VRC graphics artist Tony West has delivered yet another chassis for VRC Pro: the Associated GT2 Factory Team gas truck. This chassis will fit the 1:10 nitro off-road class that will be featured in VRC Pro. Off-road will have to wait until on-road is launched, the reason for this is the extra development work that has to go in to creating the off-road tracks and various chassis.
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Our half sister Neo Buggy is pleased to announce the return of the Neo race in 2009 (“Neo09”). After the success of Neo08 in March this year, the event will once again be hosted at the Harper Adams facility, with DXR as the organizers. Using a similar timetable as Neo08 with some tweaks, the event will have an entry limit of 180 1/8 buggy drivers. A special ‘invite only’ 1/8 Electric Buggy class will also be run alongside the main class. The date of the event is 10-13 April 2009; 4 days over Easter, with 1 day of practice, 2 days of qualifying, and finals on Monday.
Further details will be published on the official event site here.
The 2008 Borneo Cup for 1/8th scale off-road buggies & truggies took place recently in Malaysia. In the buggy class it was HongNor driver Sunny Wong that took the TQ spot setting a new lap record, but it was his VP Pro team mate and Losi driver Edy Susanto that took the win in the final with Sunny in 2nd and Mugen driver Daniel in 3rd. In the truggy class, Sunny was able to claim the win ahead of Nanda driver Lim Kok Beng in 2nd, while Hobao racer Wong Yoke Meng took 3rd.
Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]
Pro Line have released the Jammin X2-CRT version of the Shift, the company’s latest in body styling and technology. Giving your X2-CRT the lowest possible CG, crisp lines are carefully sculpted to hug the chassis interior like a glove which allows for the smallest cab and side pod design possible. Combined with genuine GE .060 Lexan and you’re ready to hit the track in the latest fashion.
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Seen as one of the biggest indoor events in Europe, the KIM 2008 attracted over 120 drivers last weekend in Köngen, Germany. It was Team Durango/Orion driver Jörn Neumann who was setting the pace taking the TQ spot with his Durango Prototype in 4WD, while In 2WD he would start second from the grid. In 4wd it was complete domination by Jörn who won all 3 A-mains along with all 5 Qualifying rounds, while in 2WD he had some problems in qualifying but with an awesome performance he was setting the fastest lap times and could win also all 3 A-mains.
JConcepts completed a near sweep of every class and a full sweep of the modified classes at round 6 of the SuperCup series held recently in Florida. Jason Ruona finished the year with an impressive 3 class wins with 3 very different vehicles. He was responsible for JConcepts’ results in 2wd mod, 4wd mod, and J82 Outlaw taking a combined 9 TQ’s and 8 wins along the way. RCSignUp.com and Jab Graphix front man Bobby Phillips took time out of his busy schedule to lay it down in Truck Mod, using a key TQ to take the series win. Local up and coming driver Zach Mote took 2wd Stock in spectacular fashion only missing out on one possible point when considering the best 3 of 4 round format. And finally Tim Kowal got out to a good start at the beginning of the season in J82 Stock and carried that momentum through to the end of the year. The mix of Double Dee and Goose Bump rear tires used in his campaign were so effective that he didn’t even have to run the penultimate round to take the series victory.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.com]
Ultimate Racing have announced the release of this new cap, as modeled by Robert Batlle. Black in colour, it features the UR logo embroidered on the front, while on the side it has the Ultimate Racing text logo, also embroidered. A neat detail is that along the rim of peak there are small repeating Ultimate logos. One size fits all so for adjustment there is a rear Velcro strap.
Source: Ultimate Racing [ultimateracing.es]
LRP are reporting on the 2008 Australian 1/10 Nitro On-Road Nationals were held at the Brendale track in Brisbane recently, host of the 2006 IFMAR World Championships. The race attracted over 120 drivers split into 1/10th Touring cars, 1/8th On road and Pullstart class and it was LRP team driver Peter Jovanovic who was setting the pace already from the first practice rounds through to the first qualifying rounds. With the last qualifier run in the late evening when the traction on the track increased significantly, he dropped to 2nd on the grid as Jesse Davis came through to take the TQ spot. After problem before the start of the final, that forced Peter to start from the pitlane, he was able to work his way into the lead by lap 20. From there on it was just a matter of getting the car through the finish line and with the softer LRP VTEC tyre going the distance without any changes or problems, Peter won the final by over a lap and a half to claim his 3rd National title in a row.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
