May 2, 2012

Hartson & Numan win JConcepts Stock Nats

This year OC/RC Raceway played host to the 1st Annual Stock Nationals in Huntington Beach, California. With four rounds of qualifying on Saturday using qual points and two out of four rounds counting, an emphasis was placed on consistency. On Sunday, the event continued with the running of the lower main events with the top two drivers bumping up to the next highest main event. The Sportsman classes would use a triple A-Main format, while the expert classes were one single 10-minute main.

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May 2, 2012

Much More MR-BS1 high traction insert

Much More Racing introduce the MR-BS1 high traction off-road buggy tyre insert. The yellow-coloured insert is 55mm wide, designed for the use in rear tyres and can be trimmed to be used in front tyres also. They come as pair and can be used in virtually every 1/10 scale buggy tyre.

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May 2, 2012

JConcepts Super Cup Rd4 report

The 4th round of the JConcepts Super Cup was set to take place at the Coral Spring RC Car Club but heavy rain forced the organisers to move the meeting to the indoor Basher RC Raceway. The sudden changes of plan caused this race to lose some racers but at the end around 170 pilots made it to the new location. In Pro2 Short Course, The battle was between Hobbycrap driver Felix Law, Associated’s Daimon Borkowicz and JConcepts’ chief designer Paul Wynn. The 1st round of qualifiers went to Daimon Borkowicz with only .04 seconds ahead of Paul and two seconds clear of Felix. In the 2nd round, Felix Law stepped up his game with his all new Team Power Traxxas Anza Slash as he took the TQ by 3 seconds ahead of Daimon.

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May 2, 2012

Exotek F104 adjustable arm set

Exotek Racing introduce this multi adjustable upper arm set for the Tamiya F104 formula chassis. The heavy duty CNC-machined arm set allows to make quick and precise camber and caster adjustments without having to remove the body. The arm set also has better clearance to avoid hitting and jamming the steering turnbuckles. Included in the kit are two 7075 aluminium castor adjusters, delrin camber adjusters, hardened steel turnbuckles, heavy duty nylon ball cups and hardware.

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May 2, 2012

European Nitro Challenge – Announcement

Shepherd have announced the 2nd annual European Nitro Challenge for nitro on-road cars. The race will be held from the 7th to 10th of June at the Hockenheim Formula 1 circuit’s RC race track and is open to 1/10 and 1/8 scale nitro on-road cars in Open and HobbyCup classes with the latter need to run Novarossi N12T1 or Sonic .12 ProStock engines and Novarossi N21-5T or Sonic .21 ProStock engines respectively. The race which is organised by Shepherd with cooperation partners Serpent, Mugen, Picco, Sonic and LRP will not allow for tyre additives and already received entries from pilots like Robert Pietsch, Michael Salven, Dirk Wischnewski, Simon Kurbuch, Daniele Ielasi and more. You can find additional information about the race on the official site here.

May 2, 2012

DB1 Kyosho 2WD off-road conversion kit

Rudebits are proud to introduce the DB1 Kyosho 2WD buggy conversion kit. Designed by David Burton, an experienced engineer and former BRCA nationals winner, the kit combined the front end of Kyosho’s Ultima series buggies with the rear end of the Lazer ZX-5 line of cars. The result is a low centre of gravity buggy with front motor and rearward placed saddle packs, driven by an inertia propshaft to overcome the disadvantages often associated with an inline motor placement. The kit includes seven carbon fibre parts such as the 2.6mm chassis, top deck, U-shaped support, LiPo battery braces and LiPo retaining straps. Also included is 20g a brass LiPo centre weight, under LiPo weights, alloy battery posts, weighted inertia propshaft, Shadow body shell, front alloy posts, decal sheet and setup sheet. Not included are the front and rear end of the Ultima and Lazer, motor mount etc. The buggy that required a low-profile servo is available for pre-order now.

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May 2, 2012

Race 2 the World winner to race LRP & Serpent

Virtual Racing Industries is proud to announce the full backing of the Race 2 the Worlds contest winner by industry leading companies Serpent and LRP. Serpent and LRP are now confirmed to be the official partners for the Race 2 the Worlds contest where one racer or gamer can win an entry for the IFMAR Worlds 1:10 ISTC in Heemstede, the Netherlands.

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