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September 21, 2011

Steven Hartson dominates 2wd & 4wd at JBRL Rd7

The 7th round of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League (JBRL) series was held last weekend and Associated was represented well at the races with drivers in almost all the classes. The most prestigious classes however were 2WD and 4WD Modified. This is where Steven Hartson laid down the law with TQ runs in both classes and finished it off with two wins as well. Hartson, utilizing Reedy batteries and LRP X12 motors in his JConcepts-equipped B4.1 and B44.1, was never challenged in the 4WD main event. However, a bobble in the 2WD main saw others lead, including teammate Chris Jarosz. With determination and raw speed, Hartson fought back to the front of the pack with only laps remaining in the event to claim his second victory of the long day.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

September 21, 2011

Michael Klausner wins final round of Austrian Nats

Austrians Number one 1:8 Onroad racer Michael Klausner jun. won the 6th and final round last weekend at LAMAC track in Carinthia. The “Audi Factory” driver starting for PSV Salzburg club and using Mugen/Novarossi/Protoform combination has 4 wins and a second place in his final score. This was not the championship win for the 27 years old having won the Austrian national title for the the last 3 years.

Thanks to Michael Selner for the report.

September 21, 2011

KO Propo brushless motor terminal

KO Propo have released their brushless motor terminal, a set of 3 staggered gold plated oxygen free copper connectors for low resistance. The staggered lengths allow you to run motor wires neatly to prevent tweak and binding of rear pods on a 1/12th scale or similar pan cars. Supplied with three pieces of colored shrink tubing.

View the mounted new terminals here

September 20, 2011

Frank Root wins JBRL Electric series at OCRC

TLR and Losi’s Frank Root, Matt Castellano, Ryan Dunford, Keith Whisler, Aaron Lane, and Doug Nielsen attended the penultimate round of the 2011 JBRL Electric Series this past Saturday at OCRC Raceway. The track had great grip, and a fun, technical layout. The entry count was very strong at 195 and a great day of racing was had by all. Frank was on hand to run his brand new TLR 22T for the first time at a JBRL Race, and it did not disappoint. Frank would put down a clean and very quick run in the first round of qualifying, that would not be challenged. After trying some setup changes in round 2, Frank reverted to his Q1 setup for the main event. On the first lap, Frank made a costly error, dropping him back to 5th, but a few quick laps and clean passes quickly got Frank back into the lead where he would remain until the end of the race.

Continue reading the report here

September 20, 2011

Elangears Cronus CR-500S & CR-300S power supplies

More new items from Elangears with the release of 2 new power supplies called Cronus. These DC units come in 2 versions, the CR-500S a 472W compact power supply that pumps out 35A and the 300W CR-300S which delivers 22A. Both sport a USB charging port and are designed for low noise and feature over current, short circuit and overheating protection.

View more details here

September 20, 2011

Durango DEX210 teaser video

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Durango have released this teaser video for their new DEX210 1/10th scale 2wd buggy that will be released soon. It shows a lot of extra information on the new car with a focus on the many setup adjustments that can be made to this car.

View the car’s feature list here

September 20, 2011

Kajiwara & Kametani win Tresrey Offroad race Rd6

Round 6 of the Tresrey Off-Road race series was held last Sunday at the RC Park Kers in Gyoda-city, Saitama-ken, Japan. It was the first time Tresrey held an Off-road race event around Tokyo area and a total of 52 racers took part, 48 entrants in the 2WD class and 42 in the 4WD class. In qualifying, Kenji Tsuruta (Tresrey) took TQ for the 2WD class and Jyuliya Kajiwara (Kyosho) for the 4WD class. In the 2WD class, Jyuliya Kajiwara won the race from 2nd on the grid, with Tsuruta (Tresrey/TD) taking 2nd and Takeshi Kinoshita 3rd. There were 10 Durango DEX410/Rs in the 4WD class and 2 of them made the A final. Takaaki Kametani (Kyosho) won the race from 2nd on the grid, with Kajiwara(Kyosho) taking 2nd and Tsuruta (Tresrey/TD) 3rd. After the award ceremony, Tresrey held a big prize draw which included the DEX410 2010spec kit, Speed Passion ESCs/motors and Tresrey ESCs/motors.

View the 4wd podium here

September 20, 2011

Victor Gonzalez is Spanish 1/8th Champion

Last weekend saw the final round of the Spanish gas on road nationals at the Pinseque track in Zaragoza. The race was all about local driver Victor Gonzalez, having found a good setup in Friday’s practice session, he went on to TQ and set the fastest lap of the weekend and produced a new track record. In the final he would go on to win with his OS powered Kyosho Evolva by 1 lap over Iñaki Pahisa (Xray) in 2nd with Carlos Preacho (Shepherd) in 3rd. The Victory was enough to give Victor Gonzalez the 2011 National title ahead of Oscar Cabezas (2nd) and Nacho Lopez (3rd)

Source: JBT Racing [jbtrcracing.blogspot.com]