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October 11, 2009

Paul Lemieux wins ROAR Paved Nats

This year’s ROAR Paved Nationals was held last weekend in Frederick Maryland at the HobbyTown USA, also known as the Coliseum. Qualifying for the touring car race saw Paul Lemiuex take the top spot in Modified, while his Xray team mates Robbie Dodge and Mike Herald Jr took TQ in both the Super Stock and Stock classes respectively. In the finals it was a pretty straight forward affair with Paul winning the first 2 A-mains unchallenged to take the National title ahead of Josh Cyrul and Keven Herbert. It was a similar affair in the other 2 classes, with both TQ men getting it done in the first 2 mains to each secure their respective National titles with Robbie Dodge winning Super Stock from Josh Cyrul and Keven Herbert again, while in Stock Mike Herald Jr won ahead of Austin Vacek and Dave Bowser.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 11, 2009

VP Pro Bull Dog buggy tire

VP Pro have released their new offroad buggy tire, the Bull Dog. This sharp tire offers superior grip while the wear rate remains very low and is available in low flexx, medium flexx and ultra flexx compounds for suitability in a wide range of different track and weather conditions.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

October 10, 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.

Click here to view the round-up

October 10, 2009

Kyosho Tokyo Hobby show update

Following up on the teaser that Kyosho presented us with some weeks ago on the Ultima SC, the Japanese company has shown off their new Short Course truck on their booth at this weeks Tokyo Hobby show. We unfortunately have no more information on the car other than it will be available as a readyset. Also shown on the Kyosho booth was the Inferno GT brushless conversion with other items of interest announced at the show being a Takaaki Shimo edition V-One RRR and a Shin Adachi edition V-One SR.

Click here for other show pictures

October 9, 2009

Phat Bodies Zen & Blackjack shells

Two new shells from Phat Bodies for both the X-Factory X-6 / X-6 squared and the LRP Shark ST. The new Zen shell has been revamped and made better for the X-Factory car and sports a new sleeker shape and made lightweight by using 0.8mm thick polycarbonate in place of 1.0mm and comes supplied with a front wing. For the smaller scale, the new Blackjack is a mini short course body which captures the look of the class very well and is supplied in 0.8mm thick polycarbonate.

Click here to see the Blackjack

October 9, 2009

VP Pro Graphic decal sheets

VP PRO have announced the release of their new graphic decals. These general purpose decal sheets are not pre cut for any particular body shell and so can be used to smarten up any make of car. Available in a variety of colours and styles, the stickers are easy to apply and durable. They can also be used on any manner of other race equipment, such as your transmitter or starter box.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

October 9, 2009

Lipotech XR series Brushless motors

New from Italian company Lipotech is their XR series of sensored brushless motors. Available in the usual range of winds, from 3.5T to 21.5T, each motor comes supplied with sensor cable and 2 additional sintered rotors in 12.48mm and 13mm diameters, to help you tune the performance.

Click here for more images of the motor

October 9, 2009

Serpent 733 Sirio engine mount

Serpent have released this new top-engine mount bracket to allow the user to fit the latest version Sirio .12 engines into the 733 chassis. Due to the positioning of the holes of the Sirio engine-mount and the case shape being different, this special mount is needed. Made from top quality CNC machined aluminium, it has been engraved and anodised and is a direct replacement, with no other modifications needed.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]