January 6, 2009

Israeli National Championships Rd1

The opening round of the Official Israeli National buggy & truggy Championships took place last weekend at the Rishpon track in the centre of Israel. The weather was fantastic and the atmosphere was good, with top drivers from all over the country taking part in the event. In the buggy class it was Kyosho MP9 racer Yaniv Sivan that won by less than a lap from Nir Sivan, with Guy Rinkevich in 2nd, a lap down on the front pair. The truggy class saw a win for Nir Sivan by a clear 2 lap margin, ahead of Xray racer Meir Azulay in 2nd, while buggy winner Yaniv Sivan took 3rd, 7 seconds back. The junior buggy and truggy classes were taken by Omer Asaig.

Source: RC Zone [rczone.co.il]

January 5, 2009

Yannick Aigoin to use Novarossi engines

It has been confirmed that former European Champion and Losi team driver Yannick Aigoin has done a deal with Novarossi for 2009. Coming onboard, not only as a front running driver, Yannick will help with the development and promotion of the engines as Novarossi tries to regain its leading position in the buggy market. Yannick once more will team up with Bernard Durand at Racing Experience, having both worked together previously at RB Products. Aigoin Racing, the French driver’s company, is the National distributor for GRP engines and tires but it is unclear now if this will continue.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]

January 5, 2009

Arizona Championship Series Rd5

This past weekend saw the 5th round of the Arizona Championship Series held at The Nitro Pit. A few big names showed up to get some practice before The Dirt Nitro Challenge to be held in February and it was Losi driver Billy Fischer that held off the competition to win both Expert buggy & truck classes. In the intermediate classes, Cody Rothe took the buggy win for Losi from TQ, while in the truck class it was Kyosho racer Troy Sears.

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January 5, 2009

Xray XB808 16° Alu Caster blocks

Xray have released these 16° 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 16° caster block integrated and non-adjustable. Combined with the XB808 front kick-up of 10° this block gives a total caster angle of 26° for increased steering and precision. Includes XRAY composite bushings for super-precise and smooth steering action.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 5, 2009

PSM Racing Hyper 9 CVD axles

German firm PSM Racing have released this pair of aluminium CVD axles for the Hobao Hyper 9. Offering a weight saving of 9.5 grams per pair over the stock versions, they are made from high grade 7075 aluminium and have 2 additional pin mounting positions to use when the original gets worn.

Source: PSM [psm-racing.com]

January 5, 2009

Davide Tortorici to use O.S. in 09

It has been confirmed that 2 time European Champion and 5 time Italian National Champion Davide Tortorici will use O.S. Engines in 2009. The Crono racer previously used the GRP based Falcon motors, but will return to the Japanese made engine with whom he won his second European title in 2005. Radiosistemi, who make the Crono car are also Italian distributors for O.S. Engines. Davide also confirmed his move from GRP tires to French tire maker 6mik.

Source: RC Revolution [rcrevolution.net]

January 4, 2009

UK win for new Reedy VR.21 Pro

The new Reedy VR.21 Pro engine has taken the win in the hands of Craig Drescher at the latest round of the Slough Winter series. The as yet unreleased motor from the US manufacturer, powered Craig’s RC8 to 2nd on the grid following qualifying and after taking an early lead in the race he managed the gap to 2nd and was able to take the win by 6 seconds. Expect more information on this new engine soon.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

January 3, 2009

X-Factory announce the X-6 Squared

X-Factory have been busy around the new year, not only has their X-60 truck conversion now gone on sale but they are finishing up the design of the X-6 squared. We have no information on the updated version of BRCA 2wd National Championship winning chassis other than the teaser picture above, but if its anything like the X-5 squared, it will have received a number of improvements throughout. More details as we get them.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

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