The weather forecast was to expect rain for the 5th round of the Dutch 1/8th scale National championships but thankfully it was wrong and the whole day saw dry weather on the MACH track in Heemstede. Qualifying saw Rick V with the Mugen MRX-5 did take the pole position 2 seconds in front of Ilia v. Gastel, with the 3rd spot going to Robin d’Hondt and in the 4th and final direct final spot was Jordy Block.
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MIP have announced that they are taking orders for their new steel centre drive hub, for the rear of the Traxxas Slash 4×4. Manufactured from high strength carbon steel for increased strength over the stock version, it comes supplied with M3 x .5 set screws to use, or Traxxas pin screws can also be used. 100% Quality made in the USA.
Source: MIP [miponline.com]
Team Losi are reporting that Mike Truhe added another ROAR Championship to his impressive list of wins taking home the championship in the 2WD Modified Buggy class at the 2010 ROAR 1/10 Electric Off-road Nationals last weekend. Mike was driving a Team Losi Racing XXX-CR powered by Xcelorin motor and batteries and the team had four XXX-CR’s in the 2wd mod A main. Dustin Evans also took the overall TQ in the truck class by TQing rounds 1 and 3. Losi had six XXX-T CR’s in the mod truck A main and also six XXX4’s in the 4wd mod A main.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
JConcepts have a brief update on their top driver Ryan Maifield winning the SCT class at last weekend’s ROAR Nationals. Ryan drove his JConcepts equipped Factory Team SC10 to victory, winning A1, leading A2 before a transmission problem took him out, and then wrapping up the title with the win in A3. Expect a full report later in the week.
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Team Associated have release V2 of their stamped multi tool. A simple and cheap tool, it can be used for assembling, disassembling and adjusting multiple parts for your 1:10 scale vehicles. The tool offers cutouts that can hold new V2 shock bodies, shock caps, 1/8” turnbuckles, 5mm AE ball cup hex and 3/16” shock bushings.
Team Associated are celebrating the first major victory for their new TC6 touring car after team driver Olly Jefferies took TQ and a win at round four of the BRCA national series at the fast Halifax track. In the super touring class it was Elliott Harper that set the early pace with his Tamiya but it was Olly Jefferies that came through to take TQ ahead of Chris Grainger’s Schumacher Mi4 with Elliott lining up third. Andy Moore struggled a little in qualifying and ended up fourth but was hoping for a good result over the three leg finals.
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We’re a bit slow off the mark with this one but JConcepts’ all new Punisher B4.1 made its debut last weekend at the 2010 ROAR Electric Off-Road Nationals in Joliet, IL. Used by factory driver Ryan Maifield, the body was completed just in time for the race and JConcepts decided to share these pre release photos with everyone.
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JS Racing have announced the upcoming release of their new .23 size DX-523R truggy engine, the latest addition to their engine line. Expected to be released in September, the ‘Hellfire’ has received extensive testing from EB Mods USA and the JS Racing team and are now happy with the final result, an engine that provides superb run time and massive power.
Source: JS Racing [jsracing-model.com]
