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May 29, 2011

Yannick Aigoin wins Rd3 in France

Round 3 of the French 1/8th buggy nationals was held this weekend in Cogolin in the south of the country close to Marseille. Qualification was headed by Losi/nVision driver Yannick Aigoin with his brother, Kyosho/Novarossi driver Jerome Aigoin in 2nd and US based Renaud Savoya with his RB powered Durango in 3rd. Nicolas Reynaud and Jerome Sartel completed the top 5. In the semi finals it was Jerome Aigoin that won Semi B to take pole position for the final with Savoya winning semi B to line up on 2nd spot ahead of 3rd place starter Yannick Aigoin. The 45 minute final ended in Yannick taking the win by over 2 laps from his brother Jerome in 2nd, who was locked in a close battle with Savoya in 3rd, the pair ending just over a second apart.

Image: TLR [tlracing.com]

May 29, 2011

Race for a Cure – Announcement

The organisers of the second annual ‘Race for a Cure’ got in touch to tell us about this year’s event that runs from the 17th-19th of June at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen CT. It is a wonderful event combining a good old fashioned New England Country Fair along with an exhilarating RC offroad race. Several popular classes are being run including nitro buggy & truggy as well as 1/8th scale electric and various short course classes. This is a real must-do event and best of all it helps raise money for the American Cancer Society and have fun at the same time. More information can be found here (PDF).

May 28, 2011

Pro-Line’s new ‘Dirt’ track

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdNgn-YzUyY[/youtube]

Pro-Line Racing have published a video showing their new 1/8th offroad and Short Course track at their premises in Beaumont, California. Designed and built by superstar track builder Joey ‘The Dirt’ Christensen, it incorporates two layouts, a smaller infield section for Short Course, while the 1/8th scale cars take in the outside perimeter which is bigger and features larger jumps. Aside from Pro-Line using it to help develop their future products, we can also expect some races to be held on this track in the near future so we will let you know when that happens.

May 27, 2011

Xray sign Ales Bayer

Xray have announced the signing of top Czech driver and multiple junior national champion Ales Bayer to their team. The former Losi driver, and brother of European finalist Martin Bayer, Ales will run his XB808 buggy and XT8 truggy at all upcoming National and International events.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 27, 2011

RC Hill-Climbing World Games – Announcement

The organisers of the RC Hill-Climbing World Games in Faistenau/Austria on June 11th got in touch to tell us about this fun event. Every kind of RC-car can compete, it doesn’t matter which scale or whether its electric or nitro, you just have to try to get to the top of the hill. Each run will be judged by the highest height as well as action & style, which will be voted for by 3 judges. Deadline for entry will be on Wednesday June 8th 2011 and you can find out more information here.

May 27, 2011

Sweep Racing Cloud9 closed cell Insert

After extensive testing with molded grooved foam inserts, Sweep Racing have focused their efforts on the development of new closed cell foam inserts. Closed cell foam inserts have many performance benefits over conventional designs, such as increased durability, waterproof, reduced tire deformation during cornering and lighter in weight. These characteristics make their Cloud 9 buggy insert a major improvement over their previous designs. Sweep drivers have reported increased cornering capability and improved acceleration. The Cloud 9 inserts are scheduled to arrive at dealers very soon.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

May 26, 2011

TLR Super Cup 2011 – Announcement

Eden Park Raceway will be hosting a two-day meeting on 25-26 June at their famous multi-surface racetrack in Beckenham, Kent. Although the organisers aim to attract top drivers from around Europe, it is hoped that the TLR Super Cup in association with Spektrum and Electrix will appeal to local drivers as well. The format sees a change to the norm with racing on both days for each class. On Saturday there will be two practices and three qualifiers, with a short practice, two qualifiers and multi-leg finals on Sunday. Qualifying will use the FTD format and there will be three legs for the A finals in 2WD, 4WD and Short Course with two legs for the other finals. Awards will be presented to the podium finishers in 2WD, 4WD and SC as well as the top three in U14 and U19 classes. There will also be a concourse competition prize kindly donated by RudeBits. Full information can be found here.

May 26, 2011

Xray XB808 lower suspension holders

Xray have released this set aluminium front and rear lower suspension holders for the XB808. CNC-machined from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium and hard coated for extra durability and long life. The ultra-strong construction provides very long life and durability in even the most extreme racing conditions. The set includes all parts necessary for a complete suspension holder system upgrade. These new lower suspension holders provide an even greater range of adjustment for the front and rear suspension. Using different combinations of eccentric bushings, fine adjustment of front kick up, rear anti-squat, front toe-out, rear toe-in, front & rear roll center and front & rear track-width can be obtained. New reinforced bushings (included) have 1° and 0.5° eccentricity which allows up to 17 different positions. Super-fine adjustments can be made by increments of 0.5°. Includes heavy-duty suspension pivot pins that have been heat treated for increased strength.

View the rear suspension holders here