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November 24, 2009

Serpent 966-E BL 1/8th scale on road chassis

Serpent has announced that they have developed the first purpose made 1/8 scale electric on road car. Based on the highly successful Serpent 966 platform, sharing its main components, but the center section is completely different and is reserved for the electric components. It features a purpose designed nylon bracket / holder for all components, such as the 2 pairs of saddle packs, the speedo and the receiver. The large high power brushless motor is securely mounted on a sturdy aluminium motor plate between the rear 2-speed bracket and the aluminum radio plate support and all elements have been positioned in such a way that an optimal weight balance of the car is maintained. The release date is expected to be mid December 2009. Serpent will also offer a conversion set, to change your 960 or 966 into a full blown electric racer.

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November 24, 2009

Jérôme Aigoin confirmed at Novarossi

Confirmed to us over the weekend at the Offroad Meeting, Novarossi have today officially announced that they have signed French Ace and Kyosho team driver Jérôme Aigoin. Jérôme, who previously ran for Sirio, is one of Europe’s fastest racers and for sure one of the most spectacular and joins the Racing Experience team in France alongside Guillaume Vray and twin brother Yannick. Jérôme has already tested both the Plus 4 and Toro Nero power plants and is said to be looking forward to the upcoming racing season.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]

November 24, 2009

Sweep Racing EXP-30E 1/10th scale rubber tires

Sweep Racing have introduced their new EXP-30E 1/10th scale rubber tires. Featuring superior traction levels compared to their successful Sweep ‘R’ and ‘QTS’ series, they use a new rubber compound to gain maximum traction. The diameter of these new tires is 64.5mm, between the ‘R’ (65.5mm) and the ‘QTS’ (63.5mm), to work well on both carpet and asphalt surfaces. Supplied in Sweep’s exclusive EXP rubber 30 compound.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

November 24, 2009

Xceed RC Ultra brake disk

Xceed RC have released this new brake disk, suitable for the most popular brands of 1/8th scale on road cars, as well as the Serpent 733 1/10th scale. The single piece ventilated disk has been made from steel with weight kept to a minimum due to the way it has been machined. Great fade free stopping power, it is suitable for Serpent, Kyosho, Mugen and Motonica 1/8th scale chassis’.

Source: Xceed RC [xceedrc.com]

November 24, 2009

Swauger and Fukuda win in Shanghai

The 2nd annual TRS Asia Nitro Open Cup was held in Shanghai, China. Drivers from 10 countries/region including China, USA, Japan, Holland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei and Korea competed at this winter event. After 5 rounds of qualifying, Mike Swauger from the USA was TQ in the 1/8 on road class, and Keisuke Fukuda from Japan was TQ in the touring class. Sunday’s “A” Main Final in the 1/8 on road class saw Swauger lead from start to finish winning the Championship, second place went to Jimmy Qian from Shanghai and 11 year old JJ Wang from Shanghai took third. In the 1/10 touring “A” Mains, a close fought battle between Fukuda, Meen Vejrack (Thailand) and Jilles Groskamp provided the crowd with some exciting racing. At the checkered flag, it was Fukuda who took the Championship with Meen Vejrack in second and Jilles Groskamp in third. Race organizers will be aiming to make next year’s race larger and more competitive.

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November 24, 2009

Cody King scores Pro Buggy win at KFC

Following on from the report we received on the truggy and brushless classes at the Kyosho Fall Classic, held at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA last weekend, today we received a report on the hotly contested buggy class. Kyosho team driver Cody King, driving his Team Orion powered Inferno MP9, TQ’d and won the highly contested 1/8 Nitro Pro Buggy class, taking the victory in front of Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri and Hot Bodies driver Travis Amezcua. Cody also finished 2nd in Pro Truggy and 3rd in Pro Electric Buggy, landing on the podium in all 3 classes he competed in making it a great weekend as Kyosho’s top driver at the event.

Click here for final results and more photos

November 23, 2009

Cristian Costanzo wins Motonica Race

Last weekend saw the Motonica Race held in Fiorano, Italy and on Saturday’s 1/10th scale 200mm race it saw the new Capricorn Lab-C01 claim the win. Having TQ’d the race Cristian Costanzo, would go on to win the A-main using his Novarossi powered Lab-C01 from Xray NT1 driver Walter Ossola in 2nd, with another Capricorn driver Victor Coggiola taking the final podium spot. Capricorn has 4 of their new cars at the event and all made the final with 6 of the 10 drivers in the main final using the company’s new hard light tires.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

November 23, 2009

RB Limited Edition 1 engine & pipe combo

New from RB is this limited edition 1 engine plus polished inline pipe set. Many drivers are looking for the best combination of price and quality and so RB decided to make an engine combo that didn’t compromise on the performance, quality or reliability but with a very interesting price. This 5 port 3,5cc buggy engine features a bi-turbo crankshaft, lightened cooling head and turbo combustion chamber and comes with a RB homologated in-line pipe and compact manifold. Quantity limited to 300 pieces for the whole World.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]