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May 19, 2010

Jesse Munn wins 2010 Northwest Short Course Nats

The 1st annual Northwest Short Course Nationals were held May 14-15th at TriCities RC Raceway in Pasco, WA and the race was a huge success with over 150 entries. Team Kyosho’s Jesse Munn took the overall win in the Modified 2wd class with his Kyosho Ultima SC, winning the 2 mains of the triple A-Main format against a field of 44 entries. Jesse won a hard fought battle in A-Main 1 against Team Associated driver and TQ Chris Bridgewater, winning by just .7 seconds. The 2nd main Jesse came back and won by a comfortable 11 seconds to bring home the overall win for Kyosho. Jesse also TQ’d and won the Modified 4wd class with a second place in A-Main 1 and victories in both A-Main 2 and A-Main 3. Privateer driver Eyria Eatmon took the Stock SC class TQ and overall victory running his Kyosho Ultima SC as well.

View the final results here

May 19, 2010

DE Racing mud guards

DE Racing have introduced new additions to their line of mud guards suitable for the Hot Bodies D8, Hot Bodies D8T, Losi 8ight-T 2.0 and Xray XB808. Engineered to be direct installation parts, with no additional body trimming or added holes to the suspension arms required, they install in minutes and will protect the rear suspension and drive train components from damage or contamination from rocks, dirt or mud. Proudly designed and manufactured in the U.S.A. from scuff resistant plastic, these mud guards will withstand much more abuse than a thin lexan, or carbon fiber plate and are the latest must have item for your buggy and truggy.

Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]

May 19, 2010

Speedpassion Baja 5 brushless conversion

Speed Passion have introduced their new brushless power conversion kit for the HPI Baja 5. Designed and developed over the past 18 months to best cope with the stresses of powering this 1/5th scale car, the final conversion kit is a direct fit in the 5B and 5T. The motor mounting is a light, solid and strong solution for the Baja and is supplied with all the assembly and mounting hardware to replace the Baja’s gas engine with an electric motor. The set also includes a 5mm shaft adapter to fit the pinion gear and the battery case design is suitable for 2 packs of 2S cell LiPos for 14.8V, 2 packs of 3S cell LiPo for 22.2V or 3 packs of 2S cell LiPo for 22.2V.

View more images of the conversion here

May 19, 2010

Steve Bortolotti wins RC Pro Canada Rd1

With an impressive follow-up to it’s launch in Tillsonburg, Steve Bortolotti took the Tamiya 801X-e prototype to a TQ and victory in round 1 of the RC Pro Canada series in Ontario on an ever changing track. With a line-up of Canadian and US drivers representing the major manufactures in attendance, this was a good outing to see how the car handled the “outdoor” changing environment and out of the gate it locked-up TQ after four rounds of qualifying. In the main, the battle for 1st place was fierce and with a dry, blown-out racing surface, with Steve Bortolotti locking up the win for Tamiya, ahead of John Summach with a Kyosho in 2nd and Hobao racer Rob Say in 3rd.

Thanks to Martin Pillmajer for the report.

May 19, 2010

Associated SC10 Brushless RTR

Team Associated’s Brushless SC10, modeled after the trucks racing in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, now comes loaded with new features for this season. Coming pre-fitted with the XP/Reedy 3300 KV Brushless system and is controlled by a XP3-SS 2.4GHz 3-channel radio system. Based on the 7-time R.O.A.R. Nationals-winning RC10T4, the SC10 brushless comes ready-to-run with a factory-finished short-course race truck body, short-course-style wheels, and aggressive tread multi-terrain tires, all which have been designed to look just like the full-size race trucks that run in short-course off-road series around the country. Available in Lucas Oil, Speed Tech, Pro Comp and Rockstar-Makita versions.

View the full feature list here

May 18, 2010

Veggo Plastic Airbag tire inserts

Italian company Veggo Plastic have announced the release of their innovative tire insert. Developed and produced in Italy, the Airbag claims to be perfectly balanced and make perfect contact with the tire which improves traction and provides optimal steering response. With less side roll and tire wear they are also ultra resistant and wont break or collect dirt like standard foam inserts. Perfectly matched these durable inserts are also water resistant which means you can wash them without any issues. Sold in a set of 4, they are available in red (soft), yellow (medium) and green (hard) compounds.

Source: Veggo Plastic [veggoplastrc.com]

May 18, 2010

RB Limited Edition LTD2 buggy engine

RB have released this new Limited Edition LTD2 buggy engine, delivered as a combo with polished tuned pipe and manifold. This 3 port motor features an 8mm carburetor and big cooling head and is offered at an incredible price. 108 engines available only.

View some more images here

May 18, 2010

Pro-Line Blitz F-150, SC tires & PowerStroke spring sets

Lots of new Short Course product releases from Pro-Line, starting with this officially licensed Ford F-150 shell for the HPI Blitz. Featuring bold off-road Short Course styling with extremely pronounced fenders for an attack-like stance. Having had a sneak peek last week, PL have finally released their new Suburbs SC tires which come in MC compound and are great for indoor clay surface and prefers low track temperatures and wet surfaces. PL have also released Bow Tie SC in the MC compound and the Trencher SC in the M3 soft compound. Finally for the PL PowerStroke front and rear shocks for the Traxxas Slash and Slash 4×4 as these range of springs. Now you can adjust ride heights and dual-rate spring rates almost infinitely with these color coded springs. Kits come with six primary (short) and six secondary (long) high quality springs with color coded stripes to reference rates.

View the other products here