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July 8, 2008

Much More Charging connectors

Much More have released a number of new wiring accessories starting with this multi purpose charging connector, that allows you to charge all 4 of your essentials in one go. Supplied with two charging jacks for different transmitters – suitable for JR, KO, Futaba, Sanwa, Hitec and many more transmitters, a receiver connector, Ultra plug, BEC connector and an extra wire for your custom connection. The Multi Charging Connector is fitted with gold plated 4mm Hyper Banana Connectors which provides you with a safe and stable connection to most popular battery chargers. Also new is the Hyper connector series which are ideal for 7.2V battery packs. The gold plated connector jacks are 4mm Euro connectors housed in a red moulded plastic casing which is designed to prevent short circuiting. Finally there are the Hyper Banana connectors which are ideal for 12V input from electronic devices such as chargers. Again using gold plated connector jacks, the ends are housed in red and black moulded plastic for easy identification.

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July 8, 2008

HPI Racing Baja Nats – Announcement

HPI Racing Baja Nats - Announcement

HPI Racing were in touch to tell us about the First Annual Baja Nationals which will be heled November 8th and 9th at Milestone Ranch MX Park in Riverside California. Bring out your Baja for two full days of competition with the fastest Bajas in the country and have a chance to claim the #1 Baja driver in the country.

More information about this event can be found here.

July 7, 2008

1/8th Buggy Euros – Full gallery online

1/8th Buggy Euros - Complete gallery online

As a wrap up to our coverage from the European 1/8th scale buggy Championships, which was brought to you thanks to Kyosho and LRP, we have now added 70 new images to our events gallery. Newly added are photos from all the finalists, action from the main final and the prize ceremony celebrations as well as close ups of the winning Mugen MBX5R of newly crowned European Champion Renaud Savoya.

Check out our event image gallery here.

July 7, 2008

VRC Track of the Month – Osaka Japan

VRC Track of the Month - Osaka Japan

Our site sponsors VRC have asked us to inform everyone about their track of the month, the Central Park Raceway near Osaka, Japan, which is the latest release from VRC. The Osaka track is a typical Japanese style track with multiple lay-outs to accommodate all sort of race classes and to offer different lay-outs each new season. The track has the back straight opposite the drivers rostrum and has quite a technical infield and offers new and exciting challenges to VRC racers as this track is different from all the earlier track releases of VRC. The Osaka track will be the 3rd Japanese track alongside Kakegawa and Boss Speed which were released before. More Japanese tracks are under development, among them the famous SPL tracks near Tokyo, Keitune and Hokusei, as well as the Kyosho home track. This will eventually bring the total number of Japanese tracks to 8.

For more information about VRC go to the game website here.

July 7, 2008

Marco Natale to use RC Fox engines

DiMonaco have announced that they have signed the young 2007 Italian F2 buggy Champion Marco Natale to use their RC Fox engines for the rest of the season. Marco, who had used RB engines for the last 5 years first as a privateer and then with support from RB Italy, will use the brand new YZ5 Engine in his Hobao chassis as he aims to defend his title.

Source: Modellismo RC [modellismorc.net]

July 7, 2008

Nicol & Lasley win HRH Shoot Out

Slingshot Batteries has informed us of the strong showing they had last weekend at the 2008 Hot Rod Hobbies Shoot Out. Up and coming ‘young gun’ Jeff Nicol piloted his Kyosho RB5 to the overall TQ and Championship in the hotly contested Stock Buggy class. Jeff was the class of the field throughout qualifying and took home the overall with wins in the first and second legs of the triple A-main event. Super Stock Truck belonged to Nick Lasley from the start. Wins in the first 2 legs of the triple A-main event gave Lasley the overall victory. With first place wrapped up, Nicol and a few other drivers still had a chance for top 3. After a tie breaker, Jeff Nicol ended up 4th overall losing the tie breaker to team mate Chris Van Air who took 3rd overall.

Source: Slinghsot [slingshotbatteries.com]

July 7, 2008

Kyosho Inferno MP9 Body Off shots

Sponsors of our event coverage at last weekends European 1/8th scale buggy Championships, Kyosho Germany have released the first shots of the Inferno MP9 chassis. Previous to this we only had shots with the body on, but with the shell off you can see that the car is relatively conventional in its layout with the big changes being to the car’s overall weight, which has been reduced dramatically. Full details and more pics are to follow, but in the meantime you can check it out for yourself in the photos below.

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July 6, 2008

Kolff and Keur take European titles

This weekend saw another European Championship being run as well as the 1/8th scale buggy Championships in Crete, with the 1/8th scale 40+ and 235mm European titles also up for grabs. Hosted by the MACH track in Heemstede, The Netherlands, this event has a relaxed vibe yet the action on the track was very serious. Qualifying took place on both Friday and Saturday and in the 40+ class it was German Serpent racer Andreas Giesa that took pole position from local Mugen racer Richard Keur in 2nd with Jacky Mouton and Rody Roem completing the top 4, both for Serpent. In the 235mm class it was top Belgian racer Robin D’hondt that took top qualifying honours in front of former European Champion Julius Kolff in 2nd, driving a new hybrid Serpent car, while last years Champion Glyn Beal started 3rd ahead of Serpent designer Rene Cornella taking the last direct qualifying position in 4th.

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