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September 21, 2012

Maifield sets early pace at JConcepts Clash

Defending JConcepts Clash Champion Ryan Maifield set the pace on the opening day of the sixth running of the annual event with the Team Associated driver fastest in all three of the classes he is contesting and hoping to retain his 2011 titles. Putting most of his efforts today into his 1:8 Nitro Buggy, it was this class in which the Arizona driver looked to have the greatest advantage over his rivals at the Flowood RC Indoor Park in Mississippi.

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September 20, 2012

Maifield & Evans preparing to ‘Clash’ in Mississippi

The main honours at the sixth running of the annual JConcepts Clash is set to be a ‘clash’ between Associated’s Ryan Maifield and Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans with the duo running head to head in 1:8 Nitro Buggy, 2WD Electric Buggy and 2WD Short Course at the unique and famous US off road event which caters for both 1:8 nitro and 1:10 electric classes. With all five previous Clash events having been held in Florida and outdoors, for 2012 the event has undergone two key changes. The first of these was moving it away from the East Coast where JConcepts is based over to the state of Mississippi with the second and more significant change being to run indoors at the Flowood Indoor RC Park where they have created an impressive large track for the unique event.

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September 18, 2012

Marsh wins East Coast Race against Cancer

Mccullough’s Offroad in Sarver, PA hosted the 11th annual East Coast Race Against Cancer. This year’s event had just over 200 entries, which provided some great racing in all classes. Team Associated driver Brandon Marsh competed in the 2WD Buggy and 1:8 eBuggy classes. In 2WD Buggy, Brandon was able to secure the overall TQ after TQ’ing three of four rounds of qualifying. He then went on to win the single 10-minute A Main with his Team Associated RC10B4.1. In 1/8th eBuggy, he TQ’d two of the four rounds of qualifying, but lost the tie-breaker for overall TQ. However, in the single 10-minute Main he was able to get out front early on and never looked back to take his second win of the weekend with his Team Associated RC8.2e. After all was said and done, this year’s event raised $15,000 for the American Cancer Society.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

September 16, 2012

U.S. Nitro Worlds Warm-Up – Announcement

A number of premier nitro off-road drivers will make their way to Chico, California next month (October 18th- 21st) as A Main Hobbies hosts the U.S. Nitro Worlds Warm-Up at the recently completed Silver Dollar R/C Raceway. The action promises to be fast and furious with team drivers from Kyosho, Mugen Seiki, Team Losi Racing, Team Associated, Hot Bodies, Durango, JQ, and A Main Hobbies expected to compete in preparation for the upcoming 2012 Nitro World Championships in Argentina. To sign up simply log onto RCSignup.com here and register.

September 15, 2012

Ausfelt & Mansson win Swedish cup final round

The last round of the Swedish Cup was held at the great Vetlanda nitro arena, a high speed 1/8th clay track with carpet sections. In 2wd, practice started with Otto, Oskar, Niclas and David running similar lap times, the day was set for some close racing. Otto TQ’d the first and second round but was outpaced on lap times by the young superstar Ronnefalk. After a change to another type of driveshafts the pace was found and after the qualifier it was a TQ for Otto, with Oskar in second heading TLR/Advanced Electronics in front of the Orion powered RB-6 of David Ronnefalk.

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September 14, 2012

Exotek TRF201 +8mm extension set

Increase the wheelbase of your TRF201 by 8mm with this CNC alloy extension set from Exotek. Featuring an alloy upper bulkhead with sturdy camber rod mounting and 7075 alloy T-plate for extra durability. The set adds 35 grams to the rear of the chassis in place of adding ballast and retains the use of the stock chassis for maximum traction due to the flex of the TRF201 chassis. Allows the use of your current body and wing. Exotek also offer a carbon fiber battery strap for the same car for that trick factory look.

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September 13, 2012

Martin Bayer takes Rd4 of Czech offroad nationals

Last weekend the 4th round of Czech Nationals took place on track Dolní Bukovsko and Martin Bayer wrote this report. Club did very good job preparing this track for nationals. They totally rebuild track for this race and it was medium grip with a blue groove and many very fast corners. The Czech championship has 5 races in total I had already taken the overall championship title. We ran two classes, 1/8 nitro and 1/8 electric off-road. In both qualifications my cars were excellent. During practice I made set-up which was very good and I stuck with it until the end of the race. I was the only driver who made 10 laps in qualification in both classes and had the overall TQ in both classes. On Sunday we had finals. I won the electro class, leading the race from start to finish. In the nitro class I didn’t give any chance to the other drivers. I started nitro class from pole position with great pit strategy and perfect run I won with 3 lap gap.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 13, 2012

Dmitry Malyshko wins Russian EP title

JQ Products driver Dmitry Malyshko had a great performance at the Russian 1/8 E-buggy Champinoships with his THECar Tekno Conversion EP Car. TQ and total domination in all race days in this class, Dmitry is now Russian National Champion 2012 in 1:8th E-Buggy. Dimitry also made the main in the Nitro Russian Championship at the new Raduga raceway in Bolshoy Vyas, finishing 7th after a hard fought final. Starting 7th on the grid in the final Dimitry managed to drive up to 4th place but unfortunately he had a receiver problem in the final due to the rain and had to retire finishing 7th.

Source: JQ Products [jq-products.com]