VP Pro is working on a belted 1/8th GT tire as this rendering reveals. Currently in testing stages the on-road tire will come with an inner reinforcement for added stability and durability and comes with a unique black or white wheel. No word on an exact release date yet but we were told the tire will become available soon.
Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]
Calandra Racing Concepts drivers John Tortorice, David Ehrlich and Andrew Knapp have won their respective classes at the recent 2012 International Indoor Championship. In the 1/12th 17.5T class John Tortorice swept the competition and was sidelined by his CRC team mates Mark Smyka and Kenny Lambert who took the remaining podium spots. The World GT podium again was an all-CRC affair with David Ehrlich, Mario Ficco and Brian Bohlman taking the Top 3. In the 1/12th 13.5T class Andrew Knapp took the win with the brand new XTi car that had a strong first showing at the on-road World Champs earlier this year.
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The International Indoor Championships (IIC), hosted by Scotty Ernst at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, continues as one of the premier stops on the racing calendar. The top drivers in the world converged upon the desert oasis October 1-6 to battle for bragging rights and the prestigious IIC title. The program called for four rounds of controlled practice and some open practice time leading up to Thursday’s two rounds of qualifying. Two more rounds were scheduled for Friday with a driver’s single fastest round out of four used to determine a driver’s main event and grid position. The Team Associated/Reedy factory racing team was on hand to battle with the world’s best and came away with some impressive results – four pole positions and four wins with three additional podium finishes.
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The final round of the Greek 1/10 electric touring nationals took place at the FRT in Athens. The weather with temperatures in the 30 degree celsius range made for hot racing as did the tough competition. Xray driver Georgiadis TQ’d with Awesomatix driver Doucakis in second and Kiriazis (Xray) in third position. In the finals Georgiadis was able to retain the lead with Xray team mate Tsigkos finishing in second and Doucakis in third position.
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CML Distribution introduce the Voltz 4500mAh 50C hardcase LiPo saddle packs. They feature gold connector tubes that go all the way through the case to allow for connector access in multiple chassis placements. Made from high-performance LiPo cells the packs are available now and come including charging harness.
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
Thunder Innovation introduce the Team Alien silicone fuel line on 50 feet/15.2m rolls. The transparent yellow silicone line is highly temperature stable and flexible sporting an inner diameter of 2.4mm and an outer diameter of 6.1mm.
Source: Thunder Innovation [thunderinnovation.com]
Horizon Hobby introduce the new Revolution screwdriver, nut and hex driver sets. They sport flat sided aluminium non-slip handles, replaceable titanium-nitride coated tool tips and large easy-to-read labels for quick identification. Available are a three piece screwdriver, three piece nutdriver and four piece hex driver set.
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CS Electronic are proud to introduce the CS Space X2 AC-Duo 200W charger with two independent charging outputs. The charger offers two fully independent 100W outputs to for 1S to 6S LiPo or or 1 to 16 cell NiXX battery packs. Offering 10A charge current per channel as well as XH balancer ports, a blue back-lit display, auto charge, storage and fast charging modes the charger comes including two XH balancer boards, charging harnesses with Tamiya and Deans connectors as well as bi-language manual.
Source: CS Electronic [cs-shop.de]
