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Team Associated TC7.1 arm shims & hinge pin balls

Posted: 18 Dec 2017 08:45 AM PST

Coming from Team Associated are two new option parts for the TC7.1 touring car. First up are Factory Team suspension arm shims in 0.2mm thickness. The tuning option allows finer increment adjustments for the roll centre and the set includes four 0.2mm outer shims and eight 0.2mm inner shims that fit the TC7.1. TC7 and TC6.2. Also new are Factory Team steel inner hinge pin balls as a replacement for the machined composite part. The steel part allows the hinge pin to pivot inside, allowing more precise fitment and consistent performance. Sold in sets of eight balls, enough for one complete chassis the parts fit the TC7.1, TC7 and TC6.2.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

Jerry Dean Jr. wins RC Pro finals & series

Posted: 18 Dec 2017 08:31 AM PST

This weekend was the 2017 RC Pro Series finals, the largest event of the year for the series with 191 entries total for the race. Team Associated driver Jerry Dean Jr. was in a close battle with Agama driver Jake French as both battled for the TQ until the last round. Ultimately Jake took the TQ by tie breaker setting up a great triple A-main battle. A1 went to Jake as A2 went to Jerry. The final A started with Jerry getting past Jake on the first lap then making a mistake and falling back to 3rd. Jake took the lead with Jerry following close behind. On lap 7 Jake made a mistake that let Jerry take the lead and from that moment on he never look back to take the win and the overall series championship in E-Buggy.

Final results:
1. Jerry Dean Jr. – Team Associated/Pro-Lin
2. Jake French – Agama/Beta
3. Thomas Reeves – Agama/Beta
4. Rusty Tyrell – Mugen/Pro-Line
5. Jeff Keeton – Team Associated/JConcepts

Thanks to Matthew Sistrunk for the report.

Xray XB4 2.5mm 7075-T6 aluminium main chassis

Posted: 18 Dec 2017 07:16 AM PST

Coming from Xray and made for the XB4 4WD buggy is a 2.5mm 7075-T6 aluminium main chassis plate. The part is machined from high-quality alloy and its design and material used improves the torsional stiffness which results in improved car control especially on high bite to very high bite surfaces. The chassis is usable without the upper braces and it lowers the overall centre of gravity while machined pockets make for a low overall weight.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Cody King wins at Toys for Tots race

Posted: 18 Dec 2017 06:47 AM PST

Revelation Raceway of Ontario, California played host to their Toys for Tots race this past weekend. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was Cody King, driving a Serpent, with the TQ and win in the 30-minute A-main event. HB Racing’s Tyler Brown came in 2nd from swift Ronda Drake (Mugen) in 3rd.

Image: Ronda Drake

Hellquist & van Elling win at SSIS Rd3

Posted: 18 Dec 2017 06:29 AM PST

The recent third round of the South Swedish Indoor Series was held alongside the Middle Swedish Electric Series and the event was hosted at the Miracl facilities just outside of the small town of Åtvidaberg. The track was put together using older spec ETS Carpet with a darker gray colour, instead of the more recent black one. The traction started out low during Friday’s free practice, but came up soon. In the Touring Modified class Xray’s Markus Hellquist started off quick by winning all practice rounds, qualifiers and finals. Team Associated’s Daniel Carlsson came in 2nd as Andreas Johansson (Serpent) obtained the 3 spot on the podium.

In the Formula class Fredrik von Elling first won the qualifying, where the best round out of three was counted. Ultimately he would bring home wins in all finals to take the day’s win from Pekka Markkula 2nd and Bengt Röjder 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Infinity IF14 PRS passive rear steering system

Posted: 18 Dec 2017 06:07 AM PST

New from Infinity is the release of the PRS passive rear steering set for their electric touring car. The latest optional release for the IF14, PRS helps to achieve greater corner speed by changing the toe angle of the rear tyre according to the amount of stroke of the rear suspension. The amount of rear toe angle can can be fine tuned by the mounting angle of the linkage rod. In addition, the height of the steering block has two height options so it is possible to change the roll centre to correspond to the track conditions and layout.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

Keith Robertson takes win at Rowley Regis Winter Series

Posted: 18 Dec 2017 05:53 AM PST

The second round of the Rowley Regis Winter Series was held in the West Midlands and it was Team Associated’s Keith Robertson who took the TQ and win in the 2WD Buggy class. Team Associated teammate Jon Howells came in 2nd as Kan Littley rounded out the all-AE podium in 3rd.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

Rafael Panayi wins at ENEOS Cup

Posted: 18 Dec 2017 05:43 AM PST

TQ RC Raceway of Nicosia, Cyprus played host to the ENEOS Cup recently. Xray’s Rafael Panayi would TQ the event and he also brought home the win in the Nitro Buggy main final from Xray teammate Savvas Sava as Charis Kkolis (HongNor) rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Indoor Speed Challenge – Announcement

Posted: 18 Dec 2017 05:13 AM PST

The ACRP Clube Radiomodelismo club in Porto, Portugal will hold their Indoor Speed Challenge event on the 14th of January. The race will see 1/10th Formula, 1/12th scale and 1/10th M-Chassis racing and more information can be found on the club’s social media site here.

JQ wins at Top Notch Tour Rd5

Posted: 18 Dec 2017 04:05 AM PST

The fifth round of this season’s Top Notch Tour was held at Channel Islands RC track in several nitro off-road classes. In Expert Nitro Buggy it was JQRacing’s own Joseph Quagrain with the win in the A-main from Mugen racer, Anthony Westergaard 2nd and JQRacing’s Greg Degani 3rd.

Over in Open Truggy it was Dean Rock with the win from Tobin Hammock 2nd and Anthony Westergaard 3rd.

In Intermediate Nitro Buggy Tobin Hammock brought home the day’s win from Andrew Morin 2nd and Oscar Galaviz 3rd.

Sportsman Nitro Buggy had Barton Sengelmann coming out on top from Kevin Tuazon 2nd and Matthew Garcia, who rounded out the podium result.

40+ Nitro Buggy was won by Ryan Kane from Charlie Love and Brian Mohr as Jeff Hurley took the winning honours over in Sportsman Truggy.

Source: Top Notch Tour [facebook.com]