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June 22, 2011

New apparel items from Novarossi

Novarossi have introduced some new apparel items today beginning with this new pit towel. Made from a tough type of cotton, it sports the brands blue colour and also features an homage to their 11 world championship wins. Secondly is the new 27 year anniversary t-shirt, made in blue and sporting a graphic of the Italian country in the ‘Tri-colore’ to emphasize their Italian origin. Last but not least is a new Novarossi patch measuring just 6x6cm makes it ideal to stitch onto your racing clothing to show off your brand loyalty.

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June 22, 2011

Clean sweep for Evans at Short Course Showdown Rd2

The 2nd visit of the 2011 Short Course Showdown tour took place the weekend of June 18-19 2022 and was hosted by S&N Trackside Hobbies and Raceway in Brookfield, Wi. This world class event featured a vendors row, exhibition XXX-SCB race with the Top Qualifiers from each class and free giveaways to racers and spectators which included everything from hats to full kits. It was Losi Driver Dustin Evans who dominated qualifying with both his Losi XXX-SCT and Losi 4wd Ten-SCTE by taking the TQ position in both classes. Dustin found himself in a little trouble early in both mains but came from behind in an amazing driving demonstration to eventually win both classes. Dustin used Orion ESC’s, Spektrum DX3R Pro transmitter, Xcelorin batteries and AKA Wishbone tires on both of his trucks. In the 2wd Stock Short Course class it was Brian Lutz who took the win from the 3rd Qualifying position with his Fantom powered Losi XXX-SCT.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 22, 2011

Yokomo 1/10 & 1/12 setup board

Yokomo release a setup board made for 1/10 and 1/12 scale on-road cars. With dimensions of 300x420x9mm it is ideal for touring, GT500 and 1/12 scale on-road cars and also easy to transport and store. Made from lightweight material and covered with a bright, resistant layer.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

June 22, 2011

Italian 1/5 scale bike championship Rd2

The second round of the Italian 1/5 scale bike championships was used as preparation race for the World Championships in Lostallo/Switzerland come August. 40 drivers fought out the race in the three classes Nitro, Stock Bike and Superbike. In the nitro category it was Andrea Ottina who was able to claim the highest spot on the podium followed by Massimiliano Ciccacci in second place and Tradii Rolando in third place.

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June 21, 2011

ROAR region 2 electric on-road paved regionals

This past weekend’s electric on-road paved regional in region 2 brought racers to Jackson R/C, site of the upcoming electric paved on-road nationals at the end of July. Mother Nature cooperated nicely with a warm, breezy day and the event finished under the lights when the track is fastest. In 17.5 TC, it was Jerry Perez who took TQ honours. The past IIC amateur champion nipped a field of hot shoes for the top qualifying spot and put it to good use avoiding the A-main’s first turn melee. Unfortunately, his cushion was erased by a mechanical failure causing his car to spin in front of Jeff Cuffs. The two collided and Cuffs showed great courtesy by waiting for Perez to get going again. Perez got away just as the main pack swarmed over Cuffs causing a massive accident which kept producing more accidents as the field steadily clocked in their first timed lap. At the beginning of lap two there was another massive, field consuming accident that ironically spit Cuffs back out into the second running position with Perez still limping around in first. Perez eventually had to retire and Cuffs never looked back, taking the win with a 6 second margin of safety. Scooby Horton finished second, the only other driver on the lead lap. Mike Herald Sr. survived a slew of door banging incidents back in the pack to claim a well deserved third.

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June 21, 2011

Serpent Cobra-Be electric buggy

Serpent got in touch to show us first pictures of their upcoming Cobra-Be 1/8 scale electric 4WD buggy. With the Serpent Cobra nitro buggy got launched in middle of 2010, followed by the Serpent Cobra-T Truggy in May 2011 now World Champion Billy Easton created another masterpiece, based on his longtime experience in top-level off-road racing. The Serpent Cobra-Be follows the same design philosophy as the nitro-powered Serpent buggy and shares many of the same components as well. The whole central section with battery-slots, speed controller and receiver holder, servo and motor mount, chassis plate, rear wing/wing mount and the body shell are the key design elements of the new Cobra-Be.

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June 21, 2011

Aaron Lane wins Pro 4 @ JBRL Rd4

TLR and Aaron Lane took home a solid win at the recent fourth round of the 2011 Jimmy Babcock Racing League in Racer’s Haven Bakersfield/CA. Aaron Lane (Losi Ten-SCTE) rocketed to TQ, with Doug Nielsen (Losi Ten-SCTE) in 2nd and Ryan Dunford (Losi Ten-SCTE) in 3rd. Throughout the race, the 3 Ten-SCTEs had a very close battle. Ryan had a few bobbles and dropped back, but made a hard charge to pass Casper for 2nd, and even got close to Lane for the lead. Lane responded with quick laps to take the win. Dunford finished 2nd and Nielsen in 3rd made this an all-Losi podium.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 21, 2011

Miguel Fernandez wins Spanish EP regionals Rd2

Last Sunday the second round of the Spanish electric off-road regionals took place at the circuit Tobarra in Albacete. Miguel Fernandez (Kyosho RB5 SP2) took TQ after winning three of the five qualifying rounds followed by Raul Solano (TLR 22) and Gabriel Lopez (Kyosho RB5 SP2). Come the finals Miguel was able to conserve his qualifying performance taking a clear win from runner up Raul Solano and Hector Albarracin (TLR 22).

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