June 24, 2013
…Serpent Eryx 5. Thomas Holmesland – Xray T4 6. Magnus Guttormsen – Xray T4 7. Rune Halvorsen – Serpent Eryx 8. Roger Berntsen – Xray T4 9. Lars Tommy Berntsen – Team Associated TC6.1 10.Georg Ellingsen – Xray T4 In the first modified final it was Thomas Holmesland who passed the finishing line first, after battling his way from the fifth starting position. But in technical inspection the car weighed-in at 1348g and his time was removed. Christer, Georg and Gøran was the top 3 after the first leg. In the second final both Georg and Thomas had a good…
May 30, 2013
…13.5 Open class, AE/Reedy/LRP driver and TC6.1 WC designer Bob Stellflue set the pace throughout qualifying with fastest times in each of the four qualifying rounds. After winning A1, Bob unfortunately encountered some problems in A2 and A3, which dropped him to third overall in the final standings. Gonzalo Cortes, driving an identically prepared Reedy/LRP powered TC6.1 WC, was crowned as champion thanks to an impressive A3 win. A third Reedy/LRP-powered TC6.1 WC driven by Sean Maybell claimed the second step of the podium with a consistent run of second place finishes in all three legs. Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]…
April 23, 2013
Yeah Racing introduce a total of four new ball bearing kits for the Team Associated TC6.1 World Car Factory Team kit and the Tamiya TT-02 chassis. All kits include 16 suspension and transmission bearings an are available as standard metal shielded or teflon sealed variant. The ball races come pre-oiled with a light protection oil and the sets also include 15ml of high-quality bearing oil. Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]…
April 16, 2013
…Moore and Associated team driver Olly Jefferies. Olly took TQ with his TC6.1 and the top thirty two qualifiers were split off for the remaining touring car drivers to contest the race of champions. Both Moore and Jefferies notched up win after win and after seven races were on equal points. Going in to the very last race of the day Andy and Olly would be in the same race both starting from the back of the grid, despite a spirited challenge Olly had to settle for second behind Andy who took victory in the last race and with it…
April 5, 2013
Team Associated and Reedy are very happy to announce that Keven Hébert has signed a multi-year contract extension and will continue to race Team Associated’s TC6.1 Worlds, 12R5.2, and 10R5.1. Keven will now be using Reedy Sonic Mach 2 motors in all his vehicles and will continue using Reedy LiPo batteries and LRP Flow Works Team ESCs. Reedy department manager Rick Hohwart was happy to hear the news of the extension, saying, “Keven is one of the fastest drivers in the world and his input is highly valuable when it comes to developing new products. Not only is a he…
March 24, 2013
…allows you to mount an Mylaps transponder cage onto the mount. It is light weight and much tougher than the carbon fiber alternatives. Finally there is a steering rack stand off which increases steering throw on the T4 for better low speed steering. For the TC6.1 is a conversion kit which lowers your shocks an average of 5.5mm and corrects the shock angles on the TC6 so that your suspension up-stroke stays more consistent in length. The lowered shock tower kit increases chassis responsiveness and lowers the overall CG of your car to improve transition speeds. Source: Reflex Racing [reflexracing.net]…
March 17, 2013
PSM introduce two new carbon fibre option parts for Team Associated’s TC6.1 touring car and the RC8.2 buggy. Starting with the TC6.1, available now is a 2mm carbon top ‘flexx’ plate. CNC-machined from PSM’s glossy fibre material the plate weights only 9g and incorporates an additional chassis post mounting position to adjust the torsional flex of the chassis if needed. The part is a direct fit on the TC6.1’s chassis. Also new is a carbon fibre radio plate for the RC8.2 nitro buggy. CNC-machined from 3mm carbon fibre that part is designed to better resist heat and to improve servo…
February 28, 2013
Team SpeedMerchant have released their new Associated TC6 front and rear lowered shock towers. Designed to fit the new style TC6 or 6.1 with the vertical ball stud bearing caps/bulkheads, both towers have had the shock mounting positions lowered by 2mm. On the front tower they removed the inner most and outer most stock position mounting holes, while the rear tower has had the 2 outer most holes removed, but they have added 2 new Inner holes for mounting your shocks. The rear tower also has a lowered rear body mount position by exactly 1 body clip hole, but the…
