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June 2, 2007

Gary Guest wins the Hank Perry 240

Our partners Neo Buggy have a report from the Hank Perry 240 one of America’s longest running races, which has been drawing competitors since 1986. The event reached its 21st year and has been held at the Spokane R/C Club’s beautiful facilty in Spokane, Washington since conception. With over 300 entries the race drew competitors from all over the Pacific Northwest, and some racers from Canada, to battle it out for the championship. The 1/8 Buggy class saw a wire to wire battle which eventually ended with Gary Guest piloting his Jammin X1-CR FTE to the win and finishing a close second was Jammin driver Ryan McCrery, with Kyosho factory driver Marcus Anzovino coming in third.

Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

June 1, 2007

Ben Ellis takes 2WD and 4WD classes at Indy 50

Ben Ellis takes 2WD & 4WD classes at Indy 50

Kyosho America were in touch to let us know that their team driver Ben Ellis captured the win in both the 2WD and 4WD modified classes at the Indy 50, held over the Memorial Day weekend in Indianapolis. Ellis qualified 2nd in 2WD modified with his new Ultima RB5 and TQ’ed the 4WD class with the Lazer ZX-5. In the finals, however, Ellis was half a second faster per lap than the rest of the field with his Ultima, which secured the victory in a growing list of wins for the new Ultima. Ellis also captured top honors in the 4WD main.

Source: Kyosho America [kyoshoamerica.com]

June 1, 2007

Kyosho Spada 09 – Feature list

Kyosho Spada 09

We first showed the new Spada 09 back in April when Kyosho released a CAD image of this new project, with the first real product picture shown about a month later, just before it was officially shown at the Shizuoka Hobby show last month. Now, through Kyosho France we have a full feature list from this new car and also CAD images showing how the front and rear suspension works, with the rear suspension being an innovative new type that allows the axle bearings to float within the rear bearing blocks.

Click here for the suspension pictures and also the full feature list… content

June 1, 2007

Team Associated T-shirt

Team Associated have announced the release of their new t-shirt, just in time for the summer racing season. These shirts were seen being worn by the Drescher, Levanen and Cavalieri on the podiums at the Reedy Race last week and now you can own one too. Available in 2 colours, blue and black, they sport a large AE logo with splash effect on the front and the Factory Team logo on the rear. Available now.

Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]

June 1, 2007

Corally release parts for RDX Phi

Dutch company Corally have released some new tuning parts for the Corally RDX Phi, while some will also work with their older touring cars as well. First up we have this newly designed front spool made from duralunimium as well as a new front one way axle, also made from the same material. Also newly released for the Phi is a full titanium screw set that comes in a handy comparmental clear plastic box and finally there is a new set of shock springs in 6 different hardnesses and all using the same black colour for some added confusion.

Click here to see the other products… content

June 1, 2007

Kyosho Inferno GT Ferrari F430 GT

Kyosho have contacted us to tell us about their new Inferno based Ferrari F430 GT. The chassis, suspension and drivetrain are highly refined for durability and performance under the most demanding conditions, which gives the Inferno GT the highest pedigree of its class. There’s simply nothing else available on the market with the bloodlines of the GT, so be confident you’re getting the ultimate value and performance with the Inferno GT.

Red RC is Upgrading

Im sure a lot of you noticed that we were offline for several hours tonight, and in the last day or two you may have also noticed some slower than normal load times and perhaps even some missing images. This is because we have begun the process of changing hosts for our site and this down time has been caused by phase 1 of our transfer to our shiney new dedicated server.

Since starting Red RC in October of last year we have been very fortunate to have developed a loyal readership, which has grown to the point where we have outgrown our original hosting provider, hence the move. With our new dedicated server it will allow us the freedom to continue to grow and enable us to continue to offer you a fast and reliable platform with which to read your daily RC Car news.

Phase 1 is now complete and the second phase will begin very soon, so please bear with us over the course of this week as we complete the transfer and double check everything is up and running correctly. In the meantime we will continue to bring you the latest news and product releases from the world of RC.

May 31, 2007

Cyril N’Diaye wins Rd3 of French EP Nats

Cyril N'Daye wins Rd3 of French EP Nats

The 3rd round of the French electric touring car National Championships was held last weekend at the Bourg en Bresse circuit in the east of the country. Qualifying for the Open A class saw round 2 winner Cyril N’Diaye take the pole position for the final, heading an Xray 1, 2, 3 with Aurélien Thréhout and Hugo Ragaut in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the final nothing much changed and with N’Diaye taking the win from Ragaut who moved up into 2nd and Thréhout dropping down to 3rd. In the Open B class it was Xray racer Vincent Cavard that took the TQ and the win in front of Corally racer Olivier Beining in 2nd and Xavier Ansellem in 3rd for Tamiya.

Click here for the final standings… content