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July 2, 2011

Mugen MBX6T 5mm longer chassis

Mugen have announced the release of an all new option 5mm longer chassis, with 5mm longer rear center drive shaft, for the MBX6T Truggy. The chassis is extended 5mm on the rear section which will allow for more weight to be placed forward which in turn will increase corner entry speed and stability. This new chassis length will increase high speed stability which will be especially noticed in rough sections. Available the end of July.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

July 2, 2011

X-Factory E-Speed motor plate

X Factory and Ellis Stafford are proud to announce the new E-Speed motor plate to fit all 4-Gear X-Cars. Fresh from his dominating victory at the TLR Super Cup race, Ellis releases the newly designed motor plate to improve motor cooling and reduce bending. Made of 7075 aluminium, the new plate is stronger than the standard motor plate and has extra material too. Extra cooling areas make the plate even more efficient than the old one it replaces. The color matches Ellis’s motor plate support bracket and his heatsink/fan mount, so the three parts play very nicely together.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

July 1, 2011

Aigoin tops opening day at Astra Nitro Cross

TLR’s Yannick Aigoin has topped the opening day’s action at the 2011 Astra Nitro Cross in the Czech Republic after setting the fastest time in the fourth and final round of practice to get the better of early pace setter and team-mate Martin Bayer. The final practice run saw few drivers improve with the only other front runner to make an improvement being Xray’s Jiri Mara who ended the day with the sixth best time.

View our complete event coverage here

July 1, 2011

Haifeng Wang joins HPI China racing team

HPI China has announced the signing of Haifeng Wang to their racing team. Wang is the indisputable top EP on-road driver in China. Starting his RC life in 2005, Wang achieved astonishing progress, not only by racing talent but also through hard work. He undertook all National 1:10 EP Onroad Championship event (TQ and win) from 2007 to 2010 and became a star of the industry. In 2009 Wang challenged himself by joining the 4WD GT Class at the Tamiya Asia Cup and took the TQ & win without problem. In 2011, he again embraced his reputation by top qualifying and winning the 11.5T Stock Class at the TITC. Wang will now continue his story at HPI & Hot Bodies.

Source: HPI China [hpiracing.net.cn]

July 1, 2011

Nicolai Lindegaard takes SuperStock Rd2 in Denmark

The 2nd round of the Danish 1/10th touring car championships was last weekend at the well known ‘Rainbow’ Track in Glostrup in Denmark, which hosted the Euros back in 2005. There was 17 SuperStock Drivers and 9 Modified drivers and Xray driver Nicolai Lindegaard sent us this report. On Saturday we did some very small setup changes having tested a lot in the weeks leading up to this race and so the car was fast, very smooth and easy to drive. The grip wasn’t so high but we didn’t change a lot of set-up because we expected more grip on the race day. The track is very nice with a very good flow so we were very excited to the Sunday’s race.

Continue reading the report here

July 1, 2011

Bayer sets early pace at Astra Nitro Cross

Martin Bayer is setting the early pace at his own race, heading a Losi 1-2 in practice for the 2011 Astra Nitro Cross. The Czech ace topped all three practice rounds but set the fastest three consecutive laps in the second run to topping the similar nVision powered 8ight of Yannick Aigoin. Describing the track conditions as being very similar to that experienced at the Warm-up race for the up coming European Championships, Bayer said he has been using the track time to try a few new ideas in terms of set-up and is pleased with the response.

View our complete event coverage here

July 1, 2011

Sonny Ochoa clean sweep at Midwest Nitro series Rd3

This past weekend round three of the Midwest Nitro series made its stop at Raceworld Raceway in Griffith Indiana to a new series record of 150 entries. Raceworld’s track featured a technical layout with many elevation changes. Horizon’s Sonny Ochoa was the man to beat, taking his Losi cars to TQ spot in all three classes he entered. The win though, did not come without a fight in the pro buggy main, as local fast-shoe Randy Carthart put the challenge to Sonny in the first half, only to break a shock and limp, albeit competitively, on three shocks to a 4th place. Second qualifier John Tomljenovic struggled with poor tire choice on his privateer Mugen to salvage a third place after frequent challenges from Scott Shinn’s Mugen. It was Mugen Seiki/JConcepts racer Kevin Bronner with the drive of the day: salvaging his bump-up starting spot to drive a very smart race all the way to 2nd.

View the final positions here

July 1, 2011

Much More weighing scale

Much More have released their new weighing scale for checking your car’s weight. Perfect for those racers who have their cars close to the legal weight limit, the maximum load is 2,000 grams. Featuring a blue LCD back light, it uses 4×1.5V “AAA” battery and can be set to measure in grams and ounces.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]