DE Racing, pioneers of the skid plate, have released two new additions to their XD line for the Short Course market. You can now get them for the OFNA / HoBao Hyper 10 SC as well as the Jammin SCRT10 1/10 scale electric Short Course truck and the CRT .5 mini truggy. Sold in a set of 3, these are a low cost solution to protect your investment. DE are also offering XD skid plates for the Losi Ten-T 1/10 scale nitro truggy.
Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]
TQ Racing are reporting that their factory driver Johnny Loguidace is the Michigan State Champion in both 2wd mod and Truck Mod. The race was hosted at Dirt Burners RC and was attend by drivers representing AE, Losi, X-Factory and Kyosho. Johnny was TQ in truck and second on the grid in buggy behind AE Factory Driver Dan Griffin. In buggy, Johnny was able to get by Dan early and drive of to the victory, while in truck Johnny led from start to finish to secure another title.
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Team SpeedMerchant have released photos of the follow up to their successful Rev5 1/12th scale, the aptly named Rev6. With no concrete information yet from the company on the feature list, looking at the car we can see the immediately obvious update is the all new chassis plate, a follow up to the first single cell LiPo chassis on the previous model. We can expect full details on the new car in the near future.
Much More have introduced their latest LiFe battery, a 40C 6.6V pack. This high quality 3800mAh battery features a hard case for impact protection and with its stick pack configuration is suitable for touring car and off road buggy. Power is connected through 4mm banana connectors, while the balancer uses a 2mm version.
Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]
The weekend of the 17th/18th of April saw the first race of the South German 2010 season raced at the fast Bamberg track. Among the 44 participants were the two young Velox drivers Dominik Mayer and Maximilian Vogl that already had some good results last year. In total 5 qualifying rounds were held, two on Saturday afternoon, the remaining three on Sunday morning. Dominik Mayer secured himself the pole-position for the 30min final with an impressive performance, racing only two of the five qualifying rounds. During his best run he broke the old track record by 0,05 sec. Also Maxi Vogl managed to secure a direct-qualifier spot for the final by having the 3rd best time, his best lap was also fast than the old track record.
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Russian company Pilotage have introduced their new line of Crankz hobby tools. The Crankz line of products have been designed fit the demanding needs of hobbyists everywhere providing an optimal balance of quality construction, comfort and cost. Crankz are lightweight, comfortable to use and made using the highest grade materials available. The screwdrivers feature a lightweight hollow aluminium handle with a rotatable hard plastic back and ultra hard interchangeable steel heads that have been precisely milled for proper fitting. Crankz scissors and pliers are made of rust resistant stainless steel and are sure to serve you for years to come without bending rusting or dulling. Regardless of the stresses applied, these tools remain soft on the hands as they feature ergonomically designed plastic and soft rubber handles.
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With an entry of 60 Drivers, this the first round of the Championship at the Mendip track in the west of England was going to be very competitive throughout the field and it is now not a given right that the usual Championship Contenders are guaranteed a place in the main final. To add to this, a strong contingent from Ireland arrived early Saturday morning to provide yet another obstacle to overcome.
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Two weekends ago, the Mendoza State championship was held in the city of Mendoza, Argentina. In the standard class Vito Lanzilota claimed the pole position in front of the two Shepherd drivers Fernando Ruiz and Fabio Ferrero in 2nd and 3rd position. At he start of the main final Fabio could pass Vito, but after 4 laps Vito could re take Fabio for the 1st position again. The race was very close all the time and Fabio putted a lot of pressure on Vito, which seemed to work because after 15 minutes Vito crashed his car and Fabio could cruise to the victory. Fernando Ruiz took seconed spot, 8 laps in front of Gustavo Ruggeri.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
