This winter JConcepts driver Tony Truman attended the Midlands Astro Masters 1/8th Series hosted by the Coventry Model Car Club at their Baginton, Coventry UK facility. This is a best 5 out of 6 series. Tony attended 5 of the rounds, which was enough for him to gain enough points to take the overall win in the 1/8th Buggy Class.
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The opening round of the Hungarian Onroad Championships took place in Pecs on the Easter weekend. The club, which is the biggest and most active onroad club in Hungary, prepared the track nicely for this event but unfortunately it started to rain on Thursday and it seemed it was never going to stop. Finally it finished Sunday morning, just in time for the start of qualification. The conditions were difficult, the track was slippery while the temperature was super cold around 5°C and very windy.
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Yeah Racing have released this front arm mount A from aluminium for the Associated SC10 4X4 truck. A great upgrade from the standard plastic parts, or to replace broken parts, it offers less flexing the than standard part and is long lasting & durable. Anodised in dark blue it weighs in at 5 grams.
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Schumacher have released their SupaStox, bringing top class engineering to the 1/12th GT12 circuit and 1/12th oval classes of racing. SupaStox is a high performance racer that uses quality components, but still retains the philosophy of simplicity and low cost. Tough enough to cope with the full contact element of Bangers, Hotrods and Saloon Stox, and is also adjustable enough to be perfectly tuned for any circuit or oval tracks. Available end of April.
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Dual Cardan joints allow for smoother power transfer in the front drive train of your Touring Car when the wheels are turning. Installing these in your car will allow for the car to drive smoother and have increased steering especially in tight corners. The RSD DCJs from Reflex Racing work with both the TC6 and the TC6.1 so long as you are using a 5x10x3 bearing in the TC6 and a 5x10x4 bearing in the TC6.1. You must also use a Hex Hub adapter with a larger axle hub opening like the ones for the HB TCX, Yokomo BD-5 or 3Racing Sakura line of vehicles. Each package includes 2 DCJ’s.
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The new TC6.1 vertical ballstud bearing caps from Team Associated allow for finer adjustments of both the link angle and length, providing you more options to tune to your track conditions. The TC6.1 vertical ballstud bearing caps feature three positions total, all with a vertical ball stud orientation so that the ball height can be adjusted in finer increments. The shortest link position is the same length as the original, with the additional two link positions offering longer links. The new longer link positions will make the car more stable and feel more planted. The new TC6.1 vertical ballstud bearing caps come with an A-cap and B-cap, two sets are needed to convert one car, as well as the TC6.1 vertical ballstud shock towers.
Kyosho factory driver Jared Tebo has taken his 4th Neo title from 4 starts with a dominant showing at the Indoor event at Harper Adams in the UK. Starting from pole position he was kept honest by Canadian Hot Bodies star Ty Tessmann, who despite being faster on track, couldn’t make up the extra fuel stop he had over Tebo. Tebo would eventually take the victory by some 18 seconds over Tessmann with Associated driver Ryan Maifield in 3rd, just in front of team mate Ryan Cavalieri. Full coverage on Neo Buggy here.
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Last weekend saw the season opener of the Dutch 1/8 onroad nationals on the very bumpy REAL80 track in Groningen. With a big shift of drivers over the winter there was many new names again, giving an entry of 54 drivers. The weekend started very cold and wet but on the Sunday there was finally nice weather. With a drying track most drivers decided not to run the 1st qualifying session. At the start of the 2nd series the track still had some wet spots making it difficult to set fast times, so the last session was needed to set a time without errors.
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