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July 20, 2009

Renaud Savoya talks Euros with RB Products

Following his dominant performance at the recent European Championships, double European Champion Renaud Savoya sat down with RB products at their headquarters in Fracne to talk about the event and get his thoughts on the event from practice to the final.

When I arrived in Austria, I was quite pessimistic considering the weather forecast for the week. The preparation during and following the warm-up would have been useless if the weather had been different. For the practice on Tuesday, the track was still wet and I made my first session in the sawdust. At this time, I wanted to see the evolution of the track and decided to change nothing on the car.

Read the full interview here.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

July 19, 2009

Ultimate Racing Associated RC8 options

Spanish company Ultimate Racing have released new parts for the Associated RC8 and RC8B. These UR parts have been tested by the official team driver Robert Batlle and helped him to win the 2009 Spanish Championship and to be the best Team Associated car at the 2009 Euros. The new parts include machined front and rear shock towers, shock standoffs, lightweight aluminium wheel hex adaptors and CVD gearbox drive cups, and front and rear stub axles.

Source: Ultimate Racing [ultimateracing.es]

July 17, 2009

DMS Partz X-5 Squared optionals

DMS Partz have announced their latest optional parts designed for the X-Factory X5 Squared 4wd buggy. This Carbon LiPo battery retainer set enables the user to easily fit conventional type stick pack LiPo batteries in their X5 buggy. The rear vertical carbon brace features three slotted positions to suit all variants of LIPO packs (height related) and is secured to the chassis via two countersunk screw locations. The main strap itself is secured through your chosen slot at the rear and secured using a relocated kit supplied standard battery post, there is also a slot at the rear to line up with the anti roll bar mount for extra secure location if required. The other new part, a carbon transmission cover brace, provides extra reinforcement to the layshaft area which can be put under a lot of strain when running the belt very tight.

Click here to see the transmission brace

July 17, 2009

RB Products Buggy fuel 45%

As seen at the European Championships in Austria, RB Products have released further details about their 45% fuel. Developed by the RB R&D Team, they claim this fuel is a significant advantage for the buggy engine, with increased power, reduced consumption, more torque and stable idle. The vast majority of the RB Team used this RB 45% fuel at the 2009 European Championship in Austria with excellent results. The use of this fuel requires an additional 0,1mm head shim.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

July 15, 2009

Racers Edge 1 degree Associated rear hubs

Racers Edge have released their new 1 degree rear toe in aluminium rear hubs to fit the Associated B4, B44, T4, and SC10. Designed after the stock B44 4wd buggy hubs but with a larger outside bearing for increased performance and bearing longevity, a setscrew holds the hingepin in place with access from the bottom, while four possible vertical ball stud locations allow for increased setup adjustments. Available in a hard anodized silver color, CNC machined for accuracy, and laser engraved with degrees and L or R for left or right sides.

Source: Racers Edge [racers-edge.com]

July 14, 2009

Hot Bodies Lightweight D4 body

Hot Bodies have released this lightweight body shell for the Cyclone D4 or D4 WCE. You’ll experience huge weight savings with this thinner polycarbonate version of the standard weight body shell for faster acceleration, better braking and improved handling. Every HB body shell features clear overspray film, clear and blemish-free polycarbonate plastic, a full set of die-cut detailing decals, a range of Hot Bodies decals and large racing wing to fine-tune the performance of your new body shell.

Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]

July 14, 2009

JConcepts dominate 2009 FSORS

Florida has always been one of the toughest places to race and home to some of the best drivers on the east coast. The Florida State Series has been in existence since 1992 and has always provided one of the most competitive fields of racers in the south east. JR Mitch continued his Florida winning ways in the 1/8th buggy and truck class in the FSORS 2009 series. With JConcepts providing the tires, bodies, wheels and accessories JR dominated from the start, winning the series from JConcepts team mates Nick Angelidas 2nd, JP Tirronen 3rd, Jason Ruona 4th and Nathan Wincek in 5th. In the 1/8th truck division, JR once again took the win in front of Nathan Wincek in 2nd position, while Josh Talmadge, a relative newcomer to R/C, made a big splash onto the scene in 2009 by winning the 1/8th buggy sportsman class with just a year’s worth of R/C racing experience.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

July 14, 2009

Adam Drake does the Double at NSS Rd1

The opening round of the 2009 Novarossi Summer Series was held at Revelation Raceway last Saturday and attracted 10 heats of drivers from Southern CA. The Pro buggy class turned out to be a bit of a warm-up for this weeks ROAR 1/8th Nationals for many drivers and saw Losi / Novarossi driver Adam Drake TQ both rounds of qualifying ahead of Kyosho / Team Orion’s Cody King. At the start of the 25 min final Cody was able to stay close to Drake for a few laps, but as the race progressed Adam was able to power away and take the victory by two laps over Cody with Losi team mate Matt Schreffler taking 3rd. In the 1/8th truck class Adam was again able to take the TQ and win in front of Robert Wickhan who was also driving a Losi 8ight T 2.0, while Mugen driver Colin Herzig took 3rd.