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October 3, 2016

Jörg Tiit teams up with SWorkz

SWorkz have announced the latest addition to their 1/10th electric off-road team in the form of Estonia’s Jörg Tiit. The 1/6th scale European Off-road Champion and multiple 1/12th scale Euros A-main finalist will use the company’s S12-1M and S104 Evo EOS buggies in his forthcoming campaign and he has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to join the SWorkz! The attitude of SWorkz when they contacted me, was something that I had been looking for for a long time. Together with their professionalism, quality, will to be the best and constant search for evolution, their team is the place to be. I am so glad to be part of a team that is ready to work hard in order to achieve the absolute best!

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

October 3, 2016

James Wright joins MD Racing

MD Racing have announced the signing of BRCA 1/5th scale on-road champion, James Wright to their team. At just sixteen years of age, James has amassed an extensive knowledge of RC and success in his relatively short RC career of just six years. His campaign will include the upcoming BRCA Indoor National Championships, the 2017 Outdoor BRCA National Championships and also mid-season regional series and club days. James has the following to say about the deal:

After working closely with fellow team driver Stephen Lander, Vicente Mechancoses and the guys at the MD Racing factory, experiencing the passion and commitment of the team to be the very best and to move their branding internationally, I am delighted to have the opportunity as a factory driver for MD Racing to help show what the car, the team, and the company can do for F1 RC in the up coming national events, and I look forward to the future with MD racing. I would like to thank Vicente for this opportunity to work with them and to help make MD products the best they can be. Now lets go and have some great racing out there! I hope to see you at a circuit sometime soon.

Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]

October 3, 2016

MCD Racing W5 Max Factory Team large scale truck

Turkish large scale specialists MCD Racing have introduced the W5 Max Factory Team 4WD truck kit. Designed to comply with EFRA rules the winner of 2016 European Championships offers an extended wheelbase thanks to a redesigned chassis, it sports an increased track width, reinforced alloy chassis stiffeners, alloy layshaft carriers, as well as new shock towers and bodies compared to the standard W5 Max. Other features include a modular construction that allows for easy assembly and disassembly for maintenance, cleaning and setup purposes, the drivetrain makes use of three adjustable limited slip differentials, the radio tray can be equipped with an optional rear brake servo and a 3-ball automotive-style driveshaft system reduces friction at high articulation angles. On top of this the shock absorbers feature a special High Pressure Cell system that prevents the oil from foaming in long mains and the suspension is highly adjustable using inserts as known from 1/8th and 1/10th scale competition kits. The package is rounded out by an all-new bodyshell adapted for the long wheelbase chassis.

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October 3, 2016

Cameron Zammit wins at Victorian State Titles

Last weekend the 2016 Victorian State Titles were held at the Keilor Offroad RC Club in Keilor, Victoria, Australia. The event began with practice on Saturday with the track starting off dry but overnight rain forced the club to drop one qualifier on Sunday morning. For round one in 4WD, the track was still quite wet and it was Cameron Zammit who took the win while Q2 went to Ray Munday by one second. In round three, Cameron started behind Ray and was sitting behind him for almost the duration of the race. On the last lap Ray made a small mistake and Cameron went through, which gave him the win and the overall TQ.

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October 3, 2016

Arrma introduce upgraded Fury BLX & Granite BLX RTRs

Arrma introduce bolstered-up Fury BLX & Granite BLX RTRs

Coming soon from Arrma come the upgraded Fury BLX 1/10th 2WD short course truck and the Granite BLX 1/10th scale 2WD monster truck. Both RTR kits are based off of the previous models but they utilise the uprated BLX85 brushless power system that consists of the waterproof 60A BLX85 brushless controller and a 3800kv sensorless brushless motor. Both vehicles are good for speeds of up to 90km/h, with a 3S LiPo battery and the kit supplied optional gearing, and they are controlled with the included Tactic TTX300 2.4GHz radio system. Both trucks feature strong TVP chassis, with optional TVP aluminium side plates being available as optionals, the utilise a brushless-ready drivetrain, long travel suspension and oil-filed shock absorbers as well as pre-painted and pre-decorated bodyshells and they are finished of by grippy dBoots tyres on black chrome wheels.

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October 3, 2016

Cavalieri sets pace in 2nd practice

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Ryan Cavalieri has opened Day 2 of the 1:8 Offroad World Championships In Las Vegas by setting the pace in the second round of practice. The Team Associated driver was quickest over 3-consecutive laps from TLR pairing Ryan Maifield and Dakotah Phend with the trio separated by less then a tenth of a second with Joe Bornhorst fourth fastest. Having set the pace in the opening practice yesterday, that time half a second faster than Cavalieri Practice 2 topping time, Jared Tebo would set the 12th fastest time while reigning World Champion Ty Tessmann was 15th quickest, both driver still pleased with their cars. Having set the fastest lap yesterday, Ryan Lutz was again the fastest driver around RC Tracks of Las Vegas with a 33.980 as he took his Tekno to the seventh fastest time for the round.

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October 2, 2016

The Worlds according to Ruona – The hand shaking phase is over

The Worlds according to Ruona - The hand shaking phase is over

Well, we made it through the hand shaking phase of the worlds. You know, where everyone across teams, countries and pit areas pretend to like each other for a little while. It’s always fake, it’s always awkward and personally, I look forward to when we all go back to normal. Sure, we all respect the competition, but in all reality, let’s race already.

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October 2, 2016

Tebo fastest in opening practice

On what can best be described as a very leisurely opening day to the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Las Vegas it was Jared Tebo who set the pace as drivers ran just a single 10-minute practice run each around the RC Tracks of Las Vegas track. Posting a best three consecutive lap time of 1:42.818, Tebo led a Kyosho 1-2 from Elliott Boots with the separation less than 1/10th of a second. Behind, Mugen’s Cole Ogden would post the third fastest time while on a complete 10-minute race time it was his team-mate Adam Drake who would top the time sheets. With the focus of the first practice being to learn the track, something most drivers reported as not taking long, reigning champion Ty Tessmann would post the 15th fastest time summing up the track as ‘not challenging yet’.

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