November 25, 2017

Speedzone LCG 2S 120C LiPo battery packs

Speedzone have added more diversity to their hardcore LiPo battery line with the release of two LCG battery packs. The first is a 2S 6000mAh 120C pack. It measures 139x47x22.4mm and weighs in at 292g. The second is a 2S 4300mAh 120C shorty pack. Its dimensions are 96x47x22.4mm and the weight is 194g. The low-profile design of both packs allow to further fine tune the handling characteristics of the car and both packs use standard 5mm bullet-type connectors.

View the shorty pack here


November 24, 2017

Hot Race Tyres sign Fabrizio Teghesi

Italian company Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Italian frontrunner Fabrizio Teghesi. Fabrizio is well known in the industry for being a hard worker and for this reason Fabrizio will be not only be a new factory driver but was also appointed as Italian team manager. Fabrizio says:

For the 2018 I will be new Italian HotRace team manager and new Factory driver. I will do my best for Nicola and his company.

Read the statement in full here


November 24, 2017

Reds Racing air filter oil

Coming from Reds Racing is their specially-formulated high-quality air filter oil. The specific lube was designed for the use with off-road engines and its blue colour makes soaking air filter foams evenly a breeze. The super tacky, water repellent formula helps to reduce sand and dust influence on the engine while ensuring a high airflow for best possible engine performance.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]


November 24, 2017

Rob Love trifecta at Midwest Indoor Champs

The 6th annual Midwest Indoor Championship was held at Genesis RC Raceway in Minnesota. The track layout was technical with multiple switch backs, a high speed chicane, and high bite black carpet. In the Super Stock Touring class Rob Love (Xray) had his car on rails and was able to secure the overall TQ. Rob was able to get off to clean a start in the main and never looked back. Eric Schneeweis (Xray) and Anthony Swift were racing some hard fought battles with Team Associated’s Eric Swanson and Cole Tollard. In the end Love would take the win with Swanson 2nd Schneeweis in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here


November 24, 2017

Lefebvre & Kemper win at Gulf Coast Grand Prix

The 2017 Gulf Coast Grand Prix was held at Mikes Hobbytown in Porter, Texas with the race having attendees from all three coasts, California, Florida, and Texas. At the start of the GT8 final, Nick Lefebvre (Xray), coming from 4th on the grid, was able to move into 2nd within just a few laps trailing Marcus Williams who was leading. Marcus and his Serpent would need to make an extra fuel stop during the 30-minute main event. With 7:30 to go Nick made his last stop and came out of the pits just behind the leader. This would give Nick the gap he needed as Marcus was making one more stop and in the progress Nick was able to hang onto the lead and cross the line to take the win. Marcus would come in 2nd from Jeff Whiting (Serpent) 3rd.

Continue reading the report here


November 24, 2017

Chris Kidis dominates RCmaniacs Champs Rd5

The fifth round of the RCmaniacs Championship was held in Argos, Greece. The track was in very good condition although the weather wasn’t good. The fastest class of the weekend, Touring Modified saw Chris Kidis (Xray) having a fantastic racing day. Chris would bring home the win from Sotiris Diamadis (Xray) who tried his best to challenge Chris, while TQ Michalis Kyriazis (Xray) had to settle for 3rd overall.

Continue reading the report here


November 24, 2017

Espinel & Bruck win at FORCE Series Rd7

River Rat RC Raceway recently held round 7 of the FORCE Series and it was Kayla Espinel (Xray) who took the TQ in the Intermediate Nitro Truggy class. From the tone Kayla would pull away and about five minutes into the race she already was a lap up. With clean and issue-free driving she was able to bring home the win from Xray teammate Jason Frank 2nd and Duane Sizemore (TLR) 3rd. Over in Intermediate E-Buggy it was Christian Bruck (Serpent) with the win from Brandon Denmark (Tekno) 2nd and Kayla Espinel (Xray) who rounded out the podium result in 3rd.

View the Intermediate E-Buggy podium here


November 24, 2017

Adalberto Pinto takes 200mm win at Portuguese Cup

The Travessas track located in S. João da Madeira recently played host to the Portuguese Cup and in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Adalberto Pinto (Serpent) who took a maiden win in the nitro class. Adalberto started into the A-main from the 10th spot on the grid following some issues in his semifinal but with a strong pace and on only a single set of tyres he was able to bring home the silverware from Frederic Santos (Xray) 2nd and Pedro Grandao (Xray) 3rd.

Thanks to Rui Reis for the report.