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July 22, 2010

Mike Truhe wins 1/8th BL at HRH Shootout

Mike Truhe is reporting that this past weekend he competed in Expert 1/8 Electric Buggy at the Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout. The track was a very tight, small track for the bigger 1/8 cars with tons of traction. Things started off going well, and after some testing, chose to run the Team Losi Racing Taper Pin Tires. I preferred Red compound for rears and silver compound for fronts. Racing started and my car was excellent. I went on to TQ 3 out of the 4 rounds and convincingly won the first two finals taking the overall win. Piloting another Team Losi Racing and Xcelorin equipped vehicle, Matt Chambers rounded out the podium finishing 3rd just behind Jeremy Kortz and his Xcelorin powered buggy.

Photo: RnC Photography [rncfoto.com]

July 22, 2010

Racing Experience tool range & trolley bag

Racing Experience have introduced a new range of tools and trolley bag. Made from high speed steel, the Racing Experience tips are super strong and so don’t need any extra coating. Ground and anodized to ensure precision and reduce slipping, the purple anodised handles have a rounded end that doesn’t hurt the palm of the hand. The new trolley bag comes with a set of composite drawers, a large side door, a pair of strong wheels and a retractable handle. Racers can carry a 1/8th buggy even with wheels and wing. The zip used are super sized for more reliability and it has a special features to close the bag with a lock.

View the other new products here

July 22, 2010

Serpent S100 Link World GT chassis

Serpent have released their 1/10 scale pancar, the S100 Link, which is the 1/10 World GT version of their S120 1/12 scale pan-car. This high performance 1/10 scale pan chassis features quality machined carbon fibre and aluminium parts throughout, with its fully adjustable front end creating lots of steering. A spring loaded link system, in combination with diagonal positioned main shock and lateral damper with through shaft, control the roll of the car. The well balanced chassis offers a wide selection of set-up features and options to dial the car in for any track. Available in the beginning of August.

View images of the new chassis here

July 22, 2010

Wisconsin Nitro Series Rd3 report

As the summer continues on, so does the Wisconsin Nitro Series. Round 3 was Sunday at the MARRCA Race track located just outside of Madison Wisconsin. A great turnout was expected and that is what we had. 101 entries from 3 different states joined us for an exciting day of racing. We have had some great races so far in the series and round 3 produced even more, but good racing was not the only thing racers had in their future on this beautiful day. The other thing racers had to look forward to was what has become the common theme of the WNS and that is rain. The weather man said this weekend was going to be perfect, well he was wrong. As we started the first round promptly like we do each race at 10am. I checked the radar and saw that there was a large line of storms heading our way that no doubt would affect the later stages of the event. So I decided to shorten the warm-up time between heats in hopes to expedite the program and get all the races in. We also needed to shorten up some of the mains to also ensure we could get all the races in and it worked!

Continue reading the report here

July 22, 2010

Serpent Lightweight 17mm wheel nuts

New from Serpent for their Cobra and most other 1/8 buggies are these cool looking, anodised, lightweight 17mm wheel-nuts. Weighing in at only 1.6 grams each, they are made superb quality aluminium, precision machined, with serrated flanges to keep the wheel-nuts on your car.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 22, 2010

Venom Power AA/AAA Speed Charger

The new AA/AAA Speed charger is the latest addition to the charger line up offered by Venom. This micro processor controlled charger automatically peak charges each cell individually. It will charge both NiCd and NiMh cells and features a temperature sensor in case of an overheating cell, a maximum charge timer and short circuit protection.

Source: Venom [venom-group.com]

July 21, 2010

KM Racing H-K1 option parts

New from KM Racing for their H-K1 200mm chassis is this range of optional parts. To bring the car up to regulation weight as well as putting that weight in the correct place KM have released 2 new copper battery plates in either 25g or 30g weight. Also new are a complete range of anodised aluminium pinion gears in 15T, 17T, 20T, 22T & 23T. Other new parts include a front carbon bumper plate set, foam bumper, a 800mAh NiMh AAA receiver pack and finally a pair of CNC machined POM rear belt tension adjusting hubs.

View the other parts here

July 21, 2010

Xceed TF-1 & TF-2 tire traction fluid

Xceed have released their tire traction fluid TF-1 and TF-2. Provides additional traction for indoor and outdoor use and for both foam and rubber tires. Suitable for 1/12, 1/10 and 1/10 Pro-10 and WGT as well. The TF-1 is used when there is medium to high traction, while TF-2 is used mainly on finals days, when tracking is getting almost too high, and TF-2 will help avoid traction-rolling.

Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]