November 15, 2012
…the title and the beautiful Timezone timepiece that comes with it. Teammate Mike Haynes found some good pace in the mains and joined Keven on the podium with a second-place finish. The best show of the weekend was the close battle between a trio of Reedy-powered TC6.1’s piloted by Kody Knudtson, Mike Haynes, and Keven Hébert. It came down to the last lap of qualifying where Hébert just outpaced Haynes by the slightest of margins. Knudtson wound up third qualifier about one second behind the front two. The first two legs of the A Main almost mirrored each other, with…
November 13, 2012
…is designed to equalize the flex of the chassis side to side and unlike the carbon fiber servo mount, the aluminum variant does not rotate in hard collisions helping the car track straighter. Also new are the RSD TC6 17.0lb and 15.0lb springs. The harder ‘orange’ variant is best used on high grip asphalt tracks whereas the softer 15.0lb ‘pink’ spring is very similar to the Yokomo pink spring and should best work as carpet racing and medium grip asphalt front spring. They work with Reflex Racing’s RSD6 conversion, the Associated TC6 line and similar vehicles. Source: Reflex Racing [reflexracing.net]…
October 11, 2012
…position. The Team Associated/Reedy factory racing team was on hand to battle with the world’s best and came away with some impressive results – four pole positions and four wins with three additional podium finishes. A new addition to the IIC this year was the Spec GT class. Using standard TC chassis and tires with handout ESCs and motors, and a fixed gear ratio with realistic GT-style bodies, this class proved to be competitive and entertaining for both racers and spectators. Mike Haynes grabbed the pole position with his TC6.1 in the last qualifying round on his way to the…
October 3, 2012
The Associated TC6.1 Worlds car kit builds upon the already-successful ROAR and BRCA national championship-winning TC6.1 platform with several performance-enhancing upgrades that boost the car to the next level. The TC6.1 WC is built on a new ultra-narrow 2.25mm-thick carbon-fiber chassis with optimized flex along with maximum chassis-roll ground clearance. The new narrow chassis helps reduce chassis drag during the hardest cornering. Also included in the TC6.1 WC are the Factory Team Vertical Ballstud Bearing Caps. Previously available only as a Factory Team upgrade, the vertical ballstud bearing caps provide finer increments of adjustment. This increased adjustability will allow the…
September 20, 2012
Reflex Racing introduce new option parts for the Team Associated TC6 and TC6.1 as well as their own RSD6 conversion. The bell crank system V3 is the latest incarnation of Reflex Racing’s ball-raced TC6 steering assembly and is designed to give smoother, faster steering response as well as increased corner speed. Also available are the steering arms V3 and the steering bridge V3. Also new are the RSD 311 and 315 shock pistons that are manufactured with the biggest diameter possible in order to provide a shock that allows less oil blow-by which allows the car to switch directions faster…
September 17, 2012
Going in to the final round of the BRCA National touring car championship five drivers were in contention to win the series outright, at the four previous rounds there had been four different winners and four different manufactures, the results made for a winner takes all show down at the final round. Andy Moore, Chris Grainger, Elliott Harper, Colin Price and Olly Jefferies all came to the final round at Mendip with a shot at securing the national title and it was Jefferies that got off to the best possible starts by taking TQ with his Associated TC6.1, behind Olly…
August 28, 2012
RC9394 are happy to release a new line of option parts for the Team Associated TC6 line of touring cars. First up are the double joint CVD drive shafts that minimise the vibration and wheel chatter at high steering angles. They are made from high-quality spring steel and come with spring retainer clips and bearings. Also available for the TC6 are body support posts that are simply slipped over the stock body posts and secured with a body clip. They make for an improved body fit and better transmission of the downforce created by the body shell. The supports are…
August 20, 2012
In winning round four of the BRCA 1:10 electric touring car series at Snetterton Tamiya’s Elliott Harper became the fourth different winner from four events, his win sets up a winner takes all championship showdown at the final round at Mendip in a month’s time. After five rounds of qualifying it was the Associated TC6.1 of Olly Jefferies that took TQ, but in putting himself on pole Olly had used all his tyres allocation, second place on the grid was championship favourite Chris Grainger, Grainger could have wrapped up the 2012 title if he could win here, Harper lined up…
