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July 22, 2015

Malin Karlsen teams up with JConcepts

JConcepts has announced that Malin Karlsen has joined their world-wide race team. Malin, a Norway native who just celebrated her 10th birthday, specializes in 1/10th and 1/8th off-road but really enjoys the fast paced circuits of astro-Turf and carpet. The recent winner of the 2015 Swedish 1/10 4WD National Series has already received high praise and accolades in Sweden where she routinely takes the top step on the podium in her favorite racing class. While attending the 1/8th European Championships in Sacile, Italy, Malin received an award from EFRA acknowledging achievement. JConcepts looks forward to working with Malin and father/mechanic Bent toward future racing goals while representing a host of proud sponsors. Malin and Bent state:

We are extremely happy to be given this opportunity to represent the JConcepts world-wide race team. We are confident that the support provided from such an accomplished manufacturer as JConcepts will be invaluable in Malin reaching her goals. We look forward to be working with the JConcepts racing team and would like to thank Jason and Allison for this opportunity.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

July 22, 2015

Revolution Design Racing Products sign Kim Einert

Revolution Design Racing Products have announced the signing of Germany’s Kim Einert to their factory team. The 18-years old girl is a steady performer both nationally and internationally and she will be attending various 1/8th Nitro Buggy, 1/8th E-Buggy and 1/10th Buggy races this year using RDRP tools and accessories to prepare her rides.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

July 22, 2015

Castle Creations Mamba Micro X brushless ESC

Castle Creation soon have the new Mamba Micro X brushless speed controller available. The waterproof speedo is suitable for 2WD or 4WD vehicles such as the Mini-LST, Half-Eight, Mini-Quake and Spyder vehicles. The controller received a heavy-duty BEC to handle today’s high-draw digital servos and also features a programmable auxiliary wire that allows the user to make “on-the-go” adjustments to several settings, such as torque control and max throttle, directly from a compatible transmitter. This allows to fine-tune the performance of the Micro X to meet changing driving conditions. New to the Micro X is the ability to run sensored brushless motors with the purchase of an optional sensor harness. The Micro X is cable of running on 2S up to 3S LiPo power with a highly-efficient heat sink design to keep the controller running cool, even when pushing it hard in mud, sand and other heavy power applications. The ESC is available as controller only or as controller plus motor combo.

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July 22, 2015

Yokomo BD7 double joint universal driveshafts

Made for the BD7 touring car are new double joint universal driveshafts from Yokomo. Offering improved durability and reducing unwanted wheel chatter at high steering angles the driveshafts are made from high-quality steel and they come including a pair or ball bearings.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

July 22, 2015

Lee Martin doubles at BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nats Rd5

Round five of the BRCA 1/18th Buggy National Championship was held at Titchfield Off Road Club Hampshire this past weekend. The new track layout was long and very fast and with the incorporated jump sections, certainly another different great test for the competitors. The weekend started off with 2WD on Saturday and it was Neil Cragg who put his Team Associated buggy on pole position for the triple A-finals. Yokomo’s Lee Martin and Tom Cockerill came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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July 22, 2015

Alex Schlatterer wins Nitro Fish Fun Race

The Nitro Fish Fun Race was held the multi surface track of the MAC Brombachsee in Germany. In the Nitro Buggy main final Alex Schlatterer (Xray) took the win from Xray teammate Andreas Heublein while Thorsten Geißler (Mugen) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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July 22, 2015

Team Azarashi YZ-2 Fascia bodyshell

Coming soon from Team Azarashi is the Fascia bodyshell for the Yokomo YZ-2 2WD mid motor off-road buggy. Offering Azarashi’s distinctive cabin design that highly separates itself from the current breed of radically shaped cab forward bodies the Fascia sports a somewhat oldschool shape with flowing lines and a pretty narrow cab. The body is made from clear, high-quality polycarbonate and shaped to snuggly fit around the chassis lines.

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July 22, 2015

2015 Summer Scorcher – Report

Last weekend drivers from all over the Southeast headed down to Savannah, GA to one of the oldest tracks in the country, Phil Hurd Raceway, for the annual Summer Scorcher. With a little over 160 entries in several nitro and electric classes, it was shaping up to be a great event with a very fitting name. With the temperature reaching 97 degrees and a heat index of 103, it was hot.

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