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September 14, 2012

JConcepts T4.1 Finnisher & Pressure Points

Seen in pre production guise previously, JConcepts have released their Finnisher 1/10th truck body for the T4.1 racing truck. The slight cab forward, raked windshield and aggressive stance highlight a performance oriented core. Front chin spoiler, headlight and grill protect the front-end from unwanted up-drafts during flight. Also new for 1/10th truck is the Pressure Points in blue, green and gold compounds. They are the latest low-height tread option specifically designed to tame high-speed courses with either wet or blue groove traction conditions. The design starts as an angular, low pin design as a carryover from the successful Bar Codes front tire line-up. The small “points” combined with “lower case” Y elements developed on the original Bar Codes V1 rear tire provide the ultimate in surface area “pressure” penetration and tack.

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September 13, 2012

Exotek SC10 4×4 rear hub set

From Exotek come this Pro style alloy rear hub set with vertical ball link mounting for the SC10 4×4. Vertical ball stud mounting allows for quick and precise roll center changes. Simply use 3mm metal washers or shims to raise or lower the ball height. Precision machined from T6 alloy for precise fit, lightweight design and heavy duty use, they use the stock bearings and maintains the stock toe geometry.

Source: Exotek [exotekracing.com]

September 13, 2012

Martin Bayer takes Rd4 of Czech offroad nationals

Last weekend the 4th round of Czech Nationals took place on track Dolní Bukovsko and Martin Bayer wrote this report. Club did very good job preparing this track for nationals. They totally rebuild track for this race and it was medium grip with a blue groove and many very fast corners. The Czech championship has 5 races in total I had already taken the overall championship title. We ran two classes, 1/8 nitro and 1/8 electric off-road. In both qualifications my cars were excellent. During practice I made set-up which was very good and I stuck with it until the end of the race. I was the only driver who made 10 laps in qualification in both classes and had the overall TQ in both classes. On Sunday we had finals. I won the electro class, leading the race from start to finish. In the nitro class I didn’t give any chance to the other drivers. I started nitro class from pole position with great pit strategy and perfect run I won with 3 lap gap.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 13, 2012

Serpent Cobra Truggy upgrades

From Serpent for the Cobra 1/8 Truggy, they have introduced upgrade parts to use larger bearings in the steering blocks (same as Cobra Buggy) and in the up-rights (new axles, uprights, driveshafts), a set to upgrade the front coupler to use larger bearings, and a longer front center shaft and a set to upgrade the rear to use of larger bearings. Top quality spring steel parts for precision fit and durability. These changes will make your Serpent truck even more bullet proof than before.

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September 13, 2012

Jarda Kopecky wins Czech TC Nationals

The 2012 1/10 TC Czech Championship took place recently at the track in Nachod and saw the best drivers competing including young talented guys promising some great racing. It was a 3-day event with training on Friday, Saturday 5 rounds of qualification and Sunday the finals. Without winter national champion Peter Grof it was another Xray driver Jarda Kopecky who was the favourite for the title. He showed a steady performance in all three final races and became a national champion for 2012 ahead of Radek Flek in 2nd and Michal Blahovsky 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 13, 2012

Dmitry Malyshko wins Russian EP title

JQ Products driver Dmitry Malyshko had a great performance at the Russian 1/8 E-buggy Champinoships with his THECar Tekno Conversion EP Car. TQ and total domination in all race days in this class, Dmitry is now Russian National Champion 2012 in 1:8th E-Buggy. Dimitry also made the main in the Nitro Russian Championship at the new Raduga raceway in Bolshoy Vyas, finishing 7th after a hard fought final. Starting 7th on the grid in the final Dimitry managed to drive up to 4th place but unfortunately he had a receiver problem in the final due to the rain and had to retire finishing 7th.

Source: JQ Products [jq-products.com]

September 13, 2012

Serpent S411 bumper plate & 966 body posts

For the S411 and 411 Sport, Serpent have released this nice carbon fibre top plate for the bumper, replacing the standard nylon version. It comes supplied with lightweight machined aluminium body posts and mounting hardware. For the 966 and other brand of 1/8th scale on road cars Serpent have produced these new design lightweight and strong aluminum front body posts. Supplied with mounting hardware and body clips.

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September 13, 2012

Cavalieri & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd6

Round six of the JBRL Nitro Series made its way to Chula Vista R/C Club last weekend. The weather and track conditions were amazing with the CVRC club preparing a technical track that held up great all weekend. TLR/Novarossi/Pro-Line driver, Adam Drake headed to round six of the JBRL nitro series as the points leader in 1/8th nitro buggy, 1/8th nitro truck and electric buggy. In the nitro buggy class Cody King TQ’d round one and Drake TQ’d round two. King would be the overall top qualifier followed by Drake and Cavalieri. King and Drake had a rough start and found themselves buried deep in the pack. At one point Drake was over twenty seconds behind leader Cavalieri. Drake was able to catch Cody at the end of the 25 minute final, but wasn’t able to make a pass. Cavalieri won by 11 seconds followed by King and Drake only one second apart.

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