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March 20, 2012

DJ Park wins Korean season opener

The 1/8 buggy season in Korea kicked off last weekend at Banwol Park Raceway and about 70 drivers from all over the country joined the race. The temperature was still around freezing point but the competition was hot. A total of 3 JQ drivers, DJ Park, Sun-Young Hwang and Ryan Lee, made to the A-Main final and fought for that first spot. Sun-Young Hwang, who chose to drive THECar for 2012 showed great performance in the qualifying rounds, but a big crash from behind at the start of final caused him broken throttle linkage. 20 minutes into the final, it was all about DJ Park, Jae-Kyun Kim and Ryan Lee. They were constantly swapping positions, but it was DJ Park who took the charge and took the win for JQ with JaeGyun Kim driving a Kyosho in 2nd and Ryan Lee with another JQ in 3rd.

Source: JQ [jq-products.com]

March 19, 2012

Jefferies completes 1/12th National double

At the final round of this season’s BRCA 1:12 national championship a win for Olly Jefferies saw the Associated team driver take the stock title, he adds this to the modified crown he secured at the previous round. In qualifying on Saturday Jefferies kept up his perfect record of TQ at every round of the stock series by taking pole for the A final, behind Olly was a strong field of challengers including Andy Griffiths for V Design and the Serpent paring of Mark Stiles and Chris Kerswell and the only person who could beat Olly to the stock title David Spashett.

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March 19, 2012

Sonic ProStock.12 touring car

The all new Sonic ProStock.12 touring car 2.11ccm on-road engine is produced especially for club and regional racers that are looking for a competition engine for a good price. Additionally the ProStock.12 is easy to adjust and to handle which helps the racer focus on driving and setting up the car. Equipped with a 3 port sleeve and a CNC machined flat piston the engine provides great power over the entire RPM range while having a very efficient fuel consumption. The optimized crankcase and the knife edged aerodynamic connecting rod help to reduce turbulence inside the engine. A special turbo combustion chamber with a cooling fin and the lightweight cooling head ensure best heat dispersion to keep the engine temperature at a moderate level. High quality ball bearings and a modern composite valve carburetor complete this new competition engine.

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March 19, 2012

Orlowski is double Polish Indoor buggy champion

Last weekend saw the Polish Indoor Off-Road Championships, organized by OSM on behalf of the Polish Model Car Federation, LOK and the event attracted 50 racers in 4 classes, Modified 2WD, Modified 4WD, Junior 2WD and 4WD. The race was run at the Arena Legionowo where ETS Rd3 in 2011 season took place. The 2 days event was organized in a comfortable format for the drivers and mechanics with half a day 2WD and half a day 4WD which allowed many drivers to race in both 2WD and 4WD classes.

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March 19, 2012

Reeves is Stotfold Winter Series 2wd Champion

Last weekend was the last round of the popular Stotfold winter series. With quite a few of the top national drivers in attendance all practicing for the national which is now only a month away it was to be a busy day but with good weather, a great end to the series. After 5 rounds in the championship with the best 3 results to count in the series it came down to the last races of the day to decide both the 4wd and 2wd championships. In 2wd it was to be Simon Reeves driving his Losi 22 powered by Xcelorin, Spektrum and Speed Passion that came out on top to take the 2wd series. After qualifying 2nd just behind Ellis Stafford and suffering some bad luck at the start of the final Simon managed to work his way through the field to finish 4th which was just enough to secure the 2wd series. In 4wd a 2nd on the day after having a great scrap in qualifying with a charging Kevin Lee was just not good enough to secure the 4wd title, meaning John Spencer took the 4wd title on count back as both Simon & John tied on points.

March 19, 2012

Answer-RC pinion gear racks

Answer-RC have released these new CNC machined pinion gear racks. These are ideal for the pit box to keep all those rogue pinion gears in check. Available in two sizes, the first to suit the 1/10th scale pinions with a 3.175mm shaft and the second to suit 1/8th scale with a 5mm shaft, they are available in red or black. The racks are also available fully loaded with a range of pinions.

View the other pinion racks here

March 19, 2012

HongNor 16mm big bore springs

HongNor has released two new spring sets for 16mm big bore shocks. These new springs are shorter than the standard springs and they provide less preload. Matched for precise tuning, they are available in blue/medium and red/soft for X3-Sabre and also the other cars.

View the red springs here

March 18, 2012

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– New RX8 Ventilated Brake Disc – Precision-Ground – Lightweight
– RX8 Wins 2012 Fiorano Trophy
– XB9 Podium Finish at Portuguese Nationals R1
– XB9 at 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge
– XB9 2nd at Southern Super League R1, Malaysia
– XB9 Wins 2012 M.M.O.R.R.C. Buggy Championship R1, Malta

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