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December 7, 2009

STRC HPI Blitz Aluminium Option parts

ST Racing Concepts have released a massive new range of option parts for the HPI Blitz Short Course truck. All parts are made from aluminium and all are available in Gun Metal, Orange, and Silver anodizing. First are these front caster blocks, steering knuckles and rear hub carriers. The rear hub carriers features 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 aluminum hub carriers while also increasing the durability. Next up is a new HD front shock tower, HD rear shock tower and rear camber link plate. The heavy duty front and rear shock tower will eliminate the flex, keeping your suspension operating true to its design, while the rear camber link plate improves durability in this normally weak area on the short course truck. Also new is a front suspension brace, front and rear chassis brace and HD front bulkhead. The CNC machined front aluminum suspension brace is a great improvement over the stock piece providing much needed strength to the front suspension when used in combination with the front bulkhead. The front and rear chassis brace help strengthen the front and rear end of the chassis.

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December 7, 2009

Tom Cockerill signs for Schumacher

Schumacher have announced the signing of top UK Off Road driver Tom Cockerill to the team. Having previously driven for X-Factory, Tom is a well respected member of the Off Road community and has had an excellent season in 2009, finishing in the top ten in the European Championships and BRCA nationals and also winning his first national earlier this year in dominant fashion. Tom will drive the Cat SX and will also aid in development of new exciting car projects for 2010 and beyond. Joining an already strong factory line up of Simon Moss, Grant Williams and now Tom, 2010 is looking to be an exciting year for the team.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 7, 2009

Proline Dirt Arena Winter Series Rd2

Last Sunday saw round 2 of the PDA winter series take place at Bicester. With a brand new track layout the drivers and spectators were sure to see more intense close racing. There were some noticeable absentees in the 2wd class with Tony Truman, Richard Barton and Simon Willets all unable to attend. This allowed the likes of Alex Springer and Keith Newton to gain much needed points. In qualifying there were several drivers who showed good pace but following the 4 rounds it was Alex Springer (Atomic Carbon) on pole with Keith Newton (B4) behind and Scott Follington (B4) rounding off the top 3.

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December 7, 2009

Phillip Atondo wins Delta RC IWS Rd1

Some brief news on the first round of the Delta RC Indoor Winter Series which just kicked off in NorCal on a tight and very technical track with great traction. With one of the toughest obstacles trying to keep warm, it was Phillip Atondo who TQ’d both buggy and truggy and was the only person to go the extra lap in buggy qualifying. Running 30 minute mains, Atondo finished first in both classes with his Novarossi powered 8ight 2.0s.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

December 6, 2009

RMV sign up Feldmann & Eirenschmalz

RMV Deutschland, Mugen off road distributors for Germany, have announced two new signings for next season. RMV have secured the services of Champion 1/5th scale racer Markus Feldmann, who will race both nationally and internationally with the MBX-6 powered by a Ninja JX21 engine, Reckward-Tuning parts as well as Tourex racing tires. RMV have also announced the signing of German junior Champion Markus Eirenschmalz, who will again run the Mugen Seiki MBX-6, Reckward-Tuning parts and Tourex tires combo, but with the RB B9 engine.

Source: RMV [rmv-deutschland.de]

December 5, 2009

Tebo takes all at Annual Turkey Shootout

The 2nd Annual Turkey Shootout was hosted by Real R/C in Pheasant Hill, MO on November 28-29. The two day race format would consist of qualifying on Saturday and Triple A-Mains on Sunday. This is Kyosho Factory Driver Jared Tebo’s home track and he would go on to TQ and win all 3 Modified classes with his Team Orion powered Kyosho rides. In the 2wd Mod class, Jared won from TQ Racing driver Dave Alberico and Associated racer Rod Rippee, while in 4wd Mod it was Associated pairing of Taylor Jaes and Wayne Snider that would be runners up. The truck Mod class again saw TQ Racing racer Alberico in 2nd, with Gene Cook taking 3rd with his Associated.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

December 4, 2009

Tim Bremicker joins Nosram

Nosram have announced that top German and international offroad racer Tim Bremicker has joined their international racing team. Tim, who recently made the move from Mugen to Associated, is one of Germany’s leading nitro offroad racers in both OR8 and ORT classes and recent successes include the German Truggy National title in 2009 & 2008, German Buggy National title in 2008 as well as multiple vice champion titles. Tim will use the complete line of Nosram power equipment for his high-level competition racing, including the RS.21 RR high-performance competition engine, the VTEC 1/8 offroad buggy & truggy tire range and VTEC LiPo transmitter & receiver batteries.

Source: Nosram [nosram.com]

December 4, 2009

Tyler Vik takes ROAR Open Pro E-Buggy Champs

Tekno RC were in touch to tell us that Tyler Vik took the win in the Open Pro Buggy class at last weekend’s ROAR 1/8th Electric Championships. Tyler was driving a Tekno RC equipped Kyosho MP9 with the Elektri-Clutch system and mechanical brakes and finished ahead of Buggy ROAR Pro winner Jeremy Kortz who came home 2nd with Associated team manager Brent Thielke in 3rd. Tyler also finished 3rd on the podium in the ROAR Pro buggy class.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]