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July 6, 2012

Volker fastest in first controlled practice

In very hot and humid conditions at Traiskirchen, Austria, Ronald Volker set the pace in the first of the two controlled practice runs that will determine the seeding for qualifying at the title deciding round of the 2011/12 Yokomo Euro Touring Series. The defending champion, who is one of four drivers in the battle for the overall title, set a pace of 44.667 over three laps ahead of new Yokomo team-mate Hayato Matsuzaki on 44.826 with Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck third on 45.017.

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July 6, 2012

Team Durango DEST210R stadium truck

Announced some time ago and available very soon is Team Durango’s DEST210R 2WD stadium truck. The truck that is based on the DEX210 buggy and features a newly designed longer moulded composite chassis, and the patent pending gear box that allows to run several configurations such as 3-gear and 4-gear layout in one gear box. Also included in the kit are highly adjustable suspension components that make use of interchangeable inserts to adjust caster and rear toe settings, big bore shock absorbers, captive pin CVD rear driveshafts, new 15mm front and rear disc rims as well as a unique stadium truck body shell.

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July 6, 2012

Oscar Cabezas wins Spanish championship Rd3

Oscar Cabezas has won the recent third round of the Spanish 1/8 on-road championship held Puerto de Santa María. Oscar (Motonica) was able to grab TQ after qualifying and also set a new track record. He also won his semi final and started from the pole position into the final in which he never looked back and that he won with one lap ahead of Lopez Nacho (Serpent) and Sergio Montesinos (Mugen).

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July 6, 2012

KM H-K1 EvoII two speed steel shaft

KM Racing introduce this two speed steel shaft for the H-K1 EvoII 1/10th on-road chassis. Being of a super lightweight design with a 4mm centre hole the shaft is hardened for increased durability while the low weight of only 12.5g makes for less rotating mass of the drive train.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

July 6, 2012

JConcepts Mono wheels, wheel nuts & body clips

JConcepts introduce the B44.1 Mono wheels, 8/32″ thin-pattern locking wheels nuts and black medium-size body clips. Starting with the wheels, these are a direct fit on the Team Associated B44.1 buggy and match the design of the rear Mono wheels that are around for a while now. They offer the maximum size allowed under ROAR rules and make a statement with their large appearance, slight convex dish shaped design and superior inner rib design. The wheels incorporate an outer glue catch that resists excess glue from running down the wheel face during the gluing process. The wheel comes in sets of four and is available in yellow and white colour.

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July 5, 2012

Steven Hartson wins 2012 JBRL Rd5

Team Associated’s Steven Hartson has swept the competition at the fifth round of the 2012 JBRL at the Controlled Chaos Raceway in Palmdale, CA. The race format saw two rounds of qualifying with rocket round and a single main event all run on Saturday. Steven attended the 2WD Mod Buggy and Mod Truck class and was able to comfortably grab TQ in both classes. In the buggy A-main he pulled a lead of about five seconds over Mike Truhe who qualified third, for about the first two minutes of the race. Mike made a couple of mistakes which allowed runner-up Cody Turner by for second. Turner tried to make a charge the last minute, but the gap was too far apart. Steven ended up winning by about five seconds over Turner. Hayato Matsuzaki rounded out the podium. In Mod Truck Steven got out to a good lead and put in good consistent laps. By the end of the race, he was almost a lap up on second placed Matt Castellano and Mike Truhe in third position.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

July 5, 2012

Kay Koops joins Team Serpent

Former 1/6th large-scale off-road European Champion Kay Koops has joined Serpent to run the company’s Cobra 1/8th buggy. Kay will run the Dutch Buggy-Cup and he also plans to attend the Neo race and 2013 European Championships.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 5, 2012

Xray XB9 40T active front differential

Xray introduce the 40T active front differential for the XB9 off-road buggy. The adjustable gear diff sports a special design with angled internal segments that let the unit engage more in on-power situations in order to increase forward traction and stability and to make the buggy faster and easier to drive.

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