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January 25, 2012

Aliberti dominates 2wd SC at Snow Ball Champs

There were 172 entries at the 7th Annual Snow Ball Championship held last weekend at the famous R/C Excitement track in Fitchburg, Mass. Most of the top drivers in the New England area turned out to challenge another great Excitement lay-out. Mike Aliberti totally dominated the 2WD Mod Short Course class with his brand new X-Factory SCX-60CF, the new carbon fiber short course Conversion Kit about to be announced. Aliberti’s slim mid-motor truck handily won both rounds of qualifying and won the A main by more than two laps.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

January 25, 2012

RB Blast V2 limited edition set

RB distributor RMV Deutschland have released information on the RB Blast V2 limited edition set. The square stroke engine features a 7+3 port ABC liner, multi-exhaust system, 9mm composite carburettor with 7mm venture insert, turbo glow plug and a 13mm nitride hardened and coated crankshaft. The 3.5cc engine is designed for competition use in both 1/8 scale buggies and truggies and comes including an engine protection kit and EFRA 2045 exhaust.

Source: Area52 [area52.cc]

January 25, 2012

Pro-Line Cactus Classic – Announcement

The 26th Annual Pro-Line Cactus Classic will take place on March 23-25 with the World Famous Scotty Ernst announcing the race. As always, the race will be held at Hobby Town’s Scottsdale R/C Speedway in beautiful Scottsdale Arizona. Entries are limited to 500 so if you are interested in signing up for the event be sure to visit RC Signup. For more information visit the Pro-Line site here.

January 25, 2012

Sweep Carpet Challenge report

The 1st annual Sweep Carpet Challenge at MRH Raceway of Baltimore Maryland pulled over 100 entries from all over the Northeast, people came from Virginia to New Hampshire to attend. They were greeted with one of the most well kept and cleanest tracks/hobby stores around. Racers didn’t have to worry about needing something that the store didn’t have, as Middle River Hobbies stocks not only hobby supplies, but also everything a racer needs to get through a big race weekend. Sweep tires graciously sponsored the event providing their spec QTS 32 tire and brought all their top drivers down from New York to do battle on the ultra high grip carpet track.

Continue reading the report here

January 25, 2012

Xray T3 low friction chassis & top deck

New from Xray for their T3 chassis is this 2mm chassis which was developed to provide the best possible traction for low-traction conditions. The thinner chassis allows the car to flex more which generates more overall traction. To generate even more traction, the new 2mm chassis can be combined with the new 1.6mm top deck which was developed to increase traction and in-corner steering. With the thinner top deck, the car will flex more which generates overall more traction. The top deck is a direct replacement for standard 2mm top deck.

View the top deck here

January 24, 2012

DE Racing DEX410 Borrego front wheels

DE Racing have announced the release of their “Borrego” buggy wheels for the front of Team Durango’s DEX410 “V3” 4wd buggy. They include all the same features from the rest of our buggy line in addition to a 14mm mounting hex and offset specific to the DEX410 “V3”. They are available in black, silver, white and yellow.

Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]

January 24, 2012

DE Racing SC10 4×4 skid plates

DE Racing have announced the release of a rear skid plate for the Team Associated SC10 4×4. This part replaces the stock rear mini bumper with a new rear mini bumper / skid plate. Sold in packs of 2.

View another image of the skid plate here

January 24, 2012

Keven Hébert dominates Northeast Dash4Cash

360 Raceway V2 in New Rochelle, NY hosted the 1st Annual Dash4Cash recently and a full field of over 120 entries meant that the competition would be fierce. The format consisted of practice on Saturday with three qualifying rounds and the main events on Sunday. In Expert Touring Car, Keven Hébert was able to TQ each round of qualifying, which meant he would start the main event on pole in front of Mike Haynes, Robbie Dodge and Jason Schreffler. Qualifying was extremely tight, with the entire main separated by less than 10 seconds. At the start of the main, Keven was able to maintain a small gap to Haynes as they pulled away from the rest of the field. Although he was able to stay close, a mistake at the 3-minute mark allowed Keven to keep a comfortable lead for the remainder of the race and bring home the win. Haynes held on for second, with Robbie Dodge rounding out the podium.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]