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October 30, 2008

2009 Snowbirds Schedule Announced

2009 Snowbird Nationals Schedule Announced

The organisers of the Largest RC race in the World, the Snowbird Nationals have been in touch to announce that the 2009 Speed Week schedule is posted on the event website. Along with the schedule, racers can also read about all the great news so far leading up to the annual event, which is being held Jan 27th-Feb 1st 2009 in Orlando, Florida. Vintage Trans Ams, SK Cars, the Thunder 600, the initial Sponsor lineup, FastLaps practice machine, and more, already announced.

Visit the event website here.

October 30, 2008

DE Racing release the BumpSkid

DE Racing, makers of the Skid plate, have released a whole new product line called the BumpSkid. This product combines a superior front skid plate with a refined front bumper to create the ultimate in protection, performance, and styling. At DE Racing they believe a car’s chassis is not a wear item and this product further reinforces that concept by providing high performance protection for the front of your expensive 1/8 scale buggy or truggy chassis. Available currently for the Kyosho MP777 / ST-R / ST-RR and Team Losi 8ight / 8ight T, more chassis’s will be supported in the future.

Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]

October 30, 2008

LRP SPX BL Comp ‘StockSpec’ ESC

LRP SPX BL Comp 'StockSpec' ESC

Straight out of the R&D department at LRP comes this new SPX Competition Stock Spec ESC. Specially developed for stock racing it features improved hardware and the company’s special ‘Stock Spec’ software which increases stock motor performance significantly. Fully dual purpose and excellently suited for both stock and modified racing, the power profile 5-8 is specially for “Stock Spec” and 1-4 profile is ideally suited to modified racing.

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October 29, 2008

Petit RC Europe Tour – Announcement

Petit RC Europe Tour - Announcement

French website Petit RC were in contact to let us know about the 3rd edition of their annual indoor electric buggy event. Set to take place outside of France for the first time, the race will be held at the Maritime Raceway facility in Gillingham, Kent in England. They expect racers from all around Europe and have already confirmed entries from Ellis Stafford, Lee Martin, Tony Truman, Danny Mc Gee, Tom Cockerill, Simon Moss and more.

Full information can be found on the event site here.

October 29, 2008

Speed Passion HB D8 BL conversion

Similar to the system released by Speed Passion last week for the Kyosho Inferno range of cars comes the conversion kit for the World Champion Hot Bodies D8. Comprising of motor mount, motor plate and battery cases the system still needs you to get the electrics to power it for which Speed Passion offer their Silver Arrow V10 electric motors and electronic speed controller.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

October 29, 2008

Hot Bodies Cyclone 12X

Hot Bodies have released details about the new Cyclone 12X, which will make its debut at next weeks World Championships in Thailand. This latest version of the European Championship winning car features a number of changes which make for a more aggressive handling chassis. First change is the inclusion of new rear axle bearing mounts that come in 0.25mm differences so that you can fine tune the responsiveness of the rear of the car more. Also at the rear there is a new wheel mounting hub, aluminum spacers for quick track width adjustment as well as a lightweight carbon rear axle, in place of aluminium. The front has also received some attention with new lower front wishbones, steering blocks, lighter wheel axles, new stiffening bar and finally an updated T-bar front mount.

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October 28, 2008

Losi 18.5V 4000mAh 25C LiPo pack

Losi have released this 18.5V 4000mAh 5-cell 25C Hard Case LiPo battery pack for 1/8-scale vehicles which provides the power needed for competitive racing, while increasing running time between charges. The hard case protection keeps the expensive cells from becoming damaged externally, while the pre-wired EC5 connector provides a quality connection and excellent power delivery.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

October 28, 2008

Spiniello & Balestri win Novarossi Trophy

The 2008 Novarossi trophy was held this past weekend in Gubbio, Italy and it was Team Magic driver Mario Spiniello and Motonica driver Dario Balestri that took the wins in both 1/10th and 1/8th scale classes respectively. In 1/8th scale there was a great performance from Balestri, who starting from 5th on the grid, made a great start to get up to 2nd after lap one and only taking 2 more laps to pass Serpent racer Andrea Cristiani for the lead. Dario could hold onto the lead despite an extra fuel stop to win by less than 4 seconds from Cristiani in 2nd and Giordano Agostinelli in 3rd. In the 1/10th scale it was Giuseppe Musolino that started on pole but after 2 laps it was Spiniello who took over at the front where he controlled the race to the end, winning by over a lap. The final moments of the race saw a big battle between runner up Musolino and a recovering Raimondo Gilletti with less than a second seperating the pair at the end as they crossed the line.