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January 4, 2011

Moto Arena Winter GP wins for Jefferies & Smith

A last minute rush of entries saw a full entry of 90 drivers brave the winter conditions for Moto Arena’s winter GP, the event was held in the week between Christmas and New Year and gave a few drivers the opportunity to try out their seasonal gifts. The Moto Arena venue, situated within the Silverstone Circuit complex is unique in the UK as it’s an indoor venue but with a tarmac racing surface. The event proved a big success for Team Associated with Olly Jefferies dominating the Super Touring class taking TQ and the A final win, Zak Smith won the 10.5 Pro Stock, Zak’s team mate Chris Slater took TQ with his TC6 but a good result for Chris was spoilt after an incident lapping a back marker caused a DNF in leg one of the A final. In the 17.5 stock class it was a convincing victory in the A final for Schumacher driver Scott Hauser, who also took TQ. 13.5 stock racing is a class growing in numbers in the UK and at Moto Arena the victory in this class went to Malcolm Hall.

Source: BRCA [brca-tc.co.uk]

January 4, 2011

Paul Bradby joins Speed Passion

Speed Passion have announced that front running UK Associated driver Paul Bradby has joined their team from 2011. The multiple European Championship finalist had this to say:

I would like to thank all the guys at Nosram/LRP, especially Reto Koenig, for their help and support over the previous two years. I have enjoyed my time with them and wish them all the best for future races. I’m now looking forward to racing for Speed Passion and bringing them more success over the coming years.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

January 4, 2011

Double Victory for Cavalieri at TLR SS Rd1

As the new year breaks in 2011, Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri joined 230+ of his fellow racers for the first round of the TLR Supercross Series at West Coast R/C Raceway on Sunday January 2nd. Gearing up for the Reedy Race at the same facility at the end of January, Cavalieri took the victory in both 2wd and 4wd Modified ahead of Mike Truhe. Joining Cavalieri in the mains for Team Associated were Brent Thielke, Chris Jarosz and Steven Hartson. All the drivers used the winning combination of the Factory Team B4.1 and Factory Team B44.1 along with the LRP SXX V2 speed controls while Thielke, Hartson and Jarosz all utilized Reedy batteries.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

January 3, 2011

Martin Karner leaves Kyosho

We have received a notice that after 5 successful years with Team Kyosho, top Austrian driver Martin Karner has left Kyosho looking for a new challenge. Martin released the following statement:

I would like to say thank you for the successes during a team-member of Kyosho and also for the great working together in all the time. With Kyosho I had lots of successes like two times Austrian Staatsmeister in 2007 and 2008, European pre-finalist in 2009 and two time Kyosho-Masters-Winner in Italy and in Bischofsheim. Especially I would thank Susanne Espig, Thomas Hoffmann, Daniel Haas and Frank Lemke for the great support on all of the events. You are a great team! I wish you lots of luck and all the best for the future of Kyosho.

We expect details of where Martin will be going to be released soon.

January 2, 2011

Xcelorin 6000mAh 14.8V LiPo pack

New from Xcelorin is this 14.8V 6000mAh hard case LiPo pack for use in 1/8th scale cars. Featuring a maximum continuous discharge of 60C and max continuous current of 360A, this 4S pack comes pre wired with 10AWG cable and ultra-low resistance EC5 connector.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

January 1, 2011

Team Orion re-sign King, Tebo & Cavalieri

As of today, current IFMAR 1/8 Nitro Buggy World Champion Cody King, current ROAR 1/10 Modified Truck, 1/8 Buggy & Truggy National Champion Jared Tebo, along with current ROAR 1/10 4wd Modified Buggy National Champion Ryan Cavalieri will once again join forces under the Team Orion name. All three drivers have reached that World Championship milestone and are looking to capture more in the upcoming years.

Continue reading the rest of the release here

January 1, 2011

CSO MRX-5 CVD swing arm set

CSO have introduced this pair of front CVD swing arms for the Mugen MRX-5. A direct replacement for the kit item, these shafts have been made from high quality steel and then hard coated for durability.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]

January 1, 2011

LRP S10 Blast TC RTR

The LRP S10 Blast TC makes a perfect start into your racing career possible and with the possibility of upgrades, the car grows with your requirements and is designed for both beginners and racers. The S10 Blast TC comes with the already approved components of the S10 Blast Offroad line like CVDs up front, adjustable turnbuckles, anti-roll bars front and rear, Big-Bore shock absorbers, shaft drive train and even more first-class features. Compared to the S10 Offroad cars, the Blast TC comes with a single-part chassis and doesn’t use a slipper. The car accepts all commercial 1/10 touring car bodies and wheels and many option parts are available so you can upgrade it with the Standard, Sport or Pro-Tuning Sets.

View more images of the car here