The 2013 edition of the Italian Job Race will be held at the weekend of the 2rd of September at the D&R track in Castelnuovo Calcea. Run in buggy F1 and F2 category the race is a nitro buggy only meeting with no truggy or electric class. To sign up for the race and for more information click here.
Shepherd driver Chris Steele was the man to beat at the first round of the Irish National 1/10 nitro on-road Championship as he set a blistering TQ run with his Shepherd Velox V10. Hot on his heels followed Shepherd driver Darren Gibb also using a Velox V10 as well as Anthony Fitzpatrick, Colm Gaffney, Jacek Zadrozny and Stephen O’Connor which were close on pace all day. The 30 minutes final saw a great start from pole sitter Chris defending his position up front. In the following laps Darren was trying to keep up but the gap increased lap by lap. Anthony, Colm and Jacek were in a close battle at the start until Jacek ran into engine trouble. This separated the field a lot and in the following also Colm ran into trouble and had to retire. After 30 minutes Chris Steele took the win some four laps ahead of Darren Gibb with Anothony Fitzpatrick completing the podium.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The RDRP 210 Series Low-Roll-Center Suspension Mount Set is specially designed for the Team Durango 210 series vehicles including the DEX210, DEST210 and DESC210. The LCR suspension mounts lower the vehicle’s rear roll centre by 2mm in order to improve handling on medium to low-grip surfaces or when running spec tyres. Included in the set are the RF suspension mount as well as three RR mounts in the form of the 0/3, 1.5/3 and 3/3 variant. All parts are machined from aircraft-quality 7075-T6 aluminium, come black anodised and laser-etched for easy identification and a cool factory look. The blocks are a direct fit on the recently announced Plus11 DEX210 Aluminium Chassis. DEX210 buggies with standard or aftermarket chassis and the DEST210 and DESC210 may require some do-it-yourself work in the wishbone/chassis area in order to give enough clearance for the arms.
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T.O.P. introduce a new optional top deck for the Photon EX touring car. The medium stiffness upper deck ranges between the standard and the optional stiff deck and incorporates a centre post location hole to fine-tune the flex characteristics of the chassis.
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17-year old, 3-time Australian National Champ Kyle McBride has signed with A Main Hobbies. The young, super-talented McBride will represent ProTek RC and A Main Hobbies along with his current sponsors all over the world. McBride had this to say:
I’m excited to be on a growing team and to represent an international power such as A Main Hobbies and ProTek RC. I will be pushing the brand over here in Australia and look forward to bringing the team many results in the near future and the rest of the 2013 season! I want to thank Marty Korn and the entire A Main Hobbies team for welcoming me!
Source: A Main Hobbies [amainhobbies.com]
Available soon from Pro-Line are several new Ion tread 1/10th scale off-road tires. The Ion 2WD buggy front tire will come in M3 soft and M4 super soft compound while the Ion T truck tire is available in MC clay rubber. The tires combine the tread design of the popular Scrubs and Suburbs to make for improved steering, balance and feel. They come with standard foam inserts.
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Pro-Line introduce a new Bulldog body shell for the World Championship winning Mugen MBX-7 buggy as well as colour variants of the pre-painted Flo-Tek short course body. Starting with the MBX-7, the Bulldog Gen 3 clear body shell features a larger and higher swoop on the front side panels for more front down-force. The rear section of the roof has been angled off for a new look and to allow more air to get to the cooling fins on the motor. The Gen 3 body also has a raised rear section behind the motor to increase the balance of traction front to rear for more traction on any surface. The body come clear, including window masks and decal sheet. Also new are three colour variants of Pro-Line’s recently introduced pre-painted Flo-Tek SC body. The hand-painted body soon is available as blue, red and yellow variant and the body is compatible with many of today’s 1/10th short course chassis.
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For 2013 the JConcepts Clash returns Indoors to the Flowood Indoor R/C park in Flowood, Mississippi, on the weekend of September 6-8, 2013. A large building and track operated by super promoter Bubba Barham equals big-time Clash action. The 7th annual event will take place on a newly built indoor race course at the Flowood R/C park and will be specifically built for this annual event. Racers such as Ryan Maifield, Ryan Cavalieri, Jared Tebo, Dustin Evans, Lee Martin, JR Mitch, Steven Hartson, Tanner Denney, Brent Thielke, Jorn Neumann, Hupo Honigl, Barry Pettit, Billy Easton, Ryan Eckert, Jason Ruona and Paul Wynn have always made racing fast and exciting at the Clash throughout the years. For the 7th annual event, it’s indoors and the competition should be more fierce than ever. Find more information on the event’s site by clicking here.
