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February 27, 2014

Gillespie Jr. wins at President’s Day Classic

The 6th Annual President’s Day Classic was run at Addiction R/C in Ogden, Utah. With a total of 220 entries and 28 heats large, Addiction R/C was staged to be the center of epic battles all weekend long. The largest classes over the weekend were Stock Buggy at 32 entries, 2WD Mod buggy 25 entries, and 4WD Mod buggy with also 25 entries which ran on a 5 minute triple A-main format. The rest of the classes saw single 8 minute A-main events with lower mains receiving a 5 minute treatment.

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February 26, 2014

New surface awaits ETS in Gran Canaria

This weekend (28 Feb-2 March) the Yokomo Euro Touring Series heads to Gran Canaria where a freshly resurfaced track awaits competitors travelling to the Spanish holiday island for the third round of the championship. The third year for the ETS to visit the Circuito Automodelismo El Hornillo track, the event marks the welcomed switch from a winter of indoor carpet racing to outdoor asphalt and previous encounters have turned up unexpected race winners. Last year the event saw Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck take his first ETS win in 19-races while on the first visit to the island Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp took his maiden victory, both drivers ending the dominant start by Yokomo’s Ronald Volker to the past two seasons.

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February 26, 2014

Reedy TC Race of Champions – Announcement

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Reedy, Tamiya America, and Scotty Ernst Productions are proud to announce that after a five-year absence, the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions will return to the Tamiya America circuit May 22-25, 2014. Entries open February 24th at noon PST exclusively on www.RCSignup.com. Due to time constraints and to maintain the world-class nature of the event, Open class entries are limited to 13.5 Blinky (ROAR ESC and motor list) and Modified with total entries capped at 160 (100 13.5, 60 Modified). Each driver is limited to one entry. To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of the 2014 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions, a lottery drawing for the Open classes will be conducted on March 17th, with the first 100 13.5 and 60 Modified entries drawn securing a place in the event.

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February 26, 2014

JConcepts B5 Silencer bodyshell

Seen for the first time during the recent JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals JConcepts now officially introduce the Silencer design bodyshell for the Team Associated B5 buggy. Sporting a mild cab forward design with a shark fin moulded into the roof, the Silencer separates from the B5 kit body by sporting forward raised sidepods, air scoops for improved airflow and an overall low-profile appearance for improved aerodynamics and a different look. As usual the body comes clear, including window masks and two 6.5″ Hi-Clearance wings.

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February 26, 2014

GRP introduce 1/10th buggy & TC tyres

GRP introduce two new lines of 1/10th tyres for electric off-road and touring car racing. Starting with the buggy tyres, available soon are the Buldog 2WD front, the Conic 4WD front and the Conic 2WD/4WD rear tyre. All three sport a familiar design that makes them ideally suited for carpet and astroturf tracks while the tyres will come in a medium “B” and a hard “C” compound. GRP also introduce suitable close cell foam inserts for the 4WD front and the rear tyre.

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February 26, 2014

Sanwa RX-471W waterproof 4-channel receiver

Available soon is Sanwa’s RX-471W 4-channel 2.4GHz receiver. The IPX4 spec waterproof device is high-voltage compatible, it measures 30×23.3x14mm and weights in at around 10g. The receiver be used in FHSS4 and FHSS3 mode with M12, M11X, MT-4, MX-3X, Exzes Z and Gemini X radios and it also supports Sanwa’s Super Response SSR mode.

Source: Sanwa [sanwa-denshi.com]

February 26, 2014

Serpent Cobra GT-e 1/8 RTR

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To cope with the growing interest in the 1/8 GT class Serpent introduce the Cobra GT-e ready-to-run kit. Coming factory-assembled, the 4WD vehicle make use of many parts found on the competition buggy it is based on. The features list includes a 3-diff 4WD drivetrain, aluminium chassis, shock towers and motor mount, low-profile battery mounts, 16mm aluminium big bore shocks as well as front and rear anti-roll bars. Part of the RTR package is a 2.4GHz radio system with 10.5kg-cm steering servo, a 2450kv brushless motor and 120A waterproof speed controller along Dragon-RC pre-mounted race tyres and a pre-designed GT bodyshell. The car will be available from March with a nitro-powered RTR version coming soon also.

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February 26, 2014

Mark Green continues with Serpent

Mark Green recently signed a contract extension with Serpent for the 2014 season. The multi-times champion will continue to race Serpent’s 1/8th and 1/10th nitro cars during his 2014 campaign that will see races such as the EFRA Euros, 1/10th Worlds and the Euro Nitro Series. Mark will also run the S411 electric touring car at selected national events. Mark Green will continue to work closely with Michael Salven on new developments and has the following to say:

I am very happy and excited to be able to continue with Serpent into 2014 and look forward to try and better my 2013 results with new developments and to have fun racing with all the team and continue to help fellow racers with Serpent products in their quest to go fast and enjoy serpent race cars.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]