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June 2, 2010

Exotek SCX-T XXX-T SC conversion

Now Team Losi owners have something to ‘strike’ fear into their competition. With this SCX-T upgrade kit from Exotek Racing you can convert the venerable XXX-T into a completely ROAR legal SC power house. Similar to the kit released by CRC, the SCX-t has been developed and tested to ensure the best performance, fit and durability. Made in the USA of G10 material to match the flex of the XXX-T chassis for unsurpassed traction, it includes custom made hardened steel front axles that are narrowed for ROAR legal width and which fit the XXX-T hubs and SC10 wheels. Its unique bumper mounts accepts the Losi Strike front bumper and Traxxas Slash 4×4 rear bumper for extra durability and realism.

View more images of the SCX-T here

May 27, 2010

Venom Gambler 2wd SC truck – Sneak peek

Venom have been in contact to give us a sneak peek at the production version of their new SC truck, the 2wd Gambler. This is the evolution of the SCX prototype that was shown at the toy fair in Germany in February and has been refined from that version, with new graphics, wheels and tires as well as being given a new name.

View the feature list and more images of the new truck here

May 25, 2010

Smallwood & DiBrino win Short Course at PRCR invitational

The 1st Annual PRCR Invitational was held this past weekend in Portland, Oregon at Portland R/C Raceway. This is the home track for Team Orion USA Team Manager Joe Pillars. JP helped organize this event and would also race. The race format consisted of 3 6-Minute Qualifiers using the Rocket Round format (single fastest run counts) on Saturday. Then Sunday the lower main bump-ups would be ran first, followed by Triple A-Mains for all classes. The top 7 drivers after qualifying would go straight to the A-Main with a 1 car bump-up from the lower mains. In the Stock Short Course Class it was privateer Jaromy Smallwood who TQ’ed overall with his Team Orion powered Kyosho Ultima SC. Jaromy went on to win A-Main #1 and A-Main #2 to take home the Championship.

Continue reading the report here

May 24, 2010

Jason Ruona wins SC Mod at JConcepts Wave

The JConcepts Wave race takes place in the heart of the R/C corridor, SoCal. One of the world’s premier indoor off-road facilities, ORCR Raceway has been chosen for 2 years in a row to host the event. With more than 100 indoor pit spots, as well as a fully stocked hobby shop and sizable indoor clay off-road track, the Wave’s venue and location are second to none. California locals were well represented with Steven Hartson, Brent Thielke, Cody Turner, Frank Root and Chris Jarosz taking part in the event. Drivers traveling in from out of town such as Nor Cal’s Lloyd Dassonville, Arizona’s Tanner Denney and Florida’s Jason Ruona provided tight competition all weekend.

Read the rest of the report here

May 24, 2010

Robitronic Competition LiPos & NiMh sport packs

Robitronic have introduced their complete new line of batteries that includes high end competition packs as well as sport stick packs. The LiPo packs are available in stick pack, saddle pack and 1/12th scale configuration and all sport hard cases. The 5400mAh 50C & 5000mAh 50C stick packs feature low resistance 4mm plugs and all packs packs supplied with 3.5mm silicone cables and 4mm gold plated plugs. Also available are the sport NiMh packs that come in 5000mAh, 4000mAh, 3600mAh & 3000mAh and come pre wired with 2.5mm silicone cable and Tamiya plug.

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May 22, 2010

Venom 60C ROAR approved LiPo batteries

Venomʼs new 60C ROAR Approved Hard Case LiPo batteries feature heavy-duty 12awg leads and the Venom Universal Plug System. Available in 5600mAh and 5000mAh version, these packs have the extra punch needed for the extremes of racing, yet are reasonably priced for the every day driver that wants the best. All packs feature 4.0mm bullet plugs to allow you to plug directly into your ESC for race applications.

View the other pack here

May 19, 2010

Jesse Munn wins 2010 Northwest Short Course Nats

The 1st annual Northwest Short Course Nationals were held May 14-15th at TriCities RC Raceway in Pasco, WA and the race was a huge success with over 150 entries. Team Kyosho’s Jesse Munn took the overall win in the Modified 2wd class with his Kyosho Ultima SC, winning the 2 mains of the triple A-Main format against a field of 44 entries. Jesse won a hard fought battle in A-Main 1 against Team Associated driver and TQ Chris Bridgewater, winning by just .7 seconds. The 2nd main Jesse came back and won by a comfortable 11 seconds to bring home the overall win for Kyosho. Jesse also TQ’d and won the Modified 4wd class with a second place in A-Main 1 and victories in both A-Main 2 and A-Main 3. Privateer driver Eyria Eatmon took the Stock SC class TQ and overall victory running his Kyosho Ultima SC as well.

View the final results here

May 19, 2010

Associated SC10 Brushless RTR

Team Associated’s Brushless SC10, modeled after the trucks racing in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, now comes loaded with new features for this season. Coming pre-fitted with the XP/Reedy 3300 KV Brushless system and is controlled by a XP3-SS 2.4GHz 3-channel radio system. Based on the 7-time R.O.A.R. Nationals-winning RC10T4, the SC10 brushless comes ready-to-run with a factory-finished short-course race truck body, short-course-style wheels, and aggressive tread multi-terrain tires, all which have been designed to look just like the full-size race trucks that run in short-course off-road series around the country. Available in Lucas Oil, Speed Tech, Pro Comp and Rockstar-Makita versions.

View the full feature list here