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August 19, 2007

Xray XT8 Wheel Stickers

Xray have released more decal sets for their off road cars with the release of these rather funky looking wheel decals for the XT8 truggy. These full-colour graphic sets for XT8 dish wheels makes a bright, bold visual statement, setting your car apart from the crowd. Made from tough, self-adhesive vinyl for easy application and long wear, the stickers are die-cut so you just have to peel off the sticker and apply to the wheels. Available in various luminous colors.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 18, 2007

Russian EP Off-road Nationals 2007

Last weekend, the best electric buggy drivers from around Russia came to the RC2 track in Moscow to compete for the 2007 Russian National title. Qualifying saw Kyosho racer Ivan Laptev take the pole position from the JConcepts pairing of Dmitry Malyshko and Victor Spiridonov in 2nd and 3rd. In the race it remained the same with Laptev taking the win and the 2007 title ahead of Malyshko, who was using the MRC Models buggy wing, in 2nd and Spiridonov in 3rd.

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August 16, 2007

Graham Alsop wins Truggy Pro Rd3

The 3rd round of the UK Truggy Pro series took place last weekend in Ledbury near the England Wales border and with 100 participants present the weather gods were kind to the racers with the event evntually turning out to be warm and dry. Qualifying saw Kyosho Masters winner Elliot Boots take the TQ spot by 3 seconds ahead of round 2 winner and HoBao racer Graham Alsop in 2nd. After a bit of banging and scraping at the start of the main final it was Boots that emerged in 1st only to be passed 4 laps later by Xray driver Hazlewood and then also eventually by Alsop. With Boots clearly in 3rd it was left to Alsop and Hazlewood to battle it out for the win with the lead swapping a number of times and after the last pitstop it looked like Hazlewood had the win secured, but a coming together with a back marker handed Alsop the lead and despite heavy pressure he could also take the win, with Hazlewood in 2nd and Boots in 3rd.

Source: UK Truggy Pro [uktruggypro.com]

August 16, 2007

Xtreme Racing Carbon parts for CRT .5

Xtreme Racing, makers of add-on carbon parts, have released a complete range of carbon parts for the Jammin / OFNA CRT .5 Mini truggy. Available are front and rear 3mm thick carbon shock towers, dual carbon fibre disk brakes, a carbon radio tray and a carbon fibre front and middle diff brace. Available now.

Source: Xtreme Racing [xtremercracing.com]

August 16, 2007

GRP Super Soft compound

Following up on the release of the Conespike, a tire developed by GRP together with UK importers Mirage, comes this new Super Soft compound for the already popular GRP Jolly and Atomic 1:8th Off Road tread patterns. The surface of the tire has a new subtly textured finish which improves traction if the tire folds under hard acceleration or cornering, which has made a huge difference in performance of the tire. They have also been busy developing a new softer yellow insert to maximise the performance from the new softer compound tyres. The inserts improve handling on bumpy/rutted tracks as well as when landing from large jumps.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

August 15, 2007

TM M1B Turbo – Full details

TM M1B Turbo - Full details

Team Magic have released the, pretty extensive, run down of improvements on their M1B Turbo buggy, the follow up to their troubled entry into the 1/8th scale buggy market, the M1B. Most of the changes are for improving durability with the inclusion of some previously released K-Factory parts, while some changes are to aid performance such as given the car a longer wheelbase, lower C of G and a stiffer chassis through the use of better bracing.

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August 14, 2007

Felicio wins Ceara State Champs Rd5

The weekend just gone saw the 5th round of the Ceara State Championships held in Braczil on the countries best track, and host of the 10th running of the Brazilian off road Nationals later in the year, the Asa Branca Speedway. In qualifying for the buggy class it was a TQ for CEN racer Rafael Felicio who also TQ’d the truggy class and he went on the win both classes, beating out Jesus Fernandes and Francisco Alcantara in the buggy class and Cleyton Viana and Joao Bruno in the truggy class. With this win Rafael Felicio becomes the 2007 Ceara State truggy Champion with 4 TQ’s and wins from 5 rounds while in the buggy class he is the leader in the series but has yet to clinch the title, battling with CEN team mate Francisco Junior who currently lies in 2nd place with 2 rounds still left.

Source: CEN [cenracing.com]

August 14, 2007

Daniel Reckward wins German West Rd1

The first round of the West German 1/8th scale off road qualification races for the 2008 Nationals took place last weekend at the MAC Essen track. The event was open to both buggy and truggy classes and in the buggy class it was a win for Kyosho racer Daniel Reckward ahead of team mate Denis Macek in 2nd and Mugen driver Frank Derksen completing the podium in 3rd. Daniel managed to do the double for Kyosho, taking the win in the truggy class also in front of 2nd placed Mugen driver Alexander Munsch and Team Losi racer Thomas Wüller in 3rd.

Source: Vita Racing [vita-racing.de]