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July 13, 2008

Neil Cragg takes 4wd European title

Our friends at oOple are reporting that Neil Cragg took a hard fought win in the 4WD event at the 2008 EFRA European Championships with the new Yokomo B-Max to back up his win in 2wd a few days earlier. Neil didn’t have everything his own way in qualifying – laying in third position overnight. As mentioned in the oOple race report though, the last two qualifiers can change everything and Neils Yokomo was dialled in the last two qualifiers – taking both rounds to give him overall TQ. Neil won the first two legs of the A and sat out the third to allow the other drivers to battle for second. Hupo Honigl took the third in an amazing race with Lee Martin right behind all the way – giving him second overall, with Lee Martin third.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

July 12, 2008

Much More Servo & Extension cables

Much More Servo cables & Extension leads

Some more new connectors to complete the range from Much More who have just released a series of servo extension wires and mini connectors. First up are some replacement servo lead with male or female connectors for Sanwa, Airtronics, JR, Hitec and Futaba servos with heavy duty wire for high load applications, ideal for upgrading your existing servo wire to reduce voltage drop. They can be custom trimmed to reduce wiring lengths for neat installations and have pre-soldered ends for a perfect connection. Also new is a 300mm long Futaba extension lead and a 150mm long Futaba type Y-connector. Other replacement lead connectors include power cables with connectors for 1/24th scale cars, the Kyosho Mini Inferno, as well as BEC receiver cables, pre made or as kits without wires including a Futaba set with gold plated connectors.

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July 11, 2008

TnT-Fx Traxxas Slash graphic kits

New from TnT-Fx, is this full graphics package for the Traxxas Slash to go along with their ever expanding line up of one off custom RC Graphics. All designs are 100% custom made per the customers specs, and for the Slash the graphics line will include full custom body wraps, chassis graphics (top and bottom), TQ radio wraps as well as wheel inlays and custom window inserts / grill headlight packages.

Source: TnT-Fx [shop.tnt-fx.com]

July 11, 2008

Nosram Xtreme Cleaner

Further to the product releases that we saw from Nosram yesterday, comes another product in that range. The Nosram Xtreme cleaner provides users with an spray with a special easy-clean formula for us with all electric motors, ball bearings and other vehicle components. Available in a 500ml spray can for easy application.

Source: Nosram [nosram.com]

July 11, 2008

Hudy TC & Buggy Car stands

Seen at February’s Toy fair, Hudy have now released this range of stylish car stands for both 1/10 electric and nitro touring cars as well as a version for 1/8th scale off road buggies and truggies. The surface on both stands is black powder coated for maximum long life and to withstand abusive working conditions and has a very small footprint making it very handy to pack for travel. Strategically-placed holes provide a great place for temporarily storing standard or big-bore shocks during rebuilds, and laser-engraved markings (FL, FR, RL, RR) ensure you keep track of the proper shocks. Four rubber feet mean that the stand will stay firmly in place and not move while working on the car and 2 super-soft foam strips bonded to the top surface make sure that the car will sit softly and will not move while you’re working on it. Laser-engraved Hudy logos adorn the stylish black powder coated surface.

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July 11, 2008

VP Pro Team shirt

New from VP Pro, whose new tyres we showed you yesterday, is this stylish racing shirt designed to show your tyre brand allegiance at the track. Made using a special material that has a built in cooling system, this grey and dark blue shirt, sports the VP Pro logo on both the front left chest and in large format across the back. Available in a full range of sizes.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

July 11, 2008

Renaud Savoya joins Ultimate Racing

Ultimate Racing is pleased to announce that after talking with the French UR distributor Aigoin Racing and testing some UR products during the week in Greece, the 2008 European Champion Renaud Savoya has officially joined the UR team. With this new addition to the pretty established UR team, it now consists of most of Europe’s top drivers like Robert Batlle, Yannick Aigoin, Fabio Boero, Davide Tortorici, Miguel Matias, Graham Alsop, David Crompton, Christoffer Svensson, Julien Lattanzio, Fabrizio Teghesi among others who are already using the high performance UR products.

Source: Ultimate Racing [ultimateracing.es]

July 10, 2008

Daily News Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Associated report on the HRH Off road Shootout – Link [rc10.com]
> Argentine Championship 1 / 8 Off-Road Rd 2 – Link [rcnews.com.ar]
> Mirage report on BRCA 200mm Nats Rd5 – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Dominant DRT for Xray – Link [mirageracing.com]
> XB808 2nd at GS Racing Cup Malaysia – Link [teamxray.com]