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March 29, 2011

Simões & Miguel wins Portuguese TC season opener

Round 1 of the Portuguese Electric touring car nationals took place last weekend and the stock class was dominated by Jorge Simões with his Associated TC6. Topping the time sheets in 2 heats secured the TQ spot followed closely by Bruno Castela with a Hot Bodies TCX. Going into the mains the domination continued as Jorge won the first 2 A mains to secure 1st overall, with Bruno holding second place with a victory on the 3rd A main, Mário Coelho got his hands on 3rd spot.

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March 29, 2011

RB 2092 & 2668 high torque exhausts

The RB R&D department together with input from their team drivers have developed two brand new on road exhaust pipes, the .21 EFRA legal #2092 and the .12 EFRA legal #2668. Both pipes provide a lot of torque to their respective engines and come polished with shifted pressurization, 3 springs and the new long life exhaust gasket. Both are also available as inline kits with the #2092 coming with a medium conical manifold while the #2668 coming with a short conical manifold.

View the 2668 pipe here

March 29, 2011

VRC Column – March update

The HB Cyclone was the first electric chassis that was modeled for VRC Pro, back in 2006. By now this chassis has been replaced by their latest development, the HB TCX. This caused us to go back to the 3D drawing board and model the new chassis in hi res. With the TCX now finished we have our electric car line up ready for launch. This lineup includes the Tamiya TRF417, the Associated TC6, the Xray T3 ’11, the HB TCX, the Kyosho TF6 and our own ‘generic’ Intercept ER10.

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March 29, 2011

KBRL Nitro Series champions crowned

The KBRL nitro series made its final stop at the Fear Farm rc facility in Glendale AZ. Racers from all over the state did battle through 8 championship rounds of racing at various tracks around the state. Team Losi Racing vehicles stood atop all classes available including expert buggy, intermediate buggy, Intermediate Truggy and electric buggy. In the Intermediate Buggy class it was Brandon Akiyama who shut down the class with a hot streak of 4 straight wins in the last 4 races to secure the overall win. Brandon picks the 8 2.0 buggy as his race weapon of choice along with Dennis Munteen who finished 2nd with his 2.0 as well.

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March 28, 2011

Ginting & Andriadi win Rd2 in Indonesia

The 2nd round of the Indonesian 1/8th scale National championship and 1/10th scale Jakarta GP series Rd2 was compressed into one day on the newly surface Jakarta International Twin Circuit. Following the new asphalt, the track had awesome grip with the best lap going to be 1 second lower than the times with the previous track surface. In 1/8 qualifying, it was Bowie Ginting with his brand new Xray RX8 in TQ spot, followed by Sadikin Sutrisno also with Xray RX8 2 seconds behind. Toni Kundjung placed his Mugen MRX5 in 3rd spot, 0.4 seconds behind Sadikin. Ricardo Carnadi (Mugen) and Sani Nugroho (Kyosho) completed the top 5.

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March 28, 2011

Hiro Seiko coloured stainless steel screws

Hiro Seiko have introduced a new series of stainless steel screws to their large existing product line. A first in the R/C industry, these colored steel crews are denser than a normal alloy screw, but also heavier so not only will it look great but it will provide more strength to areas that need it. Available in t-blue, red, purple and smoke-black in sizes M3x6, M3x8, M3x10, M3x12, M3x14, M3x16, M3x18 & M3x20 they come in countersunk or done head versions, both with hex drive.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]

March 28, 2011

Nelson Lee wins Rd1 of Singapore Nationals

We received a short note from Singapore that Shepherd/Novarossi racer Nelson Lee has won the first round of the Singapore RCMC National Series. The season opener got underway last weekend and will be the first race out of 8 in total. During qualifying Nelson placed his Novarossi powered Velox V10 on the second place of the starting grid, behind TQ Erwin Luhur. After the final the result was the other way round, with Nelson crossing the finishing line first, 1 lap ahead of second placed Erwin.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 28, 2011

Noise restrictions force Euro 1/10th B track change

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EFRA have today confirmed that the European 1/10th scale ‘B’ Championships, due to be held from the 2nd to the 7th of May in Heemstede, The Netherlands has been relocated to another track in the south west of the country due to newly enforced noise restrictions at the track. These restrictions have seen 1/8th scale on road unable to run at the track at all and it now seems to have affected the 1/10th scale class as well. The new host for the event will be the MAC De Baanbrekers track in Rucphen, who have hosted some major championships in the past. To view the full statement click here (PDF).