VP Pro Racing have announced the upcoming release of their 2 new race proven STR series truggy tires. The VP-902 Cutoff STR tires is suitable for most common track conditions while the VP-904 Turbo Trax STR is better suited to hard packed tracks. Made using VP Pro’s M1 & M2 compounds.
Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]
We received the following report from JConcepts on the Arizona State Championships, which were hosted recently by Scottsdale R/C Speedway (SRS), home of the Cactus Classic. JConcepts factory team drivers Ryan Maifield, Frank Root, and Tanner Denney all made it out for the 3 day event and put on a show. In 1/8 buggy, Ryan was on a mission. Still showing the #1 decals on his car from the World’s, Ryan drove like he was not willing to take them off, TQ’ing every round of qualifying and going on to win the main convincing by several laps to prove how fast the new JConcepts Crossbow tires are.
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VP Pro Racing have announced that Xray factory driver Ian Haley from Australia has joined the VP Pro International Team. VP Pro are proud that Ian has decided to join their team, putting trust in their products, trust which is already paying off with Ian using his new tires to win the recent 2008 Proline Championships in Sydney.
Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]
The 2008 Horizon Hobby Shootout was run recently at the JTec Racing and Fun facility in Tilton IL. In 1/8th Buggy it was Losi driver Mike Truhe that took the TQ but problems in the final allowed Adam Drake to take the win from Billy Fischer in 2nd and Josh Stough in 3rd. In the truggy class it was a clean sweep for the Drake, taking the TQ and win from Truhe in 2nd and Derek Weatherholt in 3rd. Raced on the dirt oval track, Billy Fischer too the win win in the 1/8th Late Model Dirt Oval class ahead of class TQ Adam Drake with Lee Morrison taking 3rd.
We received this testing report from X Factory whose team have been putting their production prototype X-60 truck conversions through their paces for about 10 days. All production prototype X-60s got a good thrashing over the past weekend, with Brian Kinwald seen at Competition Hobbies, Paul Sinclair at Whitehouse Raceway near Nashville, Tenn, and Alex Krieg at S.R.S. in Scottsdale, Ariz. All four U.K. drivers were trucking at various venues over the weekend, and Alexander Valente ran his X-60 for almost an hour at his home track in France. Big news is that the testers experienced just a single minor failure. The new molded chassis looks great, and the new graphite arms and CF tower fit and work correctly. The truck goes together well, and quality is superb.
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Xray have released these 14° alu caster blocks for the XB808, which are CNC-machined from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminum and hard coated for extra durability and long life. This lightweight block features ‘zero kingpin’ suspension geometry, with the preset 14° caster block integrated and non-adjustable. Combined with the XB808 front kick-up of 10° this block gives a total caster angle of 24° for increased steering and precision. Includes XRAY composite bushings for super-precise and smooth steering action.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Held at one of the most popular club racing facilities in the nation, Revelation Raceway hosted the 7th round of the JBRL Nitro Offroad series. Just shy of the TQ, Ryan Cavalieri started 2nd in the main event behind Kyosho’s Ryan Lutz. It was clear at the beginning of the race that it would come down to these two drivers as they steadily pulled away from the rest of the field. Lutz set a quick first few laps and opened up 3-4 seconds on Cavalieri but as the laps wore down, Cavalieri began to eat in to the lead and with 6 minutes down was less than 2 seconds behind the full-punched Lutz. Just last week at the R/C Pro West Round #3, also held at Rev Raceway, Lutz and Cavalieri battled it out in Truggy with Lutz taking the victory. This time the tides would turn. An unfortunate engine breakage forced Lutz out of the race just before his first pit stop and this gave Cavalieri a 10 second cushion over Cody King and with such a large lead, Ryan’s pit guy chose to make two pit stops in the 15 minute final. As the time wore down, King stayed within 10 seconds of the lead and as Cavalieri came in for a quick splash and go at the 13 minute mark Cavalieri retained the lead and held off King for the win, with Adam Drake taking 3rd.
Turn up the performance of your 1/8 scale buggy with this new 3-chamber tuning pipe from LRP. Tested and developed in close cooperation with the LRP factory team, this exhaust system is specially developed to deliver maximum torque. EFRA approved (3039) it has been tuned for best torque and low fuel consumption.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
