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November 15, 2009

New Zealand South Island Champs

The New Zealand South Island Champs for on road Gas and Electric were held recently on the Ruapuna track in Christchurch. The weather was great for the 64 entrants spread over 4 Electric classes and 3 Nitro classes. After 5 rounds of qualifying it was very close in most classes with 8th gas being the closest with the top 6 separated by only 6 seconds. Finals were on Sunday and the only classes that the TQ man didn’t convert his position to a win was the 10th 2wd gas class and the 8th gas class where it was Q2 that took the win. In the rest of the classes TQ was converted into wins in the finals.

Click here for the full results

November 14, 2009

Pro-Line 1/10th Hole Shot 2.0

Pro-Line have released a sneak peak of their new 1/10th scale buggy tire. The new Hole Shot 2.0 is the follow up to the company’s successful Hole Shot thread pattern and we can expect to more information on Monday, when the tire will be officially announced.

November 14, 2009

PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup 2009 Finals

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Embedded above is a nicely edited video from the PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup 2009 Finals that took place in Barcelona, Spain from October 30th to November 1st. The event attracted 82 of the best Mini-Z drivers from around the World, with competitors from Spain, USA, Germany, UK, Mexico, France, Portugal, Sweden and Holland. The 2WD Mod class was won by Alejandro Candel Laveda, 2WD Stock went to Jose Carlos Mesquita Pequito, AWD Mod saw the win for Jacob Feinstein, AWD Stock belonged to Hodei Urra, F1 Stock winner was Jose Alberto Martins de Carvalho, Pan Car Mod saw another win for Jacob Feinstein and finally Pan Car Stock victory was taken by Andreas Megerlin. More photos and videos, as well as the full results, can be found here.

November 14, 2009

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– XB808 Wins the Hessen Cup
– XB808 Wins the Galician Regional Championship
– T2’009 Wins Portugese National Championship
– T3 Wins Danish Championship R2
– NT1 Wins 2009 Swiss Championship

Click here to view the round-up

November 14, 2009

LRP Team Jacket

LRP have introduced their all new team jacket. Made from strong, water-repellent and wind proof materials, it’s perfect for the cold temperatures found at outdoor races during the winter time. Sporting the LRP logo on the chest and across the shoulders, as well as other different slogans, all designs really stand out from the blue jacket and show your brand allegiance. The jacket also sports an integrated hood with zipper, big-size side pockets and a special mobile phone pocket.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

November 14, 2009

F.V.S.S. Racing team Grease & Ball bearing oil

F.V.S.S. Racing Team have released a new range of grease and ball bearing oil made especially for RC cars. First up is the teflon grease, a sticky and low friction grease specially formulated to cover the pinions contact surfaces with a Teflon layer. Next up is the copper grease, which is an anti-friction grease made from the best anti-oxide and anti-corrosive additives mixed with a pulverized copper paste, together it makes a soft metal lubricated layer offering excellent lubrication properties that minimize metal parts deterioration. The Molybdenum disulfide grease is a sticky, low friction, grease made with from the best anti-oxide and anti-corrosive additives that is specially formulated to lubricate drive shafts and thrust bearings. The bearing grease is made to extend bearing life and is the perfect replacement for the grease delivered in ball bearing. Finally F.V.S.S. have released a bearing oil pen, a small refillable pen that will accurately dispense small amounts of oil exactly where you want it. It contains synthetic ball bearing oil for electric and nitro cars and allows bearings to run cooler, smoother, faster, longer and quieter.

Source: F.V.S.S. [fvssrc.com]

November 13, 2009

Serpent S120 Link 1/12th scale chassis

We have touched on it a few times in the past, but now Serpent have finally released some information on their new S120 link car. Serpent pan-car developers Markus Mobers and Paul Ciccarello, both with over 20 years of pan car racing experience, created this new chassis assisted by Billy Easton and Michael Salven. Sharing the same front end with the original T-bar version of the S120, the main difference between the two cars is how the rear pod and main chassis are connected. This new version retains the innovative lateral damper but uses a conventional link system that features 2 spring loaded side bars. Other changes include the new rear motor pod, that has been changed from a single piece version to one that comprises of high quality machined aluminium brackets and top quality carbon fibre parts, bolted together to create an ultra stiff assembly which allows the brushless motor to be mounted in the optimal position for car balance.

Click here for more information and pictures

November 13, 2009

Pro Tips with Michael Salven – Part 3

Following on from part one and part two of this five part how-to video series, this 3rd episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on building the perfect shock absorber, mounting of the engine and checking the free movement of the suspension in preparation for applying the setup. The remaining two videos in this series will focus on the setup and tweaking of the chassis getting it ready for racing.