The organisers of the 2010 EFRA European Indoor touring car Championships in Mäntsälä, Finland have contacted us to let us know that the event site is now line. Your standard event page, it includes all the details you need to know if you are attending the event including hotel, travel and competitor information.
You can visit the official event site here.
Xceed RC have introduced two new greases for various applications. First up is this high quality white silicone grease for use with ball-differentials in electric powered cars of all scales. Also new is this high quality teflon black grease for general use and use with trust bearings. Both are supplied in a small container with screw cap and contain 4 grams. Xceed have also packaged both greases into a single handy container which seems to have lived a previous life as a contact lens case.
Click here to see the combo pack
Exotek Racing have released the EKO18, a special high performance long wheel base chassis conversion with 5 link rear pod suspension. It includes 2 threaded side friction dampers and 3 color coded spring sizes. Narrowed chassis design for less scrubbing of corner speed and a widened rear pod design for easier brushless motor placement. New design front arms for greatly improved camber gain and bump steer for more consistent steering, the EKO18 will transform your Scalpel into one incredible carpet warrior.
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Keven Herbert reports on the third leg of the NEGS (Northeast Grand Slam Series) was held the weekend of January 16-17 in at Tri-State Hobbies in Cincinnati, Ohio. Having missed the second leg of the series, I had some extra pressure to do well now that I had already used my one throw-out. Friday was practice all day and early on I was very happy with both my TC5R and 12R5.1. Along with Paul Ciccarello, I was setting some of the fastest lap times in both Pro Rubber class and Pro 1/12 Class. Chris Goetz was also showing some early speed and was turning some fast laps with his Schumacher car in the rubber class.
Continue reading the report here
The 4th annual Colonel’s Classic was held this past weekend at Phil Hurd Raceway in Savannah, GA and has quickly become the premier kickoff race in the southeast for each new year. Friday’s practice was very nice with dry weather which provided a great look at who had their race face on this weekend. Only one round of qualifying was completed before the rain came which pushed the remaining qualifier and mains to Sunday. The Phil Hurd race crew was able to get the track back to running condition very quickly and qualifying resumed on Sunday, Tim Smith was able to put himself into the main qualifying 6th. At the start of the main he was able to put his Xray 808, JConcepts equipped buggy to the lead on the opening lap. Around the 10 minute mark Alan Burton was able to make a charge for the lead, but Tim was able to quickly increase his gap to take the win with Shane Ogden in 2nd and Alan Burton finishing in 3rd.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Team Losi are reporting on the 2010 Chili Bowl Jr. dirt oval race, run in conjunction with the 24th Annual Chili Bowl which is the biggest Midget race in the world. With over 220 entries the Dirt Late Model class was the largest with 70 entries including many of the fastest racers in the country. The Team Losi L8ight model was used by different drivers to Top Qualify each of the three qualifying rounds. In the A-main Gary Guffey, Jason Hudson and Matt Murphy made it a 1-2-3 Losi sweep to finish off the week long race event. In addition to the great drive by the Texan, Gary Guffey, was the drive by Matt Murphy who raced his way into the A-Main getting a third place finish after bumping up from the C and B mains by finishing at the front.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
The 2010 CRCRC Winter Mid-West Electric Championships were held last weekend in Columbus, Ohio. This years event had an amazing 440 entries, including some of the Nations best, factory drivers like Jared Tebo, Ryan Cavalieri, Cody King, Dustin Evans, Dakotah Phend, Matt Chambers and Jesse Robbers were all in attendance. Open practice was held on Thursday and Friday, while Saturday would consist of 3 rounds of qualifying. Sunday would run 1 round of qualifying, followed by triple A-Mains. The drivers best 2 of 4 rounds were used to determine the overall qualifying order.
Continue reading the report here
Team Tekin’s Kevin Jelich from Norcal Hobbies took the hard earned victory in the highly contested 2wd mod buggy class at the 2nd annual Golden State Electric Challenge held at Lakeport Hobbies raceway. Kevin was surrounded by factory Kyosho driver Tyler Vik, AE Drivers Cody Turner, Chris J., Aaron Biners and more. Kevin utilized the Tekin RS Pro, Tekin Redline 10.5 motor and the new Vegas 2.0 software (203) to take the title and the cash.
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
