We received some pictures from our site sponsors, AKA, of Gil Losi, Jr and team drivers Ryan Lutz, Cody King, Jimmy Wright and Mark Pavidis, who have just completed a three-day marathon of testing the all new AKA tires, wheels and foam inserts on a number of different tracks. The tests went very well and we have been informed that Mark has now left for the EFRA GP in Greece, where he will be competing with the AKA tires.
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GM Racing has announced that their new line up of brushless motors are now available. Called the Brushless Pro, these new motors promise to have extremely high performance and high efficiency and are available in 5T, 7T, 8T, 9T and 12T. GM Racing are also releasing 2 new hard cased LiPo packs at the end of June.
Source: GM Racing [gm-racing.de]
Kyosho have released information about their latest Kyosho V-One RRR 1/10th scale 200mm, the Evo 2. Designed to be a refinement rather than an all new design, the designers have worked on performance, stability and ease of maintenance. The main chassis plate is completely new with a narrower front end, while the radio plate has been stiffened up to improve drivability. The car also features the 2 speed gearbox from the Evolva M3, a new thicker revised rear shock tower and the rear of the car also sports longer arms to allow the use of 0-offset wheels.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]
The 2nd in a new monthly column from VRC, the games developers write about the new VRC World complex as well as some upcoming community features of the new V4 Professional version that is still in the works. Virtual Racing Industries has started the construction of VRC World, a brand new r/c complex at Virtura, DW. This complex will be the new head quarters of the VRI organization and will feature 4 outdoor and 2 indoor tracks.
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The 3rd round of the Belgian 1/10th scale EP on road Nationals was run last weekend on the short and technical outdoor track in Zwevegem. The event had 33 drivers racing in two classes, EFRA and Super Stock and the weather was very good, with sun and high temperatures all weekend. It was again a hard battle in the EFRA class which produced the third different winner in 3 rounds. The race was won by Benoit Thomaes with his Xray T2 008, just ahead of the late Koen Joosens with his Schumacher Mi3, while 3rd spot went to Olivier Bultynck with his Team Corally Phi. In the Super Stock class the overall winner was Urbain Swijsen with his Team Corally Phi, while 2nd went to Rico Claeys with his Hot Bodies and 3rd going to Thomas Stockman with his Team Associated TC5.
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Last weekend saw the first round of the West Germany Electric touring car qualifying group run at the large MCC Bad Breisig/Rhein outdoor track. Xray team driver Christopher Grimm, who was using his new Speed Passion combo of GT Speedo and DMC legal Ultra Sportsman 9.5 BL motor, took the win ahead of current outdoor Champion Patrick Pasch in 2nd and Andreas Weyhoven in 3rd.
A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:
> Finch wins BTCC encounter with S400 – Link [serpent.com]
> XB808 Podium Finish at 1st Swiss Champs – Link [teamxray.com]
> Billy Easton Column – Worlds Warm Up – Link [serpent.com]
> Great start to the Nationals for Mirage – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Shepherd Micro Racing Hobby Cup – Link [jpracing.com]
> Schumacher BTCC Round 2 Report – Link [racing-cars.com]
> 2nd Indonesia EP Touring Nats – Link [teamxray.com]
> Mirage report on the Proline Challenge – Link [mirageracing.com]
> Proline International Dirt Challenge – Link [cmldistribution.co.uk]
> Mike Swauger wins RAMS 40th race – Link [jpracing.com]
> Slovak National Buggy Championships – Link [mkkosice.sk]
Parma have announced the release of this new 1/8th scale buggy shell, suitable for a number of current cars from Mugen, Xray, Jammin, CEN, VTX and OCM. Moulded from .040 clear Lexan, it comes supplied with Easy-Peel protective fule, decals and window paint masks.
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