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May 18, 2011

Lars Hoppe wins North German season opener

The first round of the North German Championship was held at the track of Hamburg last weekend. After the winter break 37 racers in total found their way to one of Germany’s most famous cities, 21 of them racing in the 1/8th scale class. Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning some light rain showers hit the track which resulted in difficult conditions for the qualifying. According to the new rules of the German Federation everybody has to go through the semis to reach the main final. Shepherd/Novarossi driver Lars Hoppe managed to win his semi by 2 laps which secured him the pole position for the 30 minutes main in front of Jens Stark and Andreas Giesa who won the other semi. At the start of the final Hoppe could defend his lead followed by Giesa and Stark. He increased the gap slightly lap by lap but in the middle of the final Hoppe dropped back to second place having to re-adjust his engine. In the remaining minutes Hoppe showed a strong performance and managed to pass Giesa for the lead. With a gap of 4 seconds he crossed the finishing line in first position followed by the Serpent pairing of Andreas Giesa and Jens Stark.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 18, 2011

Video – BRCA TC National Rd1

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The opening round of the BRCA TC Nationals was last weekend in West London and RC Racing TV made this full report, as they will from all rounds of this year’s series, It includes features, analysis interviews and race action from both classes, Super Touring and 10.5, at an event that attracts the cream of Touring Car talent.

May 18, 2011

Pro-Line Scrubs 4WD buggy tires & high downforce wing

More new products from Pro-Line starting with their new Scrubs 2.2” 4WD buggy front tires. Designed specifically for wet/dry clay and hard packed tracks, the Scrubs front tire offers improved steering, handling and forward traction. Featuring an angled bar design for tons of side bite, as well as a V-pin design which will make your buggy track straight as an arrow they are offered in M3, M4 and MC compounds to meet all your track needs. Also new from Pro-Line is a brand new 6 ½” high downforce wing design to fit on all popular 1:10 off-road 2WD and 4WD buggies. Wings significantly affect how your buggy handles in the air and during high-speed/low-speed sections of the track. This wing features Pro-Line’s Smooth Flow Technology, a deck section on the wing that can be cut out allowing air to flow around effortlessly and reducing drag. Track testing has proven this wing to smooth out the handling of twitchy 1:10 buggies, which results in fewer mistakes and faster lap times. Sold in a 2 pack.

View the new wing here

May 18, 2011

Xray shock foam inserts

Xray have released these foam inserts for their 1/8th off road shocks that go between the shock upper mount and rubber membrane. The foam prevents membrane collapse and gives slightly more steering and more stability when landing from big jumps. Sold in a complete set of 4.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 18, 2011

Pro-Line TLR22 & Lazer ZX-5 BullDog shells

Pro-Line have released their BullDog shell for the Losi TLR22 in both rear and mid motor configuration. To date, all of the bodies made for this car have sacrificed looks and performance due to the dual motor configuration. If you race primarily in the mid motor or rear motor configuration PL have a body for each of those setups. The new mid motor body also features a large scoop to maximize clearance and air flow to your motor and electronics. The advanced aerodynamic properties and cab-forward styling will improve your buggies performance and turn heads. Pro-Line have also released the BullDog body to fit the Kyosho Lazer ZX-5.

View the other shells here

May 18, 2011

Rossetti wins 4wd National Rd3 in France

Round 3 of the French electric off road National championships were held last weekend at the Gargenville track, 50km from Paris. In the 4wd class it was Antoine Rossetti who took the win with his Yokomo B-Max4 Factory Team, having finally gotten over his bad luck seen at previous events. Current French champion Cyril Baldini driving a Durango was 2nd and Armand Latnheaume in 3rd.

Source: ART [asia-racing-team.com]

May 18, 2011

Arrowmax RX8 hollow middle shaft

Arrowmax have released this new front middle shaft for the Xray RX8. Machined from high quality spring steel, this hollow shaft claims to be lighter and more durable than the kit shaft.

Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]

May 18, 2011

Adam Drake does double at JBRL Rd2

Saturday was the second stop on Southern California’s JBRL series sponsored by Team Losi Racing. Many of the top driver’s attended in preparation for next months ROAR 1/8th fuel Nationals. Some of the nearly 200 entries included Adam Drake, Cody King, Mike Truhe, Dustin Evans, Matt Schreffler, Drew Moller, Travis Amezcua, Brent Thielke, Steven Hartson, Clint Wachter, Colby Poh, Dani Choi, Chad Bradley, Andy Smolnik and Jessie Robinson. In qualifying it was Team Losi Racing / Novarossi driver Adam Drake who set the pace in both of the expert 1/8th classes. The temperatures in sunny CA started to drop by the time the mains rolled around and the track started getting rough.

Continue reading the report here