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September 18, 2009

Rebellion Race / Euros Warmup registration open

Registration for this year’s Rebellion Race in Mäntsälä Finland, which doubles up as the warm up race for the European Indoor Championships, is now open. Entry is restricted to International competitors until the end of the weekend, with entry opening to National drivers on Monday. The race is limited to 110 racers only so to avoid disappointment be sure to get your entry in as soon as possible. Full information, including entry form, can be found on the new site of the event which can be accessed here.

September 17, 2009

Grainger & Bowden wins BRCA TC Season Finale

2009 saw the BRCA 1:10 electric section return to one of the longest established outdoor tracks in the UK, Mendip, this was the final round of the touring car national series and saw a victory for Chris Grainger. Chris had already secured this years title at the previous round and was under no pressure as he dominated the event with his Mi4. In qualifying Chris set pole position for the A final ahead of the Hot Bodies Cyclone of Ben Cosgrove and the Associated TC5 of Olly Jefferies. The three leg finals saw some great racing, Chris took victory in the first two legs while Ben took leg three, Olly Jefferies was second in all three legs and this left the finishing positions as Chris the winner ahead of Olly and Matt White who had a great weekend with his Schumacher Mi4. In the Pro Stock class championship leader Jon Bowden took FTD, Jon only needed a top three result to secure his title and did it in style with his Hot Bodies Cyclone, Jon won all three legs of the Pro Stock A final to be crowned 2009 Pro Stock champion, behind Jon on the day were Lee Price for Schumacher and a stunning drive from one of the UK’s young up and coming stars Zak Smith who finished third for Associated.

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September 17, 2009

Item Software Systems HUI Driver

New from Item Software Systems from Germany is software that not only supports the racers individual setup sheets but offers the possibility to attach the lap times directly to it. HUI driver comes with a special USB stopwatch that stores up to 500 laps which can be hooked up to your system and which imports these automatically. On tracks where the company’s race timing system is installed, transfer of lap times will be done automatically through WLAN based on the personal transponder number. Setup progress can be monitored step by step and as each scale has their own special features, these features will be available separately through plugins for the software. This first release is for 1:8 and 1:10 on road gas and has plugins for this scale such as overdrive calculation, tire wear calculation for each of the four tires individually, refueling strategy as well as race strategy simulation, based on all available data, including refueling and tire wear. You can see for yourself by downloading the demo version of HUI driver 1.0 here.

Click here to see screenshots from the software package

September 17, 2009

Nova Plus 21-4C LE Buggy engine

Novarossi’s Plus 4 Buggy engine has been very successful for the Italian company with a second place at the European Championship as well as winning the ROAR nationals in the USA. Aiming to further improve the engine the new Nova Plus 21-4C is the result of close collaboration between their factory drivers and the engineering department at Novarossi World S.r.l. Using the Plus 4 Buggy engine as a starting point they worked to improve the throttle response, lower fuel consumption and give it a better driveability by fitting a lighter tuned crankshaft in combination with a ceramic rear ball bearing. Note that the new Plus 21-4C is a limited edition of only 600 pieces and is available right away.

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September 17, 2009

Xray NT1 EC limited edition

To celebrate Xray winning the 2009 European Championship with their NT1, Xray have released the NT1 EC limited edition. This high-performance, high-value kit includes over 250Euro/350USD of the same all-high performance option parts that helped the team to dominate the race. The NT1 has earned not only EC victories but also dozens of national titles around the world including US Champion title, not to mention awards and accolades from international press and magazines. Use and race the same car as the Team Xray factory racing team. This quantity-limited offer is available only while stock lasts.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 16, 2009

Hot Bodies Lightweight aluminium servo horns

New from Hot Bodies for their entire range of cars as well as those from other manufacturers are these lightweight aluminium servo horns. Designed to eliminate any flex that might have occurred during normal racing conditions and high temperatureds are also of no consequence as they remain rigid in all weather conditions. Available in 23 for Airtronics / JR / KO / Sanwa, 24 for Hitec and 25 for Futaba servos.

Source: Hot Bodies [hotbodiesonline.com]

September 16, 2009

Abernethy & Baird win Rd4 of Irish Nats

The fourth and final round of the Irish National 1:8 Off Road Championships took place at the Navan Nitro Nuts track last Sunday. With Losi driver Michael Todd having already secured the title with victory at the previous round in Galway from Barkley Abernethy and opting to sit out this encounter the big battle was was for third place in the championship between Derek McCloskey and Gary Baird. In qualifying it was 2008 Champion Mark Harron who took TQ honours with his Hot Bodies ahead of McCloskey’s Hong Nor and the Losi of David Curtis. In the Truggy category, the title was still up for grabs between defending champion Bradley Baird and Galway winner Christopher McCauley. Driving his Losi it was McCauley who got the upper hand in qualifying to take the TQ honours while Baird’s Xray would line up fourth.

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September 16, 2009

Fastrax Aluminium Pit stand

New from Fastrax is this aluminium pit stand, a must have on any table. Made from sturdy anodised aluminium, with rubber feet, a range of shock absorber sized maintenance holes for 1/10th & 1/8th shocks plus magnetic strips mounted on the side make it a handy tool for maintaining your car. Available in blue, purple or silver.

Source: Fastrax [fastrax-rc.com]