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May 12, 2009

Yannick Aigoin wins Euros Warmup

The warm up for this year’s European buggy Championships took place last weekend in Oberwolbing in Austria under hot and dry conditions. The track presented to the drivers, which included some US drivers over for the race, was super fast with 2 straights and a tarmac banking, which constantly challenged the drivers. The A-main was super fast with current European Champion Renaud Savoya, Adam Drake and Yannick Aigoin fighting for the lead. Savoya and Aigoin were a little bit faster and fought for the whole race, but Yannick was able to make one less stop which gave the Losi driver the safety margin he needed to keep in front until the end of the race. Renaud Savoya took 2nd for Mugen ahead of British driver Neil Cragg in 3rd for Associated.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]

May 12, 2009

Teemu Saarinen take round 1 in Finland

Last weekend in Hyvinkää, Finland, the opening round of the Finnish 1/10th scale National Championships took place. Qualifying had seen Mugen driver Teemu Saarinen take the pole position for the 45 minute final, and he was able to carry that pace through into the finals, winning the race by a lap from Xray driver Pekka Kolvula in 2nd, with Tony Raikas running a Mugen, 3 laps further back in 3rd spot.

Source: Mugen [mid-mugen.eu]

May 12, 2009

Novarossi 2.5cc Super Charged engines

Novarossi have introduced an all new 2.5cc engine which is specially made for Traxxas T-Maxx and Revo drivers, called Super Charged. This new engine, the 2,5 Super Charged (N2.5SC/RT) features the famous Novarossi build quality and outstanding performance which comes from a perfect mix of competition parts, a 3 port ABC sleeve and a Turbo SG type crankshaft with an M7x1 thread to match the clutch systems from Traxxas. Because this engine is direct replacement engine for the T-Maxx and the Revo, the motor is available in 2 versions. and is supplied with suitable exhaust systems and engine brackets.

Click here to see the engines with their pipe sets

May 12, 2009

RC DisCo seeking staff

Experienced RC entrepreneur Jason Dearden, founder of Mirage RC Enterprises, is founding a new distribution company for the UK which will take over the well respected brands of Xray and Hudy. The company will formally be known as ‘Radio Control Distribution Company Ltd.’ but will no doubt go under the much catchier name of ‘RC DisCo’. They are currently looking for “RC racing geeks that know what they are talking about, but not afraid to chip in with all kinds of jobs, from going to races at weekends, to unloading lorries, helping customers, packing orders & testing product. They need hard working jack of all trade RC guys, based very close to the old Ashby Model Car Club track (Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire).” If you are interested you can get in contact by e-mailing: distribution[at]rcdisco.com

May 12, 2009

2009 IIC Las Vegas – Announcement

Our good friend Scotty Ernst is once more running his World famous IIC race in Las Vegas, with this year’s edition running from the 7th – 12th of September, the week after labour day. Now in its fifth year, the 2009 event presented by Jaco/SMC will again be held right in the heart of Las Vegas, at the Rivera hotel on the world famous strip. As it proved so popular last year, this year’s event will once again finish up on Saturday, giving everyone the chance for a relaxed drive home on Sunday, meaning people dont have to take Monday free from work. In the past the IIC has been seen as a barometer for upcoming trends in RC racing, the event being the first major brushless event, the first to allow LiPo packs and the first to offer brushless handout motors, and this year its no exception, with all the 1/12th classes and both WGT classes required to use 1 cell LiPo batteries making this years IIC the first all LiPo event ever. Registration for this awesome event will open June 7th at 8pm Est/5pm Pst on the official site, which also contains all the rules and further details, and which can be accessed here.

May 12, 2009

Mugen Seiki MBX-6T body skins

New from Mugen are these body shell skins for the all new MBX-6T truggy. Designed by US custom specialists Upgrade RC, they come in 3 colours, blue, purple and red, and are pre cut. Simple to apply, just paint your shell with a base colour, peel and stick. Once applied they are strong and flexible, and so can withstand crashes, and most importantly they are resistant to fuel.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

May 12, 2009

Alexander Hagberg wins Swedish Nats opener

Merlin Fuel have a report from their team driver Alexandar Hagberg, who last weekend took part in his first gas race in Växjö, southern Sweden at the opening round of the Swedish Nationals. Qualifying went well for the Xray driver as in the 3rd round out of 4 he could secure the overall TQ with a 2 second gap over the 2nd placed Kyosho driver Magnus Vässmar. In the finals Alex lead for the first 20 minutes until his engine flamed out, which gave Vässmar the lead ahead of Alexander. With 2 minutes to go Vässmar lost his 2nd gear and was running slowly around the track and this allowed Hagberg to take back the lead and with it the win, about half a lap down to 2nd placed Vässmar and another lap in front of 3rd placed Mugen driver Mikael Fransson.

Click here to see the final results

May 12, 2009

Xray XT8 Graphite Body Protector

Xray have released these CNC-machined front and rear upper body protectors for the XT8 truggy. Made from premium-grade graphite material, they are specially designed to protect the body from damage by stopping the body being pushed down the posts in the event of a crash.

Click here to see the protectors mounted