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February 14, 2010

Meen Vejrak wins Buggy Pre Worlds

Thai driver Meen Vejrak has won the Pre Worlds race in Pattaya today, following a hectic 60 minute main final which saw the Hot Bodies team hit trouble, leaving them down the order. The Semi finals went as planned for event TQ Ty Tessmann and team mate Jesse Robbers, both winning their respective finals to line up 1 and 2 on the grid for the main final, with Atsushi Hara to start from 3rd ahead of an ever improving Renaud Savoya. In the main final it was a complete reverse of fortunes that saw Robbers the first retire after 22 minutes, while Tessmann would be the next to hit bad luck, dropping out with electrical problems at the 33rd minute. The remain half of the race saw the lead change multiple times as the front running drivers all hit trouble until local Mugen driver Meen V emerged at the front, himself recovering from an earlier problem, to take the win by 18 or so seconds from one time race leader Teemu Leino, while former Touring car World Champion Surikarn C. took the final podium position in 3rd.

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February 13, 2010

Losi 8ight Championship T-shirt

Losi have released their new 8ight Championship t-shirt, which promotes the 3-time ROAR National Champion 8ight Race Roller, which won the title in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Made from a heavy-weight cotton/poly blend, it features red, black and white screen-printed designs printed on the front and rear, while the left sleeve promotes the 8ight’s title as Top Qualifier in 2006 and 2009. Available in the usual range of sizes.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

February 13, 2010

Euro Indoor Race Belgium report

This past weekend the Euro Indoor Race was held at the indoor off road track of the BRCC club in Charleroi, Belgium. The event is driven on an all astroturf track, equipped with whoops, jumps, table tops and had a very challenging layout and is open to 1/8th BL buggy, 1/10th trucks, 1/10th 4WD buggy and 2WD buggy and it attracted drivers from Belgium, France, Netherlands, the UK and Denmark. Free training on Friday saw 7 rounds of 5 minute qualifying on Saturday and 1 last qualifying round on Sunday followed by 5 finals. In 1/8th, it was Nicolas Hammerton that TQ’d but the battle in the finals was fierce and it was Roger Capelmann that took the overall win. Nicolas Hammerton finished 2nd with third place going to French pilot Philippe Schlafmunter.

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February 13, 2010

Tosolini TQs Sedan at 2010 Winternats

This week sees the annual Winternationals take place at the Ft. Myers track in Florida. Despite the international entry being down on previous years, the National entry is still pretty strong with a lot of the top saloon and 1/8th scale drivers in attendance. Making his US debut with the new Capricorn LAB C01, with Capricorn engines and tires, Chris Tosolini managed to stick it on the pole position running his fastest time in the final heat, which despite a touch with DJ Apolaro where he lost 2 seconds was still able to break the qualifying record by 3 seconds. Paolo Morganti with the Serpent 733 and Paul Lemieux with the Xray NT1 line up 2nd and 3rd, while Mike Swauger makes it 4 manufacturers in the top 4 as he lines up in 4th. In the 1/8th scale Open class it was Mike Swauger that took the pole position for Mugen, in front of the Serpent 966 pairing of Paolo Morganti in 2nd and DJ Apolaro in 3rd.

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February 13, 2010

Frank Root joins Team Losi

Team Losi Racing have announced the signing of Frank Root to their off-road racing team for 2010. Frank’s vast racing experience, impeccable driving talent and superior public relations will be an excellent asset to their organization. Frank’s recent successes include 2008 & 2009 JBRL 2wd and 4wd Off-Road Champion, 2009 NORCAL Championship in 2wd and Truck and Multi-time ROAR National, Cactus Classic and Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout A-main finalist. Frank had the following to say:

I am really excited for this amazing opportunity with Team Losi Racing and Horizon Hobby. I would like to thank Kevin Gahan, Adam Drake, and Mike Truhe for helping make this opportunity come to fruition. I am anxiously looking forward to the Nitro Challenge and Cactus Classic to make my debuts with the Team Losi Racing cars and run with my new Losi teammates! I want to thank everyone from Team Associated for all of the support over the past several years. I have had a great span with Team Associated, Brent Thielke, Kurt “Coach” Wenger, and all of my teammates at Team Associated. I would like to give a big thank you to Jason Ruona from J-Concepts. As my first real sponsor, Jason and J-Concepts were very influential in my success in my racing career.

Frank will be competing this year in the electric off-road classes with his Team Losi Racing XXX-CR, XXX-T CR, 8ight-E 2.0 and XXX-4 Graphite Plus and all will be powered by Xcelorin speed controls, batteries, and motors. Frank will also compete at the nitro events with his Team Losi Racing 8ight 2.0 and 8ight-T 2.0 powered by Nitrotec Engines and Nitrotane Fuel. All vehicles will be exclusively equipped with Team Losi Racing tires.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

February 12, 2010

HPI Blitz ESE Short course truck

Last week we saw the new Blitz ESE from HPI Racing for the first time and today they have release full information on this no compromise short course truck. Outfitted with a ton of premium upgrades, high grade materials and tuned performance parts, it comes as a kit allowing you to customize your truck and top it off with your choice of electronics, high performance wheels, tires and batteries. The high performance parts are color coded white, cool gray, and warm grey. Not only does this enhance the style of the truck, it lets you know at a glance which part is the high response performance part. Featuring a stiffer composite main chassis that quickens the overall response of the truck as well as firm front arms for a more precise steering feel, while the rear arms help free up the truck in corners. Other new parts include firm shock towers, firmer skid plates and firmer bumpers.

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February 12, 2010

HPI Blitz ESE Short course truck

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February 12, 2010

Xceed 1/10 scale Chevy Cruser body

Seen at the toy fair last week, Xceed’s new 1/10 scale Chevy Cruser body is a high performance 1/10 scale 200mm body. Made from high quality lexan and supplied with a special shaped rear wing it is very stable, also under braking, and provides lots of steering and excellent top-speed handling. Designed in Italy for Xceed in co-operation with top level drivers, it includes grill, lights and masking decals. Expect it to hit the market in March.

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