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March 31, 2009

Schewiola wins eventful West German season opener

Serpent driver Frank Schewiola took a well deserved win in the season opener of 1/8 nitro on road in Germany, which was already round three of the 2008/2009 Western German Championship at Dormagen near Cologne. At the demanding track with its unforgivable barriers from concrete and real guard rails you really had to finish first to finish first, following the English saying. Frank Schewiola with his Mega powered Serpent did so as well as Tom Scheffler (Mugen/Mega) on second position did. Frenchman Alain Levy, a regular starter in Western Germany, took the third spot on the podium with his Mega powered Serpent. Others like Michael Salven, Karl-Heinz Meister, Tobias Hepp and Chistian Wurst didn´t manage to come through the 30 minutes finale and hit the wall of shame on the same place.

March 31, 2009

Mon-Tech TCR body, Stiffener set & Mi3 LiPo mount

Italian company Mon-Tech Racing have contacted us with information on a number of new items that they have just released. First of all is their new TCR body shell which has been designed for maximum performance thanks to the front end design and narrow cockpit that allows a free flow of air to the rear wing. As with all Mon-Tech shells this one has been made from high quality polycarbonate and come supplied with decals, window masks and overspray film. For 1/8th scale on road shells their is a new body stiffener set that have been molded at two 45 degree angles for extra rigidity. The set includes 3 stiffeners for each side of the shell along with a rear trim strip. Finally, for the Schumacher Mi3, are 2 machined braces that allow the car to easily accept a LiPo pack, and thanks to the weight of the material used and in positioning the battery further out from the centre line, it helps balance the car perfectly.

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March 30, 2009

STRC Traxxas Gun-Metal options

ST Racing Concepts have released their new Gun-Metal anodized series of parts for the Traxxas range of cars. Often considered as the true racer’s color, they claim that gun metal option parts allow you to put on aluminum parts in subtle ways on your vehicle and that all components still carry the same high quality material and precise CNC machine work that you have come to expect from their products. Now available for your Traxxas Slash, Stampede, Rustler, and Bandit, and more option parts coming soon, parts include bulkheads, caster blocks, shock towers, suspension arms, skid plates, bumpers and more.

Source: STRC [teamstrc.com]

March 30, 2009

RC Devil PC10H2 200mm pan car

German company RC Devil have been in touch to show us their latest project, the PC10H2, a 200mm pan car, with plans for a 235mm version also in the works. Based on some Hatzenbach prototypes made by Achim Schulz, this car will be released in a small series and features an innovative dampened front end as well as centrally located batteries and a lot of practical innovations to make it a very competitive car. Made using the highest quality materials, they expect the car to be available in April, with a widening kit to make it to 235mm to follow shortly after.

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March 30, 2009

Xray XII Thicker Chassis & Rear pod

New from Xray is this optional CNC-machined 4-cell chassis for the XII made from 2.5mm high-grade graphite material with a specially-designed compound for carpet racing and asphalt racing. The chassis layout is optimally designed to provide proper stiffness for excellent handling, while being flexible enough to generate good grip and traction. This thicker and therefore harder chassis is best used in higher-traction conditions and should be used with the 2.5mm rear pod lower plate.

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March 30, 2009

Rheinard is 2009 LRP Masters Champion

The annual LRP Touring car masters race took place last weekend in Eppelheim, Germany and attracted some of the big names in the industry to compete in the 89 strong Masters class for modified drivers. Qualification saw reigning World Champion easily claim the TQ spot after 3 of 4 rounds to line up ahead of Tamiya/SpeedPassion team mate Jilles Groskamp in 2nd, with Hot Bodies/LRP racer, and Vice World Champion, Ronald Volker 3rd. In the finals it was pretty straight forward for Marc, who won A-main leg 1 by nearly 2 seconds in front of team mate Viktor Wilck in 2nd, Xray driver Freddy Südhoff taking 3rd and a recovering Volker in 4th. In A-main leg 2 Marc once again lead away with Groskamp following and Volker in 3rd, pushing the Dutch man the whole way. Despite intense pressure, this was how it ended and Marc was declared 2009 Champion with 1 leg left to run. In the final leg it didn’t go so well for the new Champion, who after only 2 laps made a mistake which dropped him down the order. This allowed Viktor, Jilles and Ronald to battle for the final leg win with Viktor leading the pack and the two behind battling it out for position. Ronald, after some big pressure, finally made a move and got passed the Dutch man, but trying to retake position the pair touched and Jilles regained 2nd, which was how it stayed giving Wilck, the new Swedish Champion, the overall runner up spot, with ETS Champion Jilles Groskamp taking 3rd, for a repeat of last year’s Tamiya/SpeedPassion lock out of the podium.

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March 30, 2009

STRC Traxxas Gun-Metal options

Source: STRC [teamstrc.com]

March 29, 2009

Easy E-Conversion – RC8 e-Conversion & SP brushless set

Converting 1/8 scale buggies and truggies gets bigger and bigger these days and Team Associated now offers a dedicated conversion kit to convert your tricky, oily, noisy and stinky nitro machine into a silent and easy to use weapon.

Read the full review here