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December 12, 2012

ROAR Region 4 Off-road Championships report

The 2012 ROAR Region 4 Off-road Championships were hosted by the ever increasingly popular Shiverville R/C Raceway in High Springs, FL. The Shiverville track crew once again went all out with an amazing layout and easily the smoothest outdoor surface to date. With ROAR events losing a bit of their luster over the past few years, Shiverville Raceway stepped up to the plate and brought back that “BIG” race feel. The race consisted of best 2 of 3 rounds of qualifying, triple A-mains, and a free raffle that rivaled some National events.

Continue reading the report here

December 12, 2012

Critters Raceway Fall-Brawl trophy race report

Critters Raceway & Hobby Shop of Fairfield NJ recently held its 2nd Annual Fall-Brawl Trophy Race. Classes consisted of 2WD and 4WD Mod Short Course, 2WD and 4WD Mod 1/10 Buggy and 2WD truck. Turnout was great with almost 70 entries with the most popular classes being 4WD Short Course and 2WD Buggy with all mains being 8 minutes in length, with three rounds of 5 minute qualifiers. 2WD Truck was the first A-main of the day. Top Qualifier Team Durango’s Stevie Charles led from the start and was on cruise-control for 8 minutes. 2nd place starter TJ Eller has a solid showing holding onto 2nd. 3rd place starter Santos Colon was briefly challenged by Randal Fraser falling back to 4th briefly, before taking the position back and bringing home a solid 3rd place finish.

Continue reading the report here

December 12, 2012

Matrix Tyres sign Simone Pausini

Matrix Tyres have announced the signing of young talented Italian Shepherd 1/8th scale driver Simone Pausini to their official racing team. Having tested the tires during a recent race in La Turbie, he decided to make the switch.

Source: Matrix Tires [matrixtires.it]

December 12, 2012

Michal Orlowski to lead Team Durango Poland

Team Durango have announced that Michal Orlowski, Bartek Zambrzycki and Pawel Staszewski will form Team Durango Poland for the 2013 season. Under the guidance of Matthew Orlowski, this young team of highly talented drivers will race in some important European events. Michal and Bartek will attend the EOS race series, the Mibosport Cup and other races in Poland, while Pawel will race in off-road classes in Poland. A fourth driver, Piotr Okonski, will begin his race season with the team in May.

View the rest of the team here

December 12, 2012

Xray ultra-stabile clutch spring

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Xray have released this ultra-stabile clutch spring for both the RX8 and NT1 clutch. Characteristics of this new spring is that it remains constant during long runs.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 11, 2012

JConcepts Hybrids in Black compound

JConcepts have unveiled a new compound specifically for cold or very loose racing conditions. Black, Mega Soft compound has been in development for over 1 year with testing at tracks, facilities and events around the world. This is not a replacement compound but simply a tuning option for drivers looking for extra grip in very cold climates or extremely loose conditions. It’s important to remember, compounds are crucial and to take advantage of a compound it must be utilized on the correct surface. JConcepts Hybrids for buggy and truggy (above) are now available in black compound.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

December 11, 2012

SpeedTech carpet additive

Tyre Additive have announced their new carpet additive called SpeedTech. Developed with the help of front running 1/12th scale racer Markus Mobers this new product completes their line of additives. Formulated for foam and rubber tires on carpet it increases the tyre grip without making cars difficult to drive and helps you push from the first laps until the end.

Source: Tyre Additve [tyreadditive.com]

December 11, 2012

Protoform 1/12th shell sneak peek

Protoform have sent us this sneak peek image of their new body shell. The graphic gives the hint that is for 1/12th scale while there is enough of the shell’s profile to work out some nice features. More details from Protoform as we get them, which we believe will be soon.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]