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June 23, 2014

Tessmann wins epic US Nationals Buggy Final

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Having earlier lost his Truggy title to Dakotah Phend in a thrilling race, Ty Tessmann would come out the better of an epic Buggy battle with Ryan Maifield to claim his second US National Championship in nitro offroad’s premiere class. Starting 3rd on the grid, the HB driver mixed it with the Associated of Maifield for 55-minutes of the 1-hour, after Top Qualifier and early leader Phend suffered a massively costly off. In the end the race would be decided on the last lap. With Maifield leading, Tessmann made a move down the inside coming up to the Thornhill Racing Circuit’s large step-up, a move the 2006 Champion would try to block resulting in the two coming together. With both buggies needing to be marshalled, Tessmann got away first setting the stage for a final dash to the flag but two corners later a mistake by Maifield would leave his buggy on its roof allowing Tessmann to win by 4.8 seconds. Behind the intense battle, Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz completed a successful day as he claimed his second podium of the day with a repeat of his Truggy 3rd place finish.

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June 23, 2014

Phend claims first nitro title in thrilling Truggy final

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After 45-minutes of intense racing Dakotah Phend is the new US National Truggy Champion. The TLR driver claimed his first nitro title from the defending champion Ty Tessmann after a thrilling race in Hutto, Texas, where they shadowed one another the entire race. In a completely different league to the other 13 finalists, the race came down to the final corner with the pair tangling as Tessmann, who was chasing a third consecutive title, made a last attempt to deny the Top Qualifier his first win. After marshalling it was Phend who would get the win on the dash to the line by 3/10ths of a second. Over a lap down Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz completed the podium at Thornhill Racing Circuit.

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June 23, 2014

Martin Bayer doubles at Czech nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Czech nationals was held at the Dolni Bukovsko track. In both the 1/8th nitro and E-buggy classes Martin Bayer took the TQ for the finals both of which he won quite easily. In the nitro class Martin was sidelined on the podium by Jan Zamis and David Kukla while Kaja Novotny and Jan Domansky completed the podium in the E-buggy class.

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June 23, 2014

Overdose DPM alloy gear case & centre bulkhead cap

Banzai Hobby introduce new Overdose aluminium option parts for the Yokomo DPM drift car. First up is an aluminium gear case that offers improved rigidity compared to the stock part for increased drivetrain efficiency. The part also allows precise gear backlash adjustment and it is available in red, blue or black anodising. The second new part for the DPM is an aluminium centre bulkhead cap, again made to improve rigidity the benefits of this part are reduced main gear vibration and thus improved gear durability. Like the gear case the bulkhead cap is available in red, blue and black anodising.

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June 23, 2014

Naoto Matsukura also wins 4WD class at IRCM

Following his success in the 2WD class on Saturday Yokomo’s Naoto Matsukra also secured himself the win in the 4WD buggy class on Sunday. The young Japanese driver took the win in front of Team Associated’s Ludovic Valtier and Yokomo team mate Shin Adachi in 3rd.

Source: Indoorground RC Masters [aecmodelclub.fr]

June 23, 2014

Juanma Guillen wins inaugural ARCEA club race

The ARCEA club in Madrid, Spain held their inaugural Club race at the del Alamo track and in the final Mugen driver Juanma Guillen came out successful with his Alpha-powered ride in front of Jose Carlos Ibarra (Kyosho/Alpha) and Miguel Izquierdo (Mugen/Alpha).

Source: Alpha [alpha-rc.com]

June 23, 2014

Yeah Racing SCX10 alloy chassis option parts

Yeah Racing have two new aluminium option parts for the Axial SCX10 crawler available in the form of a rear chassis H-brace and a front bumper mount plate. Starting with the H-brace, the part is CNC-machined from high-quality material and comes blue anodised for added looks. Using the part greatly increases the strength of the chassis to prevent it from twisting under heavy loads. The second new part is the front bumper mounting plate, the aluminium part again comes blue anodised and makes for improved strength while adding a splash of colour to the chassis.

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June 23, 2014

John Doucakis wins at Greek national champs Rd2

The 2nd round of this year’s Greek electric touring car national championship was held at the Patras track. In the qualifiers John Doucakis (Awesomatix/Team Orion) took TQ some 1.7 seconds in front of John’s main title rival, Nick Georgiadis (Xray/Orca). Jim Mitropoulos (TOP/MuchMore) followed very close behind in 3rd place who in turn was also followed by Filippas Isaakidis (TOP/Advanced Electronics). Local favorite, Michalis Kyrazis (Yokomo/LRP) who was in the mix to take the pole position had some unfortunate runs with a bit of lack of concentration and ended up 5th.

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