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October 7, 2014

David Perez takes Spanish Touring Car Modified title

The 4th and the final round of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Valladolid, Spain. During the practice it became clear that David Perez and Johnny Pastor both showed a very good pace making them the event favourites. In the following qualification David made his intentions clear by winning five out of the six rounds to take the overall TQ. For the finals David made some tweaks to the setup of his car but the changes actually slowed his pace allowing Johnny to catch up. Thanks to some tremendous driving David still was able to take the win in the first to A-mains to take the win and the overall Touring Car Modified title and his 3rd national title in a row.

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October 7, 2014

Hot Bodies D413 yellow disc wheels

Hot Bodies introduce new optional wheel sets for the D413 4WD off-road buggy. Beside the standard white rims now also fluorescent yellow sets are available for the front and the rear of the buggy. They come as pairs and are built to the same specs as the white wheels.

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October 7, 2014

Rebels Race Trutnov Rd1 – Report

The first Rebels Race carpet race of the Winter season 2014/15 was held in Trutnov, in the North of the Czech Republic. The series boasts of a high organisation level, great competition and friendly environment and it is run in the four classes of Touring Car Open, Touring Car Stock, Formula and Hobby. In the Open class Kuba Simurda started out strong into the season by taking the TQ and the overall win. The race for the runner-up spot was on between Vita Hola and Michal Blahovsky and at the end Michal came out successful while Vita grabbed himself the last remaining podium spot. Jirka Janousek, having a comeback to RC car racing, finished in 4th with the top 5 being rounded out by Polish driver Wojciech Rozwadovski.

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October 7, 2014

Team C standard hex & ball hex lightweight wrenches

Team C introduce a line of lightweight hex wrenches in a range of dimensions. Coming as 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm standard hex and also as 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm ball hex variant, all tools offer milled aluminium handles with weight reducing holes and milled rings to indicate the size. The handles come orange anodised while hardened tool tips make for exceptional durability.

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October 7, 2014

Ric Bartolozzi takes Australian 1/8th on-road title

The 2014 AARCMCC South Australian IC National Titles were held last weekend with 25 drivers attending in the 1/8th on-road class. Steven Jovanovic (Capricorn) grabbed the TQ after the qualifiers from Jeff Hamon (Mugen) and Peter Jovanovic (Capricorn). The 45 minute final than saw the early retirements of the two Jovanovic’s making way for Ric Bartolozzi (Serpent) who took the win and the South Australian title some four laps in front of Tim West (Mugen) and Leight Dytor.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 7, 2014

OFNA X3 Sabre 12 degree C-hubs

Made for the X3 Sabre buggies and GT series on-road cars are aluminium C-hubs for the front end of the vehicle. Offering 12 degree of castor the parts improve the durability and precision of the suspension assembly while adding a bit of bling at the same time. The CNC-machined parts come with a brown anodised finish and are available now.

Source: OFNA [eofna.com]

October 7, 2014

Traxxas Slash Pro 2 OBA 2WD SC truck

Traxxas amps up the realism of their popular Slash 2WD short course truck by introducing the OBA on-board audio system. Using Traxxas’ award-winning Slash 2WD with composite tub chassis, long-travel suspension and brushless-ready drivetrain the OBA version includes a sound unit that uses sound that has been sampled from Traxxas’ team trucks, including the Traxxas Pro 4 short course truck driven by Mike Jenkins. Featuring an on/off button and volume controls, the system offers adjustable settings. Runtime is not compromised since the system uses a minimal amount of power from the battery. The sounds are intuitive and respond to the throttle input from the transmitter. If the truck is stopped for more than 10 seconds the engine will shut off – to rev it up again just tab the throttle. The rocker switch on the included 3-channel transmitter is used to shift to “neutral”. The truck is available as Mike Jenkins Edition #47 & #25, Traxxas Blue Racing Edition, or Traxxas White Racing Edition.

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October 7, 2014

Mark Green retains BRCA 1/8th Circuit national title

With the season entering its final two races, the penultimate race of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was at the Adur circuit in Brighton and this could decide the winner of the overall Championship in favour of Mark Green if he finished within the top 3. Current championship leader, Daniel Bancroft has had his best ever season with many consistent performances but Mark would overall him along with Tim Wood on best 6 of 9 scores to count.

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