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March 28, 2012

HB HPI Flux Pro brushless motors

Available in a full range of winds suitable for all types of cars, buggies, trucks and more, the Flux Pro motors from HB HPI are your ticket to the winner’s circle. These sensored motors feature adjustable timing to provide the fine touch that pro-level racers need, and the covered outer bearing and machined aluminium case give you durability and peace of mind when you’re out on the track, fighting for the lead. Powerful neodymium magnets work with the sintered 12.5mm rotor to give racers powerful acceleration and plenty of torque to suit a wide range of driving styles and car types, and optional rotors are available to fine-tune the power band of the motor for your specific needs.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]

March 28, 2012

Drake crowned Dialed Inc. Invitational Champion

The 2012 Dialed Inc. Off Road Championships is an all-new event that was held last weekend Shreveport, Louisiana at T&T Speedway. The classes consisted of 2wd/4wd Short course, 1/8th electric buggy/truck, 1/8th nitro buggy/truck, and a special invitational class based off the Reedy Race format, six heats of 10 minute duration, truck on Saturday and buggy on Sunday. They also used gates starts to add a little excitement to the invitational class. The track was built by Joey from The Dirt and a crew of helpers from the local area.

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March 28, 2012

Reds Racing line of manifolds

Reds Racing has designed and developed a completely new manifold line for On Road and Off Road engines. The new line of manifolds is provided with a cooling system, efficient and lightweight, which helps improve engine gasket life, to maintain engine performance over time. Polished both inside and outside, they are delivered with exhaust gasket and springs. The new conical 1/8 On Road manifold is available in three different lengths M, L, XL to fit any kind of track and are matched with the Reds 2069 muffler. The single bend Off Road manifold is available, in addition to the standard version M, in a new version S and are matched with both Reds 2069 and 2034 mufflers.

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March 28, 2012

HPI Blitz battery spacer set

New from HPI, use this convenient battery spacer set in your Blitz short course truck to fit the larger 3S, 11.1 volt battery packs for extra power and maximum top speed. This set includes spacers and extra-long hardware to fit most hard-case 3S LiPo batteries in any HPI Blitz truck.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]

March 28, 2012

Pro-Line Bulldog for Centro C4.1

The Centro C4.1 mid motor conversion for the Associated B4.1 is getting quite a lot of attention lately. Just yesterday JConcepts released a shell for it and today UK Pro-Line importers showed off the finished sample of the new Bulldog for C4.1. The shell features the well known cab forward Bulldog styling and will be supplied with undertray and rear wing. More details from Pro-Line when it is officially announced.

Source: CML [facebook.com]

March 28, 2012

Coelho & Cardos win Portuguese Nationals Rd1

The first round of the Portuguese Electric Touring Cars (Mod and 10.5T Stock) took place last weekend in the town of Torres Novas at Mini Autódromo de Torres Novas, host of EFRA 2013 European Electric Championships. 37 drivers attended the race. On Sunday the day was just amazing with clear sky and good temperature with good grips conditions. In the Mod class Bruno Coelho set a new record for qualifying reaching 20 laps in 5m15.97, but the TQ went to Hugo Miguel after wining 2 of the 4 qualifying sessions. Bruno Coelho and João M. Martinho qualified 2nd and 3rd.

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March 28, 2012

Max Kuenning takes 1/12th 17.5 ROAR title

At the 2012 ROAR Nationals, held at Mike’s Hobby Shop in Dallas TX, the 1/12th 17.5 class turned into a ‘who’s who’s’ of RC drivers with many top drivers jumping in the 17.5 division. Qualifying saw On-point front man and owner, Paul Cicarrello take the top spot with CRC driver Max Kuenning a close second. However in the triple A-main format, Max took the first 2 mains to wrap up his National Championship in convincing fashion ahead of Paul Ciccarello in 2nd with Kody Knudtson in 3rd.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

March 28, 2012

TeamSR DEX210 rear inner suspension mounts

TeamSR have introduced their new machined anodized aluminium rear inner suspension mounts for the Durango DEX210 buggy. As one of many soon to be introduced line of hop ups for the DEX210, these suspension mounts are available in 0°, 1.5° & 3°degrees of kick-up. Precision machined from aircraft grade 7075 T6 aluminium, hard anodized black and engraved with markings, these mounts provide a more rigid mounting position thus increasing durability over the existing factory plastic suspension mounts.

Source: TeamSR [teamsr.co]