December 5, 2010

2011 Arena Offroad Meeting – Announcement

2011 Offroad Meeting - Announcement

The organisers of the 2011 Arena Offroad meeting in Italy were in touch to announce the next running of the popular indoor event. Back after a break this year to make way for the Worlds in Thailand, it will take place from the 13th to the 16th of October at the Cowboys guest ranch in Voghera close to Milan. The event will once more play host to 1/8th gas buggy and gas truggy along with brushless buggy classes along with the Race of Champions on Saturday night with top drivers from around Europe expected to take part. Expect more details in the coming months.

View our report from the 2009 event here.


December 5, 2010

Schumacher Winter Beanie

Schumacher Winter Beanie

Perfect for the current cold spell making its way across Europe, Schumacher have released this beanie hat to keep the important bit between your ears warm.  Two tone black and tan made from good quality knitted material, it features the Schumacher logo. One size fits all.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]


December 5, 2010

Arrowmax MRX-5 radio plate mount

Arrowmax MRX-5 radio plate mount

New from Arrowmax for the Mugen MRX-5 is this radio plate mount. CNC machined from 7075 T6 aluminium, it replaces the standard composite version for increased stiffness and strength.

Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]


December 5, 2010

Vampire Racing 60C 6200mAh LiPo

Vampire Racing 60C 6200mAh LiPo

Based on Vampire Racing’s popular 40C LiPo series they have developed a new 60C cell for consistent, start to finish ballistic performance. They also upped the capacity to 6200mAh so you don’t go thirsty in those long mains. Available now.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]


December 4, 2010

Cavalieri fastest on Day 1 of Spektrum Challenge

Cavalieri fastest on Day 1 of Spektrum Challenge

Nestled in the heart of Wisconsin, Trackside Hobbies plays host this weekend to the Spektrum Off-Road Challenge. Traveling from sunny Southern California to represent Team Associated is 1:10 electric ace, Ryan Cavalieri. Having ran exclusively 1:8 Buggy for the past few months, culminating with his “A” main finish at the 1:8 World Championship, Cavalieri pulled his Factory Team B4.1 and B44.1 off the shelf and laid down the fastest qualifying time in the first round of qualifying in 2wd and 4wd Modified.  Not to be left out, Reedy’s very own Sean Cochran took his Factory Team SC10 to the top spot in the ultra-competitive SCT 17.5 class. With three more qualifiers on Saturday and the main events on Sunday, Cavalieri is off to a good start at what has become one of the largest indoor events in the country with 300+ entries

Source: Associated [rc10.com]


December 4, 2010

Ricky Gaynor wins 2wd at KBRL Rd4

Ricky Gaynor wins 2wd at KBRL Rd4

Round 4 of the KBRL Electric series was this past weekend in Tucson, AZ at Hobbytown USA. Team Losi Racing driver Ricky Gaynor was on fire in the 2wd Open Class with his XXX-CR, TQ’ing over the field. In the main Ricky used the TQ position to his advantage and checked out on the field in the 10 minute main with fellow Losi driver Billy Fischer finishing second ahead of Brian Kinwald in 3rd.

Source: Losi [losi.com]


December 4, 2010

Video – Todd Hodge interview & TLR 22 debut

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Having brought you details on the new TLR 22 2wd buggy from Team Losi Racing, our friends over at Live RC sat down and talked with product development manager Todd Hodge about the development process of this all new car as well as the new TLR branding. A second video below show Dustin Evans run the new 22 for the first time at the Scotty Ernst’s Spektrum race that is taking place as Trackside Hobbies this weekend.

View the TLR 22 race debut here


December 4, 2010

Pro-Line Pro Core Street Fighter SC tires

Pro-Line have introduced the Pro Core version of their Street Fighter SC 2.2″/3.0″ tires. The new and innovative Pro-Core tire technology is so new that it is still under development by thier R&D department, but they were too excited to keep it to themselves.  Be a part of history and join them in testing out this ultra-durable and high-performance technology. Only available for a limited time and only available direct from Pro-Line.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]