May 4, 2012

Avid Satellite buggy wheels

Buggy racers around the world will appreciate the engineering, looks, and performance of the new Satellite buggy wheel lineup from Avid. Durable and light-weight the wheel has a stiff face for maximum performance in cornering and because of the deep dish and spoke design, the rear wheels are super lightest at 16.8 grams each. AVID wheels shave extra weight with contoured spokes that remove low-stress material and add material to keep the wheel rigid and true while an angled glue catch keeps the glue where you want it and not on your wheel face. The wheels are center-point injected to ensure that they spin true and are well balanced and the innovative swirl pattern is designed to mate with serrated locking nuts to
keep your wheels secure. Available in yellow and white with 12mm hex front and rear as well as TLR22 specific front wheels.

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May 3, 2012

Gillespie leads Associated April Fools Classic haul

For the 24th year in a row, racers gathered at the historic Intermountain R/C Raceway just outside of Salt Lake City, UT and this year the entry count was over 200 for the smooth indoor clay surface race. Qualifying started Friday afternoon and ended Saturday night, with Mains on Sunday. Mod classes included 2WD Buggy, Stadium Truck, 4WD Buggy, and 4×4 Short Course. Team Associated/Reedy/LRP driver Rob Gillespie Jr. made a bold statement in qualifying, earning TQ in all three classes he entered, Mod Buggy, Mod Truck, and Mod 4WD. The hometown driver seemed to be very comfortable on the track with his Pro-Line-equipped Team Associated vehicles all weekend long. Adrian Redding went on to earn the last TQ spot in the 4×4 Short Course field with his Factory Team SC10 4×4.

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May 3, 2012

Orion CRF B521 & R21 Factory Team engines

Introduced at this year’s Nuremberg Toyfair the Team Orion CRF B521 and R21 Factory Team engines are now available. Starting with the CRF B521 Factory Team Buggy engine for 1/8 scale nitro buggies, the power mill features a redesigned crank case, heat absorbing coating, lightened cooling head and ceramic main bearing. The long-stroke engine is available as 5-port B521 and 3-port B321 with both sporting an ABC liner and 2-needle carburetor.

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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

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.

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