May 22, 2015

Chassis Focus – Ty Tessmann

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Chassis – HB Pro5
Motor – Orion 4.5
ESC –Orion
Batteries –Orion 5200mah
Tires – Sweep (handout)
Radio/Servo – A-Main/Savox
Bodyshell – PF LTC-R
Remarks – Not the usual kind of car we are used to doing a chassis focus on for Ty Tessmann, the 1/8th Offroad World Champion is mixing it up with the best touring car drivers in the World, running this weekend in his second appearance at the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions.  The HB driver is running an out of the box standard version of the new Pro5.

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May 22, 2015

Chassis Focus – Rick Hohwart

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Chassis – Associated TC 6.2
Motor – Reedy 4.5
ESC – Reedy
Batteries – Reedy 7000mah
Tires – Sweep (handout)
Radio/Servo – Airtronics
Bodyshell – PF LTC-R
Remarks – Touring car legend Rick Hohwart is in good form here at the Tamiya Raceway, driving a TC6.2 with a number of interesting parts. The rear end features Tuning Haus aluminum driveshafts and TC4 suspension arms, while in the front the TC5 version of the wishbones are being used. Rick also chose to use TC5 caster blocks and rear hubs.

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May 21, 2015

Chassis Focus – Andrew Hardman

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Chassis – Yokomo BD7 2015
Motor – Orca 4.5
ESC – Orca
Batteries – Orca 6200 mah
Tires – Sweep (handout)
Radio/Servo – KO Propo
Bodyshell – PF LTC-R
Remarks – Canadian Yokomo driver Andrew Hardman is in attendance at the Reedy Race with a pretty standard but very well Corey Whiteman prepared version of the Japanese car. Running almost everything as comes from the box, the only options to be found on the BD7 are a titanium screw set, titanium turnbuckles and shock bodies & shafts.

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February 23, 2015

The Dirt Champion car – Buggy

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Ryan Maifield’s TLR 8ight 3.0

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February 23, 2015

The Dirt Champion cars – Truggy & eBuggy

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David Ronnefalk’s D8T Tessmann Edition

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Ty Tessmann’s D815 (Tekno Conversion)

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February 20, 2015

New in the Pits – AKA

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New from AKA are two 1/8th buggy tires, the first of which is the Rasp, a small pin tire suitable for hard packed low dust conditions. Considered more of a qualifying tire it features thread reinforcement to support the pins. Available in late March in super soft, soft and medium compound.

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Also new from AKA is the Chainlink, a tire that was previously available as a 1/10th buggy tire, it is suitable for hard packed blue groove. Essentially a beefed up version of the 1/10th tire it features a dense thread pattern which offers long wear and consistent handing. Also available in late March in super soft, soft and medium compound.

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