July 23, 2007
There is a new gas powered 1/8th scale on the market, from the Taiwanese company Edam. Its called the Razor and it has been created from the ashes of the Yusa XR8 project which seemingly stopped some time ago. Apparently featuring all new moulds for precise fitting of parts, as well as making the parts more durable, this prototype car looks like a mashup between a Kyosho Evolva and the Serpent Vector, with a few other parts thrown in for good measure. The company is currently exploring distribution channels so we dont know when it will be available. View more…
July 2, 2007
…for the win, with Tebo close behind in 2nd, while the 3rd spot went to Ryan Cavalieri, driving the Associated buggy. Click here for the final results… A Main results: 1. Adam Drake – Losi 2. Jared Tebo – O’Donnell 3. Ryan Cavalieri – Associated 4. Mike Truhe – Losi 5. Jesse Robbers – Losi 6. Josh Wheeler – XRAY 7. Jeremy Kortz – Hobao 8. Cody King – Kyosho 9. Mark Pavidis – Kyosho 10. Billy Easton – OCM 11. Ryan Maifield – Associated 12. Chad Bradley – Jammin 13. Taylor James – Jammin 14. Scott Hughes – Mugen…
June 30, 2007
Rain has been heavily effecting this weekends ROAR Gas Buggy Nationals that are being held at the St. Louis Dirt Burners track in Missouri. With the weather basically eliminating all but a handful of practice sessions for the 300+ entries setups have not been perfected heading into qualifying. Yesterday saw the first round of qualifying, take place under dry weather conditions but on a track that is still soft from the rain. In that session it was Associated RC8 driver Ryan Maifield that took the fastest time in this round ahead of Jammin racer James Taylor, while World Champion Mark…
June 21, 2007
…5. Simo Ahoniemi – 9pts 6. Teemu Rytsy – 10pts 7. Pekka Koivula – 11pts 8. Kalle Lehto – 14pts 9. Matias Kuusinen – 16pts 10. Ari Salminen – 16pts 1/10th 200mm: 1. Joni Minkkinen – 75L 40:31.235 (Kyosho) 2. Jomi Pulli – 58L 39:09.921 (720) 3. Tom Kalves – 39L 37:34.107 (720) 4. Teemu Rytsy – 1L 4:31.356 (Mugen) 5. Sami Munck – 1L 33:41.561 (Mugen) 6. Teemu Saarinen – DNS (Mugen) 7. Pekka Koivula – DNS (NT1) 8. Sebastian Trzaska – DNS (Mugen) 9. Tony Raikas – DNS (Kyosho) 10. Daniel Kalves – DNS (NT1) Images: Kuusinen [kuusinen.pp.fi]…
June 21, 2007
…for the bump up spot till the last second. Rounding out the B-main were: Mark Unger, Dan Engelbreth, Gary Swayze, Dennis Young, Patrick Chan, Art Trinos, Raye Field and Peter Yu. The 1/8th A-main grid was ready to get this race underway with the threat of rain imminent. It seemed to be that A-Main was stacked with Kyosho’s/Delta’s having six cars in the feature race. At the start Brian and Paul were able to get a jump on the competition with a clean entry into the sweeper and swapped 1-2 for the first 3 cycles of pit stops where Brian…
June 19, 2007
Xray are reporting on their teams performance at the recent Kyosho Cup, a touring car race in Korea for gas powered 200mm 1/10th scale cars. In what was a close final it was Goo Gi-Bon that took the win for Xray, his 3rd straight win in a month, ahead of Serpent 720 driver Jang Ji-Whan in 2nd, while 3rd place went to another Xray NT1 racer, Kim Gi-Yul. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…
June 3, 2007
…in its 21st year and is one of the largest races in the Northwest. Now Kyosho have been in contact to let us know that their team driver Taylor Peterson qualified third in truggy with his long wheelbase Kyosho ST-R, but quickly ran to the front and checked out, lapping the while field for a decisive win, Peterson also TQ’ed and won the 1/10 truck gas truck class. Kyosho team driver Marcus “Neuspeed” Anzivino TQ’ed and won 2WD mod buggy with an Ultima RB5 and took 3rd in 1/8 buggy with his Inferno 777 WC Edition. Source: Kyosho America [kyoshoamerica.com]…
May 21, 2007
…Truhe – 7L 4:21.51 Gas Truck A-Main 1. Adam Drake – 42L 30:44.01 2. Ryan Cavalieri – 41L 30:15.62 3. Ryan Maifield – 40L 30:10.93 4. Billy Laster – 39L 30:29.82 5. Jake Thayer – 38L 30:31.11 6. Wade Gatlin – 35L 30:49.60 7. Greg Antill – 34L 30:21.94 8. Shawn Kirkman – 32L 30:06.97 9. Aaron Waldron – 31L 30:20.22 10. Kenny Johnson – 24L 30:36.99 11. Brian Garitee – 15L 12:47.08 12. Roman Miller – 13L 12:00.88 13. Tim Roberts – 11L 8:56.75 14. Steve Antill – 3L 2:11.74 15. Charles Charron – DNS View more pics from…
