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November 15, 2011

Speed RC big & medium bags

Speed RC release a new version of the transportation bag line. Available in large and medium size the bags are redesigned to make them larger, lighter and even more durable. Both feature inner compartments with the “Big Bag” sporting three and the “Medium Bag” sporting four highly resistant drawers to store and transport the radio, charger, batteries, tools and more. The larger offering sports dimensions of 60x35x55cm with the medium one is 50x30x60cm in size. Both outer fabric parts are completely washable.

Source: Speed RC [speedrc.it]

November 14, 2011

Videos – JTP Episodes 2 & 3

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIPYu3BX-Gk&hd=1[/youtube]

Jared Tebo got in touch to show us his latest episodes of JTP TV. The entertaining series of clips is not only around RC but Jared’s addiction to bikes, as you can see in episode 2. In the latest instalment Jared shows you how to perfectly tune your nitro engine.

Click here to view episode 3

November 14, 2011

Cody Jandrakovic wins ROAR Region 8 off-road regionals

Hobbytown in Omaha Nebraska was the setting for this year’s ROAR Region 8 Off-Road event. There were nearly 150 racers at the newly enclosed HobbyPlex to battle out for Midwest bragging rights. JConcepts Team Driver Cody Jandrakovic took the 2WD open class with his Finnisher/Bar Codes equipped Associated B4.1 and he also TQ’d and finished 2nd in open stadium truck with a Team Associated T4 decked out with a JConcepts Hi-Flow body and blue compound Bar Codes.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

November 14, 2011

Akula Racing DEX210 carbon fibre options

Akula Racing release four carbon fibre option parts for the Team Durango DEX210 buggy. Available are front and rear shock towers as well as a battery brace and steering brace. The front shock tower is cut from 4mm carbon fibre material and offers a total of five upper shock mounting positions with the camber link position has been moved to the front of the tower and additional mounting positions have been provided to enable a longer front link to be run.

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November 14, 2011

Grip-RC Signature tee

Grip-RC got in touch to show us their new Signature tee. The black colour high-quality 100% percent cotton shirt is available now from the company’s web shop and sports the Grip-RC logo. The company is also looking for drivers to support and promote the brand, if you think you have what it takes and want the opportunity to join the freshest clothing brand out then send an email to griprc@hotmail.com.

Source: Grip-RC [grip-rc.com]

November 14, 2011

Maxi Vogl wins German Open Indoor Masters

One week ago the German Open Indoor Masters took place at the Faszination Modellbau Fair in Friedrichshafen. The race was won by young talent Maxi Vogl who was ranked on 6th position after the qualification. In the main final Vogl was able to work his way up to second position behind reigning World Champion Robert Pietsch after several minutes. Later on Pietsch had a crash and damaged his rear rim and he also lost some time to get back in the pits and letting Vogl tale over the lead. Pietsch tried to catch up after a quick repair in the pits, but time was rung out and Vogl crossed the finishing line in first position followed by Robert Pietsch and Armin Baier.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 14, 2011

Portuguese Off-Road Series Rd2

On the Weekend of 5t and 6th of November the second round of the Portuguese Off-Road Series was held. 60 Drivers attended in the four classes Buggy 2WD, Buggy 4WD and Short Course 2WD and 4WD. Among them was Miguel Matias, the multi-times World and Euro Finalist made his appearance at this round and could not wish for a better debut as he was dominating the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes. In 4WD Nuno Roque took the runner-up spot just befind Miguel with Hugo Miguel grabbing the last podium spot (all three Team Durango DEX410). In 2WD it was again Migual who took the race victory followed by Nuno Roque (both Team Durango DEX210) and Nuno Rola (TLR22).

Click here to view the Top 3 results

November 14, 2011

South Swedish Indoor Cup Rd2 report

The second round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held on an indoor track in the middle of south Sweden. About 30 drivers attended the race on a newly endowed carpet track which had a new layout that was really nice and flowing. The first round of qualifying was taken by Michael Nilsson who had a solid run, he was a few seconds ahead of the home driver Markus Hellquist followed by the Rd1 winner Daniel Carlsson. Q2 was once again taken by Michael and this time he drove perfectly without any kind of mistakes, he was followed by Daniel who was 3 seconds behind and third place did go to Markus. Q3 looked out to be a close finish between David Ronnefalk and Michael, this was “Buggy” David’s first race this season and his gear diff equipped TF6 was going really well. Michael was under pressure but he stayed calm and was able to hold David behind, at the end they were separated with 0.5 seconds, so Michael took TQ followed by David and Daniel.

Click here to continue reading the report and for a video of A3