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March 10, 2010

Durango DEX410R Prototype buggy

Just last week we wrote about Durango’s new ‘R’ spec high performance cost effective range of products and today they have released the first photos of the new DEX410R. Set to be released at the end of April the DEX410R will have a street price of US$350, €230 and £210, excluding local sales taxes/VAT, and as you can see from the photos it will share the same Team Durango DNA, performance and innovation as the DEX410, but with a more ‘regular’ spec, which when the time is right can eventually be upgraded all the way up to the full spec version.

Click here for more images of the car

March 10, 2010

Wayne Joelson wins South African Nats Rd1

Thunder Valley Raceway (TVR), played host to round 1 of the 2010 South African National Gas Championship. Current 1/8th scale National Champion Wayne Joelson with his Mugen Seiki MRX4X powered by Novarossi Flash .21 & Matrix Tires was the only driver to run 19 laps, taking the Top Qualifier spot. Sunday’s 45 minute final saw temperatures close to 32 degrees. After leading from the start and having built a one lap cushion on the field after eight minutes, Wayne ran out of fuel around the fifteen minute mark. Now a lap down he managed to take back the lead in the dying moments of the race to score a dramatic win over newly signed Mugen Seiki/Novarossi team mate Steve Munslow. Round 2 of the series takes place in East London on 15/16 May.

March 10, 2010

Miguel Matias dominates National Rd1 in Portugal

The opening round of the Portuguese buggy nationals took place at the weekend in Trofa and it was Miguel Matias who won the 1st and 2nd round of qualification to take the TQ spot. With qualifying locked up he decided not to run the last round and this allowed Ricardo Monteiro to won round 3 in front of Carlos Duraes and Rodrigo Luis. The first semi saw Miguel Matias continue his dominance by winning the race with Ricardo Monteiro 2nd crossing the line 8 seconds behind. Semi number 2 saw Carlos Duraes win the race easily with Bruno Boelho, Fernando Almeida and Tiago Aguiar 1 lap behind. In the main final it was again all about Miguel Matias from start to finish, winning by 2 laps along with the fastest lap of the final, with Carlos Duraes in 2nd and Ricardo Monteiro placing 3rd completing the all RB podium.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

March 10, 2010

CSO 733 engine mount

New from CSO products is this engine mount for the Serpent 733 1/10th 200mm chassis. Made from hard coated 7075 T6, it comprises of 3 pieces of which the two that mount to the chassis plate also act as a chassis stiffener just as with the standard part.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]

March 10, 2010

Drake does double at Psycho Nitro Blast

The 2010 Psycho Nitro Blast took place last weekend in Atlanta, GA. and attracted some 400 entries for this annual indoor event. Qualifying consisted of 3 rounds, with the best 2 to count, and Adam Drake TQ’d all three rounds in 1/8th nitro buggy, 1/8th nitro truck, and 1/8th electric. The Drake was able to convert those TQs into wins in both the 60 minute 1/8th Pro buggy class final, finishing ahead of Tamiya driver Ryan Lutz and Losi team mate Mike truhe, and the 20 minute 1/8th electric buggy class final, winning that in front of fellow Losi driver Gene Hickerson.

Click here to see the electric class podium

March 9, 2010

Jake Wright joins Losi development team

Losi have announced that accomplished rock crawler, Jake Wright, has joined their product development team as a product manager. Jake will play an active role in the development of Losi’s rock crawling program and vehicles. Jake’s initial experience with rock crawling began in 2004 when he and his father got involved with 1:1 vehicles. Then in 2005 Jake began driving both RC and full-scale crawlers. Jake has traveled all around the world to participate in rock crawling competitions, and has achieved several commendable wins while doing so including the SoCal RC Rock Crawlers Series, the Utah State Championships and most recently Victory at the 2010 Motorama event.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

March 9, 2010

V-Dezign report from 1/12th Euros

Vesa Yli from V-Dezign sent us this report from the EFRA 1/12th scale European Championships were held last weekend in Hinckley, UK last weekend. About 100 drivers in total gathered to compete in both the Stock Spec and Modified classes. Most of the best drivers around Europe attended with former European Champions such as Juho Levanen, Simo Ahoniemi, Andy Moore, Markus Mobers, Marc Fischer, Andy Griffiths and recently crowned TC Indoor champ Ronald Volker among them. Multiple Euro & Worlds A-finalists Alex Hagberg, Vesa Yli and Elliot Harper also appeared in the entry.

Continue reading the report here

March 9, 2010

Richard Lowe signs for X-Factory UK

X-Factory UK have announced Richard Lowe as the latest signing to their race team for 2010. Rich will be campaigning the forthcoming new X6 Squared EC buggy in 2wd and the X60 stadium truck in the truck class while continuing to run his current JConcepts BJ4 in the 4wd class. Rich is rated as one of the best drivers in the UK today, he has been racing now for 19 years since the tender age of just 8 and finished inside the top 10 in both 2wd and 4wd classes in last years BRCA national championship. He has also exerted his dominance on the truck class at the recent Petit races in 2009 and 2010 by winning both and setting the overall truck TQ this year also. No stranger to overseas events either, Rich has managed to finish on the podium in ALL 3 classes (2wd, 4wd and Truck) at both of his last visits to the superb JConcepts Clash events held in Florida, USA. Rich’s cars will be powered in the 2010 season by the all new Trinity Nemesis and Epic Duo 2 Platinum brushless motors as well as LiPo batteries from Vampire Racing. Rich joins an already strong line up in the X-Factory team for 2010, headed by current BRCA 2wd National champion and 2009 Euros TQ man Ellis Stafford, as well as the likes of Kevin Lee, Dan Greenwood, Mat Dodd and up and coming youngster Ashley Caunt to name just a few.

Source: X-Factory UK [xfactoryrc.co.uk]