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July 14, 2009

JConcepts dominate 2009 FSORS

Florida has always been one of the toughest places to race and home to some of the best drivers on the east coast. The Florida State Series has been in existence since 1992 and has always provided one of the most competitive fields of racers in the south east. JR Mitch continued his Florida winning ways in the 1/8th buggy and truck class in the FSORS 2009 series. With JConcepts providing the tires, bodies, wheels and accessories JR dominated from the start, winning the series from JConcepts team mates Nick Angelidas 2nd, JP Tirronen 3rd, Jason Ruona 4th and Nathan Wincek in 5th. In the 1/8th truck division, JR once again took the win in front of Nathan Wincek in 2nd position, while Josh Talmadge, a relative newcomer to R/C, made a big splash onto the scene in 2009 by winning the 1/8th buggy sportsman class with just a year’s worth of R/C racing experience.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

July 14, 2009

Adam Drake does the Double at NSS Rd1

The opening round of the 2009 Novarossi Summer Series was held at Revelation Raceway last Saturday and attracted 10 heats of drivers from Southern CA. The Pro buggy class turned out to be a bit of a warm-up for this weeks ROAR 1/8th Nationals for many drivers and saw Losi / Novarossi driver Adam Drake TQ both rounds of qualifying ahead of Kyosho / Team Orion’s Cody King. At the start of the 25 min final Cody was able to stay close to Drake for a few laps, but as the race progressed Adam was able to power away and take the victory by two laps over Cody with Losi team mate Matt Schreffler taking 3rd. In the 1/8th truck class Adam was again able to take the TQ and win in front of Robert Wickhan who was also driving a Losi 8ight T 2.0, while Mugen driver Colin Herzig took 3rd.

July 14, 2009

Hudy 1/12 & 1/10 Pan car Wheel adapter

New for their line of tire truers, Hudy have released this precision center-balanced wheel adapter for 1/10 & 1/12 on-road pan car wheels. Featuring a special clamp-on, wobble-free design, its hard-anodized surface allows for extra long lifespan. Includes locking nut.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

July 14, 2009

Associated Pitman Gloves

The new AE Pitman glove has a 100% Clarino synthetic palm, which has the durability characteristics of leather. Clarino is a synthetic fiber thousands of times finer than silk and these ultra-fine fibers are super flexible, resulting in smoother curves, greater suppleness and unparalleled softness. Clarino will also repel wind, water, stains, and mildew. A spandex top is used to create the optimum balance of flexibility while helping to protect from cuts, burns and bruises when you’re hustling to get that car ready. Hidden seams reduce snagging and a Velcro wristband helps keep your gloves on securely.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

July 13, 2009

Jared Tebo wins Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout

Kyosho are reporting on the 12th Annual running of the Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout in Saugus, California. The Shootout is known as one of the biggest electric races of the year bringing in the top drivers from around the country. This year World Champion’s Hayato Matsuzaki and Naota Matsukura made the trip over from Japan as well as a drivers from Australia making it once again an international field. Like always at Hot Rod in the summer, the temperatures were hot…reaching up into the upper 90’s. The track layout was very technical and proved to be challenging for even the World’s best drivers.

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July 13, 2009

HPI Racing Cyber 10B option parts

HPI Racing have released a huge selection of new option parts for the Cyber 10B, that are now available for racers and bashers wanting to optimize the tuning capabilities of the buggy, or make it even faster for club racers. Used properly and with the right skills, the Cyber 10B can put more expensive race-bred 4WD buggies in their place and with these cool new options you can get the ideal dialed-in setup for your local track. The new aluminium parts include a motor mount set, a centre bulkhead, an upper centre bulkhead, 1 degree rear hub carriers and 13 degree front hub carriers.

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July 13, 2009

Dennis Fadtke wins Rd3 in Poland

Last weekend saw the third qualifying round of the Polish National Championships take place in Warsaw. The track is located on a former military airport and still used by small aircraft, so every five minutes there was planes flying over at very low level coming in to land. Saturday’s running was canceled due to rain and so all the racing would take place on Sunday, which was the right decision as the sun was shining when the 60 racers took to the track. Dennis Fadtke secured the TQ spot in qualifying and after the three leg finals it was again Dennis who would take the win from Morris Indovino and Patryk Raczynski, with a special mention for seven year old Michal Orlowski who took 6th spot.

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July 13, 2009

Robin D’Hondt wins German National title

Robin D´Hondt has won the German Championship 2008/2009 1/8 nitro on-road at Hildesheim south of Hanover. In an exciting 40 minutes final the Motonica and Novarossi team driver gained a three lap advantage over pole setter Robert Pietsch (Mugen). The third place on the podium was captured by E.C. (B) finalist Toni Gruber (Serpent). In the class 2 final Mugen racer Maximilian Feldermann caught the title in a nail-biting finish with Shepherd driver Maximilian Vogl close behind. Third place went to local hero Thomas Ploeger (Serpent).

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