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June 4, 2009

Belarusian Nitro Off-Road Championship Rd2

The 2nd round of the Belarusian Nitro Off-Road Championship took place last weekend in Minsk, Belarus. The event was open to two classes, buggy and truggy and was attended by 20 drivers in total. In the buggy class it was Dmitri Mosin that took the TQ spot, while in truggy Alexander Mosin was in top spot. In the buggy final, Ukrainian driver Andrey Talalov jumped into the lead after only a few minutes and was able to take hom the win by 4 laps ahead of Maxim Masalsky in 2nd and Vladimir Ceiko in 3rd. The truggy class was won by the pole man Alexander Mosin, with Kirill Verigo taking 2nd and Aleksey Mazur 3rd.

Source: RC Racing BY [rcracing.by]

June 4, 2009

LRP S8-BX & S8-TX option parts

New for the S8-BX buggy and S8-TX truggy, LRP releases tuning parts for their successful off road line-up. The wide range of carbon and aluminium options help Increase the performance on all surfaces, as well as lower the overall weight of your car and help reduce rotating mass to improve the handling of your car. The new parts include carbon front and rear shock towers as well as steering bracket, steering top plate, centre brace top plate and steering servo mounting plate. The new aluminium parts include lightweight upper shock mounts and front and rear CVD outdrives.

Click here to see the rest of the option parts

June 4, 2009

Nosram 4800 40C Saddle & 1600 RX packs

Following on from sister company LRP’s releases earlier this week, comes the identical Nosram red releases, including this hard case 4800mAh ‘X-Treme Race’ pack with upgraded 40C discharge rate. As with the blue version this new saddle pack is developed to deliver big power combined with long run time and is mounted in a durable hard case to keep the cells from being damaged during use. Also new in the Nosram line are the 2 new PMax 1600mAh RX-packs that feature higher capacity and allow an extended run time. The voltage is significantly higher compared to the previous 1400 RX batteries and they offer significantly higher power for the servo. Available in flat and hump pack versions.

Click here to see the RX packs

June 4, 2009

Jab Graphix Punisher body wraps

Jab Graphix have announced the release of their new line of body wraps for the JConcepts Punisher body, suitable for the Losi 8ight-T 2.0. As with all of the Jab Graphix wraps, the Punisher line of wraps are fuel resistant and come die-cut for easy installation. Racers can choose from any of the professionally created designs and easily customize each design to their liking.

Source: Jab Graphix [jabgraphix.com]

June 4, 2009

Team Cortina win PR Team Challenge race

Last Sunday, Barceloneta RC Speedway in Puerto Rico played host to the 1st Team Challenge race that saw ten teams of three racers taking part. Following 3 rounds of qualifiers, Mugen Driver Andy Báez set the pace with a 14 laps TQ. Each team member would race 40 minutes and afterwards all laps from each team were added up to get the Team Challenge Champions. Team Cortina who were racing Serpent chassis’ took the win, while Team Mugen, who won two of the 3 races, came in second by 6 laps with Team Kyosho finishing in third, 17 laps behind 2nd position.

Thanks to Zobeida Ocasio for the report.

June 4, 2009

ProTek RC P-8 Super hauler bag

ProTek R/C release their P-8 1/8th scale buggy super hauler bag with plastic inner boxes. This bag was designed from the ground up for 1/8th scale buggy racers and has space on top under a covered flap for storing all your tools, a place on the back for your setup board and storage compartments on the side for storing your setup equipment or other tools. Inside the bag has three layers of corrugated plastic drawers, with four split draws on the bottom (two each side by side above each other) and one large drawer on the top that is big enough to hold a 1/8th scale buggy with wing and wheels attached. In addition, it is also very easy to tow the bag around the track as it features a retractable handle and smooth trolley wheels. Also included is a carrying strap that can be moved out of the way to access tools in the top compartment, or adjusted to carry the bag.

Click here to see more photos of the bag

June 3, 2009

Team Durango DEX410 Ultimate & Race spec

Team Durango have released further details about the new DEX410 buggy together with the release date and pricing. According to Durango, the buggy was originally conceived pre ‘credit-crunch’ and is a no-compromise specification with a huge number of new features for the class, all of which is reflected in the price. Team Durango considered not launching this high spec car and launching a dumbed-down version instead, however racer interest has been so high, and running costs seem to be much lower than current cars out there, that Team Durango will push forward with the ultimate spec as the launch car. The company will however later release the buggy in a more cost friendly version, called the DEX410R which is expected to launch around September with a standard specification and perhaps even the class standard ball differentials. Expect the DEX410R to have a street price of around $390 (€306, £270), while the ultimate launch spec DEX410, expected to be released in late June, will be around $650 in the shops, which is around €510 or £450 in Europe when sales taxes are added.

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June 3, 2009

Racers Edge 7-cell 8.4V NiMh battery packs

Brand new from Racers Edge, are three new 7 cell 8.4V NiMh battery packs in flat and hump configurations. Hump style packs for direct fit in the Traxxas Stampede, Rustler, Bandit and Slash, and flat style for the E-Revo, HPI Savage Flux, Associated SC10, and any other kit that has an extended battery compartment. Available in 3300mAh and 4400mAh, these cells claim to provide much higher average voltage and consistent runtimes charge after charge. Pre-wired with true Traxxas High Current Connectors.

Click here to see the other packs