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December 20, 2010

McGee & Moss take victory at Durango Winter series

This last weekend saw some excellent action for the Schumacher Off Road boys at the Team Durango Winter series at Ardent Raceway. New Schumacher recruit Danny McGee dominated 2WD with his Cougar SV easily taking the TQ with another Cougar SV of Lloyd Storey qualifying an excellent second. Both drivers ran on Schumacher Mini Pin Tyres, which were the faster of the two control tyres at this event. Danny took a comfortable win in the final with Lloyd second and James Helliwell third and young Greg Williams fourth again with a SV. The 4WD class had a very strong field with a few top names from the Touring car world also in attendance. TQ was a battle between the CAT SX2 of Simon Moss and Nathan Waters Durango, with both taking 2 TQ runs each it went just to Nathan with a slightly faster round time. Simon went on to win the final comfortably from TC star Andy Moore and young Greg Williams in third, capping off a great day for him. One again all the top runners ran Schumacher Mini Pin tyres.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 20, 2010

Reedy Off road Race of Champions – Update

Six short weeks from now, the Reedy Race returns to West Coast R/C Raceway and there is still an opportunity to be a part of it. With a successful lottery entry system and the waiting list contacted, a few entries for the open class still remain. There is still a maximum of 150 entries between 2WD Open and 4WD Open and signups are only available on www.rcsignup.com and must be paid upon entry. Once they reach 150 paid entries, the event will be closed. A direct link to the Open Class entries can be found here.

More information can be found here

December 20, 2010

Brian Kinwald testing the DESC410R

Team Durango are reporting that for the last month, two-time World Champion Brian Kinwald, has been testing the DESC410R. Asking Brian how he felt the testing had gone he said “After driving a few different 4wd Short Course trucks I can honestly say that the Team Durango DESC410R feels like you’re cheating! When you’re out on the track it has more steering and superior suspension capabilities over any other truck by far. I won’t name names, but many top drivers have seen it run and they all say the same thing, ‘That’s not even fair’. I have only run it for a few weeks and already I’m in love…” Thanks to Brian’s work, Durango are getting close to announcing the final launch date of this new car.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

December 20, 2010

KM H-K1 aluminium servo horns

The option parts for the H-K1 keep coming from KM Racing with the release of these new throttle servo horns. Made from high quality aluminium, they are more impact resistant than stock plastic versions and are available in 3 versions for JR/KO/Sanwa (A), Futaba/Savox (B) & Hitec servos (C).

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

December 19, 2010

Arrowmax MRX-5 rear upright

Arrowmax continue to release parts for the Mugen MRX-5 with the introduction of this new rear upright. Made from 7075 T6 aluminium, it is supplied with two sets of additional composite ring parts that make the pivot ball suspension more sensitive and smooth during operation. These uprights give the car a slight tendency to push on-power at corner exit.

Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]

December 18, 2010

Pro-Line grey supplemental foam inserts

Pro-Line have introduced this set of grey supplemental foam inserts for Traxxas stock wheels. Offered for those who are using conical/tapered 2.2″/3.0″ SC wheels, this insert fills the gap created by the stock Traxxas style tapered wheel when using standard Pro-Line tires & inserts.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

December 18, 2010

Hot Bodies D8 Trick body

Developed by Atsushi Hara and coming close to winning the World title, Hot Bodies have released the Trick body for the D8. This body is a performance enhancing part that will lower your lap times. A steep angled cab forward design provides high downforce in the front end of the car while side pod wings provide downforce in the rear, making high traction and stability all around. In Hara’s own words, this body gives more controllable front traction without giving away rear traction. Molded from clear polycarbonate plastic for durability and long life it comes supplied with complete decal sheet with official logos, overspray film and pre-cut vinyl window masks.

View more images of the Trick here

December 18, 2010

Upgrade RC body skins now for Losi XXX-SCT

Custom specialists Upgrade RC have announced that their full line of custom body skins are now available for the Losi XXX-SCT stock truck body. If you are a Losi SC driver you can now pimp your ride with one of the wide range of fully customizable full body wraps.

Source: Upgrade RC [rcidcustom.com]