January 11, 2011

Serpent Cobra aluminium steering blocks

Serpent Cobra aluminium steering blocks

New from Serpent for their S811 Cobra buggy are these left and right aluminium steering blocks. Precision machined from 7075 T6 aluminium they are extremely stiff and durable and offer a perfect bearing fit. Grey anodised and laser engraved, they are sold in a pair.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


January 11, 2011

Chris Wheeler heads Losi 1-2-3 at KBRL Rd4

Chris Wheeler heads Losi 1-2-3 at KBRL Rd4

Round 4 of the KBRL Nitro series took place at Scottsdale RC, home to the Cactus Classic. The Cactus is one of the largest electric off road races each year and it always draws a big crowd and is a showcase of talent and exciting racing. The KBRL event was no different, only this time nitro buggys and truggys would be the vehicles to hit the track. TLR driver Chris Wheeler and his 8 2.0 buggy would be the man to beat in qualifying as he set the pace in rounds one and two, to take the overall top qualifying spot for the 20 minute main. In the final it was TLR driver Billy Fischer who was on a mission and took the early lead from Chris. Billy lead more than halfway until a break surrendered the lead to Chris. Chris had a good battle with Max Flur but was able to take the win with Max second, while rounding out the expert buggy Losi podium was TRL’s Casey Peck.

Source: TLR [losi.com]


January 11, 2011

S-Workz S350 BK-1 Pro kit – Update

S-Workz S350 BK-1 Pro kit - Update

Having brought you details and CAD images of the new S-Workz S350 BK1 Pro kit buggy, the company have released this first photo of the car. We have also been told that the car will be shown in full for the first time at next month’s toy fair in Nuremberg.

Source: S-Workz [sworkz.com]


January 11, 2011

Jörn Neumann wins Rd4 in Longfield

Jörn Neumann wins Rd4 in Longfield

The 4th Round of the Longfield six days were held on this past weekend. The track present for this round featured a tight technical layout and it was Jörn Neumann with his Durango DEX210 who was the man to beat. Qualifying saw the former European Champion top qualifying from the Associated pairing of Wouter Wynen and Marcel Guske. In the finals, Jörn could win the first 2 to secure the victory early from Wouter Wynen with Stephan Pieper in 3rd.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]


January 11, 2011

Jared Tebo teams up with Maxima Fuel

Jared Tebo teams up with Maxima Fuel

Jared Tebo has announced his final sponsor going into the 2011 season, a new company called Maxima Fuel. “I have just signed a 2 year contract with a brand new fuel company, Maxima Fuels. They are new into the RC fuel business, but not in RC, or the oil business. The new company has amazing contacts with lubricants that are not currently used in RC. I think that this is a great opportunity for me and Maxima. It is very exciting to be a part of this adventure and I will be working very closely with them to make the best fuel we can. With that said I have to give many thanks to Byrons Fuels. They welcomed me in 2009 and have been amazing to me. The people behind the company are great, and they have a great product. I have a great opportunity here and need to take it to try to reach some of my personal goals. They understood and we ended on very good terms. I wish all of Team Byron the best of luck in 2011 and beyond. Now with Maxima….I can not give 100% of the details but I can say that we are going to be giving it all we have to make an amazing product. I would like to thank everyone behind Maxima for giving me this chance. I look forward to this new chapter and new challenge. Thanks and look forward to hearing more about Maxima Fuels.”


January 11, 2011

Pro-Line confirm Ty Tessmann for 2011

Pro-Line confirm Ty Tessmann for 2011

Continuing on from yesterday’s Pro-Line release, the US tire and body company have today confirmed that young Canadian racer Ty Tessmann will use their products in 2011. Ty had this to say about the deal:

My family and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Pro-Line, you have made us all feel very welcome and have taken great care of my racing needs with great products and support. I look forward to working with Pro-Line again for 2011 and am very excited about what the new season has in store.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]


January 11, 2011

Ryan Cavalieri wins again at TLR Supercross

Ryan Cavalieri wins again at TLR Supercross

Last weekend Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri started out the year with a double victory at the TLR Supercross Series at West Coast R/C Raceway & Hobby Garage in La Mirada, CA.  The second round of the series is now in the books and again Cavalieri and his Factory Team B4.1 came out on top of the 2wd Modified class, opting not to compete in the 4wd class. With last week’s runner up Mike Truhe out of town, Dustin Evans came looking to challenge Cavalieri for the victory.  But a track record qualifying effort from Cavalieri ensured he started first on the ‘supercross’ grid and with a good jump off the line Cavalieri lead from start to finish. Up next for Cavalieri, he travels to Jeffersonville, OH where he will join team mates Ryan Maifield, Steven Hartson, Brent Thielke, Chad Due and others at the historic 24th Annual CRCRC Winter Midwest Championship Electric Championships.

Source: Associated [rc10.com] / Photo: Steve Cox


January 10, 2011

GQ 1/8th scale soft rims

GQ 1/8th scale soft rims

GQ Tires have announced their new 1/8th scale soft rims and now offers two rim choices for RC racers. GQ’s Pro Rim is a stiff rim that is suitable for warm weather racing and on smooth, high grip, and/or fast surfaces, while their new high tech ‘Soft Rim’ is suitable for racing in cooler weather along with bumpy and low traction surfaces and/or tracks with tight turns that are more technical in design. The ‘Soft Rims’ are stiff on the outer edge which maintains corner speeds then soften going toward the inner edge. This softening of the rims is what gives these tires the extra traction on the types of surfaces mentioned.

Source: GQ [gqamerica.com]