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November 9, 2009

Groskamp & Chi Hung win at Shepherd Asia Cup

The beginning of this month saw the 1st Shepherd Asia Cup held at the TRC race track in Hong Kong. In 1/10th scale the race was open for everybody while in 1/8th scale only Shepherd drivers could attend. To support the local drivers Shepherd Micro Racing has sent the international top drivers Jilles Groskamp and Daniele Ielasi. Additionally factory member Armin Weihert attended the event to help the 72 participants with all technical questions.

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November 9, 2009

Alienpower 5000mAh 40C Hard case LiPo

Brand new from Alienpower is this 5000mAh 40C Hard case competition LiPo battery. Made using the best quality cells, this 7.4 volt race pack comes supplied with power wires, pre soldered with bullet connectors and a JST-XHR balancer connector.

Source: Alien Power [alienpower.net]

November 9, 2009

Speed Passion Silver Arrow 2.0 series motors

Heat has always been an issue with 1/8 high performance brushless motors, but with these new offerings from Speed Passion however, heat quickly becomes a problem of the past. The Silver Arrow 2.0 series motors from Speed Passion combine the high power current plug-in feature from the Competition V3.0 motors, which make use of low resistant 4mm replaceable connectors, with the rock solid Silver Arrow 1.0 platform. This combination can deliver extremely high speed and torque while cutting down 25% of the heat generated. A new simplified one-piece design also makes motor maintenance and dis-assembly very easy and trouble free. Available in 5.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5 and 9.5 versions, Speed Passion have also announced that in the first week of December they will release the Silver Arrow Version 2.0 ESC, which is completely new and improves greatly on the Version 1.0 in regards to size, performance and reliability.

Source: Speedpassion [speedpassion.net]

November 8, 2009

Yannick Aigoin wins 2009 Pierrefeu GP

The annual Pierrefeu GP took place this weekend in the South of France and saw some of Europe’s best drivers in attendance. Qualifying was based on a racers 2 best rounds and it was Kyosho driver Jerome Aigoin that took the top qualifying spot ahead of European B Champion David Ronnefalk in 2nd, with Yannick Aigoin and Nicolas Rodriguez rounding out the top 4. Following the semi finals it was Losi racer Yannick Aigoin that would start the 45 minute final from pole position. The race saw a clear win for Yannick, after an early battle with his brother Jerome, winning by over a lap at the end in front of Ronnefalk in 2nd spot, while European Championship podium finisher Martin Bayer took 3rd, 2 laps further back on the young Swede.

Source: RC Mag [rcmag.com]

November 8, 2009

Philipp Tschupp dominates Stans Winterchamps

The Stans Winterchamps took place this weekend in Stans in the centre of Switzerland. The stock touring class was dominated by the TOP Racing team with former Swiss Champion Philipp Tschupp taking the TQ spot ahead of his team mates Stefan Helbach in 2nd and Florian Hauser in 3rd. In the race itself the results remained the same from qualifying with Tschupp taking the win in the first 2 legs of the A-main to take the overall win the Helbach taking 2nd spot and setting a new lap record of 9.77 seconds, while Hauser took 3rd spot.

Source: HS Online Distribution [hsonlinedistribution.com]

November 7, 2009

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– New Lightweight Ventilated Brake Disc
– XB808 Wins Israeli National Championship R1
– NT1 Wins 2009 Spanish Championship
– NT1 Dominates Austrian National Championship
– XB808 Podium Finish at Action Park Series R8

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November 6, 2009

Keven Hébert wins 13.5 at 2009 Halloween Classic

Having already touched on the pan car classes at last weekend’s Halloween Classic in Cleveland we received some brief news on the touring class. As has become the norm, Keven Hébert drove his Reedy/LRP-powered TC5R to a convincing victory in the Super Stock 13.5 Rubber Class a class which has started to become the most prestigious touring car class in the U.S., and Hébert’s specialty. Qualifying on the outside of the front row, Keven quickly gained the lead and never looked back to cap another successful weekend. In the Pro Foam TC class, Drew Ellis debuted the LRP X-12 Stock Spec 10.5. After qualifying third, Drew steadily worked his way into the lead and held on for the win. The Classic also served as round 1 of the 2009/2010 Northeast Grand Slam Series and with their victories, Keven and Drew take their Northeast Grand Slam points lead heading into the Holiday Challenge at The Track in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

November 6, 2009

The all new AMB IT Personal transponder

We have received photos of the all new AMB IT personal transponder that was being tested recently at the MACH indoor track in the Netherlands. Some drivers were given the new MyLaps PT to test out and so we ended up with pictures. The previous PT was very innovative and changed how we race, but it had been around for a long time and was due and upgrade, and so here it is. Weighing only 4 grams its almost half that of the original, while the size is now 16 x 9 x 6mm, making it considerably smaller too. It will be supplied with a quick change holder that enables the user to easily switch between a version that has now eyelets shown above, to one that has mounting eyelets so it can be screwed to a transponder mounting plate. It will be available in either black or red, has lower power consumption, works with less voltage and when it hits the market in the next few weeks the cable isolation will be PTFE Teflon, which is fuel resistant. Note that the PT in the images is still a prototype.

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