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February 28, 2012

Vesa Yli wins Finnish 1/12 nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Finnish 1/12 scale national series, the FinTrack Tour, took place in Oulu, Northern Finland last weekend. The organising club OSPA will host the 2012 Nordic Challenge for both 1/12 and Touring cars in October as well as hosting the 2013 1/12 Euros. The race combined both 1/12 and touring classes as an exception as for many years the classes have been run separated to get more suitable conditions for both type of racing. A total of 97 drivers signed in for the weekend to race. The track saw a technical layout suitable for Saturdays’s 1/12 racing in the mod and spec class.

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February 28, 2012

Xceed RC starter boxes

Xceed RC soon release two new starter boxes for on-road and off-road cars. Sporting a dark green anodised aluminium case with with flip top the boxes feature a strong 775-size motor, harness set for NiXX and LiXX batteries, integrated on/off switch, a durable rubber flywheel, ballraced Kevlar-reinforced belt and mechanics, foam padding and universal positioning mounts. The off-road starter box also comes with a slightly raised bottom support bracket to give more clearance for buggies and truggies.

Source: Xceed RC [xceedrc.com]

February 28, 2012

DNC 2012 Pro Buggy final video

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Having shown you the Pro Truggy A-main yesterday, today it is the turn of the Pro Buggy final. Ty Tessmann would once again take the win, but first would have to fend off Ryan Cavalieri and then a fast charging Ryan Maifield before pulling out almost a lap lead on 2nd place to take the victory. Check out the video above of the entire Pro Buggy final, shot late at night at the Fear Farm Raceway in Arizona.

February 28, 2012

Xray XB808 progressive spring set

Xray have a new progressive spring set for the XB808 off-road buggy available. The ultimate-match front and rear springs sport progressive characteristics for a soft initial feel and increasing hardness while the spring compresses. This makes for a sensitive damper behaviour but enough stiffness to retain a precise overall feeling. The springs are recommended for medium-high traction tracks, are available as a pair, are measured, controlled, inspected and matched to provide identical damping characteristics. The front progressive C=0.7-0.8 mimics a hardness 0.7 spring at the beginning of the compression and a hardness 0.8 spring at the end. The rear progressive C=0.5-0.6 behaves like a hardness 0.5 to hardness 0.6 spring.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 28, 2012

Marc Fischer joins Speed Passion

Speed Passion are proud to announce another World class driver has joined their team. Marc Fischer will use Speed Passion products in his 2012 campaign. Here is what Marc has to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be part of the Speed Passion team, and i am looking forward to the Worlds, ETS Races, Euros and German Nats. I used the products at the recent TITC for the first time and they proofed to be great. A big “thank you” to Mr. Wilson, Howard Lo and Toni Rheinard for making the deal possible and I would also like to thank my previous sponsor GM Racing for the 12 years of sponsoring and special thanks goes to Mr. Gunther Mürdter and Mr. Ralf Helbing!

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

February 28, 2012

Yeah Racing TA06 graphite front shock tower

Yeah Racing announce the front graphite shock tower for the Tamiya TA06. CNC-machined from 5mm carbon fibre the shock stay sports additional upper shock mounting holes for give racers more setup possibilities. Included in the set are the graphite tower, 4.8mm blue anodised aluminium shock mounts and hardware.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

February 28, 2012

Schuur Speed Extreme Spec BL motors

New at Exotek Racing are the Schuur Speed Extreme Spec brushless race motors. Engineered and designed in the USA to ROAR specifications the 540-size motors are available in 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T variants and are of a sensored design, come with 12.5mm sintered Neodymium rotor, high quality ball bearings and ribbon style sensor cable. An optimised airflow through the motor makes for cool operating temperatures improving speed and run time.

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February 28, 2012

Jorn Neumann doubles @ ‘Off Road Wars’

Jörn Neumann sealed up a nearly perfect weekend of racing at Maritime Raceway’s second annual ‘Off Road Wars’ event. The event drew some of the very best drivers in the UK – and a few European drivers made the trip over including Team Durango’s rising star, Jörn Neumann. The track was constructed in the week prior, over the top of the usual carpet on-road track – with plenty of challenging jumps and sections for the drivers to negotiate. In 2WD, Jörn was running the standard DEX210 with the addition of the new geared differential – running 650cst shock oil on the high grip surface. Running in the middle of the top 10 in the first two rounds of qualifying was a slow start for the Team Durango driver but in round three he put in the fastest time of the day for the TQ and first on the grid. The finals got off to a bad start when Jörn made an unforced error in leg one – but came back to win the second and third legs for the victory.

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