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February 2, 2010

T.O.P. Racing Sabre FD chassis

T.O.P. Racing have sent us the first CAD images of their new Sabre FD, which is due for release in March. This front wheel drive chassis is designed as a more professional type chassis for the Tamiya FF02 class. The drive train is front gear driven, with the gear ratio & gears compatible with the Tamiya FF02 and use universals and wheel hubs from its bigger brother, the Photon. The suspension parts too are borrowed from the Photon as well as the rear bulkheads and differential. The car utilizes a super narrow and low CG chassis designed specifically for front wheel drive racing and uses the Photon LiPo battery balancing and guiding system. T.O.P. are also planning to release a pro kit for the M05 class and Mini 4wd touring class by the middle of this year, called the Sabre Mini FD and Sabre Mini 4wd respectively.

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February 2, 2010

VP Pro Racing Gripz EP line

VP Pro Racing have released their first on-road line of tires, with the release of this new EP line. Taking their successful Flexx compound from their off-road tires, they have re-engineered this core product for the on-road tire market and come up with the Gripz compound. The first product to use this new compound is their line of 1/12th mini tires.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

February 2, 2010

Shepherd introduce tire range

Shepherd Micro Racing have released their latest product line, Shepherd Tyres. In cooperation with a premium Italian manufacturer they created this new line of on-road foam tyres. Shepherd Tyres offer excellent grip combined with low tyre wear with the 1/8 scale tyres fitting on Velox, Mugen, Kyosho and Serpent OS2 adapters, while the 1/10 scale rims have 0mm off-set. For 1/12th scale pancars two different types of foam are available, carpet and asphalt and all tyres can be ordered on white standard rims and special lightweight rims. Available through the world-wide distribution network soon.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

February 2, 2010

Black Art Bomb ‘R’ 1/12th scale body shell

Black Art have released their latest 1/12th scale body shell, the Bomb ‘R’. Directly inspired by the R8C winning design, this new shell will remain fast and smooth, with very good top speed combines with a lot of steering. Made from clear 0.5mm thick lexan, with a protective film, this new new body meets the latest EFRA rules and has been approved for all big 2010 races, including the Euros. Available now, the first batch will be 500pcs only.

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February 2, 2010

Serpent S100 World GT chassis

Serpent have announced that they will release the S100, the company’s new World GT chassis, at the toy fair in Nuremburg this week. Releasing a number of photos of the new car, this Link type 1/10 scale pan-car uses the basis of the S120 and S120 Link car and shares a number of components with those cars. Planner for a release at the end of March, it uses the same front end as the S120, has an adjustable wheelbase, which combined with the link-system and lateral shock offers a great racing chassis for this growing class.

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February 1, 2010

KM Racing H-K1 200mm Touring car

KM Racing have released the firt information on their new 1/10 Scale full Option 200mm 4WD GP Touring car, called the H-K1. Still in prototype form, the new car will feature aluminium bulkheads similar to the current generation of cars in this class, together with carbon chassis stiffener, front and rear belt tension adjustment, ball raced rear anti roll bar and aerodynamically shaped front bumper. As this is the full option version, it comes standard with hard coated aluminium throughout, including the pulleys, with teflon coated aluminium front and rear shocks, ceramic 2-speed bearings plus a whole host of other option parts.

Click here to see the full list of standard parts

January 31, 2010

Rheinard is Czech ETS Champion

Viktor Wilck has won the third leg of the A-Main at the Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic but the final result remains the same as he takes second overall behind Tamiya Racing Factory team-mate Marc Rheinard with Team Associated’s Juho Levanen completing the podium.

View our event coverage here.

January 31, 2010

Rheinard ‘Czechs’ out in Leg 2 to win ETS Rd3

Marc Rheinard is the winner of the third round of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series, the current World Champion backing up his A-Main Leg 1 win by cruising to a 2 second winning margin over his Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck. The result means Rheinard leaves the Czech Republic with a 2 point advantage over the Swede who came to Hrotovice as the championship leader.

View our event coverage here.