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July 22, 2015

2015 Timezone GP – Report

The 2015 Timezone GP was a race to remember. The sun was out, blistering at near 100 degrees. The track ready and prime, eagerly waiting to be driven on. The stage was set for a special weekend in Battleground, Washington. Unfortunately, this year’s GP kicked off with a bit of bad news as the world famous Charlie Suangka, was unable to attend this year’s race due to a scheduling conflict. The good news was that the unforgettable Scotty Ernst was able to step in as this year’s guest RD. Bringing the excitement all the way from Wisconsin, this would also be Scotty’s 1st trip to Timezone. Other notables that made the trip was everyone’s favorite Canadian and Team Associated’s on-road ace, Keven Hebert. Former world champion, Ralph Burch for RC America/Xray was also on hand to battle in the 1/10th scale nitro sedan class.

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July 22, 2015

Nick Kinar takes 2014/15 WCICS CTA Championship

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS, which hosted 8 events across Western Canada this season, has announced that Nick Kinar took the 2014/15 Canadian Trans-Am Championship. Cam Spence drove to 2nd overall, and Saskatchewan’s Don Buck took 3rd.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

July 22, 2015

Radtec 2.01mm & 3.01mm arm reamers

Radtec have introduced two new arm reamer tools for the use with a range of vehicles. Made from high-quality steel material and coming titanium-coated for durability the tools are made to slightly widen the suspension pin holes of lower A-arms in order to make for binding-free operation. The tools are available in a 2.01mm and 3.01mm variant and they sport lightweight CNC-machined aluminium handles with a diamond pattern surface for convenient usage.

Source: Radtec [radtec-rc.com]

July 22, 2015

Flash Point on-road foam tyre sets

Flash Point have introduced several pre-mounted foam tyre sets for 1/8th and 1/10th on-road cars. Coming on white lightweight rims the sets include both the front and the rear wheels and they are available as 32/35 shore and 35/37 shore sets for 1/8th cars and as 35/40 and 37/42 shore sets for 1/10th 200mm sedans.

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July 22, 2015

Extended Ielasi Tuned engine range

Ielasi Tuned, the brand of Italian frontrunner and former IFMAR World Champion Daniele Ielasi, has expanded their range of hand-tuned engines by four new 1/8th on-road, buggy and GT engines. Adding to the already available extra long stroke 9 and 3-ports on-road engines are two long stroke 9 and 7-port variants for 1/8th on-road applications. Also available now are the 4-port buggy and the 5-port, IFMAR-legal, rally/GT engine. All engines, except for the buggy variant, make use of the R7-16 conrod.

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July 22, 2015

AKA Slicks 1/10th buggy tyres

AKA is the latest company to introduce treadless slick tyres for 1/10th off-road buggies. Designed for maximum performance on high-grip, indoor clay tracks they are available in Clay compound only and compatible with the AKA Evo 2.4″ wheels or Hexlite 2.2″ wheels with the Evo conversion kit. Available as 2WD or 4WD front/rear pairs with red inserts, or 2WD/4WD rear pairs pre-mounted on Evo wheels.

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July 21, 2015

Revolution Design AE B44.3 81T precision spur gear

Following a dedicated line of Precision Spur Gears for the Team Durango DEX line of buggies Revolution Design Racing Products now introduce a Precision Spur Gear for the use with the Team Associated B44.3 4WD off-road buggy. Coming in the wide Revolution2 version the mein gear offers high durability when using low-turn modified motors while providing exceptional efficiency for stock spec classes too. The gear is available in a 81T variant only.

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July 21, 2015

Jarno Pijpers successful at Dutch Buggy Cup Rd5

The recent fifth round of the Dutch Buggy Cup saw an early end due to heavy rain pouring down on race day. The weekend started off with nice weather on Saturday but rain on Sunday only allowed for two qualification rounds until the organisers had to call it a day. This meant the results of the qualifiers had to be taken to announce the winner and so the victory went to Jarno Pijpers (Xray/FX) form Anno Storm (JQ/O.S.) and Kevin Cornelis (Xray/FX).

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