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May 19, 2010

Steve Bortolotti wins RC Pro Canada Rd1

With an impressive follow-up to it’s launch in Tillsonburg, Steve Bortolotti took the Tamiya 801X-e prototype to a TQ and victory in round 1 of the RC Pro Canada series in Ontario on an ever changing track. With a line-up of Canadian and US drivers representing the major manufactures in attendance, this was a good outing to see how the car handled the “outdoor” changing environment and out of the gate it locked-up TQ after four rounds of qualifying. In the main, the battle for 1st place was fierce and with a dry, blown-out racing surface, with Steve Bortolotti locking up the win for Tamiya, ahead of John Summach with a Kyosho in 2nd and Hobao racer Rob Say in 3rd.

Thanks to Martin Pillmajer for the report.

May 19, 2010

Associated SC10 Brushless RTR

Team Associated’s Brushless SC10, modeled after the trucks racing in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, now comes loaded with new features for this season. Coming pre-fitted with the XP/Reedy 3300 KV Brushless system and is controlled by a XP3-SS 2.4GHz 3-channel radio system. Based on the 7-time R.O.A.R. Nationals-winning RC10T4, the SC10 brushless comes ready-to-run with a factory-finished short-course race truck body, short-course-style wheels, and aggressive tread multi-terrain tires, all which have been designed to look just like the full-size race trucks that run in short-course off-road series around the country. Available in Lucas Oil, Speed Tech, Pro Comp and Rockstar-Makita versions.

View the full feature list here

May 18, 2010

Capricorn E01 oversized combustion chamber

New for their E01 .12 engine, Capricorn have introduced this new oversized combustion chamber design that is said to increase heat dissipation by 30%. Its design also helps achieve higher RPM together with lower fuel usage and is also available for use in all .12 Novarossi based engines. Available in the next few days.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 18, 2010

Kyosho small pit bag

Following the release of their large and medium pit bags at the end of last year, Kyosho have introduced their new small bag to complete the set. Made from hard wearing nylon material, the 410 x 250 x 360mm bag has 3 separate compartments and each compartment slides into its own heavy duty sleeve which is riveted for extra strength. The compartments and sleeves are made from an industrial strength plastic that will hold up to any abuse you can dish out.

View the bag internals here

May 18, 2010

Easy win for Michael Salven in Western Germany

Michael Salven took an easy win at round two of the Western German Championship 1/8 held at Dueren close to the Belgian and Dutch border. Following an incident of Serpent fellow Tobias Hepp in the first lap which caused a short pit stop and a 44 seconds lap time, Salven was never under pressure during the 40 minutes final. Even the handsome crowd saw excellent racing with very fast laps by Salven and Hepp, the 16 years old local hero couldn’t close the gap and came in second three laps down. Third place on the podium went to Mugen/Sirio racer Christian Wurst who lost four laps on Hepp but had an advantage of two laps over Frank Schewiola (Serpent/Novarossi). During the four heats only Salven with his Mega powered 966 and Hepp powered by Novarossi did 21 laps with Salven taking TQ just 1.221 seconds ahead of Hepp while the young talent achieved a new lap record with 14,178 seconds (Salven 14,241s).

Continue reading the report here

May 18, 2010

Veggo Plastic Airbag tire inserts

Italian company Veggo Plastic have announced the release of their innovative tire insert. Developed and produced in Italy, the Airbag claims to be perfectly balanced and make perfect contact with the tire which improves traction and provides optimal steering response. With less side roll and tire wear they are also ultra resistant and wont break or collect dirt like standard foam inserts. Perfectly matched these durable inserts are also water resistant which means you can wash them without any issues. Sold in a set of 4, they are available in red (soft), yellow (medium) and green (hard) compounds.

Source: Veggo Plastic [veggoplastrc.com]

May 18, 2010

Jernej Vuga to run Hot Race Tyres

Current European 1/8th scale Champion Jernej Vuga has announced a deal with Hot Race Tyres, having previously raced for ATS. The Slovenian Mugen/Novarossi driver will race the Italian made tires all season including the Euros in Italy as he aims to defend his title he won in Valencia Spain in 2008. Jernej, who is currently heading up his own business Top RC, has also announced that he has inked a deal to run Roga fuel for the new season.

May 18, 2010

Xceed NT1 & 733 composite gear diff gear sets

Xceed have composite gear differential gear sets for Xray NT1 and Serpent 733 1/10th scale gas cars. The precision molded composite gears, combined with light alu shafts, create a lighter and super smooth working gear-differential. The NT1 set needs just the gears and shafts, while the 733 also needs the light steel adapters and small bronze bushings to complete it. For both cars the alu shafts are a direct replacement for the original ones.

Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]