More for bashers than competition racers, T-Bone Racing bumpers are available for all the short course trucks currently on the market. They offer excellent protection for the front of the trucks and come with a lifetime unlimited replacement warranty.
Source: T-Bone Racing [t-bone-racing.com]
More new chargers from Speed Power, the first is the Esprit A9 Capacitive Touch Button System charger is a 11 to 18V DC charger what allows for a maximum charging power of 200W and a maximum discharging power of 25W. Able to charge 1 to 18 NiXX, 1 to 6 LiXX and 2V to 24V Pb batteries the charger also sports a discharge function with up to 5A and an integrated balancer. The Esprit A10 Professional Intelligent Balance charger is an even more powerful device as it charges up to 27 NiXX and up to 8 LiXX cells with a charging rate as high as 7A. Both chargers feature intelligent and easy to navigate menus and two line LCD displays.
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New from Kyosho, the DBX 2.0 gets beginners off to a flying start as well as providing an ideal step up to the power of 1/8-class machines with the same long wheelbase and tread as well as 1/8 tires and wheels. The chassis features a 4-wheel independent double-wishbone suspension and fulltime 4WD drive expected of a true racing buggy and it’s optimally balanced with the power of the GXR-18SP engine delivering outrageous performance. Whether you’re timing laps around a 1/8 racing circuit or tearing up the local dirt track, the DBX 2.0 puts the adrenaline pumping excitement of real off-road racing performance at your fingertips. As the DBX 2.0 is packaged as a fully assembled Readyset, even beginners can be off and racing in no time at all.
The 2010 FEMCA Circuit Championships took place last weekend in Hong Kong for both 1/8th and 1/10th scale gas on road. With rain affecting the event it was Thai driver Suruth Vataniyapramote that took the win to lead home a Serpent 1-2-3-4 with Hong drivers Christopher Cheung and Choy Kam Man completing the podium. In the 1/10th class it was again a Thai driver, this time former TC world Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya that took the win from the pole spot in front of local racer Hung Cheung Hang driving a KM chassis, with Kyosho racer Jalaludin Azri Amri from Brunei taking 3rd.
New for the Mugen MRX-5 1/8th scale chassis, Arrowmax have released these front CVD wheel axles. Available in three different types of material, you can get them in 7075 aluminium, spring steel and titanium for a choice of lightweight, durable and a combination of both.
Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]
Last weekend the 3rd and final round of the Argentinean Touring car nationals took place in Rosario. The race was won by Capricorn/Sirio driver Sebastián Recio followed by Agustín Cutini, driving a Novarossi powered Serpent in 2nd, with Juan Pablo Golovic with his Reds Racing powered Xray car in 3rd. This result was enough to give Golovic the Argentinean National title for 2010.
Source: Sirio [star-motor.com]
Team Durango got in touch to remind everyone that there are only a few places left for this weekend’s Team Durango off-road Winter series. Taking place at Ardent Raceway there are limited spaces in the 3 different classes, 4wd, 2wd and Short Course so if you want to race, make sure you enter as soon as possible. More information, including a great introduction video, can be found here.
Source: Durango [team-durango.com]
The 2010 ROAR Region 8 Championships were held this past weekend at SmacTrack in St Charles, MO, near St. Louis, and X Factory’s Justin Driemeier TQ’d modified buggy, truck and short course. Driemeier went on to win the first two A mains in both buggy, with his X-6 Squared, and truck with his X-60, finishing third in SC with an SCX-60. Region 8 includes Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, so there were lots of top sponsored drivers there. Joe Buckley was in the A in mod truck (X-60) and SC (SCX-60) and took 4th in the mod buggy B (X-6 Sq). Also, X-Teamer Lendel Smith from Arkansas drove his X-6 Sq to fourth in stock buggy and his X -60 to third in stock truck. Smith also took second in stock SC driving his SCX-60.
Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]
