February 8, 2015

JConcepts Winter INS – Frank Root’s TLR 22T 2.0

JConcepts Winter INS – Frank Root's TLR 22T 2.0

Delivering on what the TLR customers have asked, TLR’s updated 22T 2.0 truck in all the right ways. TLR’s Senior Product Developer Frank Root is running a basically stock kit in mid-motor form (rear motor parts are all included) at Round 1 of the JConcepts Indoor National Series with ti-screws and turnbuckles by TLR. Pushing the envelope to another level, TLR has included 2 bodies for mid and rear motor configurations for all your racing needs. Also included in the kit is the updated grooved slipper plates to help clean as well as cool the slipper pads. In addition, the kit comes with machined shock internals and the bellcrank steering assembly.

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February 8, 2015

Rheinard cruises to A1 win at German ETS

Rheinard cruises to A1 win at German ETS

Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard cruised to an unchallenged win in the opening A-Main at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series tonight in Germany. Posting the fastest lap of the race the Top Qualifier would win by a 1.4-seconds from the number 2 starting Yokomo of Ronald Volker and new Serpent signing Viktor Wilck both benefiting from an mistake by Yannic Prumper which saw the Yokomo driver crash out while running second.

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February 7, 2015

JConcepts Winter INS – Brent Thielke’s T5M

Chassis Focus – Brent Thielke

Team Associated’s Team Manager Brent Thielke is running a production version of the T5M at round 1 of the JConcepts Indoor National Series, decked out with Factory Team option parts such as titanium turnbuckles and screws, an aluminium steering rack, rear hubs and C/D plates along other options such as a graphite battery strap, 8.5mm aluminium hexes, motor plate and shock standoffs. With the stadium truck being based off the very successful B5M platform, most of the Factory Team option parts are interchangeable and already in stock with the release date is scheduled to be in March.

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February 7, 2015

JConcepts Indoor National Series Rd1 – Friday practice

JConcepts Indoor National Series Rd1 – Friday practice

Round 1 of the 2015 JConcepts Indoor National Series takes place this weekend at Smactrac in St. Louis, Missouri. The 2015 edition is even better with the addition of the 13.5 modified 4WD class to broaden the class range for more competitive racing and round 1 is only the beginning of an ultra competitive 5 race series. First of all congratulations to last year’s INS overall champions, including TLR/Orion/JConcepts star driver Ryan Maifield, who looked nearly invincible last year and took home 3 Modified titles including the highly coveted 2WD title as well as 4WD and SC. Also congrats to Kyosho/Orion/JConcept’s Thomas Tran for winning the Modified Truck title along with TLR/Trinity/JConcepts JR Mitch for winning the Modified 4×4 SC class. Also, congrats to Kyosho’s Dustin Delaney for winning the ultra competitive 2WD Stock class. However, this year’s title race starts over on a clean slate and looking to crown new Champions in all classes.

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February 6, 2015

Jerome Aigoin teams up with Reds Racing

Jerome Aigoin teams up with Reds Racing

Reds Racing has announced the signing of French superstar Jerome Aigoin to their expanding off-road race team for 2015/2016. Jerome will join fellow Kyosho drivers Cody King and Elliott Boots to race Reds Racing’s latest off-road engines.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

February 6, 2015

Martin Bayer joins FX

Martin Bayer joins FX

After a very successful stint with LRP as his nitro engine supplier European Champion and World Championship finalist Martin Bayer now teamed up with FX to run the the company’s engines in his Xray rides. Martin will not only race but also assist with R&D and he will also provide technical support and help at races. Martin says:

I have been working with Juraj for several years and he is the most dedicated, passionate and hardest working guy in the RC industry. As I have been always looking for new challenges and want to improve my knowledge and skills I did not hesitate at all when I got offer from FX to be part of the R&D team. As I have seen the in-house production which is second to none I was sure about the manufacturing capability and possibilities. After several extensive tests I was pleasantly surprised by the performance of the engine and was really confident to get into this new adventure. I am really excited and will do all my best both with racing and the further development of the engine. I will be travelling around the world and will be available for technical support to the FX drivers so do not hesitate to see me.

Source: FX [fx-engines.com]

February 6, 2015

Chris Banham wins Nitro Buggy at New Zealand Nats

Chris Banham wins Nitro Buggy at New Zealand Nats

The New Zealand Nationals 1/8th Offroad Nationals was held at the ARCCC track with qualifying spreading across two days, starting on Friday and finishing on Saturday. In the Nitro Buggy class Chris Banham was sitting tie on points with Jonathan Collucio after the five qualifying rounds with his best time being only 1 second slower. Kent Perry ended the qualifiers in 3rd place.

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February 5, 2015

16th annual The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

16th annual The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The 16th annual Dirt Nitro Challenge will be run from the 18th to the 22nd of the February at the prestigious Fear Farm RC Raceway in Phoenix, AZ. The event attracts the best offroad drivers in the World and this year will be no exception. This event will offer more classes than ever before with the main classes being 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy, 1/8th eBuggy and Gas Truck. Alongside the 1/8th classes there are also 1/10th Buggy, Short Course and Truck categories as well as 1/5th scale Buggy/Truck, with the latter running on a separate track. The event starts on Wednesday the 18th of February for practice and runs through to Sunday the 22th for the mains. For more information on the event and details on how to enter check out The Dirt’s new website here.

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