Schumacher announce the release of the Stagger Rib tread tire for short course trucks. Available in soft yellow compound the tire is designed for the front of 2WD trucks and best suited for EU-style astro turf tracks.
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Pro-Line introduce two new pre-painted body shells and pre-mounted Trencher X SC tires. Starting with the bodies, available soon are the original Flo-Tek and the Flo-Tek Ford F150 body shell. They are designed to fit most of today’s 2WD and 4WD SC trucks and come handpainted, partially pre-cut and pre-stickered. The bodies are hand-painted and genuine Pro-Line shells separating them from the many screen-printed plastic shells on the market. Also new are pre-mounted M2 medium compound Trencher X SC tires on black Renegade wheels. They will become available for a wide range of trucks such as the Traxxas Slash 2WD and 4×4, the TLR Ten-SCTE, AE SC10 4×4, and HPI Blitz.
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Team Associated introduce the SC10.2 Factory Team short course truck kit. Based on the 3-time ROAR national championship winning truck the kit comes with many of the latest option parts such as Factory Team 12mm big bore shocks, VTS slipper clutch and ‘Gull Wing’ front suspension arms. Also included are 12mm aluminium hex adapters, blue aluminium zero degree rear hubs, a ball differential with lightweight outdrives and a clear body shell. The truck will become available in April.
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Team Losi Racing announce their new 22SCT RTC truck kit. RTC is for Ready To Compete and means the short course truck comes factory-build and ready to run including a high-torque 10kg-cm steering servo, a Dynamite Platinum Fwd/Rev sensored brushless speed controller with timing and blinky mode profiles as well as a 17.5T brushless motor and a genuine Spektrum DX2L radio system. The truck builds on TLR’s competition 22SCT and features a 7075-T6 aluminium chassis, aluminium big bore shock absorbers and a fluid-filled gear differential over the conventional ball diff. The truck comes in rear motor configuration but is convertible to a mid-motor machine using optionally available parts. Included in the set is also a pre-finished racing body and soft-compound racing tyres.
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New from Exotek Racing comes this set of aluminium spring cups for the Team Associated SC10 4×4 truck. They are machined from high-quality aluminium, come blue anodised and laser etched for a cool racing look. The parts make for a secure spring fitment while the machined openings allow dust and moisture to leave the cups for less dirt build-up.
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Tacoma R/C Raceway hosted the first race of the yearly Shortcourse Showdown Tour presented by Scotty Ernst. The venue is run by racer Scott Brown, so he knows how to host and put on a good show. The track is a hard clay surface with plenty of traction to allow close and consistent racing. Qualifying saw Team Associated vehicles rise to the top in the Stock SC, Stock SCB, Mod SC, and Mod 4WD SC classes. All qualifying results were extremely close and hinted at some great battles developing for the mains. Stock Short Course had TQ and Associated driver Dave Duncan out to an early lead in his Factory Team SC10. Zane Courtway followed closely in second with his Factory Team SC10. Zane took the point while the lead tandem was negotiating lap traffic. Dave kept on chipping away at Zane’s lead until 2 minutes remaining when Zane had his own issues with lap traffic. Dave took over the lead and never let it go. Team Associated SC10’s finished first and third on the podium, with Dave taking the win and Zane third.
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Frigid Pennsylvania temperatures weren’t enough to stop the competition from heating up at the 2013 Motorama located in Harrisburg, PA. Temperatures rose quickly inside the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex with two R/C tracks and a record setting 740+ race entries, racers were amped up and ready to lay down some laps. JConcepts Driver Dave Duncan edged out ahead of the competition by only 0.8 of a second taking the TQ spot in Stock Short Course Buggy. Duncan took advantage of the ever important pole position by checking out and not looking back taking the A Main Stock Short Course Buggy win.
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Team Associated’s SC10RS RTR Hart & Huntington truck kit is now also available as LiPo combo package. The truck itself features a water-resistant high-power XP SC700 Brushless Speed Control, water-resistant enclosed receiver box, blue anodized aluminum V2 coil-over shocks, sealed gear differential, KMC replica hex-drive wheels, high traction JConcepts racing rear tires and a XP3-SS 2.4GHz 3-channel radio system. Included in the LiPo combo pack is also a Reedy WolfPack 3000mAh LiPo battery, and the Reedy 526-S AC/DC 2s-6s Cell LiPo/LiFe balance charger with balancer board and charging harness.
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