Team Titan have released their Blitz F6B buggy shell for the Mugen MBX6. This cab forward shell gives the car lots of steering while the downforce generated provides less air time. Sold clear, it is supplied with window masks and sticker sheet.
Source: Team Titan [team-titan.com.tw]
Yannick Aigoin has informed us that promising young brothers Rayan and Zacharie Medjoubi have decided to join Pro Circuit through a deal with French distributor Aigoin Racing. After some private testing, the pair who compete in the French Nationals, have been very happy with the tires and have decided to join the team for 2012.
Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]
Produced by Maugrafix in Italy are these new wing skins available for the Team C H810 rear wing. Available in two designs, Monster Energy and Red Bull, they are high quality, come pre cut and are fuel and oil resistant.
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The 2011 Turkey Shootout was held at Hemet Competition Raceway last weekend. The event had 12 heats and Adam Drake set the pace in the 1/8th expert buggy and 4wd modified SC class. In the Expert 1/8th buggy class Adam took the win, but the battle was intense for second between Ronda Drake and Andrew Smolnik. Ronda made a pass on Andrew to start the final lap, but made a small mistake in the whoops which allowed Andrew by to take second in the 20 minute final. In the 4wd SC class Adam took the win again followed by his wife Ronda Drake with third going to Brian Sullivan. All three drivers were running the Losi SCTE.
The 2011 Kyosho Fall Classic was held last Saturday at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA. This annual event has been known to bring in some of the best nitro drivers from all over Southern California. This years event would be no exception. Drivers such as current 1/8 Buggy Nitro World Champion Cody King, Current ROAR 1/8 Buggy National Champion Ryan Cavalieri, Ty Tessman, Richard Saxton, Dylan Rodriguez, Drew Moller, and Jessie Robinson were all in attendance. The weather was great all day long staying in the 60’s.
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Reds introduce the all new .21 5-port nitro buggy engine. Tuned by M. Rossi the long-stroke engine sports a 5-port chromed liner with booster exhaust ports, a CNC-machined billet aluminium piston, new separated and cooled combustion chamver and a light weight cooling head. Other features included are a 14mm balanced crankshaft, high strength connection rod, all Swiss-made ball bearing and a new composite slide carburettor.
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TLR and Losi’s Frank Root, Cody Turner, and Matt Castellano were on hand at the second round of the Thanksgiving Throwdown Series Saturday at West Coast R/C Raceway (WCRC). The track had fantastic traction, and a really fun and technical layout. The entry count was very strong with 19 full heats and a great day of racing was had by all.
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Team Novak introduce the Diablo dual battery brushless system for monster trucks such as the Traxxas E-Maxx or HPI Savage that make use of dual battery power. The 550-size motor and speed controller are designed from the ground up to run from two 2S or 6-cell NiMH batteries as found in 1/10 scale vehicles. The controller features Novak’s own Bash Boost technology that boosts the performance of the motor by advancing the timing at a certain RPM and throttle position. The sensored 550-size motor sports a 5mm shaft and a one-piece, multi-pole sintered Neodymium magnet.
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