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July 3, 2008

Kyosho and VRC Partner in V4

Kyosho VRC Partner in V4

Virtual Racing Industries is proud to announce that leading r/c car manufacturer Kyosho Corporation from Japan has signed up for the VRC Partnership for v4 Professional. Kyosho and VRI have agreed to integrate their on-road line of chassis in v4, the off-road cars will be decided once VRI is ready to demonstrate their off-road version of VRC later this year. Modelling on the Kyosho V-One RRR Team Edition has already been completed. Next are Kyosho’s latest World Championship winning 1:8 nitro burner Evolva M3 2008, and their electric sedan challenger Stallion TF-5. The 3 Kyosho chassis will be released with the launch of v4 at the end of 2008.

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July 3, 2008

Warm Up Kyosho Masters 2008

Kyosho Germany wish to heartly invite you to attend the Warm up Race for the 2nd Kyosho Masters 2008 in Bischofsheim, Frankfurt, which runs from the 18th – 20th July. Many drivers will remember this very special atmosphere on the first Kyosho Masters last year, even the very special weather conditions could not change the perfect mood of the attendees. This year the sun will be back – we already arranged this for you. We will have thrilling racing action on all days and on Saturday evening there will be a nice dinner at the race track after which there will be a fun race with the brand new MFR Racing Truck. The starting fee will be 20€ and includes the special ‘Starter Package’ and if you want to start in a second class, the starting fee will be additional 5€.

Go to the event page here for more information and details on how to sign up.

July 3, 2008

Much More Servo wire 22/26AWG

More new wires from Much More, this time the Korean company has released replacement servo leads. Heavy duty wire for high load applications, it is available in 2 grades, the 22AWG is ideal for upgrading the existing servo wire on your 1/8th scale buggy to help reduce voltage drop, while the flexible 26AWG is ideal for neat installation in your electric car.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]

July 3, 2008

Savoya heads French 1-2-3 in Greece

Renaud Savoya

Renaud Savoya has TQ’d the first heat at the 2008 EFRA European Championships here in Crete. The young Mugen driver heads a trio of French drivers with Yannick Aigon and Jerome Sartel producing the second and third fastest times. Fourth fastest at the moment is defending Champion Robert Batlle.

View the full coverage on our event site here.

July 3, 2008

Mon-Tech JRSX Options & Body Stiffeners

Mon-Tech Racing

Italian company Mon-Tech Racing have released a number of new parts for the Losi JRSX Type R and 1/8th on road body shells. For the Losi there is a new drive pulley that allows you to mount all the spur gears that are on the market, due to the multiple fixing holes. Also new is an aluminium duff hub which works much better that the standard plastic versions as it reduces deformation and shaking in this area and is supplied with the drive shaft blades and the required screws. For 1/8th scale on road shells Mon-Tech have released some ultra strong body stiffeners, which work in a similar fashion to normal versions available but are moulded for extra stiffness.

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July 2, 2008

HARD Racing Black Cap

HARD Cap

New from H.A.R.D. Racing is this jet black finish racing cap. Featuring an embroidered white H.A.R.D. logo with large H on the front, the cap sports elegant green stitching that shows off H.A.R.D. Racing’s signature colour while reinforcing the fabric to make this cap even more durable. In addition, a raised ‘H’ on the peak adds to this unique design and as a nice finishing touch, the back of the cap has a classic H.A.R.D. label sewn into it.

Source: HARD [hard-racing.com]

July 2, 2008

Thomae & Roufosse win Belgian Nats Rd4

Run at the very nice and technical MCCK track in Luxembourg, the 4th round of the Belgian electric touring car Nationals attracted 26 entrants. The race in the EFRA class was a one man show, with Benoit Thomaes proving to be too strong for everyone with his Xray T2008. He controlled the entire event, taking TQ and winning all the finals from Demsey Jacob in 2nd while in 3rd spot it was Patrick Jespers. The Super stock class was more exciting, with Stephane Roufosse taking the pole. In all the finals Stephane was the winner but in the 2nd leg he had a close battle with Urbain Swijsen who just crossed the line in 2nd, while Renaud Gijsenbergh rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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July 2, 2008

Schumacher Mi3.5 competition TC

Schumacher have announced the August release of their new Mi3.5 competition touring car. The new Mi3.5 claims to be a fast and efficient superb handling touring car, based on the hugely successful Mi3 which has won countless races and championships all over the world. Further refined and lightened it is now available with the new lightweight diff mounts, “EU” chassis and top deck and enables the racer to set up their car with every adjustment possible. Coming factory assembled the Mi3.5 also offers you more choice, from the awesomely specified Mi3.5 PRO (shown above) with full carbon fibre and titanium, available in 5 or 6 cell versions or the more durable Mi3.5 RACE (6 cell) (shown at bottom of page) using Schumacher’s famous S1 carbon composite material.

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