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October 15, 2012

Robert Batlle wins 4 from 4 in Spain

Last weekend saw the 4th and final round of the Spanish 1/8 Off Road Nats take place in Silla (Valencia). Rain on Friday stopped action on track but helped to eliminate the dust from the track and increase the grip, leaving a very nice surface for Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, Robert Batlle took the TQ spot followed by Andrés Marcelino and Borja Hernández. The ‘A’ semi final was also won by Robert Batlle while rising star Ignacio Candel took the ‘B’ semi final, which mirrored the final result with Borja Hernandez completing the top 3. With this victory Batlle takes a clean sweep of the 2012 Nationals and wins 5 series in a row.

View the final results here

October 15, 2012

Sweep XB9 Birdie body shell

Sweep are proud to announce the release of the Birdie body shell for the Xray XB9 buggy. Great care was taken to refine the design in order to achieve a body that creates maximum stability with enhanced steering feeling and increased airflow to lower the engine temperature. Sweep factory team driver Reno Savoya was full of praise after the initial test and he attests the body plenty of traction in high speed sweeper sections, and a smooth and stable cornering making the Birdie ideal for open tracks like the World Championship track in Argentina or Cnetic in Indonesia.

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October 15, 2012

TOP Rebel R-F01 offset front axle

TOP Racing introduce these optional offset front axles for the Rebel R-F01 formula chassis. The parts relocate the wheel axles in relation to the king pin to make for a different steering feeling and response that some track conditions may ask for.

Source: TOP [top-racing.jp]

October 15, 2012

Hiro Seiko aluminium hex screws

Asian option parts company Hiro Seiko introduce their new 7075-T6 aluminium hex screws. Available with button and flat head the fasteners are significantly lighter than steel screws, reduce the overall weight of the chassis and come in Tamiya blue, Yokomo blue, orange, red and purple colour. Both screw types comes with M3 thread and in 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and 12mm length.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]

October 14, 2012

Phat Bodies B44/44.1 Gohuwj body shell

Phat Bodies introduce the Gohuwj body shell for the Team Associated B44 and B44.1. The body sports an aggressive design with a forward placed cab, pronounced side pods and a specially shaped rear to channel more air toward the rear wing. Made from high quality polycarbonate the body comes with overspray film and Phat stickers.

Source: Phat Bodies [phatbodies.bigcartel.com]

October 14, 2012

Volker completes perfect start to ETS campaign

In search a third consecutive Yokomo Euro Touring Series title Ronald Volker completed the perfect start to season No.6 of the world famous electric touring car series in Germany today when he backed up his leg 1 win with another dominant win in leg 2 to wrap up the overall win. Having already secured the bonus point for taking the TQ honours in qualifying, the German ace will head to the round 2 of the series in Czech Republic with a 3 point lead over the runner-up at the Muelheim-Kaerlich event with that driver to be decided in this evening’s third and final leg. That battle for second overall set to be fought out between Associated’s Juho Levänen, Yokomo’s Yannic Prümper and Team Xray’s Adrian Bernsten.

View our complete event coverage here.

October 14, 2012

Xtreme Racing MP9 carbon options

Xtreme Racing have released new option parts for the Kyosho MP9 TKI2 1/8th buggy. Available are a carbon fibre servo tray and also a transponder mount. The servo tray is cut from 2.5mm carbon fibre and replaces the aluminium kit part while the 2.0mm transponder mount does away with the kit’s plastic part. According to Xtreme Racing the parts are also usable on the TKI3 kit.

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October 14, 2012

Volker cruises to Leg 1 victory

Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker cruised to a dominant victory in Leg 1 of the A-Main at the 2012/13 Yokomo Euro Touring Series season opener in Germany this morning, the defending champion winning convincingly over Team Associated’s Juho Levanen who was closely followed home by Xray’s Adrian Bernsten. Starting from pole, Volker was never threatened throughout the 5-minutes but did have a self inflicted moment when he hit a dot on his last lap sending his LRP powered BD7 into a roll but luckily it landed rubber side down. Such was the German ace’s gap the 1.5 seconds lost didn’t even allow the battling Levanen and Bernsten to get within sight and continuing on his way the he completed the final to take the win by a 2.7 second margin.

View our complete event coverage here.