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April 26, 2010

James Caruso takes ECC victory

James “Turbofest” Caruso took his Super Bully Crawler to ECC “East Coast Championships” to test his skills and rig against some of the best super class drivers in the country. James used the RC4WD Super Bully 65:1 Axles, and titanium hardware on his custom built Super Crawler. He also built his own chassis and OTA “over the axle” steering setup for this truck leading to domination in the Super Class. After 4 courses James pulled away with the win by one point. There were a total of 3 RC4WD Super Bully axled rigs in the top 6 at the ECC event.

Source: RC4wd [rc4wd.com]

April 26, 2010

Xray XB808 3mm rear anti-roll bar

Xray have added this 3mm rear anti roll bar to their current range of XB808 optional setup parts. These anti-roll bars are manually manufactured in-house from premium heat-treated spring steel wire using precision bending machines that ensure equal side angles. Manually measured, selected and straightened to eliminate all tweak.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 25, 2010

Fabio Boero wins Rd1 in Italy

The Italian 1/8th buggy Nationals got underway this weekend at the Valley Sporting Club in Alberobello in the very south of the country. Reigning champion Riccardo Rabitti managed to TQ the event with his Picco powered Losi, ahead of Mugen/Reds Racing driver Fabio Boero, with multiple Champion Davide Tortorici in 3rd. Things would go badly for Rabitti in his semi final, a number of problems in his race saw him lose too much time and so failed to bump into the main event. Fabio Boero would start from the pole position for the hour long race, with Carlo Jacopini lining up just behind him. In the race itself, it was Riccardo Perin that took the early lead, while behind it was Jacopini in 2nd being chased by a hard recovering Boero who had lost a lot of time on lap 2. Just before the half way point Perin hit trouble, and with Boero up to 2nd he was able to pounce and take the lead, which he held on to until the end. Davide Tortorici took 2nd place, passing Fabrizio Teghesi a few laps before the end, demoting the Kyosho driver to 3rd spot by the flag.

View the final results here

April 25, 2010

Peter Harder takes victory in Danish opener

The opening round of the Danish 1/8th off road Nationals took place this weekend with nice sunny weather in Hillerød on the challenging NXC track north of Copenhagen. Peter Harder with his Novarossi powered Xray 808 took a strong victory leading from early on to win by 3 laps from Losi driver Silas Høgholt Pedersen, with HongNor driver Tim Culmsee completing the top 3.

Click here to see the final results

April 24, 2010

King Headz 17mm closed flanged wheel nuts

New from King Headz are these 17mm closed flanged wheel nuts. CNC machined from 7075 aircraft grade aluminium, they are anodized in either purple or green and are available in either fine or coarse thread versions. These closed nuts are designed to minimize the amount of dirt that gets into the axle and the fine threaded versions will fit Losi, Xray, Kyosho, Hot Bodies, Mugen, Associated or any other M12 X 1.0 hub, while the coarse threaded versions fit the Jammin, OFNA or other M12 x 1.25 hubs. Sold in a set of 4.

Source: King Headz [kingheads.com]

April 24, 2010

Short Course Nationals – Announcement

The organisers of the 2010 Short Course Nationals to be held at R/C Madness in Enfield, CT were in touch to promote their event which takes place from the 9th to 11th of July. As the name suggests, the race is only open to short course vehicles by encompasses 7 classes including Slash spec, 2wd stock, 2wd open, 4wd electric small block, 4wd electric big block, mini short course open and finally 4wd nitro open. Registration is now open and you can find the entry form here.

April 24, 2010

HPI Blitz white composite main chassis

HPI are offering their white composite main chassis from the high performance Blitz ESE truck for the regular Blitz series trucks. This replaces the stock black nylon chassis with a stiffer composite main chassis that quickens the overall response of the truck. Not only does the white chassis material enhance the performance and style of the truck, it lets you know at a glance which part is the high response performance part. Precision made to exact HPI factory specifications for a perfect bolt-on fit.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]

April 23, 2010

AKA Short Course Enduro & Wishbone tires

Having brought you CAD images of the new Short Course tires from AKA back in March, the US company have released photos of the final product together with full details. The Enduro is made specifically for the 2.2 – 3.0 inch wheels that are common on all Short Course trucks. The Enduro was designed with larger lugs that have been cut in various angles to provide you with great tread life but also give the lugs enough flex to give you the bite you need on a variety of different track conditions. The SC Wishbone is the first specific indoor or hard packed tire for Short Course racing. The Wishbones center bars and smaller pins gives the tire a huge advantage on hard pack or indoor conditions giving the truck more forward and side bite. All of AKA SC tires feature a unique inner carcass ribbing that supports the outer sidewall to the wheel and also captures the foam. This gives the tire a consistent feel across the width of the tire.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]