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December 4, 2009

Tyler Vik takes ROAR Open Pro E-Buggy Champs

Tekno RC were in touch to tell us that Tyler Vik took the win in the Open Pro Buggy class at last weekend’s ROAR 1/8th Electric Championships. Tyler was driving a Tekno RC equipped Kyosho MP9 with the Elektri-Clutch system and mechanical brakes and finished ahead of Buggy ROAR Pro winner Jeremy Kortz who came home 2nd with Associated team manager Brent Thielke in 3rd. Tyler also finished 3rd on the podium in the ROAR Pro buggy class.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

December 4, 2009

Robitronic Heavy duty Transport Bag

Robitronic have released their new heavy duty Transport Bag, which is supplied with 2 internal storage boxes. Perfect for comfortably carrying any manner of items to the track safely within the 2 thick heavy cardboard internal boxes. The padded case material is hard wearing and can be easily wiped, while the base of the bag features an anti-slip material. Supplied in black with red highlights, it sports Robitronic branding on all sides.

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December 4, 2009

Speed Passion appoint Josh Cyrul for North America

Following their recent search, Speed Passion announced Josh Cyrul as their North American Sales and Technical Manager starting from December 1st, 2009. Josh has over 23 years of R/C racing experience along with 29 ROAR National Championships, multiple IFMAR World Championship A-Finals as well as being an IFMAR World Championship Top Qualifier in 2003 and will provide the best sales and technical information support to North American customers. Josh Cyrul can be contacted for any product information and support at joshcyrul@king-golden.com or you can telephone him at 1-800-721-7850.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

December 4, 2009

KM Racing 2.1cc Tune Pipe & Manifold

KM Racing have released their new 1/10 2.1cc Tune Pipe & Manifold. This EFRA homologated (#2653) pipe has been made in Italy and offers great fuel consumption as well as great power throughout the rev range. Made from durable materials, it is suitable for use with more .12 engines on the market. Set is supplied with pipe, manifold, rubber seals and mounting springs.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

December 4, 2009

JP Richards dominates Thanksgiving Bash

Last weekend’s Thanksgiving Bash took place at CRCRC Raceway in Columbus, Ohio. CRCRC boasts some of the toughest competition in the Mid West, with factory drivers from Associated, Kyosho, X-Factory and Losi in attendance, and so this was a great test for TQ Racing’s new SX102W buggy. JP Richards TQ’d every round and went on to win the 2wd class with the SX102W ahead of X-Factory driver Dan Griffin in 2nd and Team Losi driver Curtis May in 3rd.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

December 3, 2009

Honigl TQ’s and wins Expert World GT in Cleveland

Calandra Racing Concepts drivers Hupo Honigl and Aaron Buran finished 1-2 at the 30th Annual U.S. Indoor Championship in Cleveland, Ohio. Both drivers used the CRC Gen-X 10 car to take a convincing win in the hotly contested World GT division. From pole position, Hupo led every lap and was not pressured until very late in the run when a charging Buran really started to close in. Buran worked through traffic and found himself hot on the heels of the T.Q. driver Honigl by the end of the race.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

December 3, 2009

Robitronic DX3S & DX3R Transmitter bag

Robitronic’s new transmitter bag offers great protection for your high-tech rc-gear. Particularly during transport your transmitter is subject to high stresses that could damage its internals, so keep it safe with this new bag. Sports a precisely molded foam insert for your Spektrum DX3S or Spektrum DX3R and it comes supplied with an adjustable shoulder strap.

Click here to see the bag internals

December 3, 2009

Kortz takes inagural ROAR 1/8th Electric Buggy title

This past weekend, the first ever ROAR Electric 1:8 Off Road Nationals were held at Revelation Raceway in Pomona California, the truggy results from which we already brought you. There were approximately 130 entries for this inaugural event with each of the major manufacturers being represented by their top guns. Notables in attendance were Ryan Maifield, Adam Drake, Travis Amezcua and Cody King just to name a few. In the 1:8 Buggy class after three hotly contested A mains, it was AKA factory driver Jeremy Kortz who came through for the win with his Losi Xcelorin powered HoBao 1:8 Electric Buggy. This win brings Jeremy’s count of National Championship titles to an impressive 14 and counting.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]