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March 24, 2010

Shepherd teams up with Martin Lissau

Shepherd have announced the partnership with another world-class driver. 1/5th Scale World Champion 2007 and 2008 1/10 IC Track World Championship finalist Martin Lissau will use the Shepherd Velox V10 for the upcoming season. He will attend the Danish National Championship as well as this years European Championship A in Goteborg to join the already strong team around World Champion Daniele Ielasi and other international top drivers. Martin had the following to say:

I’m very happy that Team Shepherd are giving me this opportunity to race with the new Velox V10 and I’m really looking forward to being a part of the strong team that they have for the upcoming season. I would like to say thanks to Team Shepherd for giving me this opportunity and I hope to have a great season with good results and a lot of fun.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 24, 2010

KM Racing AWD bearing sets

New from KM Racing are these bearing sets for use in AWD Mini-Z chassis’. Available in steel oiled and ceramic versions you can can get both types in sets of 4pcs, 10pcs as well as a complete set.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

March 24, 2010

Xavier Arana joins Team Magic

Team Magic have announced the signing of Xavier Arana to their team for 2010. The runner up at last year’s Spanish National championship will race the G4S09 throughout the season, making his competition debut at the opening National race at the Valladolid track.

Source: Team Magic [teammagic.com.tw]

March 24, 2010

LRP TCM 2010 gets underway this week

Our friends at LRP were in contact to remind us that their annual international touring car event will get underway this Friday in Eppelheim, Germany. LRP will be covering the event live on their official TCM website, where you can follow all the action with reports, interviews and videos.

Check out the official event site here.

March 24, 2010

Hudy Ultimate body scissors

Hudy have introduced their ultimate body scissors, which are professional, surgically-sharp stainless-steel scissors with chromed outer coating for long life. These elongated, straight scissors are perfect for body trimming around curves and make it especially easy to make straight cuts. The narrow profile allows easy access to all areas.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

March 23, 2010

Pro-Line F150, Slash Undertray & 1/16th Desert Rat

Pro-Line have introduced a number of new Short Course products starting with the new Ford F-150 race body for your Traxxas Slash, Slash 4×4 or Associated SC10. Featuring bold off-road Short Course styling with extremely pronounced fenders for an attack-like stance. For 1/16 Slash owners, Pro-Line have released the all new Desert Rat 2.0, a dedicated body designed to maximize performance and style to keep your 1/16 Slash looking good. Finally, to protect your Slash 4×4 both inside and out Pro-Line’s new undertray is made from extremely durable .060 Lexan material and sports tall sides protect against dirt and debris from entering into chassis and electronics.

Click here to see the other new products

March 23, 2010

CS Electronic 4500mAh LiPo stick pack

CS Electronic have introduced a new 4500mAh 28C LiPo pack suitable for use in sports class racing. The same size and configuration, with rounded edges, as a 6-cell 7.2v NiMh stick pack it fits into most chassis’ but is much lighter, has more voltage and lower internal resistance than standard NiMh packs. Packaged in a black plastic hard case, it comes pre-fitted with standard Tamiya connector and a EHR balancer plug.

Source: CS Electronic [cs-shop.de]

March 23, 2010