as he took the win in Leg 3 backing up his A2 result to claim the top step on the podium at Mike’s Hobby Shop in Dallas, Texas, ahead of Leg 1 winner Ryan Maifield and Top Qualifier Cody Hollis.

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