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February 26, 2013

Shortcourse Showdown Tour Rd1 – Report

Tacoma R/C Raceway hosted the first race of the yearly Shortcourse Showdown Tour presented by Scotty Ernst. The venue is run by racer Scott Brown, so he knows how to host and put on a good show. The track is a hard clay surface with plenty of traction to allow close and consistent racing. Qualifying saw Team Associated vehicles rise to the top in the Stock SC, Stock SCB, Mod SC, and Mod 4WD SC classes. All qualifying results were extremely close and hinted at some great battles developing for the mains. Stock Short Course had TQ and Associated driver Dave Duncan out to an early lead in his Factory Team SC10. Zane Courtway followed closely in second with his Factory Team SC10. Zane took the point while the lead tandem was negotiating lap traffic. Dave kept on chipping away at Zane’s lead until 2 minutes remaining when Zane had his own issues with lap traffic. Dave took over the lead and never let it go. Team Associated SC10’s finished first and third on the podium, with Dave taking the win and Zane third.

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February 26, 2013

Truman wins HNMC Winter Series Rd8

After a wet start into the year the HNMC Winter Series round 8 was run in cold but dry conditions on the club’s dirt track. 85 drivers made the trip and were rewarded with a smooth fast surface to race on. Buggy qualifying went to Karl Jackson driving a TLR 8 3.0 just piping Jon Hazlewood’s Agama. Tommy Chung took top qualifying honours in the truggy class. The buggy A final saw an epic fight between Truman, Jackson and Hazlewood with position changes all the time. Tony Truman whatsoever had the better end, finishing in front of Kark Jackson and Jon Hazlewood. In the truggy class Richard Cousins finished first with Darren Warburton and James Tatlow in tow.

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February 25, 2013

Olly Jefferies wins BRCA Winter National

The BRCA held its 2013 Winter National at the fantastic Essex Winter Series venue in Essex. The format saw three rounds of qualifying with the top 32 drivers going through to a Reedy style Race of Champions. The remaining drivers contested a more familiar UK national format with round by round qualifying and three leg finals. After three rounds of qualifying it was the young Team Associated driver Zak Smith who took TQ honours and would carry the number 1 position into the Race of Champions. Nitro driver Kyle Branson who races electric during the winter months qualified second with Team Xray’s James Hart in third. After not having the fastest car in Qualifying, current BRCA national champion Olly Jefferies who qualified twelfth began his assault at the Winter National Championship in fine style by winning his first two Race of Champions races and was in a good position going into Sunday. EWS regular Tony Broad also had a good start with a first and a second in his two races.

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February 25, 2013

Carsten Keller wins Quakenbrück indoor race

The ninth instalment of the famous 1/8th off-road indoor race took place in Quakenbrück/Germany last weekend. A total of 140 drivers attended and it was Kyosho’s Carsten Keller who won the nitro buggy class with his Team Orion powered Kyosho MP9. RB’s Daniel Reckward took the runner-up spot at his first outing with the new RB One R buggy. RB team mate Maik Wiesweg grabbed the remaining spot on the podium.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

February 25, 2013

X Factory hub camber plates

X Factory introduce 3mm carbon fibre hub camber plates for the use with the Team Associated aluminum hub carriers. Coming as a set of four, including a pair of 4-hole plates of standard AE height and two 3-hole plates that are 0.072” lower than standard. The lower ball stud gives the car better balance in corners because it does not shift as much weight to the outside tire. The camber link plates come with black 0.030” spacers to extend the ball stud so the ball cup does not interfere with the hub carrier, and two black locking nuts to secure the ball studs. The plates for all cars that make use of the AE aluminum hub carriers.

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February 25, 2013

Tom Yardy teams up with Savöx

CML Distribution report that UK frontrunner Tom Yardy has hooked up with Savöx for the coming season to run the new Razor brushless 1/10th speed controller. This is what Tom has to say:

I am very happy to be a part of the Savöx team in 2013 – their very popular range of servos has led them to be regarded as one of the most reliable and high quality brands in the industry. It was a hope of many racers that they would expand their electric range to include brushless speed controllers and that is exactly what they have done with the Razor unit. Testing has shown the ESC to deliver a great balance between incredible top speed with smooth power delivery. The ESC is also very easy to set up and tune to your driving style with the programming box included. I look forward to a successful relationship through 2013 and beyond.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

February 25, 2013

Atomik Traxxas TQ & TQi transmitter bags

Atomik introduce two new transmitter bags for the Traxxas TQ and TQi hand held radios. Both sport a bold sleek look and are moulded from durable black colour EVA with yellow accent piping. Specially designed for each of the transmitters the bags make your your transmitter is kept clean and damage free during transportation and storage.

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February 25, 2013

Team Torke 4400mAh Shorty LiPo pack

Team Torke have released a new Shorty LiPo pack for cars with limited space for the battery pack or for those racers that wish to play around with the weight balance of their car. The pack is a hard case 4400mAh 60C 7.4v 2S battery which sports the standard bullet connectors.

Source: Team Torke [team-torke.com]