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October 26, 2010

Vataniyapramote & Chaidajsuriya win FEMCA titles

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.

View the final results here

October 26, 2010

Arrowmax MRX-5 front wheel axles

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]

October 26, 2010

Recio wins Rd3 in Argentina, Golovic takes title

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]

October 26, 2010

Team Durango off-road Winter series reminder

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]

October 26, 2010

Justin Driemeier wins ROAR Region 8 Champs

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]

October 26, 2010

JConcepts Punisher B44.1 body

Debuted at the 2010 Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout, the new JConcepts Punisher B44.1 body’s slight cab-forward treatment is amongst the most aggressive in class giving it top notch performance. Blended wing / body design gives additional downforce to the side pods and windshield which increases drivability, corner speed and jump control. The rear base of the cab area represents the latest offering for 1/10th buggy racing featuring a super low profile design for increased air flow, escape and body placement. In addition to the newly designed body JConcepts has included 2 of the popular 6.5″ wide high down force V-wings that are commonly used around the world.

View more images & video of the new body here

October 25, 2010

TQ Racing SX8 Evo E buggy

TQ Racing sent us these teaser shots of their all new SX8 Evo E, the first of a new line of 1/8th scale buggies. This completely new platform isn’t finalized yet but we expect to get the full release details in a few weeks when it is expected to be ready.

View some more images here

October 25, 2010

Speed Power A8 Pro & A6 chargers

Following on from the release of their A3 and B1 chargers, Speed Power have released the latest additions to the Esprit line, the A6 and A8 Pro. The A8 Pro balance charger and discharger is another DC powered unit wit a maximum charge power of 80W, 10W for discharge. The current ranges are from 0.1 to 6.0A for charging and 0.1 to 2.0A for discharging and it can handle up to 15 NiMh cells and 6 lithium cells. The A6, also a DC charger and discharger, has a max charge power of 50W and a discharge power of 5W, while the charge current is from 0.1 o 5.0A and 0.1 to 1.0A for discharge. Both chargers feature a 2 line LCD display and an easy to navigate functions menu.

View the full specs here