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The Trukz RC track in Calgary, Alberta held the Dirt Classic race this past weekend. The grip on the track was very low, because of the very low temps outside, and the ground was very cold also which at times caused there to be small sections that actually had ice on the track. The club members went out on the track with blow torches to keep the track in good shape, but tire prep was very important. The race was held in two classes, 2WD and 4WD Buggy with the schedule seeing four qualifiers and single 8-minute mains. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Ty Tessmann with the win from Peter Toszer and Eric Hardy. Over in 4WD Buggy Kevin Thompson would hold the upper hand over and placed Karim Kanji and 3rd placed Mark Hughes.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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JConcepts, together with RM2 have announced the release of a new heavy duty lubricant for RC ball differentials. On the race track, the ball diff is still heavily used and the most popular form of power transfer from the gear box to drive-shafts and is almost exclusively used on dirt track conditions. The RM2 clear diff lube is an option for racers looking to tame the power and provide the all-important drive and acceleration necessary to win at the highest level. The thick consistency high-quality lube comes in an easy to use container and allows for several builds and rebuilds.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

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Shifty’s RC Raceway of Tulsa, Oklahoma held the Tornado Run Race last weekend with over 70 entries. Young Spencer Klein (Yokomo) was in control of things in the Expert 2WD Stock Buggy and 13.5T Wheeler class, taking the overall TQs and wins in both categories. Connor Lane (Xray) would come in 2nd in Expert 2WD Stock while TLR’s Tim Davis rounded out the top 3. Over in the 13.5T Stock Wheeler class, Tim Davis (TLR) would come in 2nd from Tekno RC’s Steve Dearmon in 3rd.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

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Xray have released a first teaser for their forthcoming T4F, a project that is believed to be the company’s entry into the growing 1/10th front wheel drive touring car market. No official details or images are available yet but we keep you up to date as more information surfaces.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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Hudy have announced the release of their new 1/10th off-road diff and shock aluminium tray. Part of the Hudy tray system, the 1/10 off-road diff and shock tray incorporates a removable shock stand and it offers four marked compartments to store small parts during diff and shock building, setup and maintenance. The tray is machined from black anodised aluminium and it sports silver edge details and laser-etched Hudy logos.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

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HRC Distribution have introduced the new HRC Racing 3S 11.1V 1600mAh LiPo battery for 1/16 and 1/18 scale micro cars. Made of high capacity 50C cells the pack measures 140x35x20mm and it thus fits easily into the battery compartment of Traxxas 1/16 scale vehicles. The softcase battery comes pre-wired with an industry-standard balancer port and a T-type power plug.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

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Flowood RC Indoor Park played host to the January-ish Jam last weekend. New Agama signing, Ryan Lutz was the man to beat in Expert Nitro Buggy, Expert Nitro Truggy and Expert E-Buggy as he took the overall TQs and also wins to round out a perfect weekend. In the 35-minute Expert Nitro Buggy A-main it was Kody Watson (Agama) on the 2 spot, some six laps behind Ryan as Team Associated’s Drew Spurgeon came in 3rd, another lap down.

Over in the Expert E-Buggy class it was Ryan with a clean sweep, bringing home the wins in all three A-mains to take the win from Chicken Little Reeves (Agama) on the 2 spot and Gonzo Gonzales (Team Associated) in 3rd. In the Expert Nitro Truggy main Ryan brought home the win by four laps, as Aaron Royston and Wade Moore completed the top 3, four respectably five laps behind the winner.

In the Open Nitro Truggy A-main Myk Willis (Agama) brought home the silverware from TQ holder, Michael Ueltschey (Agama) in 2nd and Leo Moreno (Team Associated) in 3rd.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracingusa.com]

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Helix Designs have introduced their new LP12 swaybar mounts for the Awesomatix A800X and A800X Evo. With the evolution of setups and new A-arms released for the Awesomatix A800X, it is often needed to modify the stock Awesomatix P12X sway bar mounts to run specific setups. Are new Helix LP12 swaybar mounts have fixed the two major problems with the stock part. Drivers can now run low AT21-S balls and/or any current A-arm without any modifications. Made with durable nylon and tested successfully by top Awesomatix USA team drivers at the 2018 NYGP and 2018 USIC, the parts are a drop fit and they include 3x3mm and 3x4mm droop screws.

Source: Helix Designs [helixdesigns.net]

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The world famous Snowbird Nationals was held once again at the Park Inn Resort in Kissimmee, Florida. A strong North American as well as international presence meant that the race would be as prestigious as ever and with more than 700 entries in total, it makes this one of the bigger events of the year in the US. Touring Modified was a pretty straight forward affair. After winning all qualifiers, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg also went on to win the main final, after a clean run in the A-final. Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs came in 2nd from Destiny driver, Yugo Nagashima.

In the Touring Car SuperStock class, Xray’s Jan Ratheisky lead the race from tone to tone. Xray’s Robbie Dodge, who narrowly missed out on TQ by just 0.2s, fought a great battle, clearly on pace, and also able to defend his position throughout the single A-main final, which rewarded him the runner up spot. Awesomatix’s Kyle Klingforth came in 3rd to round out the podium.

In the Formula class, Jan Ratheisky had some troubles early on, but was eventually able to recover into the lead, and convert his TQ spot into a win. Capricorn’s Josh Cyrul came in 2nd and in front of CRC’s Jeff Dayger.

In the 12th SuperStock A-main final, an eventful 8-minute encounter eventually saw a brilliant drive form Jan Ratheisky, who drove his Xray car from 6th to 1st, to take a fantastic victory in front of CRC’s Andrew Knapp and Roche’s Ollie Payne.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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Round 9 of the HNMC Winter Series was held last weekend in changing track conditions. The Friday before the event there was heavy snow, however the club was able to clean the track in an epic effort. Sunday would start off frozen then slippery onto damp/muddy then onto dry for the last finals, with the track gaining character throughout the day making it challenging for all the drivers. In qualifying Callum Niblett took the Nitro Buggy TQ, George Miller TQ’d Truggy and Darren Hayden-Ball was fastest in E-Buggy. In the 20-minute Buggy A-main, Callum would come out fastest some seven seconds in front of Lewis Jones while Kieran Cox rounded out the top 3 a lap down. Truggy saw Warabe Tatkoji taking the win from 2nd placed Jonathan Afshin and 3rd placed George Miller. Finally in E-Buggy it was Darren Hayden-Ball with the win from Erik Lykke and Keith Jackson.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

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