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November 23, 2010

Dani Choi wins Korean Nationals

The KMRCA Korean off road Nationals took place last weekend, with over 70 drivers in attendance. The host track ‘Banwol circuit’ challenged the nation’s top drivers with a twisty layout with a very bumpy surface which gave smooth efficient drivers a huge advantage over the 5 qualifying runs which each lasted 10 minutes. Sweep Racing/Agama racer Dani Choi would line up on pole position having won the semi-final over TQ Chang-soo Si. In the Main Race Choi never looked back, winning the title by a full lap over 2nd place Dong-woo Nam and 3rd place former national champion Sun-young Hwang.

View the final results here

November 22, 2010

HPI Ford F-150 Desert Truck body

HPI Mini-Trophy owners can customize their trucks with this clear 2004 Ford F-150 Desert Truck body. It’s a direct bolt-on option body, molded in crystal clear polycarbonate material for those that prefer to have a personal touch with their paint and graphics scheme. It comes with two huge decal sheets that are pre-cut for easy application and the graphics include stripes and officially licensed Ford logos that give it a tough desert truck appearance.

View more images of the new shell here

November 22, 2010

Simon Willetts joins Competition Heat

GB Modelsport has announced that Simon Willetts will be one of its leading drivers using the new Competition Heat 12V engine heater in 2011. Simon used the engine heater for the first time at the CML Winter Series meeting at Frankley Model Car Club, taking TQ by round 2, and then going on to win the A Final with his Orion powered Kyosho. On a bone chilling day, where the ambient temperature struggled to reach 6°C, Simon used the heater to good effect. “The car started first time, every time, all through the day and the engine was pretty much good to go as soon as it fired up” commented Simon.

Source: GB Modelsport [gbmodelsport.co.uk]

November 22, 2010

Austin Blair does double at NorCal Offroad Champs

Tekno RC are reporting that team driver Austin Blair put on a show at the recent NorCal Offroad Championships held at NorCal Hobbies in Union City, CA. With his Tekno RC V4/Traktion Drive equipped Kyosho MP9 and Mugen MBX6T, Austin TQ’d and won the 1/8th electric buggy and electric truggy classes in convincing fashion. A triple A Main format was used for this race and Austin won A1 and A2 in both classes giving him the win by default allowing him to sit out the 3rd races.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

November 20, 2010

HPI ST-8 black wheel

Add some dark, cool style to your Mini-Trophy or scale truck build with the HPI ST-8 wheels in black. These 0mm offset wheels come packaged in pairs and feature a 1.9 inch bead diameter, perfect for fitting scale replica tyres like the Yokohama Geolandar tyres or any available scale replica off-road tyres. The ST-8 wheels will fit any car or truck with a standard 12mm hex adapter.

Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]

November 19, 2010

Cody King’s World Championship winning setup

Kyosho America have sent us the World Championship winning setup of new World Champion Cody King, which he used in Pattaya, Thailand to clinch the 2010 title. While you may never run on a track like that at PRS, its still interesting to see what way Cody had his car setup to take victory.

View the setup sheet here

November 18, 2010

Andalusian 1/10 off road 2wd championship

The 4th round of the Andalusian 1/10 off road 2wd championship took place in the Volteretas track at Jerez last weekend. Local driver Juan Luis Román had to finish behind Eloy Roldán to win the championship. In qualifying an inspired Raúl Moreno took the TQ with two perfect rounds. In the finals Juan Luis Román took the win in first and second final, the third final was suspended because a strong rain. Second place went to Raúl Moreno with Jesús Grille completing the podium.

View the final results here

November 18, 2010

JConcepts T4.1 Punisher body

The Punisher body by JConcepts for the Associated T4.1 is designed to increase on track performance with its aggressive hood and cab placement for added down force. The bed area is also designed with performance in mind, there are designated areas to cut out to help reduce the dreaded parachute effect and stabilizer fins for added stability on high speed tracks. Paul Wynn and Zach Genova debuted the new body in punishing fashion at the 2010 ROAR Region 4 Championship. Every round of qualifying was TQ’d with the Punisher body as well as taking the top two positions in the A-main.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]