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March 9, 2011

TLR confirm Reedy Race winner for ‘Euro Offroad Series’ pilot event

Team Losi Racing have confirmed 2011 Reedy International Race of Champions Invitational winner Dustin Evans will travel over from the US to represent them at the ‘Euro Offroad Series’ pilot race in Sweden which runs from April 1-3. The 25-year-old from Denver, Colorado, is the latest big name driver to join the growing entry list that already includes current European Champion Lee Martin, former champions Marc Rheinard, Hupo Honigl & Jorn Neumann, Petit RC race winner Paul Bradby and young Swedish star David Ronnefalk.

Continue reading the announcement here

March 9, 2011

JQ THE Car optional sway bars

GB Modelsport has issued details of the full range of option sway bars for THE Car, by JQ Products. Complementing the standard 2.3mm front and 2.5mm rear sway bars, the range now includes 2.4mm and 2.5mm fronts, and 2.3mm, 2.4mm and 2.8mm rears.

Source: GB Modelsport [gbmodelsport.co.uk]

March 9, 2011

HB/HPI Spray t-shirts

Gear up your clothing with official HB/HPI racing shirts, as worn by ex-World Champions Andy Moore and Atsushi Hara. These official HB/HPI T-shirts are the latest design that all the HB/HPI team drivers are wearing at the race track. They feature HB, HPI and Atsushi Hara Racing Products logos on the front and back and are printed on 100% cotton and available in a range of sizes to fit all racers.

Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]

March 8, 2011

AKA Rebar electric offroad tires

AKA are set to debut their new ‘Rebar’ Electric offroad tires at next weekend’s Cactus Classic. The new Rebar rear as well as 2wd and 4wd front tires, which were just finished yesterday, are seen here on the Kyosho buggies of Factory driver Jared Tebo and will hit the track for the first time this week for their shakedown ahead of the big event.

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March 8, 2011

New engine project from Fastrax

Fastrax have leaked the first CAD drawings of a new engine project they are currently working on. Full details have yet to be announced, but Fastrax say it is a 3-port engine aimed at the competitive club racer, who is looking for a reliable and cost effective engine to race with that will not break the bank. Expected to be released in late Spring, we will bring you more details as we get them.

View more CAD images here

March 8, 2011

LRP-Offroad-Challenge Solms report

Last weekend saw the new LRP-Offroad-Challenge held in Solms, central Germany. The race was a great success with 69 entries in 4 different classes at only the first round of this new German national offroad series, sponsored by LRP. In the “Rookie-Challenge” it was Martin Klees who took the win, while in the popular “Short-Course Class” Bernd Haas could secure TQ honours as well as the win with his HPI Blitz Shortcourse Truck. The 2WD and 4WD classes were also raced and showed off the highest amount of drivers and competition. A little sensation happened in the 4WD class as Bastian Schäfer took the win with the LRP S10 Blast BX Chassis beginner chassis, in front of two time world championship A-finalist Marcus Lübke, driving for Team Ansmann Racing and Dai Sakaguchi with his Tamiya 511 in third

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

March 8, 2011

JR Mitch takes Mod SC at 2011 Bigfoot Extravaganza

JR Mitch, fresh off his success at round 2 of the Super Cup series, took his talent to Dallas, TX to compete in the 2011 Bigfoot Extravaganza. Located at the famous Mikes Hobby Shop, the Bigfoot race attracts racers from all around and with over 200 entries the race is a continued success. JConcepts Team Associated driver JR Mitch was the driver to beat all weekend in the Modified Short Course class by first taking the overall TQ over Quincy Hughes and Gary “Bigfoot” O’Brien. JR continued his roll into the mains where he used the TQ position to get a clean start and pull away from the competition earning wins in A-1 and A-2 to pad his lengthy resume. JR used the popular JConcepts Raptor body, Double Dees and Bar Codes tires and Rulux wheels all weekend long.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

March 8, 2011

Kazuya Tanaka signs for TecnoPower

Rody Roem’s emerging engine brand TecnoPower has signed big name driver Kazuya Tanaka from Japan. The deal, brokered through national distributor Hirofactory, sees the reigning Japanese National champion and Kyosho factory driver run the Italian made engines. Having already run the motors in testing he is happy with the stability, reliability and believes there is much more torque and top speed than his previous engines.

Source: TecnoPower [tecnopower-motor.com]