Red RC

June 11, 2008

Daily News Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Report from Swedish Buggy Champs Rd2 – Link [rbproduct.com]
> Nielsen in control at Danish Nationals – Link [serpent.com]
> T2’008 wins Australian Much More Masters – Link [teamxray.com]
> S400 dominates German Summer Champs – Link [serpent.com]
> Team Mirage flying High at Cotswolds – Link [mirageracing.com]
> 2008 ROAR Off-Road Fuel Buggy Nats – Link [prolineracing.com]

Entry is open for ETS Rd4 in Germany, June 27th-29th

June 11, 2008

Surikarn joins Speed Passion

Surikarn Chaidajsuriya joins Speed Passion

Speed Passion have been in touch to tell us the exciting news that 2002 IFMAR World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya has joined their team. Surikarn will be using the Competition version 2.0 motor series as well as other optional brushless equipment to power his Hot Bodies Cyclone. This is another important signing for Speed Passion in this World Championship year, which sees the Thai driver join recently confirmed racers, Jilles Groskamp and Viktor Wilck.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

June 11, 2008

Chris Grainger wins Rd2 BRCA Nationals

The 2nd round of the BRCA British Nationals were held at the weekend at the Cotswolds track in Gloucestershire. Qualifying saw complete domination by Yokomo racer, and current National Champion, Chris Grainger who won all of his heats to take an unchallenged pole position from Xray racer Ben Cosgrove in 2nd and Hot Bodies driver Olly Jefferies in 3rd. The finals saw more of the same from Grainger, who took the win in all 3 legs of the A-main to take the overall from Ben Cosgrove, who kept his head down to take the runner up spot ahead of Euros Warmup winner Elliot Harper in 3rd.

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

June 11, 2008

Jay Westwood Joins Schumacher

Schumacher have announced that front running UK Pro Stock racer Jay Westwood has joined their team. Jay just completed the 2nd round of the BRCA Championships at the Cotswolds club last weekend and put in a solid top ten finish after only receiving his car on the Thursday before the race. Jay now sits 5th in the Pro Stock National Championship standings, with Schumacher Mi3 cars holding 4 out of the top 5 positions with two races left to complete.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 11, 2008

Predator X11 Big Bore shocks

Our mates over at oOple have the first information on the new ‘big bore’ shock absorbers from Team Extreme, manufacturers of the Predator X11 4WD electric buggy, who brought some of the first production examples to the recent Talywain BRCA National. Nathan Ralls has been testing the shocks behind closed doors for a while now, but has finally started to race the car in public – first time out at the recent South East regional, and a win for the new X11 driver with these new shocks. The new shock absorbers are the same length but Team Xtreme have maxxed out the diameter to the limits of what would fit within the existing range of springs.

More information can be found here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

June 11, 2008

Craft RC 3PK Chrome & Wing Series

Two new releases for the Futaba 3PK from South Korean custom RC design company Craft RC. The new skins are called the Chrome series (above), which is available in blue and red, and the Wing series that also comes in blue and red. As per the previous versions they are made from top quality material that is easy to apply and which stays good for a long time.

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June 11, 2008

Mike Truhe wins ROAR 1/8th Buggy Nats

We received this report from Losi, whose 8ight buggy just won the ROAR 1/8 Nitro Off-Road National Championship for the second year in a row. There is no doubt this 2008 ROAR Nationals will go down in history as one of the nicest and best run events in the last 10 years. Virtually every top factory driver, as well as the best privateers, from around the country raced throughout the week at the beautifully prepared Thunder Alley off-road track in Beaumont, California. The gruelling hour-long A Main event is the ultimate test of both driver and machine. While it was Jared Tebo that took the pole position, it was Losi racer Mike Truhe that took the lead early and went on to complete 126 flawless laps, with times consistently faster than his competitors, to take the win. Overlooked for much of the race was Losi 8ight driver Billy Fischer who bumped up three times through the semi-finals to earn one of the last starting spots in the Nationals A final. With a car that had been raced hard for over an hour Fischer put in a sensational drive from the back of the pack, passing 10 of the best drivers in America, to take the 2nd spot. Jared Tebo rounded out the podium in 3rd spot, ahead of Scott Hughes in 4th, while Losi driver Adam Drake, the reigning 2007 National Champion, completed the race in 5th.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

June 11, 2008

Xray XB808 Optional Anti-Roll bars

Xray have produced more option parts for the XB808 with the release of a full range of front and rerar anti-roll bar wires of different thicknesses for fine-tuning the setup of your XB808. These anti-roll bars are manually manufactured in-house from premium heat-treated spring steel wire using precision bending machines that ensure equal side angles. Manually measured, selected, and straightened to eliminate all tweak. The front anti-roll bars come in 2.0mm, 2.2mm, 2.4mm, 2.6mm & 2.8mm thickness’s, while the rear anti roll bars are available in 2.2mm, 2.4mm, 2.6mm and 2.8mm thickness’s.

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