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September 21, 2009

Drake wins Buggy class at R/C Pro West Rd3

The 3rd round of the R/C Pro West division was hosted by Hemet R/C Park last Saturday. It was Adam Drake who put his Novarossi powered Losi 8ight 2.0 on the pole in the Pro Buggy class followed by Losi / Orion’s Mike Truhe. Adam and Mike used Losi’s soon to be released Green compound Eclipse on the rear and XBT’s on the front. The final was a great battle between Drake and Truhe, with both drivers swapping the lead many times, but it was Drake who was able to come out on top. Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri took 3rd, two laps down on the winner.

September 21, 2009

Vorsprung durch Technik – Durango DEX410

Team Durango’s DEX410 is possibly the most anticipated electric 4WD buggy of all times! We think this is not a exaggeration as the handmade prototypes (designed and build by German racer Gerd Strenge) are around for many years now but only made it into the hands of some selected team drivers like Jörn Neumann, Billy Easton, Atsushi Hara, Craig Drescher or Mark Pavidis to name just a few. Now ‘The Durango’ is available for everyone thanks to Gerd Strenge and his designer Michael Vollmer who made the impossible possible and took the challenge to create ‘a Durango’ for the mass market. We got our hands on one of the very first kits of this exciting new buggy.

Read the full review here

September 21, 2009

Borja Hernandez takes Round 4 in Spain

The 4th and final round of the Spanish 1/8th scale buggy National Championship, has taken place yesterday at the Valladolid track. With the overall championship already won by Robert Batlle who won 3 from the first 3 rounds, everybody was wondering if he could make 4 from 4 in his last GRP Engine powered race. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to do it, as the final was really hotly disputed, and 4 drivers have made it to the 1st position during the race; Robert Battle who had some mechanical problems, Richi Gómez, Daniel Vega, and the winner, Borja Hernández. Carlos Pineda has completed a great weekend finishing on 2nd place, spite he has raced about half of the final race with the broken rear wing, Richi Gómez completed the podium.

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September 17, 2009

Nova Plus 21-4C LE Buggy engine

Novarossi’s Plus 4 Buggy engine has been very successful for the Italian company with a second place at the European Championship as well as winning the ROAR nationals in the USA. Aiming to further improve the engine the new Nova Plus 21-4C is the result of close collaboration between their factory drivers and the engineering department at Novarossi World S.r.l. Using the Plus 4 Buggy engine as a starting point they worked to improve the throttle response, lower fuel consumption and give it a better driveability by fitting a lighter tuned crankshaft in combination with a ceramic rear ball bearing. Note that the new Plus 21-4C is a limited edition of only 600 pieces and is available right away.

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September 16, 2009

Abernethy & Baird win Rd4 of Irish Nats

The fourth and final round of the Irish National 1:8 Off Road Championships took place at the Navan Nitro Nuts track last Sunday. With Losi driver Michael Todd having already secured the title with victory at the previous round in Galway from Barkley Abernethy and opting to sit out this encounter the big battle was was for third place in the championship between Derek McCloskey and Gary Baird. In qualifying it was 2008 Champion Mark Harron who took TQ honours with his Hot Bodies ahead of McCloskey’s Hong Nor and the Losi of David Curtis. In the Truggy category, the title was still up for grabs between defending champion Bradley Baird and Galway winner Christopher McCauley. Driving his Losi it was McCauley who got the upper hand in qualifying to take the TQ honours while Baird’s Xray would line up fourth.

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September 15, 2009

Kyosho Ultima SC – Sneak Peak

Kyosho have sent out a Sneak Peak of another new vehicle, following a previous sneak look at another new car last week. We have no further information on the new Ultima SC, but we can only presume from the SC and the silhouette of the car that this will be a new Short Course truck from the Japanese company, joining a host of other new entrants into this growing class. As it uses the Ultima name we believe it will be based heavily on the Ultima 2wd chassis and will therefore be a 2wd electric SC truck. We will keep you informed of any further information as we get it.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

September 15, 2009

Ryan Maifield win RC X-Fest V

For R/C racers Labor Day weekend in Minnesota has become R/C X-Fest weekend. For the 5th annual event 3 of the fastest drivers in the world converged in Cambridge, Minnesota for a weekend of excitement and no-holds barred entertainment. With an event known for a multitude of classes and special events, the R/C X-Fest has become something to remember for all participants. There is always something going on it seems during the X-Fest, like Powder-puff, Big Air Contest, Spud Run, Helicopter night fly, R/C Boat Demo and Mini X Off-road track rental are just a snippet of events available.

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September 12, 2009

HPI Racing RTR Forza Flux buggy

New from HPI Racing is the electric powered Vorza, a 1/8th scale buggy based off of the World Championship winning HB D8. Complete with HPI’s proven Flux Blur ESC and Tork motor, all yuo need to do is add your battery packs of choice. The Vorza is packaged as a complete and competitively priced ready to run buggy that will satisfy the needs of any basher or entry level racer. Featuring a bullet proof drive train that consists of front universals, front, centre and rear fluid filled differentials and a hardened steel spur and pinion gear make for a car to take the harshest of demands. The car also sports 16mm big bore aluminium shocks with threaded bodies, fully adjustable suspension blocks, adjustable camber and toe, and event sway bars at both the front and rear of the car.

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