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May 9, 2013

Bill Jeric announces departure from Horizon Hobby

Bill Jeric, a director in Horizon Hobby’s surface product development department and former President of the Losi brand, has announced that today will be his last day working at Horizon Hobby. Informing us a few days ago and making a statement on his Facebook page today, the decision to leave was not his choice and seems to be part of a shake up at the large US company following the departure a few months ago of another high profile colleague Shawn Ireland who was Vice President of Surface Marketing at Horizon after less than a year in the position. Bill posted the following statement on his FB page.

As of today I am no longer an employee of Horizon Hobby. Although not my choice to leave, I have nothing but gratitude and appreciation for the 12+ years I spent there. I have confidence in what the future holds for me and look forward to the next career steps in an industry that I truly love. Stay tuned!!

May 9, 2013

Mark & Derek Sousa win 4th Annual Spring Showdown

This past weekend at HRC Raceway in Flamborough, Ontario, Canada, the outdoor season opener got underway with the 4th Annual Spring Showdown race that resulted in nearly 150 entries. Some of the best drivers and manufacturers all around Canada were there to compete for the title at the end of the weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class the best in the country consisted with only a few missing. Qualifying had got underway with a rocket round format for three rounds. Throughout the qualifying things looked tight, but in the end Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Derek Sousa would come out on top having held on the top qualifier honors all three rounds with Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Justin DaSilva second and Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Mark Sousa in third.

Continue reading the report here

May 9, 2013

Avid Triad clutch red slipper pads

After testing for the past few months at the KO Grand Prix, Reedy Race, and Cactus Classic, Avid is releasing their new red aggressive slipper pads. The red slipper pads are a new material which engages faster and gives a more direct clutch response. Now you can fine-tune your clutch by running a combination of white and red pads depending on the vehicle, motor and surface. Sold in a set of 3 pads.

Source: Avid [avidrc.com]

May 8, 2013

2013 Nitro-West-Masters – Announcement

2013 Nitro-West-Masters - Announcement

The 2013 season of the Nitro-West-Masters will kick-off at Oberhausen at the upcoming weekend (11/12 May). It is the fifth season of this nitro on-road series in Western Germany, which has become more popular year by year since it was launched in 2009. Last year a total of 106 racers have collected championship points. For the first time there will be six race meetings in 2013, one per month from May to October.

Continue reading the announcement here

May 8, 2013

Barry Pettit wins EP Buggy at ROAR Nats warmup

As we already reported, the 2013 ROAR nationals warm up was held at Gulf Coast RC Raceway in Porter, Texas last weekend. The weekend event included the electric buggy class which provided some extra run time on the track and another opportunity for some close racing on the very high bite track. On Saturday there were three 7 minute qualifiers using rocket round to determine the starting order for the main event. Tekin driver Barry Pettit was able to qualify first by a small margin over Jake Dillinger and Tekin powered David Joor. The main started with a very close group battling for the top spot. After all of the top three swapping positions numerous times Barry Pettit was able to pull a small lead on Dillinger and finish the race in the first position. Barry was joined by Tekin teammate Brian “Smiley” Henn in 3rd.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

May 8, 2013

JConcepts Reedy Sonic aluminium timing cover

JConcepts introduces an all new aluminium timing cover accessory for the Reedy Sonic motor. The aluminium acts as an additional heat sink transferring heat to an additional surface spreading the heat out over more area. The timing cover also has increased depth which allows more sensor wire plug protection in the event of a crash or collision. The timing cover is CNC machined, available in blue and black colors and includes upgraded hardware for installation. In addition, each cover also includes a molded sensor wire holder and hardware which routes wires in the up position which decreases possible wire snags or drop-outs which lead to unfinished races. Available in anodised blue or black.

View the unmounted set here

May 8, 2013

KM Racing K8 1/8th scale prototype

KM Racing K1 1/8th scale photos

Having been shown CAD images of the new K8 1/8th scale chassis from KM Racing back in January, the 1/10th World Champions have shown off early photos of the car ahead of the World Championship warmup race later this month. The car is not finalised, with the aluminium remaining un-anodised for now but this is the car being assembled in Hong Kong by World Champions Fukuda & Vejrak and other team drivers ahead of some major testing.

View more images of the K1 here

May 8, 2013

KO Propo EX-1 KIY Version 3.0

KO Propo have released version 3 of their EX-1 KIY transmitter. Only a slight update the new radio has what they are calling the expert grip, which along with a newly positioned trigger gives a more ergonomic feel making it easier to be more precise with the throttle.

View the updated grip here