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December 3, 2010

Shepherd V10 Velox yellow clutch shoe

Shepherd have introduced their new performance enhancing yellow clutch shoe for the V10 Velox competition clutch. Successfully tested by their factory team drivers the shoe is CNC-machined from a special high grip material that is a little bit harder than the standard black material. Due to the high friction surface it slips less providing maximum acceleration also on high grip tracks when setting the engaging point to high RPMs.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 3, 2010

CSO MRX-5 aluminum option parts

CSO have released more new parts for the Mugen MRX-5. All machined from 7075 T6 aluminium and then hard coated for extra durability, the new parts include the front upper suspension bracket, the rear lower arm mount, the lightweight 51T rear belt pulley and finally the 2 speed shaft brackets.

View the other new products here

December 3, 2010

CRC success in Cleveland

CRC driver Tom Firsching took TQ and 1st place in the hotly contested 1:12th 13.5 Superstock division in Cleveland last weekend. Firsching used the complete CRC package; CRC Gen-XL 1:12th scale car, CRC Pro Cut tires and CRC Maxxcell 1s LiPo to dominate the class. Andrew Knapp once again took his CRC Gen-XL car to the 17.5 title using the awesome new CRC Maxxcell Lipo (processed by Power Push) and CRC Pro Cut 1:12th tires. Finally, Wayne Gerber proved that the older guys can still go fast, setting the fastest times in 17.5 1;12th scale. Wayne used CRC Pro Cut tires and the multi-Champ Gen-XL to take a solid victory.

View the other CRC winners here

December 3, 2010

Keven Hébert wins 17.5 in Cleveland

The best drivers in the US converged upon Cleveland, Ohio over Thanksgiving weekend to compete at the 2010 U.S. Indoor Championships. Reedy factory driver Keven Hébert has been on a hot streak lately and was looking to maintain his winning form. Driving a Reedy/LRP-powered TC6, Keven was able to capture the top qualifying position in the 17.5 Expert class with a strong performance on the high-speed carpet circuit. Starting on the front row for the A-Main event, Keven shot into the lead and never looked back on his way to victory.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

December 1, 2010

Mike Haynes wins Cleveland Indoor Champs

Sweep Racing USA’s very own Mike Haynes took the Mod Sedan win at the 31st annual Cleveland Indoor Champs. After qualifying in third place on mains day Mike was in prime spot to start as Paul Lemieux and Keven Herbert had been battling it out during qualifying. They continued in the finals where they left off and at about the 2 minute mark they tangled which let Mike take the lead. Mike was able to defend the lead for 4 full minutes under hard pressure from Keven Herbert and while Keven seemed to have the faster car Mike clearly was a man on a mission closing the door hard many times on Keven. Mike was also on the podium in 2 other highly contested classes with 2nd in Superstock sedan and 2nd in 13.5 12th.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracingusa.com]

November 30, 2010

Yokomo R12 wide chassis conversion

Yokomo have introduced a wide main chassis conversion for their World Championship winning R12. The front width of this optional chassis is 6mm wider than that of standard chassis and as a result the stability of R12 improves and is very effective on high grip surfaces such as carpet. The set includes a new front damper, stabilizer and steering tie rod.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com] / Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.net]

November 30, 2010

Arrowmax MRX-5 flywheel

Arrowmax have released another new option part for the MRX-5, this flywheel. Machined made from 7075 aluminium it has been lightened through strategic machining of the surface and then hard coated for better durability.

Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]

November 29, 2010

Yokomo Euro Touring Series Rd2 videos now online

Following some connection issues at the track in Hrotovice, Czech Republic, all the A-main videos from both the Modified and Pro Stock classes of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series Round 2 are now online.

Check out all the videos here.