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November 29, 2010

STRC Blitz skid plates & hex adapters

STRC’s new CNC machined HD front and rear bumper/skid plates for the HPI Blitz range of cars helps add great looks and increases durability. The skid plates are machined from a solid block of aluminium and can handle any abuse from racing to bashing, while still allowing the front and rear bumper to flex. Available in orange, gun metal, silver and limited edition red anodizing. While the HPI Blitz comes with cast aluminum hex adapters, feedback from customers was that they can crack under heavy load or over-tightening of the set-screw. These new CNC machined aluminium hex adapters offers more durability while adding that final touch to the looks of your Blitz, matching the colors of their existing option parts for this truck.

View the other products here

November 29, 2010

MLC Extreme fuel

After intensive development and testing LC Racing have announced the new MLC Extreme fuel by Lamberto Collari. Available in 2.0 liter cans only, this new mixture is especially formulated for 1/10 and 1/8 on road cars and is available in 16% and 25% nitro. While the 2010 formula will continue to be available, the Extreme fuel helps obtain lower temperature, lower consumption and more power.

Source: LC Racing [lc-racing.com]

November 29, 2010

Neo11 – Race Announcement

Neo Buggy & DXR have announced that the Neo Race for 2011, Neo11, will be held 22nd to 25th of April 2011, the 6th running of the race and 5th at the Harper Adams indoor facility. The timetable will be similar to the last event, a 4 day format is planned with practice on Friday 22nd, six rounds of qualifying on Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th finishing off with finals on the Monday (25th). Qualifying will use 7 minute heats and the best four rounds from six will count. After the Dash4Cash success at Neo2010 the organizers plan to add a few more ‘special races’ to the schedule which should provide entertainment every day. The entry date will be announced soon.

Further details can be found on the official site here.

November 29, 2010

Xray Electric motor shim

Xray have released this simple shim for their XB808E for use with long-shaft electric motors. A long shaft motor is one with a shaft longer than 18mm measured from the end of the shaft to motor cover, such as Tekin.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 29, 2010

Salven & Chiu win Xceed TRS Asia Cup

The 3rd annual Xceed TRS Asia Cup was held in Shanghai, China just a weekend ago with over 50 drivers from 13 countries participating. In the 1/8 class, it was Michael Salven who took TQ and the win over second place Suruth from Thailand, while in third was Howard Zuo from Taiwan. In the 1/10 Sedan class, Samual Chiu of Hong Kong driving his NT-1 battled TQ Wang Hai Feng from China to win by only 1.1 seconds. Both drivers exchanged the race lead over 15 times in the 30 minute final. Wang Hai Feng drove a Mugen MTX4 and is China’s number one electric touring car driver in this his very first nitro race. In third place was Per-ola Hard from Sweden.

View the sedan podium here

November 29, 2010

Ryan Lutz joins Speed Power

Speed Power have announced that top US off road racer Ryan Lutz has joined their team and will use their line of LiPos to power his Durango buggy. Ryan had the following to say about the deal:

I’m very excited to be joining Speed Power to run their Batteries and use their chargers. They are a hard working company who have risen to the top, and I am very happy to become a part of their team to help them promote and further enhance their products!

Source: Speed Power [speedpowerrc.com]

November 29, 2010

Team Orion Advantage IQ Power

Team Orion have announced the release of their Advantage IQ Power power supply with 16 Amps output. It has a maximum power output of 220W and can be used with 100-240V power sources. Available in 5 different versions for use in different regions.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

November 28, 2010

Volker & Dankel make it 2 out of 2

Ronald Volker and Eric Dankel remain the men to beat in the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the German drivers making it 2 out of 2 here in the Czech Republic. Like in Kastellaun both drivers started from pole position and although they were made to work much harder this time round they leave Hrotovice with the perfect score in their respective championship standings.

View our complete event coverage here.