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October 4, 2008

Kyosho 1-2-3 in the East Midlands Cup

Last Sunday saw the final round of the 10 round East Midlands Nitro Offroad Racing Championship. The championship is competed in and around the East Midlands area visiting each track twice in the year with 6 out of 10 rounds to count. Recent Kyosho signing Steven Bond received his Kyosho STRR Truggy days before the opening meeting and started off the series in the second round on the new Derby track with a TQ and Win. Following this by TQ and wins in rounds 3,4,6,7,8 and missing 3 rounds due to racing in the Truggy Nationals the Championship was won with a maximum score. With a National A final and finishing 15th overall in the UK Nationals followed by a 2nd in the Hongnor Cup Steven stated “I am more than satisfied with the STRR”. The Kyosho reliability and superior handling also helped Tony Drabble and Dean Coupland to second and third to complete the Kyosho 1-2-3.

October 3, 2008

X-Factory X-60 almost in production

X Factory have announced that the X-60, an all-new mid-motor Conversion Kit for the AE T4 is almost ready for final testing. As you can see from the photos, the mold for the chassis is almost finished and their mold shop says the tool will be finished this weekend, and the first production prototypes will be made. All the X-Team drivers will begin testing molded chassis’ in the next 4-10 days depending on shipping times, with results forwarded to the home office in northwest Ohio by October 20. If all is well, full production of graphite chassis’ will begin immediately. The rear control arms are finished, and full production graphite arms will be shipped to X Factory around Oct. 10th. The Team will be using production prototype rear shock towers and battery straps about the end of next week, so those items should be able to go into production on the 20th also. Work has also begun on the body mold, and they hope to have the prototype bodies about Oct 20 for photos and track testing. If everything fits, looks good, and the downforce is correct, that part can go immediately into production too.

Source: X-Factory [2wdrc.com]

October 3, 2008

Pro-Line V3 Tires & Velocity wheels

Pro-Line have released the V3 versions of both the Bow-Tie and the Revolver, both of which are 4.6mm wider then standard versions. The added width adapts 1 more row of center lug Bow-Tie’s to the tire and 2 more rows of tread to the tire on the Revolver. Not only do the additional knobs create more traction but they also make the tire last longer. With the Bow Tie V3 the bumps seem to vanish as the additional center lug assist in keeping the car straight as you throttle out of corners and over those acceleration bumps, while with the Revolver V3 blue-groove tracks become increasingly easier to go the distance in those long mains or during those long practice sessions. To cater for the new tires, these Velocity V3 wheels are nearly 5mm wider than the V2 wheels, and they allow your buggy to transfer around corners more consistently and in a straighter line over the roughest parts of the track. The width of the wheel has been extended towards the inner part of the wheel, or center of the buggy, so track width integrity has been maintained.

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October 2, 2008

Answer-RC Hot Bodies DB bearing set

New from Answer RC is this complete set of 24 Bearings for the World Champion Hot Bodies D8 buggy. These are superb quality and spec’d to be longer lasting and able to cope with higher rpm. Excellent quality and superb value. These bearings use 1 x rubber seal and 1 x metal shield, which is to be installed with the rubber seal facing the dirt. The metal shield offers less resistance therefore reducing load on the bearing giving a higher max rpm.

Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]

October 2, 2008

Xray Graphite ventilated brake disks

New for the XB8 and XT8, Xray have released these CNC-machined graphite ventilated brake disks. When using this graphite brake disk, it is necessary to use hardened steel brake pads (not included) by themselves without Ferodo fibre-style brake pads glued to them. All Xray graphite parts are CNC-machined in-house using state-of-the-art fully automatic German CNC-milling machines, ensuring the tightest tolerances and highest manufacturing quality. Manufactured from high-grade, custom-manufactured carbon graphite that is specially produced based on Xray’s own recipe and specifications.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 1, 2008

Alberto Garcia retains Spanish titles

LRP Team Driver Alberto Garcia has done it again, winning 2wd and 4wd at the Spanish Championship, thereby securing 8 x 1/10th Spanish Offroad National titles with LRP in 4 years. The Spanish Nationals were held the weekend of 27-28th September at the track of Bilbao City and all the fastest drivers from Spain including Garcia and new LRP team driver Borja Hernandez took part at the biggest EP off road event of the year in a fight for both titles. In 4wd which was held on Saturday it was Alberto Garcia who dominated the race already from the beginning by winning 4 out of 5 qualifying rounds to take TQ. Alberto went on to secure the 4wd Spanish Championship title by winning all 3 A-finals with 2nd place going to Hernandez. Going into 2wd on Sunday it was again to be a successful day for Alberto, placing first in all three A-finals again to become the 2008 2wd Spanish Champion with Hernandez once again taking 2nd.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

September 30, 2008

Jared Tebo released by Hobbico

Tebo takes Gas Truck National Title

Hobbico have come with the bombshell that as of September 30, 2008, Jared Tebo is being released from the O’Donnell, Team CheckPoint, Futaba and O.S. Engine brands racing teams. Throughout his 11-year career with the O’Donnell team, Jared has won several National Championships as well as an IFMAR World Championship. Hobbico wanted to thank Jared for his hard work and dedication and wish him much success in his future endeavors. Where to next for young superstar, I’m sure time will tell, but with close ties to Associated through his electric racing they could be a strong option? Stay tuned.

September 30, 2008

Truhe & Drake take wins at JBRL Rd6

The Drake was in touch to tell us about the 6th round of the JBRL Nitro Series that was hosted by Full Throttle Hobbies in Barkersfield CA. The 1/8th Pro Buggy class was TQ’d by the Drake, but it was his Losi/GRP team mate Mike Truhe that took the win, with Adam settling for 2nd ahead of Kyosho team driver Cody King in 3rd. In the Pro Truck class Drake once again TQ’d but this time secured the victory ahead of the Kyosho pairing of Cody King and Ryan Lutz. Team Losi had success in the intermediate classes too with victory in both the buggy and truggy going to Robert Wickham and Kyle Johnson respectively, with the latter TQ’ing both classes.