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July 14, 2011

Cody King is Finland bound

In a surprise move, reigning 1/8th scale offroad World Champion Cody King is trying his hands at Electric 1/10th offroad as he travels to Vaasa Finland for the IFMAR World Championships which takes place next week. Focusing on 1/8th offroad for the past number of years he has been putting in some intensive testing recently and was feeling really comfortable with both his Kyosho cars. Cody has been running electric exclusively since last Thursday and was running through the weekend, and just yesterday shook down his Worlds cars prior to his flight to Finland, where he will also receive his race bodies. You can follow his progress along with that of all the competitors live on Red RC next week with our coverage beginning in full on Monday.

July 14, 2011

Ryan Lopez takes Georgia Champion Series race

This past weekend was the Georgia Champion Series Race and TLR posted more excellent results with team drivers Ryan Lopez, Shane Ogden and Cole Ogden. Taking the overall series win in the 1/8th Buggy class with his TLR 8ight 2.0 was Ryan Lopez who chose Losi Red Ultra Digits to last the long one hour main event. Rounding out the podium was Shane Ogden in 2nd and Cole Ogden in 3rd.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

July 14, 2011

Hupo Hönigl dominates 2011 IROC

The 4th annual International Race of Champions (IROC) was held by the MAC-Inzell and Hupo Hönigl put on a show as he carried away the top prize in every class with his DESC410R, DEX410 and DEX210 prototype. The 4WD Short Course class showed once again that the DESC410R is a force to be reckoned with as it dominated in the first 6 positions, and 7 cars in the final. Hupo Honigl had this report on the race:

View Hupo’s report here

July 13, 2011

Serpent Cobra pro brake set

Serpent have released this pro brake set for the Cobra buggy and truggy. The set features superbly machined ventilated brake-disks with a small front and large rear version. The shaped brake pads come pre-glued to strong metal backing-plates and the set includes steel brake-bolts, for smoother braking overall which is less prone to fading.

View the loose brake set here

July 13, 2011

Schumacher Cougar SV Dirt Spec conversion

After a host of data gathering and testing by their factory drivers and engineers Schumacher are pleased to bring you this ‘Dirt Spec Conversion’ for the Cougar SV. Although the Cougar SV has been performing well on dirt, winning several major races recently, they thought they could improve its performance. The conversion allows more weight to be moved to the rear of the car by lengthening the chassis and also has the added benefit of using a brass plate under the gear box area also bringing the weight balance back. It will accept all major battery types including saddle, stick and 96mm short stick. All this aids forward traction on low to medium grip surfaces.

View the different battery configurations here

July 12, 2011

Video – HRH Shootout 2wd Modified A-main

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Following our coverage of the 2011 Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout that took place last weekend, we have uploaded a video showing all the action from the 2wd Modified A-main which you can view above.

July 12, 2011

S-Workz TB-1 & EFRA 2089 pipes

S-Workz have developed two new pipe system for use with their engines and other 3 port motors. The TB-1 series is designed for high performance and low cost and features a patented exhaust stinger system. Sold with 3 different interchangeable stingers, the original 8mm version is silver, the red version is 7.5mm and the blue is 7mm. S-Workz also have their EFRA 2089 pipe, which is hand made in Japan and gives lots of torque.

View the 2089 pipe here

July 12, 2011

Daniel Reckward wins Swiss EFRA GP

Last weekend saw the EFRA GP for 1/8 Buggy held in Oberbüren, Switzerland. As the drivers arrived on Friday morning, a very big tent awaited them with space for all the drivers and the restaurant area. It rained the night before and so the track was wet but in good condition. From 10am till 6pm the drivers could run four practice round to get familiar with the track. On Saturday morning the track was wet again but no rain for the last practice round, however just before the start of the first Qualifying round it began to rain. The rain stayed for the whole first round of qualifying and it was Dominique Gross (Serpent/Ninja/JConcepts) from Switzerland who was fasted, second was Roman Kummer (Agama/TechnoPower/VP-Pro) from Switzerland, 5 seconds behind, and third Hannes Käufler (TLR/nVision/Losi) from Germany.

Continue reading the report here