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February 29, 2012

Chambers & Mazarra win at 2012 Motorama

TLR drivers Matt Chambers and Phillip Atondo made the trek to the 4th annual Motorama race in Harrisburg, PA. Meeting Matt and Phillip at the event were east-coast TLR teammates Anthony Mazarra, James Schlick, J. Armwood, and Toddie Anderson. At the end of qualifying Phillip sat as TQ in 2wd modified, Matt would be TQ in Modified Truck, and Anthony Mazarra TQ in 4wd Short Course. TLR driver Anthony Mazarra took home the win in the Expert Electric Truggy class and Matt Chambers took home the win in the Modified Truck class. Special mention also goes out to Losi privateer Steve Geist who took home the win in 4wd SC with his box-stock Losi SCTE.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

February 29, 2012

Exotek F1 Ultra F103 conversion

Exotek have introduced the F1 Ultra, the next evolution in their F1 line of chassis for the F103. Based on the hugely successful F1R, the F1ultra has been refined for the Tamiya F103 and benefits greatly from its wider track and shorter wheelbase and works equally well on foam or rubber tires. Features include link type rear pod for exceptional rear grip, optimized for use with 7.4v shorty packs, inline or laterally, for a more compact and lighter car and the bottom plate only design helps generate more steering response. This coupled with the increased rear traction creates an overall better handling car. A unicrank steering assembly gives smoother steering and a lower center of gravity at the nose to reduce traction roll.

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February 29, 2012

Christopher Krapp joins Revolution Design

Revolution Design Racing Products have announced the addition of Christopher “Chrissi” Krapp to their team. The 19 years old German, who is an IFMAR World Championship and multiple EFRA Euros A finalist, will not only use the RDRP tools and accessories to work on his cars during his 2012 race campaign but also help to develop new on-road related option parts, tools and accessories. This is what Christopher has to say about the deal:

I really look forward to work with the guys over at RDRP to help develop and test new on-road option parts, tools and accessories and I am proud to be part of the growing team of dedicated racers.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

February 29, 2012

East Coast Carpet regionals report

Last weekend the East Coast Carpet regionals were held at the MRH Raceway in Baltimore/MD. The race unofficially began on Friday. Racers started pouring in before the store even opened to try and get as much practice as possible. Friday evening laid host to a small club race so that some out-of -owners could get acquainted with the track and be fresh for the Saturday marathon of racing. The real fun started on Saturday, practice began promptly at 8am and the track filled immediately with cars from all the offered classes; 13.5 WGT, Stock TC, Stock 12th, and F1. The goal of the race was to provide a warm up for the carpet nationals in Texas, so the class structure followed what ROAR had laid out. This structure proved to be popular, as all the classes were sufficiently filled with a wide talent range. 3 qualifiers were ran in traditional format and the mains concluded around 11PM. Racers had a great time, some visiting us from up to a 6 hours drive away. We all are looking forward to next years event, and hope to make it bigger and better than the last.

View the final results here

February 28, 2012

Naoto Matsukura wins JMRCA Kanto GrandPrix Rd1

This year the JMRCA introduced the Kanto 1/12 scale Grand Prix that is run at the World famous Yatabe arena in the Kanto region in which Japan’s capital Toyko is located. Seven meetings will be run over the year with round 1 was held at the weekend of the 12th of February. The race saw a total of 50 drivers in the 17.5T stock and modified class with the latter being dominated during the qualifying by CRC Gen-Xi driver Hayato Ishioka who took TQ from Yokomo ace Naoto Matsukura. In the finals it was Naoto who scored full points in front of CRC driver Toshiki Kunitomo and Kato (Yokomo) in third place. Fourth place went to TQ Hayato Ishioka.

Source: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.net]

February 28, 2012

Vesa Yli wins Finnish 1/12 nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Finnish 1/12 scale national series, the FinTrack Tour, took place in Oulu, Northern Finland last weekend. The organising club OSPA will host the 2012 Nordic Challenge for both 1/12 and Touring cars in October as well as hosting the 2013 1/12 Euros. The race combined both 1/12 and touring classes as an exception as for many years the classes have been run separated to get more suitable conditions for both type of racing. A total of 97 drivers signed in for the weekend to race. The track saw a technical layout suitable for Saturdays’s 1/12 racing in the mod and spec class.

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February 28, 2012

Xceed RC starter boxes

Xceed RC soon release two new starter boxes for on-road and off-road cars. Sporting a dark green anodised aluminium case with with flip top the boxes feature a strong 775-size motor, harness set for NiXX and LiXX batteries, integrated on/off switch, a durable rubber flywheel, ballraced Kevlar-reinforced belt and mechanics, foam padding and universal positioning mounts. The off-road starter box also comes with a slightly raised bottom support bracket to give more clearance for buggies and truggies.

Source: Xceed RC [xceedrc.com]

February 28, 2012

DNC 2012 Pro Buggy final video

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Having shown you the Pro Truggy A-main yesterday, today it is the turn of the Pro Buggy final. Ty Tessmann would once again take the win, but first would have to fend off Ryan Cavalieri and then a fast charging Ryan Maifield before pulling out almost a lap lead on 2nd place to take the victory. Check out the video above of the entire Pro Buggy final, shot late at night at the Fear Farm Raceway in Arizona.