The 2019/20 Czech Masters Offroad Series will kick off its new season on the 26th of October in the Sport Arena Praha in Praha, Czech Republic. The events will see the running of 2WD and 4WD Buggies, 2WD Stadium Trucks, 2WD SC Trucks as well as a Hobby class. The 7-race series will resume on the 21st of March 2020 and all details, rules and more can be found on the series‘ official website here.
Made for the Traxxas Slash and Rustler trucks are Xtreme Racing’s new carbon fibre drag racing shock towers. The shock stays, machined from 3mm high-quality carbon fibre, are shorter than the standard towers for a lower body fit. Both were designed for the use with 65mm shocks such as the 4-Tec dampers or even turnbuckles and they include mounting hardware.
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Exotek have introduced their new heavy duty 7075 alloy constructed 10g front bulkhead for the Team Associated B6.1, T6.1, SC6.1 as well as all other AE 6-series 2WD buggies and trucks. The bulkhead has two settings for kick up; 20 degrees and 30 degrees, depending on which direction it is mounted. The customised polished black base with blue chamfered accents goes great with stock plastic parts or after market blue parts and it offers protection from the elements.
Exotek have announced the release of a new heavy duty aluminium front pivot for the TLR 22 series of 2WD buggies and trucks. The part was machined to be lighter of weight than the optional TLR alloy pivots and it retains the stock LRC geometry of the kit plastic pivots. The arm mount comes black anodised with silver chamfered accents that go great with stock plastic or factory alloy parts.
The 2019 International Offroad Carpet Championship was held at 702 RC Raceway in Las Vegas, Nevada this past weekend. The event took place back-to-back with the International Indoor Championships the week before and adding some nice obstacles converted the indoor on-road track into a challenging off-road circuit. At this year’s IOCC, it seemed to be Broc Champlin’s weekend with his 4WD car throwing down some of the only 18-lap runs of the event. In the A1 of 4WD Mod Buggy, Broc would finish a full lap ahead of his brother Blake to take the first win. It wouldn’t be so easy in the second main. As the two were slicing and dicing through traffic, Blake had to the goods to make the pass on his brother if only his brother left an opening. Excellent defensive driving would earn Broc a second win and over all win.
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Amain Hobbies have introduced the new ProTek 160TBL Black Label low-profile high torque brushless servo. Used by Ryan Maifield to win the 2019 ROAR 4WD Off-Road National Championships, the servo rapid fast transit times and exceptional torque, making it ideal for all demanding 1/10th scale racing applications. A high-quality brushless motor ensures lots of holding torque and the aluminium upper case provides bomb proof durability while the heat sink centre case offers efficient heat dissipation and helps to reduce weight. An aluminium, single arm clamping servo horn is included, as well as a full set of servo mounting washers for a rock solid and durable installation.
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CS Electronic from Germany have introduced their new Rocket V5.1 220A speed controller for 1/10th scale applications. Developed especially for competitive on-road and off-road racing, the V5.1 offers very smooth throttle control, reliability, performance and lots of safety features. New FETs allow for up to 220A of peak current while the new, smaller case improving heat dissipation while taking less space in crowded chassis environments. The new V5.4.1 firmware ensures best possible throttle and brake control and it offers both modified and blinky stock racing modes. Other features include 3rd-channel compatibility with certain Sanwa and Futaba transmitters and the controller is usable with both sensored and sensorless motors.
The fifth racing season of the Transylvania Off-Road Cup TOC concluded recently with the final round being held at the dusty Piccolo Dallas Tg-Lapus dirt track. Five classes were run including 13.5 Stock Buggy, Short Course 2WD, Short Course 4WD, Nitro and Junior classes. Drivers from all over Romania took part at the final round of what is considered to be the biggest event for off-road racing in Romania. After an intense round of qualifying in Buggy 13.5T Stock, the first three positions were occupied by Team Associated drivers with Jakab Laszlo taking the TQ from Gheteu Ciprian, and Valentin Lupoaie. Ultimately Jakab Laszlo would also bring hime the win.
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