The 3rd round of the Dutch Truggy Cup was held at the astro turf track in Appingedam in the Netherlands. Kurt van Vlemen took the TQ honours and raced to the victory in the 30 minute final. Nathan Lejuez finished 2nd, only 4 seconds down on Kurt, while Bjorn Nagels completed the podium in 3rd place.
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Italian engine manufacturer Reds Racing, known for their Mario Rossi tuned high-performance nitro engines, recently stepped into the electric brushless motor market with their VX 540 motors. Featuring a CNC-machined 6061-T6 heatsink can with large venting holes, balanced sintered rotors, high-purity copper windings, heavy-duty solder tabs, high RPM ball bearings and a red anodised timing shield the motors are now also available as touring car related 3.5T and 4.0T as well as a 5.5T 4WD buggy variant.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
The 2014 Rumble in Rome set a new attendance record for their annual event with 234 entries. Drivers from Canada and all over the Northeast made the trip. In the Pro Nitro Class, Alex Kosciuszek went on to a relatively easy victory in the 45 minute A-main after Arizona based driver Billy Fischer experienced a pit lane flame out during the first pit stop. Alex was able to almost completely lap the field in the long A-main showing he’s not just an electric driver but a driver fully capable at all times.
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JConcepts introduce front and rear 12mm clamping hex adapters for the Xray XB4 buggy. The hex adapters are precision machined from aluminium, come blue anodised and feature a clamping style design that combine durability and functionality. The front adaptors can be used with any Kyosho ZX5/ZX6 specification 12mm hex front wheel while the rears use industry standard 12mm hex B44/TLR/B5 specification rear wheels.
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The Pit’Butler is a handy 1/8th car and equipment holder designed by Henrik Rathje from Denmark. The design is based around a sturdy handle that mounts to your existing starter box via four bolts. Part of the handle is also a height adjustable polycarbonate mount that takes a fuel bottle, fuel gun, glow igniter and an assortment of tools so you have everything at hand without having to deal with the mess pit bags can create. For storage and transportation purposes the Pit’Butler can be disassembled easily.
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UK company Schumacher introduce the Mi5evo, an entirely new competition touring car developed from the BRCA National Championship winning and popular Mi5 platform. Offering some revolutionary design features, the Mi5evo enables the racer even more tunability for both carpet and asphalt tracks. The car offers an ultra low centre of gravity design combined with a wider span vertical top deck that makes for both a responsive and nimble feel, yet is forgiving and consistent to drive. Other changes include an optimised motor position that sits 4.5mm closer to centreline, shorter shocks, a new steering system with tuneable Ackermann options, new mouldings and pins for lower unsprung weight as well as revised body posts and clamps.
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SkyRC introduce the B6 mini, the smaller and upgraded version of the well-known IMax B6. Sporting a super-compact size the charger offers 6A charge current at 60W output for 1 to 6S LiXX packs, 1 to 15 cell NiMH batteries as well as PB batteries while several charge modes such as normal, balance and fast charge for LiXX batteries make for swift and convenient charging. The device also features a build-in balancer, 10 different charge/discharge profiles, a battery resistance meter and several safety features. Using a PC interface and SkyRC’s Charge Master software all of the important parameters can also be monitored on a Windows-based PC.
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The 4th annual Mid Summer Shootout was run at Coyote Hobbies in Victorville CA with about 180 entries. During qualifying in Mod Buggy, it was a battle between Jake Mayo, Rudy Rico, and Jeff Guest for the TQ. Jeff grabbed the TQ in round one and Jake went on to TQ the final two rounds of qualifying. So starting off the triple A-Mains it was Jake taking the TQ, while Jeff Guest was second and Rudy Rico was sitting in third.
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