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June 10, 2010

Losi Mini Sprint 1/18 sprint car

Rule the oval with the new Mini Sprint from Losi. Not only is this 1/18 sprint car the most realistic-looking in its class, but everything about it is designed to power you to victory. The Mini Sprint brings a lot to the table, from a Losi radio system with Spektrum 2.4GHz DSM technology to a convenient, bottom-load battery system. Its chassis and frame are pretty sweet too, Losi engineers having designed them from the ground up. If you want a sprint car that gives you speed and scale details, the Mini Sprint delivers.

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June 10, 2010

Contact RC Tyres production update

Contact RC Tyres have announced that their new product line is now in full production. After some final tests during last week in England and this week in Italy they are now ready to give the racers this high quality and performance package. Several months production sampling and testing with their new machinery looks like it is showing up on the track, with great lap times. Contact Tyres gives an impressive list of benefits including a perfectly balanced and true wheel, high traction and good steering due to their wheel design. Piero Torregiani will be present at the next European championship 1/8th in Locorotondo, Italy to assist team drivers and any Contact Tyres driver.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 10, 2010

Martin Bayer does double at 1/5th Euros Warm-up

The warm-up race for the 2010 1/5 Scale Formula one and Touring car European championship took place at Slavkov, Brno in the Czech Republic last weekend and it attracted all the big name drivers in these categories. The race in the formula one category was to be a one man show with 1/8th scale buggy ace Martin Bayer driving the RS5 winning the race by 5 laps ahead of team mates Jeffrey van Wijk and Clark Wohlert in 2nd and 3rd. In the touring car category it was also a win for RS5 driver Martin Bayer with a superb drive, followed by former European Champion Mathieu Briere with the FG, with 9 tenths of a second gap on third place finisher Cedric Prevot also with FG.

Continue reading the report here

June 10, 2010

Sabrina Lechner joins GQ Products

GQ Products have confirmed that top female racer Sabrina Lechner will run their tires in both the 1/8th and 1/10th classes this season. The Hong Kong based company has already achieved success with this new partnership with Sabrina using their tires to achieve 8th place at the European B Championships in Monaco recently. Very happy with the quality of their products Sabrina is looking forward to continue to use them throughout the season, which will include the EFRA GP in Hiddelsheim and the German Nationals later in the year.

Source: GQ Products [gqproduct.com]

June 10, 2010

Speed Passion Silver Arrow II 1/8th ESC

All new and redesigned from the ground up, the new Speed Passion Silver Arrow II 1/8th ESC can handle the punishment and harsh conditions of any 8th scale on road or off road application. The compact low profile design, with no external capacitor, is a breeze to fit in your buggy or truggy, and the integrated hard anodized heatsink keeps the Silver Arrow II cool under the toughest racing pressure. It will runs any sensored or sensorless motor with what they claim is the smoothest feel you’ll ever experience in brushless 1/8th racing. A small footprint of L45 x W58 x H30mm, it supports up to 4 cell LiPo with 3000KV motor. Speed Passion also sell this new ESC in a combo along with their all new Cirtix 2200KV Motor that we wrote about back in January.

View more images of the Silver Arrow II here

June 10, 2010

Spec-R TRF416 front solid axle

Spec-R have released this new lightweight front solid axle for the Tamiya 416WE/416X. The solid axle is made from aluminium while the out-drive is made from long lasting hard nylon. The full set weighs in at only 8.6 grams, which is a 19% saving in weight. Spec-R tell us that we should expect a version for the Yokomo BD5 soon.

View more images of the solid axle here

June 10, 2010

Mugen MTX-4 Hyper flex chassis kit

New from MSE for the Mugen MTX-4 is this hyper flex chassis kit. The set includes this newly designed 3mm chassis plate combined with a newly developed single piece engine mount. Made from high quality aluminium the chassis is extremely stiff and through ingenious and optimized milling it gives the car incredible stability, which increases the traction and overall performance.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

June 9, 2010

Erik Demuth wins Rd1 of the Brazilian 1/5th Nats

The first round of this year’s Brazilian 1/5th scale National championship was held at the Clube Conesul in Portão Rio Grande do Sul Brasil. The track was very cold on the Saturday morning and the times slow, but after some qualifying rounds the lap times came down with Erik Demuth with his FG/Abbate Racing car made the best time on the track followed by Renato Brentato, Rui Vlademir and Stener completing the top 4 qualifiers to the final. The Main final scheduled to begin at 15:00 hours saw turmoil after problems with race timing saw the start of race being canceled. At the second start, Erik Demuth kept the lead until the finish. Renato Brentano who started second dropped down the order after a first corner crash but recovered to finish in second place. The third place went to Stener who was running his new car for the first time in this race and has already achieved great results. Young 8 year old racer Nicolas Lucae finished the race in an impressive 5th place showing that he will be one of the strong names for the future in Brazil.

View the final results here