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March 22, 2016

Paul Sinclair doubles at Tennessee Winter Champs

Paul Sinclair and Cade Bivens dominated the Modified Buggy and Modified Short Course classes at last weekend’s 4th Annual Tennessee Winter Championships held at Thunder R/C in Nashville, Tennessee. Bivens and Sinclair qualified 1-2 in Modified Buggy, with one of them winning every qualifier; they reversed positions in Modified SC, also winning every qualifier. Cade then made an early mistake in the Buggy main, and Paul took the win, lapping all but Bivens and third place while turning in a ballistic 14.3 fast lap and in Modified Short Course, it was Sinclair and Bivens 1-2 wire-to-wire, both with a lap on the field.

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March 21, 2016

Alex K. sweeps Scotty Ernst Offroad Showdown Rd1

The Scotty Ernst Offroad Showdown has made its return in 2016 with a series of races held at some of the hottest tracks throughout the United States. With a unique style of presentation and atmosphere, the Offroad Showdown’s mission is to bring the excitement and fun along with sharing the love we have for this wonderful hobby to all racers of all levels. This past weekend, round 1 of the Showdown was held at R/C Excitement in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It is an RC paradise that rivals the world famous Yatabe Arena in many aspects and definitely a place to check out. The track layout was designed with the intent of being less technical while still maintaining a good deal of challenge, fun and flow. The crew at R/C Excitement did a wonderful job in creating a magnificent layout that suited all levels of driving.

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March 18, 2016

Exotek B5M adjustable LiPo strap

The latest vehicle to receive Exotek’s adjustable LiPo strap treatment is Team Associated’s B5M 2WD buggy. The heavy duty battery hold down is cut from high-quality carbon fibre, it weighs in at 8.5g with steel hardware and it was designed to securely hold the battery while allowing to adjust the weight distribution by shifting the pack forth and back using the included nuts and bolts, doing away with the need to use bulky foam blocks. The battery strap is a direct fit for the B5M and it is also usable with the T5M and SC5M kits.

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March 16, 2016

Super Cup Championship Series Rd3 – Report

The popular Super Cup Championship Series headed north for race 3 of the 2016 Spring Session to a new track for the series, Newberry RC Park just outside of Gainesville. It takes many styling cues from the now retired Shiverville Raceway and with 199 entries and another nice sunny Florida day everyone had another great race day. Unfortunately a heavy downpour late Thursday night changed everything for Friday’s practice but the Newberry crew was not going to give up yet and spent most of Friday and into the early morning of Saturday to be sure the racers had a great surface to run on Saturday.

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March 15, 2016

Cavalieri & Phend win at Cactus Classic

Beside their respective wins in the Modified Truck and 4WD Modified Buggy classes Ryan Cavalieri and Dakotah Phend also came out successful in the Modified Short Course categories. In 2WD Modified Short Course veteran racer Brian Kinwald (Team Associated) would take the TQ position after the qualifiers but in the final Brian’s AE team mate Ryan Cavalieri would take the title from Brian while TLR’s Ryan Maifield rounded out the podium result in third. Elsewhere in the 4WD Modified SC class TQ Dakotah Phend (TLR) came out fastest in the single 7 minute A-main from David Jenson (TLR) and Gregg Taylor.

View the 2WD Modified Short Course podium here

March 1, 2016

Motiv Low CG weight kit

Motiv have introduced their new Low Centre of Gravity weight kit for 2WD buggies, short course trucks and formula cars. The set includes brass plates that are designed to fit the same foot print as a shorty LiPo battery pack with the 0.5mm plate weighing in at 18.5 grams and the 1mm plate weighing in at 37 grams. The combination of both will bring thin LiPo shorty packs to approximately the weight of most 5000mAh shorty batteries on the market. The set can also be used to up the weight of a standard shorty in the desired battery location. The kit includes sticky back foam and ultra thin double sided tape to fit the weights to the battery in any vehicle.

Source: Motiv RC [motivrc.com]

March 1, 2016

Jake Mayo wins at 2016 California State Champs

The 2016 California State Championships were held this past weekend at Coyote Hobbies Indoor RC Raceway with more than 230 entries and racers coming from multiple states including Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and all across the state of California. Typical for an U.S. race the event saw the running of numerous Modified and Stock categories and in the premier class of 2WD Modified it was young Jake Mayo that pretty much dominated the proceedings and he would grab the overall win from Ash Deering in second and Rudy Rico in third.

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March 1, 2016

Ben Ellis sweeps P&T Hobbies Anniversary Race

Celebrating more than two decades of being in the business, P&T Hobbies and Raceway held their 25th Anniversary Race this past Saturday, sporting 3 rounds of rocket round qualifications and lengthened A-mains to determine who got to stake claim to some coveted titles amongst the 90+ entries that arrived. P&T being where it all started for Ben Ellis and there was no way the former local would miss out on such a unique race. Competing in 2WD Mod Buggy and Pro 2WD SC, Ellis was able to grab the overall TQ’s in both classes, and was able to win the lengthened A-mains in both as well, making it a clean sweep for him.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]