December 13, 2006

Losi XXX-CR Illuzion body from JConcepts

Losi XXX-CR Illuzion

Another body from JConcepts and another Illuzion, this time for the Electric 2wd buggy, the Losi XXX-CR. This particular body comes with 3 wings in total, one 6″ rear wing, one 7″ rear wing and a front wing also. So you should have no problem hooking your Losi up when you have this body on, plus it looks super mean too.

The high down force 6″ rear wing is for added rear stability and the high down force 7″ rear wing is for super rear stability. The Illuzion front wing is for added front stability. The Illuzion body features hard edge side pod styling with runners on the sides designed to move the air more efficiently to the wing. The roof of the body has been dramatically wedged and Illuzionized for that aggressive look.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]


December 13, 2006

JConcepts Illuzion Mugen MBX5R bodyshell

JConcepts Illuzion Mugen MBX5R

Another addition to the Illuzion range from JConcepts is this Mugen MBX5R bodyshell. Available in either standard or heavy duty polycarbonate this new shell not only looks the part but performs too.

The Illuzion features enhanced hard edge side pod styling with runner flow channels on the sides designed to move the air more efficiently to the wing. The roof of the body has been dramatically wedged and Illuzionized for that aggressive look. While the front of the body has less of a transition from hood to window which gives it a more dramatic look.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]


December 13, 2006

Ryan Cavalieri dominates the Southwest Indoor Grand Prix

Ryan Cavalieri

In absolutely commanding style, top Team Orion racer Ryan Cavalieri showed everyone that he was the class of the field at last weekends Southwest Indoor GP in Arizona by TQ’ing all 3 classes he competed in and then going on to win all 3 as well. On top of that the top drivers from the event were put together for a showdown race called the Pro Challenge and Ryan won this too to take 4 wins in the one weekend.

Team Orion factory driver and off-road superstar Ryan Cavalieri was on hand to compete against some of the Nation’s best. Ryan competed in all three modified classes (2wd,Truck, 4wd), and by the end of practice, it was clear RC was the man to beat.

Read the full report here.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]


December 12, 2006

The Hot Bodies Lightning Stadium Sport truggy

Hot Bodies Lightning Sport truggy

Hot Bodies have announced the new Lightning Stadium Sport, the latest addition to their truggy lineup. This particular ready to run truggy, that is based on the popular Lightning Stadium Pro-R, looks pretty nice and is also pretty highly spec’d with c-hub suspension, .26 pullstart motor and aluminium shock absorbers.

The new Lightning Stadium Sport is the ultimate starter stadium truck! Not just a watered-down version of our top-selling Lightning Stadium Pro-R, we’ve taken everything that we’ve learned during years of top-level truggy racing and boiled it down to the essentials, so you get everything you need to get on the track!

Check out the full information here.

Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]


December 12, 2006

Team Magic M1B to make race debut this week

Team Magic M1B

The much talked about and much hyped M1B buggy from Team Magic will finally make its race debut this weekend at the Neo Invitational race. The car above is from CML who received a pre-production version for the race and has already shook down the car with an undisclosed top UK racer David Crompton. His thoughts from the shakedown:

He pronounced himself really impressed with the car’s performance and is looking forward to racing the car at the this weekend’s NeoBuggy International at the Harper Adams track in Shropshire.

According to the entry list from the event, Finnish racer Jari Eklund will also race a Team Magic at the event, so there should be at least 2 pre-production cars at the event. We will see how they get on and lets hope it lives up to all the hype.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]


December 11, 2006

Adam Drake wins the 2006 Fall Brawl

Adam Drake wins the Fall Brawl

Top US off roader, Adam Drake, has dominated the 2006 Fall Brawl held at the Badlands III track in South Carolina. Adam, driving for Team Losi, TQ’d all 3 rounds of qualifying in both the Truck and Buggy class and then went on to easily win both classes.

You can view the full results from the race here and some pictures here.

Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]


December 10, 2006

Buy Yannick Aigoin’s RB C6 – Auction started

Yannick Aigoin's RB C6

A while ago we mentioned that TWF8 was auctioning the actual engine that Yannick Aigoin nearly won the World Championships with. Well that auction has now started and at the time of writing the highest bid was at $200. Whats great about this is that everyone is a winner, the winning bidder recieves this amazing RB C6 with exhaust system, kindly donated by Rody Roem of RB Products, and all the money goes to UNICEF. A great cause in this season of giving so please go over to TWF8 and try to win this bid the auction runs until the 25th of December.

Go here for more information about the auction. If you want to bid straight away send your bid to bidding@twf8.ws


December 10, 2006

2006 Neo-Invitational getting close

2006 Neo-Invitational

Our friend Philip over at Neo-Buggy has been busy of late with the promoting and organising of his flagship event, the Neo Invitational that takes place next weekend, the 15th – 17th of December. We wrote a little bit about it earlier this week and gave you the lowdown on how cool this event is likely to be. Well now we have some images of the preperations of this event and most importantly the track itself, and i have to say its looking pretty big and challenging and is definitely going to be an epic event.

Head on over to Neo-Buggy for some more pictures, even more if your a member for some reason.