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December 5, 2011

Keven Hébert triple win in Cleveland

The 32nd running of the US Indoor Championships was held recently in Cleveland, Ohio and Keven Hébert gave this report. As the longest-running and most prestigious event in on-road racing, this is THE race to attend for on-road racers. Every year the race features a challenging layout and this year was no different. Set up in the hotel ballroom, the smooth high-traction layout was conducive to great racing. The schedule called for three rounds of practice on Thursday, followed by three rounds of qualifying on Friday, and three more on Saturday. All main events were scheduled for Sunday.

Continue reading the full report here

December 5, 2011

Capricorn Lab C02 now available

More news from Capricorn with the announcement that their Lab C02 1/10th scale 200mm chassis kit is now available. We have written about the car in the past, but up until now it was only available as an upgrade kit for the C01 car. The Italian company also released photos of the completed car, which you more of below.

View more images here

December 5, 2011

Miguel Matias dominates Rd3 in Portugal

Last weekend saw the Portuguese Off-Road series travel to Póvoa da Galega for the 3rd round of the Championship. A massive entry of 86 cars and 66 drivers gave a great atmosphere to this big event. Again Miguel Matias dominated both 4wd and 2wd buggy classes with his Durangos both performing really well all weekend, transforming his TQ performances into 1st in both classes. Team Durango showed really well also with Nuno Roque following Miguel performance and achieving both of the 2nd places in 2wd and 4wd.

View the final results here

December 5, 2011

Adrian Bernsten joins Capricorn International team

Italian company Capricorn have announced that top Norwegian racer Adrian Bernsten will join their International team for 2012. The former Xray driver, who has previously run Capricorn engines, will now use their 1/8th and 1/10th scale chassis’s as well as Capricorn engines, tires and fuel.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

December 4, 2011

Team C EP Offroad buggy tires

Team C Racing have introduced their new line of buggy tires for 1/10th off road. For 2wd and 4wd there are two new rear tires, the TG411 SS and TG412 Code, both coming pre glued in soft compound to a yellow spoked rim, with racing insert. The SS is also available for the front of your 4wd, also pre glued with yellow insert, while for the front of your 2wd there is the Rail, a ribbed design, pre glued to a yellow disk wheel. Both front tires also come in soft compound.

View the other new tires here

December 4, 2011

CRC 1S 4200mAh 65C Shorty pack

CRC have released their new battery for 1S racing, the 1S 4200mAh 65C Shorty. This new pack is built for the new CRC Gen-Xi and gives plenty of runtime and power for spec racing in 17.5 and 13.5 turn. Also, great for 4 minute oval racing, the small sizes allows multiple battery positions. Dimensions are 69x47x18.5mm it is ROAR legal and no effected by ROAR’s new short battery rule.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

December 4, 2011

Picco Factory Outlet

Site advertiser Picco Micromotori in Italy have announced their Picco Factory Outlet, a place on their site to find products that are currently out of production at rock bottom prices. Simple visit the ‘Factory Outlet’ page on their website, select the offer most interesting to you, click ‘Buy Now’, and you will be directed to a list of available sales partners. Currently there is only one engine on display, for EUR 99, but more products will be added as they become available so check back regularly.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

December 4, 2011

Robitronic aluminium servo-arms

Robitronic now offers a new lineup of sturdy and ultra-reliable servo-arms. They add a clever clamping mechanism that grips the servo’s spline with enough force, so that you’ll never lose or strip a servo arm again. Even if the servo’s spline screw works itself loose, you can safely keep on racing since the clamp-style servo arms will still provide a firm grip. Laser-etching tells you the spline indexing, (23T, 24T, 25T) they’re built for.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.com]