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September 5, 2014

Swiss 1/8th off-road championship Rd7 – Report

The 7th and final round of the Swiss 1/8th nitro off-road championship took place in the middle of the city of Morges near the lake Geneva. Run on a temporary grass track the race attracted a lot of spectators and around 120 drivers. A mix of high and low speed corners combined with only a few small jumps and a table top made for some close racing. During Saturday’s qualifying Robin Frischkopf TQ’d two rounds out of four and only missed overall TQ to Jeremy Pittet by one point. The 3rd place on Saturday went to Marc Heim.

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September 5, 2014

Spencer Rivkin wins at STS Raceway Grand Opening

The brand new HobbyTown/SRS Raceway located in Phoenix, Arizona held their Grand Opening event over Labor Day weekend. The three day race kicked off on Friday night and continued throughout the weekend including the 2nd annual Jim Thomas Memorial Race on Saturday and a final race on Sunday. There would be one drop with an awards ceremony on Sunday for the top drivers of the mini series. In the 2WD Mod Buggy class Spencer Rivkin drove his Team Associated B5M to the top spot, edging out Brian Kinwald who took second overall and rounding out the all Team Associated podium was Ash Deering.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

September 5, 2014

Avid 5.5mm & 4.9mm titanium ball studs

Avid introduce their new titanium ball studs for Team Associated B5 and SC10 4×4 vehicles as well as Xray’s T4 and XB4 cars. Coming as 5.5mm variant for the metric Team Associated kits and as 4.9mm pivots for the Xray cars, the ball studs are made from billet 6Al-4V titanium for around 40 percent less weight without sacrificing strength. A 2mm allen head on top of the ball helps makes for easy removal of the balls that come as complete sets for the aforementioned vehicles or as pairs in the most common dimensions.

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September 4, 2014

Protoform Thirteen & Fourteen F1 bodies

Having shown us a preview of their new Formula 1 body shells about a month ago, Protoform have today released details and images on their new F1-Thirteen & F1-Fourteen bodies. The F1-Thirteen features styling from the 2013 season, including the high-nose and Coanda exhaust detailing. The F1-Fourteen features styling from the 2014 season, including the unique low nose and single turbo exhaust detailing. Racers have the option to add on the controversial extended nose cone with tape or shoo-goo (not included), or cut/black out the center section of the nose for a more conventional look. For both, the side-pod undercuts, an overall low-slung design and the included injection molded black nylon driver’s helmet give it the ultra-realistic look that F1 R/C racers strive for. The decal sheets, feature seat belts, steering wheel detail, car numbers and a variety of helmet visor colors, completes the scale detail. Both models fits most modern F1 chassis with the Thirteen requiring Tamiya’s F60 Front wing and the Fourteen needing Tamiya’s F2012 Front wing.

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September 4, 2014

Tamiya Fighting Buggy – More images

Tamiya USA have more images of the forthcoming Super Champ re-release kit available. The now-called Fighting Buggy first hit the stores back in 1982, with the 2014 model featuring some subtle updates such as a black 2.5mm fibre glass chassis plate, newly designed rear suspension parts recreate the original transverse damper sets with progressive spring and oil reserve tank and an updated stick sheet retains many of the original themes while also adding some new motifs. Included with the kit come front rib and rear spike tyres on 3-piece wheels as well as a ABS resin body with aluminium roof panel and wing.

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September 4, 2014

Mizan wins Malaysian National Championship Rd4

The 4th round of the Malaysian 1/10th scale 200mm National Championship took place at the 3Stone Park GP track in Shah Alam with around 40 drivers in attendance. Top Malaysian Shepherd racer Mizan showed good performance and claimed the TQ with a gap of 3 seconds to Kimie and Baha in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 45 minute main final Mizan crossed the finish line two laps in front of Kimie with Baha completing the podium another 2 laps down. Scoring the maximum points Mizan extended his lead in the national championship standings with two races to go.

Source: Shepherd [team-sheperd.com]

September 4, 2014

Optional Xray RX8 front anti-roll bars

Xray have new optional front anti-roll bar wires available for the RX8 1/8th on-road car. Coming as 2.2mm, 2.4mm and 2.8mm variant to complement the kit’s 2.6mm wire, they allow for fine-tuning of the car’s roll characteristics. The anti-roll bars are made from a special spring steel and they come laser etched for easy identification.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 4, 2014

Speed Power 1/10th LM-P Le Mans bodyshell

Speed Power have a new 200mm Le Mans endurance bodyshell available. The LM-P is modelled after Peugeot’s former Le Mans contender and adds to the already existing LM-A Audi style body. A direct fit on the Speed Passion LM-1 kit the body also fits other 200mm pan cars. The multi-piece body comes clear, including window masks and decal sheet.

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