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April 20, 2009

Ryan Maifield is RCX Buggy Champion

Presented by “The Dirt” at Radio Control Car Action’s RCX trade show, Ryan Maifield battled it out with some of the country’s top racers to claim the 2009 RCX Buggy Title. With only a short three minute main event, Ryan had to use a balance of patience and speed to claim the title over Cody King. With crazy huge jumps and limited turn marshals a premium was placed on navigating the course without mistakes and with his Reedy powered RC8 Maifield made good decisions to take the victory. This is the third year in a row that the RC8 has won the RCX Buggy event with Ryan Cavalieri taking the victory in 2007 & 2008 and now Maifield in 2009.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

April 20, 2009

Team Associated SC10 RTR

Team Associated have unveiled the RTR version of their 1/10th scale ready-to-run electric truck, the SC10. Based on the 6-time ROAR Nationals-winning RC10T4, the engineers behind the doors in Area 51 made the SC10 both all show and all go. It 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. The world of high-performance 1:10 scale electric R/C has never before seen this level of scale accuracy.

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April 18, 2009

Caster Racing Fusion RTR Brushless truggy

Caster Racing have announced the release of their Fusion 1/8th brushless powered RTR truggy. Coming supplied with ‘half’ offset LPR rims and tires and new CNC machined T6 6061 high quality aluminium parts throughout, it is equipped with a powerful 80A Brushless ESC with Fusion 36/74 1880 KV XXL motor, front CVD and 4 dog bones as well as a 9kg full metal steering servo. Well balanced thanks to the battery placement this car shares most of the same parts with the K8T GP making the conversion from gas to electric not a problem.

Source: Caster Racing [casterracing.com]

April 18, 2009

Vampire Racing X-6 Alu Toe-in Bar

As used in our review of the new X Factory X-6 squared, Vampire Racing have released their aluminium toe-in bar, which is also suitable for the X-60. Made from high quality aluminium, the blue anodized part adds extra strength to this vital area of the car and are available separately in 3 or 4 degree versions or you can purchase both versions in a set.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]

April 17, 2009

Caster Racing Turnbuckles & Clutch bells

Caster Racing has released two new aluminum turnbuckles for use on buggies track rods. Anodised black, and sporting the Caster Racing logo as well as size on the side, they are available in both 4mm and 6mm versions. Caster have also released a range of 3 new clutch bells for use in buggies made from special S4 steel that come in 13T, 14T and 15T.

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April 17, 2009

RT Inferno MP9 Quick-change Motor blocks

New from Reckward Tuning are these quick change engine mounts for the Kyosho Inferno MP9. Similar to other versions previously available, they allow the removal and mounting of the engine without the need to re-align the gear mesh due to the 2 piece design. The base mounts are mounted to the chassis and the top blocks, which are attached to the engine, can be removed separately. When re mounting the engine, guide pins ensure that the engine is perfectly aligned with the base mounts each time.

Source: Vita Tuning [vita-tuning.de]

April 17, 2009

VP Pro Racing Zero truggy wheels

VP Pro Racing have announced the release of their new Zero truggy wheels. Following the latest trend of having zero offset, they feature a same special lightweight design as their previous versions and tests of the wheels ensure outstanding toughness and flexibility. Available in white or fluorescent yellow.

Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]

April 17, 2009

Acciari & Salvatore win Italian Regionals Rd1

LRP are reporting on the opening race of the Italian Buggy Regionals which was held recently on a completely new track close to Roma, the Latina track. The racing was split into two classes, F1 and F2, and a total of 61 drivers from both classes joined the event. In the F1 class it was LRP driver Riccardo Acciari that set the pace from the start securing the TQ spot after winning the 1st and 2nd round by a huge 15 second margin to 2nd placed finisher. In the final Riccardo had a flame out at the start and found himself in last place by the end of lap 1. After only 10 min of the final he had managed to overtake every driver in the A-main and caught the leader. By the end of the race Riccardo and his S8 BX crossed the finishing line with a clear 2 lap lead. In the F2 class it was also a dominant performance from the LRP S8 BX by Ruggiero Salvatore that showed great skill in the F2 class by also both securing TQ and win.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]