Bill Bridges Benefit race & raffle
We received word from Adam Drake about the Bill Bridges Benefit race that will take place from the 24th to the 25th of June at ‘The Track’ in Carleton, Michigan. The race has been organised to help raise money to pay for medical expenses following Bill’s diagnosis with colon and liver cancer. A long time racer, currently running for TLR Team Losi Racing, Bill is married to Chrissy and has one son, Brayden, who is three years old. Bill recently had a cancerous tumor removed from his colon and has just started chemo for his liver, but with no medical insurance the bills can grow pretty fast. All proceeds from the race will go to Bill and his family and in addition Adam Drake and Dustin Evans have donated a TLR 8ight 2.0 and TLR 22 respectively for which you can buy raffle tickets on eBay.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Lars Hoppe wins North German season opener
The first round of the North German Championship was held at the track of Hamburg last weekend. After the winter break 37 racers in total found their way to one of Germany’s most famous cities, 21 of them racing in the 1/8th scale class. Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning some light rain showers hit the track which resulted in difficult conditions for the qualifying. According to the new rules of the German Federation everybody has to go through the semis to reach the main final. Shepherd/Novarossi driver Lars Hoppe managed to win his semi by 2 laps which secured him the pole position for the 30 minutes main in front of Jens Stark and Andreas Giesa who won the other semi. At the start of the final Hoppe could defend his lead followed by Giesa and Stark. He increased the gap slightly lap by lap but in the middle of the final Hoppe dropped back to second place having to re-adjust his engine. In the remaining minutes Hoppe showed a strong performance and managed to pass Giesa for the lead. With a gap of 4 seconds he crossed the finishing line in first position followed by the Serpent pairing of Andreas Giesa and Jens Stark.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Video – BRCA TC National Rd1
The opening round of the BRCA TC Nationals was last weekend in West London and RC Racing TV made this full report, as they will from all rounds of this year’s series, It includes features, analysis interviews and race action from both classes, Super Touring and 10.5, at an event that attracts the cream of Touring Car talent.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Pro-Line Scrubs 4WD buggy tires & high downforce wing
More new products from Pro-Line starting with their new Scrubs 2.2” 4WD buggy front tires. Designed specifically for wet/dry clay and hard packed tracks, the Scrubs front tire offers improved steering, handling and forward traction. Featuring an angled bar design for tons of side bite, as well as a V-pin design which will make your buggy track straight as an arrow they are offered in M3, M4 and MC compounds to meet all your track needs. Also new from Pro-Line is a brand new 6 ½” high downforce wing design to fit on all popular 1:10 off-road 2WD and 4WD buggies. Wings significantly affect how your buggy handles in the air and during high-speed/low-speed sections of the track. This wing features Pro-Line’s Smooth Flow Technology, a deck section on the wing that can be cut out allowing air to flow around effortlessly and reducing drag. Track testing has proven this wing to smooth out the handling of twitchy 1:10 buggies, which results in fewer mistakes and faster lap times. Sold in a 2 pack.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Xray shock foam inserts
Xray have released these foam inserts for their 1/8th off road shocks that go between the shock upper mount and rubber membrane. The foam prevents membrane collapse and gives slightly more steering and more stability when landing from big jumps. Sold in a complete set of 4.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Pro-Line TLR22 & Lazer ZX-5 BullDog shells
Pro-Line have released their BullDog shell for the Losi TLR22 in both rear and mid motor configuration. To date, all of the bodies made for this car have sacrificed looks and performance due to the dual motor configuration. If you race primarily in the mid motor or rear motor configuration PL have a body for each of those setups. The new mid motor body also features a large scoop to maximize clearance and air flow to your motor and electronics. The advanced aerodynamic properties and cab-forward styling will improve your buggies performance and turn heads. Pro-Line have also released the BullDog body to fit the Kyosho Lazer ZX-5.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Rossetti wins 4wd National Rd3 in France
Round 3 of the French electric off road National championships were held last weekend at the Gargenville track, 50km from Paris. In the 4wd class it was Antoine Rossetti who took the win with his Yokomo B-Max4 Factory Team, having finally gotten over his bad luck seen at previous events. Current French champion Cyril Baldini driving a Durango was 2nd and Armand Latnheaume in 3rd.
Source: ART [asia-racing-team.com]
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Arrowmax RX8 hollow middle shaft
Arrowmax have released this new front middle shaft for the Xray RX8. Machined from high quality spring steel, this hollow shaft claims to be lighter and more durable than the kit shaft.
Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
