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September 28, 2009

Jared Tebo sweeps 2009 Reedy Truck race

The 2009 Reedy Truck Race of Champions was held this past weekend at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. Scorching temperatures hit the San Fernando Valley all week long even reaching triple digits at some points. Kyosho’s Jared Tebo made the trip out to defend his Factory Modified Truck title he won last year. This would also be the first year Tebo would run in the Factory Truggy class with his ST-RR. Jared went on to TQ 3 out of the 4 rounds in the Factory Modified Truck class with his Kyosho RT5 guaranteeing him the top spot on the grid. Tebo went on to win A-Main 1 and A-Main 3 to take the Factory Modified Truck Championship ahead of Ryan Cavalieri in 2nd and Ryan Maifield 3rd.

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September 28, 2009

Phat Bodies SC18 body shell

New for the LRP Shark mini buggy, comes this new body shell from Phat Bodies. The Short Course SC18 shell is made from high quality 0.8mm polycarbonate and is a simple way to get into the latest craze without the need for a large track. Sold clear, it is available soon.

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September 28, 2009

Buerge & Hepp on top at NRW Challenge Rd2

Oberhausen, the heart of rc racing in Western Germany, held round two of the new NRW Challenge (NRW = German State North Rhine-Westphalia) under great conditions with blue sky and temperatures around 22 degrees Celsius on both days. Lots of spectators saw hot racing with 46 competitors and exciting fights but also partly over-motivated drivers and lots of flying cars. At the end Tobias Hepp and Sebastian Buerge did it again and – like at round one at Dueren – won the 45 minutes finals of the two nitro classes 1/8 scale and 1/10 scale (200mm).

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September 28, 2009

Dynamite 7.2V 1600mAh NiMh 6-cell battery pack

Dynamite’s new 7.2V 1600mAh NiMh 6-cell battery pack provides owners of the popular 1/16 scale Traxxas Slash and E-Revo with an affordable option for powering these vehicles to extreme speeds. Designed and engineered specifically for these two platforms, finding a replacement or additional batteries has never been easier or more affordable. Made from high-capacity Ener-G 1600 cells, the pack come pre-wired and ready for use.

Source: Dynamite [dynamiterc.com]

September 27, 2009

Renaud Savoya wins Final round in France

The 5th and final round of the 2009 French National buggy Championships, which was run in Bezeril in the South of the country, is now in the bag. Current European Champion Renuad Savoya TQ’d the race, ahead of brothers Jerome Aigoin and Yannick Aigoin, but didn’t fair so well in the semi finals, eventually starting the main final in 9th, while Jerome Aigoin would start from pole position. The 1 hour final saw Savoya back on the pace and he brought his Mugen home in first, 5 seconds ahead of Losi racer Yannick Aigoin in 2nd, with Jerome Sartel taking his Xray to 3rd spot.

Image: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

September 27, 2009

Mon-Tech Racing FX3 200mm body shell

Italian company Mon-Tech Racing have announced the release of their latest 200mm body shell, the FX3. Made from high quality polycarbonate it is similar in configuration to the Blitz Altis, and features fast steering response and low drag for high top speeds.

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September 27, 2009

Takaaki Shimo wins Japanese 1/8th Nationals

The JMRCA Japanese 1/8th scale on road National Championships were held this weekend at the KeiTune Racing Speedway. Only 44 drivers took part in this race, but the field consisted of World Champions and World Finalists, so the competition in the race would be tough. Qualifying went the way of multiple Champion Takaaki Shimo driving for Kyosho, with Serpent team driver Yuya Sahashi in 2nd, Keisuke Fukuda in 3rd for Mugen and Satoshi Takayasu taking 4th with his Motonica. The final saw a very close battle up front with pole man Shimo holding off some close attention from Fukuda, to win by less than 4 tenths of a second, with Ken Kogawa taking the final podium spot in 3rd, a lap further back.

Source: JMRCA [jmrca.jp]

September 26, 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.

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