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February 23, 2010

Miguel Matias confirmed at Team Losi

Team Losi have announced that the hugely experienced and widely respected Portuguese driver Miguel Matias is joining their team with immediate effect and will contest the Losi 8ight EU in all competitions in 2010. Adding his considerable depth of talent to an already impressive European driver line up that includes Yannick Aigoin, Martin Bayer and Darren Bloomfield, former European champion and World runner-up Miguel is sure to be installed as one of the pre-race favourites for the up-coming European Championships later this year.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

February 23, 2010

Neumann dominates Neuffener Indoor Masters

One of the biggest Offroad indoor races in Germany were held last week in Neuffen, near Stuttgart, with 132 drivers making the trip to the Neuffener Indoor Masters. Saturday would comprise of 3 rounds of practice and 4 rounds of qualifying, with one more round on Sunday morning. Jörn Neumann TQ’d both 2WD and 4WD and in the triple A-mains Jörn would convert his qualifying pace into race victory with his LRP powered Yokomo in the 4WD class, while in the 2WD class Neumann would again win, in front of Benni Gröschel and Patrick Hofer.

February 23, 2010

HPI Pulse RTR 1/8th scale buggy

Fitted with the extremely powerful K4.6 high output engine from the Savage X 4.6, full racing suspension and a complete set of grey-anodized aluminium parts, HPI introduces the Pulse RTR buggy. Completely outfitted with all the specifications, parts and tuning capabilities of much more expensive racing buggies, but it’s available to you at a competitive price, completely assembled and ready to go. The Pulse buggy was designed from the start to bridge the gap between entry-level RTR kits and the crazy expensive full racing kits that include no running gear and must be built to precise specifications. What that means is you get a fantastic Premium RTR buggy with top-quality materials and the ability to race with the big dogs, all with RTR convenience and a great price. Every part in the car was designed to be the highest quality and give the best performance on the track.

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February 22, 2010

Associated RC18T2/B2 – 2 Choices, 1 Kit

Team Associated have announced some great news for those who are having difficulty deciding on whether to build a RC18T2 truck kit or RC18B2 buggy kit. The RC18T2/B2 kit will include all the parts required to assemble either vehicle. If you change your mind later, simply use the extra parts to create the other vehicle.

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February 22, 2010

Team Titan Blitz BuggyRC8

Team Titan have released their Blitz BuggyRC8 body shell, designed for the Associated RC8B 1/8th scale buggy. The new design features a low profile edge and side wing design to give more down force for the chassis. Made with 1.5mm thick polycarbonate with protect film for painting, it is supplied with window mask and decals.

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February 21, 2010

Yannick Aigoin victorious at Montpellier GP

The annual Montpellier GP took place this weekend and attracted some of Europe’s best racers to battle it out for glory. Qualifying saw Losi driver Yannick Aigoin take the top spot ahead of current European Champion Renaud Savoya in 2nd with Spanish racer Daniel Vega in 3rd and Martin Bayer from the Czech Republic in 4th. Following the semi finals it was Losi driver Martin Bayer that would claim the pole position ahead of Renaud Savoya in 2nd with Jerome Aigoin in 3rd. The 60 minute final started off with the front runners maintaining their starting order and due to different fuel strategies the top 3 starters occupied the front spots in various orders until the 20 minute mark when Yannick Aigoin worked his way up through the field to the front to sit just behind his twin brother Jerome. At the halfway point Yannick was into the lead just ahead of Bayer but the two team mates would battle it out for the rest of the final, with Bayer making a mistake under pressure close the end allowing Yannick through to take the win by 4 seconds at the end, with Bayer in 2nd and Kyosho team driver Jerome Aigoin taking 3rd.

Source: RC Mag [rcmag.com]

February 18, 2010

Pro-Line Slash 17mm wheel adapters

Pro-Line are now offering 17mm wheel adapters for Traxxas Slash, Slash 4×4 and Slash with their Protrac suspension set in both the front and rear. These adapters allow you to convert your Slash to accept today’s popular 1/8th buggy size wheels and tires. Sold in a complete set, they include all the parts necessary to make the conversion.

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February 18, 2010

X-Factory to release complete X-6 Squared kit

X-Factory have announced that they will soon release their first complete kit, a giant step forward for the company that will remove the need for a donor car to assemble a X-6 Squared chassis. X-Factory’s distributors and many dealers have already placed orders and the kit should be on its way to fine model shops all over the world early in March. Kit price will be lower than a new B4FT kit + X-6 Squared Conversion, and the Kit contains many hop-up items most drivers would normally buy extra. X-Factory will continue to make and sell the X-6 Squared Conversion Kit for those who prefer to convert a B4.

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