This February Trinity will launch their all new SpeedGems brushless motor line. Like their SpeedGems brushed motors the Brushless series will offer the highest performance and quality at a consumer friendly lower cost. The winds like their brushed cousins have been optimized to excel in specific venues of racing and come in 5.5T, 8.5T, 12.5T and 15.5T.
Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]
GRP have announced their Worldwide GRP price reduction program, to be launched officially this month. To help face up to the serious worldwide financial crisis which is involving all sectors their idea is to make all high quality GRP products, tires, engines, and gadget lines, available at greatly reduced prices compared with 2008. This price reduction is possible by reducing to a minimum their margins, by removing some steps in the traditional distribution chain, and by the distributors also accepting a reduction of their margins. In this way they intend to widen the range of end-users, who will be able to purchase now, at advantageous prices, their top end products.
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JConcepts have unveiled their 2009 Merchandising line-up with the release of a new tee and hoodie as well as a new decal sheet. The tee uses a combination of blue stone color and familiar splatter JConcepts bull horn logo, which makes looking good easy. The hoodie makes a great new addition for the cold days at the race track, and features the same front logo as the tee but on a grey speckle background. A front pocket and hood drawstring makes a cold day feel a bit warmer. Both are made from a 50/50 cotton polyester mix and are available in sizes from M – XXXL. Finally, the new decal sheet features a number of standard JConcepts logos combined with the different event logos that the company organizes.
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EAST have announced the upcoming release of a carbon look version of their popular Civic 1/10th touring car bodyshell. Sold in carbon fibre finish, the windows unfortunately aren’t see through, but the shell is supplied with the light and grill decals as seen in the photos. Same body, different look – perfect for racers with good eyesight who really like carbon fibre.
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Japanese company Kawahara have released this new ultra cool 1/8th scale on road brake disk. Suitable for use inside Mugen, Kyosho and Serpent chassis’, the disk has been made from special steel and due to the many holes in the surface, has great heat dissipation and is super lightweight.
Source: Kawahara [kawahara-racing.co.jp]
Schumacher have confirmed that the current BRCA National TC Champion Chris Grainger has joined the team here at Schumacher Racing. The former Yokomo racer has dominated the UK Touring car scene for many years winning the title for the last four seasons. He will add even more strength to an already talented line up that now includes, Chris, Lee Woodhams, Chris Ashton, Matt White, Colin Price and Russ Williams for the modified class. Chris will use the new Mi3.5 and continue with GM products which are also distributed by Schumacher in the UK. When contacted for comment, Chris had the following to say:
I would like to take this opportunity to Thank very much Team Yokomo Japan and CML Distribution in the UK, I have had some great years with both, and could not of wished for nicer people to work with,special thanks to Tom, Masami, Umino Zapper, and Robert, at Yokomo and Jason, Mark, and Dave, at CML.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
The opening round of the Official Israeli National buggy & truggy Championships took place last weekend at the Rishpon track in the centre of Israel. The weather was fantastic and the atmosphere was good, with top drivers from all over the country taking part in the event. In the buggy class it was Kyosho MP9 racer Yaniv Sivan that won by less than a lap from Nir Sivan, with Guy Rinkevich in 2nd, a lap down on the front pair. The truggy class saw a win for Nir Sivan by a clear 2 lap margin, ahead of Xray racer Meir Azulay in 2nd, while buggy winner Yaniv Sivan took 3rd, 7 seconds back. The junior buggy and truggy classes were taken by Omer Asaig.
Source: RC Zone [rczone.co.il]
Spektrum have released the new SR3520 DSM2 3-channel micro receiver, which combines small size and low weight with the advanced speed of DSM2 technology. Featuring a very small footprint, now Micro and mini vehicle enthusiasts can benefit from the low latency and high resolution offered by DSM2.
Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]
