August 10, 2011

Dario Balestri joins Contact Tyres

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Contact Tyres are very proud to announce that top Italian driver Dario Balestri has joined their international team.  During practice at the 1/8th European Championship in Luxembourg Dario tested Contact Tyres and the performance prompted him to choose our brand for the rest of the year and for 2012. He has already shown great pace with Contact tyres, TQ’ing In Luxembourg, winning his semi final and starting from pole in the main. Dario will compete next week at the 1/10th European Championship in Ettlingen, with Contact brand manager Piero Torregiani there also to support him and all Contact drivers and customers.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

August 10, 2011

McEwan wins Canadian Off-Road Champs Rd2

The 2nd round of the Canadian off-road championship series (CORCS) was held over the weekend of August 5-6-7th, in Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada. Team Durango’s DESC410R took the 4WD short course A-Main in the hands of Norm McEwan, with Kris Bychyk placing his DESC410R in 2nd place for a 1-2 finish – beating out a large field in the 4WD class. Both guys ran their DESC410R’s with the Tekin RX8 controllers and Tekin 4.5T SC4X motors to sweep the field.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

August 10, 2011

Fastrax 1/10 off-road moulded inserts

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Fastrax have added new moulded inserts for 1/10 scale buggies to their growing range of tyre accessories. Available in three sizes suitable for 2WD front, 4WD front and rear tyres. The inserts are of a medium profile making them a good all-round solution.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

August 10, 2011

Fastrax moulded inserts

Fastrax have added new moulded inserts for 1/10 scale Short Course trucks to their growing range of tyre accessories. Especially made for Traxxas Slash and HPI Blitz wheels that require stepped inserts with two different inner diameters.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

August 10, 2011

2012 IFMAR 1/10 WC Hong Kong selection race Rd1

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The TRC Racing Track hold the first round of the Hong Kong selection race series for the 2012 IFMAR World Championships in Thailand. Hung Cheung Hang (H-K1) was able to take TQ after four rounds of qualifying, also pulling the only 29 lap run during qualification. Luk Chi Hung took the second place on the grid with Samuel Chiu and Poon Chiu in third and fourth place respectively. The final saw a battle between eight sponsor drivers and two KM fans with their H-K1. Hang lead right away from the beginning until the end of the 30 minutes long final. Samuel Chui (Xray NT1) took second and Michael Cheung (Shepherd V10) third place. KM team driver Ray (H-K1) managed to get a fourth place and the only two non-sponsored drivers in the Top 10, Siu-Ming and Kwok-Wai (both H-K1), ended up in 5th and 8th position. Winning driver Hang also set a new track record with 20.9 sec and and he also was the only one who made the best lap in under 21 sec during the race. Now three races are left for the drivers to get one of the three entries for the 2012 IFMAR 1/10 GP world championship in Thailand.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

August 10, 2011

Ty Tessmann wins Nitro Stampede II Race

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Ty Tessmann got in touch to tell us about his recent success at the Nitro Stampede II Race in Calgary/AB. With some of the best drivers in Canada in attendance along with Richard Saxton from AE, he was able to take the TQ and win in all three classes including 1/8 scale Buggy and Truggy. In the Buggy class he left Team Associated’s Richard Saxton and Peter Tozer (Associated) behind and also managed to stay ahead of the pack in the Truggy class by beating Peter Tozer (Associated) and Dave Elia (TLR).

Click here to view the Truggy podium

August 10, 2011

Arrowmax MRX-5 rear lower arm shaft

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Shortly after releasing front lower suspension arm shafts for Mugen’s MRX-5 1/8 scale on-road car Arrowmax now comes up with suitable parts for the rear end. Made from high-quality spring steel the shafts come as pair and are titanium-nitride coated for reduced friction and enhanced durability.

Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]

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