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January 13, 2011

Jerome Sartel joins NEMO Racing & Agama

NEMO Racing and Agama have announced that former French Champion and World & European finalist Jerome Sartel, has joined NEMO Racing as both an Agama driver and an employee. Agama is assembling a team of fast and experienced drivers globally and adding Jerome is a huge asset. Jon Hazlewood of NEMO Racing had this to say:

Jerome has long been a friend on the R/C racing scene, and one the guys I respect most, both on and off the track. Jerome had indicated to us that he was interested in employment within the R/C industry, and after several conversations we felt he would be an ideal candidate for our company. Jerome will be handling sales and customer relations in the French and Belgian markets for us, and naturally will be a high profile addition to the driver/development line up for Agama Racing. After some extensive testing at his home track, Jerome was very happy with the A8 EVO and this was the deciding factor in him coming on board. We have some other awesome products that are on the way and Jerome will have direct input on the development of these. I can’t wait to see what we can achieve together.

Source: NEMO Racing [nemoracing.com]

January 13, 2011

Racers Edge DEX410 aluminium servo saver

New from Racers Edge, this new aluminium servo saver for the Durango DEX410 line of vehicles will claims to increase durability to your 4wd’s front end. This is a direct swap from the stock plastic unit and is machined in the US out of solid 7075 aluminum.

Source: Racers Edge [racers-edge.com]

January 12, 2011

Grass Roots 2 Racing series – Announcement

The organisers of the Grass Roots 2 Racing series got in touch with us to promote their 8 round championship that begins on February the 12th. The racing takes in Thunder Alley RC Raceway, Hemet Competition Raceway and Palm Desert RC Raceway in California and is open to Stock & Mod 2wd SC, Open 4wd SC as well as 1/8th buggy and truggy Sportsman, Intermediate and Expert. The best 6 of 8 rounds count and entry is now open.

You can find more information here.

January 11, 2011

JR Mitch takes FSORS Rd3 double

The 3rd round of the FSORS series took place last weekend at Waverly in Florida and it was the first race of the New Year and so everyone had their new cars and accessories on full display. JR Mitch wouldn’t be left out and was rocking some new JConcepts products for 2011. For buggy he chose the new Hybrids in the SS Green compound and for the truggy class he was testing the new exclusive Subcultures in SS green compound. With the mains set, JR was ready to step up his game to the highest level. He got main day started off with a dominating performance in the Pro Truggy Class. His JConcepts equipped RC8TCE was the class of the field as he went on to win the 30min A-final wire-to-wire. Next up was the super competitive Pro Buggy Class were JR would put together one of his most impressive drives of the weekend. Starting 3rd on the grid he wasted no time making his move to the front with his JConcepts equipped RC8B. Within the first 3 turns JR made his way past Gene Hickerson and then Billy Easton for the lead. Once in the lead he went on to lead every lap of the 30min A-final and finishing 1 lap over 2nd place Billy and Gene finishing 3rd. Paul Wynn also TQ’d and won the 1/8th E-buggy class with his JConcepts equipped RC8B. He also used the new Hybrids in SS Green compound.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 11, 2011

Taylor Peterson to run Nitrotane

Team Losi were in contact to tell us that Mugen driver Taylor Peterson will run their Nitrotane fuel this coming season. “I will be starting the 2011 Race season using Nitrotane Fuel. I would like to thank them for the opportunity to run what I believe the best fuel out there, I will work hard to get great results and look forward to working together at the track. :) On that note I would like to take the time to thank EB Mods for their support this past season with their fuel. They are a great company and I wish nothing but success for them!”

Source: Losi [losi.com]

January 11, 2011

Serpent Cobra aluminium steering blocks

New from Serpent for their S811 Cobra buggy are these left and right aluminium steering blocks. Precision machined from 7075 T6 aluminium they are extremely stiff and durable and offer a perfect bearing fit. Grey anodised and laser engraved, they are sold in a pair.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 11, 2011

Chris Wheeler heads Losi 1-2-3 at KBRL Rd4

Round 4 of the KBRL Nitro series took place at Scottsdale RC, home to the Cactus Classic. The Cactus is one of the largest electric off road races each year and it always draws a big crowd and is a showcase of talent and exciting racing. The KBRL event was no different, only this time nitro buggys and truggys would be the vehicles to hit the track. TLR driver Chris Wheeler and his 8 2.0 buggy would be the man to beat in qualifying as he set the pace in rounds one and two, to take the overall top qualifying spot for the 20 minute main. In the final it was TLR driver Billy Fischer who was on a mission and took the early lead from Chris. Billy lead more than halfway until a break surrendered the lead to Chris. Chris had a good battle with Max Flur but was able to take the win with Max second, while rounding out the expert buggy Losi podium was TRL’s Casey Peck.

Source: TLR [losi.com]

January 11, 2011

S-Workz S350 BK-1 Pro kit – Update

Having brought you details and CAD images of the new S-Workz S350 BK1 Pro kit buggy, the company have released this first photo of the car. We have also been told that the car will be shown in full for the first time at next month’s toy fair in Nuremberg.

Source: S-Workz [sworkz.com]