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June 23, 2008

Adam Drake wins SoCal SS Buggy Rd3

The Drake has sent us a brief report from round 3 of the SoCal Saturday Series held at Thunder Alley in Beaumont, CA, host of the recent 1/8 Off-Road Buggy Nationals. The weather was extremely hot, but Losi /GRP drivers Adam Drake and Matt Castellano were even hotter. Matt edged out Adam in round one by less then one second to set the early TQ, but in round two Adam was able to improve his time and take the overall TQ for the 1/8th Pro Buggy class. Adam also TQ’d the 1/8th Pro truck class, but had electrical problems in the final. In the buggy final Adam was able to keep it smooth and consistent to win his third buggy final in three races, while Matt also ran a great race and finished second for the Losi / GRP / Nitrotane 1-2. The 1/8th Expert final saw Losi 8ight racer Kyle Johnson taking the win, just in front of his team mate Jim Pierce.

June 23, 2008

Bart Wubben wins Dutch EP TC Nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the Dutch Electric Touring car National Championship was held this weekend at the small and technical Gouda track in the centre of the country. The weather behaved and the racers had dry, but windy, conditions to contend with. The qualifications saw Xray racer Hugo vd Berg on the top of the time sheets, just ahead of Serpent racers Rob Janssen and round 2 winner Bart Wubben. In the 2 leg final, the first leg saw some mistakes from Hugo, which left Bart to open a gap up front followed by Tamiya driver Arjen Potharst. In his recovery driver Hugo managed to get back to 2nd, however making contact with Arjen and Rob on the way which dropped Arjen to 8th and Rob back behind a fast Stefan Jansen. Bart took the win from Hugo, with Stefan in 3rd followed closely by Rob. In the 2nd leg Rob made a good start and could get passed Hugo who was then hit by another car, taking him out of the race. Bart was close behind Rob and with some team play at work, he let his quicker team mate through and thats how they finished with Bart Wubben taking the overall win from Rob Janssen in 2nd and Kyosho racer Stefan Jansen 3rd. In the stock class it was Micheal Lepelaar that took the win ahead of Vasco Christiaanse in 2nd and ETS round 3 winner George Spitteler in 3rd.

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June 23, 2008

LRP VTEC Kamikaze Buggy tires

After a long testing and development period, LRP have announced the release of their all new VTEC Kamikaze tire line. Specially developed for off road racing, the Kamikaze sets new benchmarks in terms of life, wear and grip in today’s off road racing. The LRP R&D team, in close cooperation with their team drivers, have developed a special compound that provides the highest grip and longest lifespan for any racing application and will be offered in a soft compound for highest performance during qualifying, as well as a medium compound for finals. Also available as pre-mounts, that use LRP’s special gluing system to provide the highest durability, they come with a special moulded insert which reduces tire wear to a minimum. In addition, the all new Kamikaze tire features revolutionary venting holes to aid performance through optimum air circulation, avoiding pressure in the tire ensuring the insert works at even the highest rpm. To easily distinguish between the different compounds the hardness of the tire is embedded in the side wall.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

June 23, 2008

Xray T2’008 Alu Shock Absorber set

Xray T2′008 Alu Shock Absorber set

New from Xray are these premium aluminium shock absorbers, specially developed and designed to work with T2’008. These unique black hard coated aluminium shocks are loaded with all of the features needed for today’s racing. When you need ultra-fine shocks for your lightweight electric touring car, the new Xray shocks have you covered. The unique shock absorbers have interchangeable internal parts, with fixed 1-piece precision pistons which are available with 3 different-diameter holes for damping adjustment: 1.1mm, 1.2mm, and 1.3mm holes. No matter what you choose, all pistons are ultra-true and round thanks to a very special mould design, resulting in ultra-free movement of the piston inside the shock body.

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June 23, 2008

Batlle takes Spanish 1/8th TT Rd3

Batlle takes Spanish 1/8th TT Rd4

The 3rd round of the Spanish 1/8th scale buggy Nationals took place at the Fuencarral track in Madrid last weekend. After qualifying it was Borja Hernandez that took the top qualifying spot from new HongNor signing Richi Gomez, while current European Champion Robert Battle took 3rd spot. The Semi finals saw wins for Battle and Gomez, with Hernandez failing to progress as problems at the very start of his semi dropped him out of contention. The final saw Battle in commanding form, never giving up his lead to take the victory by a lap from 2nd placed Richi Gomez, who had an early battle with Daniel Vega and later had to contend with pressure from eventual 3rd place finisher Raul Peris.

Source: Vigo TT [vigott.com]

June 23, 2008

Much More BL Motor Bearing tool

Much More have announced the July release of this bearing tool for use with Team Orion and Speed Passion brushless motors. Allowing the user to easily remove damaged bearings from within the sensor circuitry, the 2 piece tool helps you remount the bearing. Similar to versions used with gas engines, the tool ensures that the bearing is precisely aligned when mounted.

Source: Much More [muchmore08.cafe24.com]

June 23, 2008

Central RC Large Carrier bag

Japanese firm Central RC have announced the release of this large carrier bag (230cm x 470cm x 135cm) for transporting all your racing equipment to and from the track. Featuring 3 large cardboard drawers, set in a frame, ensures that the bag won’t collapse when a lower drawer is removed, which makes it easier to place it back in the bag also. The outside is made from a hard wearing black material, while styling comes in the form of 2 large orange straps and printed logos on the side from both Central and the brands distributed by Central RC, which include Serpent Hudy, Xray, Mega, East etc.

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June 23, 2008

XRAY Column – Excited for the Worlds?

XRAY Column - Excited for the Worlds?

The 19th instalment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now on-line. In this months column, Juraj talks about the company’s preparations for the upcoming 1/10th scale 200mm World Championship in Portugal.

First I ran with a standard clutch to get the feeling on the drivability on the track, and then changed to the new lightweight clutch to make side-by-side comparisons. The feeling from the lightweight clutch was very good; the car was easier for me to drive and acceleration of RPMs was very smooth. The negative side effect of the smoother clutch was that the clutch lost a bit of aggression and in certain corners the car lost the speed out of the corner at full throttle. I believe that at small technical tracks this lightweight clutch with smaller diameter and smaller shoes would be outstanding, but for this super-fast track I felt that the standard clutch would definitely be better.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]