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February 11, 2010

Ty Tessmann heads qualifying at Worlds Warmup

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With the first day of qualifying over at the 1/8th scale buggy Pre Worlds in Pattaya, Thailand it is the current World Champions Hot Bodies that are leading the way after 3 rounds. Heading the current standings is young Ty Tessmann who has taken the TQ in rounds 1 and 2 and backed it up with a 3rd spot in round 3, while current World Champion Atsushi Hara popped in a TQ run in round 3 to line up in 2nd and leapfrog his other team mate Jess Robbers who is currently sitting in 3rd. Best of the non Hot Bodies is Teemu Leino driving the Xray in 4th, with Korean Mugen racer Dani Choi in 5th with former European Champion Yannick Aigoin in 6th. Joseph Quagraine, Alex Bayer, Surikarn and Meen Vejrak complete the top 10. Current European Champion Renaud Savoya, whom we interviewed prior to the event, is not have a good time and is currently placed in 20th place with a best finish of 8th in the 3rd round. Tomorrow’s final day of qualifying sees 3 more rounds for everyone to try and improve their positions.

Source: RC Blood [rcblood.com]

February 11, 2010

STRC Slash 4×4 option parts

ST Racing Concepts have released a huge selection of option parts for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 starting with this CNC machined aluminium multi-piece steering bellcrank set that greatly increases the durability and takes out any flex in the kit plastic bellcrank system providing a more precise steering feel. New CNC machined aluminium front c-hubs, steering knuckle and rear hub carriers greatly improves the durability of those areas and add that great factory look. The rear hub carriers feature a set-screw over hinge-pin design that securely keep the hub carriers on the hinge-pins, and also keep the wear to a minimum by making the hinge-pins rotate in the arms and not in the aluminium hub carriers while also increasing the durability. Greatly reduce the flex of the stock plastic towers with the new CNC machined aluminium HD front and rear shock towers.

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February 11, 2010

Ansmann Racing V8 1/8th scale buggy

Ansmann Racing are showing off the first pictures of their new 1/8th scale buggy platform, the V8. A full competition car to follow the success their previous cars, this new buggy is the result of 2 years testing and design. The goal of the car’s design was to get a perfectly balanced lightweight car with awesome track performance, with the manufacturer providing no further information at this stage. The first prototypes are expected to hit the tracks in April this year.

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February 10, 2010

22nd Annual April Fools Classic – Announcement

Intermountain RC Raceway has announced the dates of April 9th, 10th & 11th for the 22nd Annual April Fools Classic. With all the common electric classes running from novice, short course and on up through stock, pro stock and modified electric, last years race had over 200 entries with tons of fun had by all over the weekend. This is one of the longest running annual electric indoor races in the country with plenty of legends of RC making a showing in previous years like Pop’s Losi, Brian Kinwald, Matt Francis, Mike Truhe and many others. With an incredible clay surface that has consistent high traction all weekend makes for great racing. Along with the mains in all the classes the triple A-mains in the mod classes always end in quite a show, last year saw a battle between Losi and Associated drivers in all the mod classes with top showings from Brent Theilke, Scott Brown, Dustin Evans, Matt Chambers and Joel Eaton. The sign up sheet and more information can be found on the IRCR website here.

February 10, 2010

Avid RC 13x20x4 Revolution bearing

Avid RC have announced the completion of their 13x20x4 Revolution bearing used in the Xray 808 2010 Spec making them the first 3rd party bearing company to release this sized bearing for the 808, just like they did for the 13x19x4 and the 5x12x4 when they were first introduced almost two years ago. This bearing is made from the company’s standard Chromium-Steel and costs $1 per bearing and comes with the risk-free 30 day money back guarantee.

Source: Avid RC [avidrc.com]

February 9, 2010

Red RC Pro Talk – Renaud Savoya Interview

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With the 1/8th scale buggy World Championship warm up race taking place in Pattaya this week, we thought it would be a good time to release an interview we made 2 weeks ago with the current European Champion Renaud Savoya. For those who don’t know, the French Mugen RB driver is currently based in Australia, taking advantage of the great weather and the country’s relative proximity to Thailand. A two part session, both of which you can view right here, we get the lowdown on Renaud down under and check in on how his preparations are going as he aims to defend his European crown and take his first World title later in the year.

Click here to view part 2 of the Renaud Savoya interview

February 9, 2010

Nitrotec R21 3.5cc buggy race engine

Seen at the toy fair on the Horizon Hobby stand, the new Italian-made Nitrotec R21 3.5cc buggy race engine was designed to produce a race winning power band and throttle response while delivering exceptional run time. Developed by Team Losi Racing and manufactured by Novarossi it features a state of the art ABC construction, optimized hi-velocity extra efficient 4-port sleeve design and lightened aluminium/silicone alloy piston with Dome/Dish design for improved combustion. This turbo engine sports an oversized cooling heat sink head and composite double O-ringed slide type carburetor and is supplied wit 7, 6.5, & 6mm venturis.

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February 9, 2010

Nic Hamilton teams up with LRP

LRP have announced Nic Hamilton as a new member of the LRP racing team. Young Nic, brother of 2008 Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, has decided to join forces with LRP and VTEC for the upcoming racing season. Used to the sound and racing action of Formula 1, Nic still founds his true joy and passion in the R/C model sport and is determined to develop and improve in the coming season. Introduced to the R/C hobby by his brother Lewis back in 2007, Nic has already enjoyed early success, despite limited free time by finishing in an impressive 7th place at the AKA winter series and 4th in a recent 4 hour long endurance race.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]