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March 10, 2008

Chuck Berg wins the Chi-Town Shootout

Team Orion are reporting on the 2008 Chi-Town Shootout that was held at the beginning of March at the Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, IL. Racers from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin all attended this annual event to race on the hi-traction clay track which allowed the racers to run slicks at the beginning of the day when the track was wet, then switch over to tires with a little more pin as the track started to dry out. Team Orion driver Chuck Berg was the man to beat in 2wd 19T buggy class, TQ’ing every round of qualifying to guarantee him the first spot on the grid for the main event. At the start of the tone, Berg shot off the line and after a couple laps he had stretched out a comfortable lead on the field. Chuck then went on and ran mistake free for the rest of the main winning by a considerable margin.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 10, 2008

Trinity IB4600mAh Sport Battery Pack

Trinity have released these IB4600 battery packs, which are suitable for bashers and sport racers who are looking for maximum run time and punch, but don’t want to break the bank by purchasing matched cells. Made using Intellect cells, these packs include Tamiya style plugs to make them compatible with just about all RTR electric vehicles, and have the same dimensions as most sport battery packs, so they’ll fit perfectly without having to jam them in the battery tray.

Source: RCCA [rccaraction.com]

March 10, 2008

Tekin HotWire ESC/PC Interface

Tekin Hot Wire ESC/PC Interface

Horizon Hobby are promoting the late March release of the the HotWire PC Interface from Tekin, a system that allows you to unlock the full potential of your speed control. Use the HotWire to connect your ESC to your PC or laptop and you can leverage the processing power of your computer to fine tune its performance characteristics. The HotWire also gives access to custom user settings that are not available through the Speed Control’s on-board interface and lets you network with other users to share tweaks, tuning tricks and entire track/condition specific profiles. Best of all the HotWire lets you download completely new software as it is developed and upload it to your Speed Control, giving you unrestricted access to upgrade to Tekin’s latest and newest performance mods.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]

March 10, 2008

Much More Stone Finisher Tool

Much More have released this stone finisher tool set for preparing stone cutters that cut lay down or stand up brushes surface smoother than a metal blade cutter. The set is sold separately to the stone brush cutter but is supplied with the blue anodised brush setter and stone block. New stone cutters can be cut to the users desired diameter with the stone block and when finished is turned upside down and mounted to the motor shaft as normal. The supplied brush setter cuts the brushes to 0.0mm or zero timing.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]

March 9, 2008

Gaggiola wins North Interregional Rd1

Gaggiola wins North Interregional Champs Rd1

Xray have a brief report on their site from the first North Interregional Championship race that was held in Montecchio last weekend. Perfect spring weather conditions greeted the over 50 drivers in the 1:10 class and after 3 rounds of qualifying it was Paolo Gaggiola that took TQ with his Max-powered NT1. Following the semi finals, in wich Luca Colombo and Guido Barbera won to take their place in the main final, the NT1 racers proceeded to dominate the race with Gaggiola taking the win from Colombo and Barbera in 2nd and 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 8, 2008

Phuah & Seet win iRacingWerkz NC Rd1

Xray have a report on their site from the 1st round of the iRacingWerkz Nitro Challenge held recently at Singapore’s Turf City track. The race was open to both buggy and truggy and in the buggy class it was HongNor racer Wenyi that took TQ with the Xray pairing of Sam Cheng and Glenn Phuah in 2nd and 3rd, while in the truggy class it was Glenn Phuah that made TQ with the only 13 lap qualifier of the whole event. In the truggy main final, Glenn managed to pull out a comfortable lead until he clipped a metal spike that damaged the front arm, ending the race for him and handing the win to Kyosho driver Ben Seet. In the buggy final Glenn was once again quick, having a good battle with Wenyi and Sam Cheng but could eventually pull out a lead, taking the win despite a damaged rear wing, with Seet finishing in 2nd and another Xray driver JY Mok in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 8, 2008

IDM Tuned tires and clutch system

As some of you may have noticed, we have a new advertiser on the site in the form of IDM, the company run by top Italian racing driver Daniele Ielasi. Best known for his range of IDM Tuned Picco made engines, the former European Champion is also extending the IDM line to carry other products as well. IDM are getting into the tire business with the release of a complete range of foam 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale tires made by ATS and we are told that there will be changes made to the wheels you see in the picture above before launch. Other items include the IDM branded and Capricorn made clutch system for 1/8th scale, that features a vented clutch bell and 3 different clutch shoes for varying effects.

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March 7, 2008

Sotiropoulos wins Greek 1/8th Nats Rd1

Serpent are reporting on the first round of the Greek National Championship that got underway at the FRT track last weekend and which saw current Champion John Sotiropoulos dominate the event. With a busy few days prior to the event to build the new 08 kits, Saturday’s practice showed that Sotiropoulos had not lost any of his pace over the off season as he set the pace with his new Max powered Serpent. A pace that he carried through to qualifying on Sunday as he TQ’d the event. Starting the 30 minute final from pole position, Sotiropoulos was pushed hard at the start but once the race had settled down the Serpent driver began to pull away, eventually crossing the line some 3 laps clear of Kyosho racer Giannis Arkoumanis in 2nd and his team mate Totomis Evaggelos in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]