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March 10, 2008

Chuck Berg wins the Chi-Town Shootout

Team Orion are reporting on the 2008 Chi-Town Shootout that was held at the beginning of March at the Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, IL. Racers from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin all attended this annual event to race on the hi-traction clay track which allowed the racers to run slicks at the beginning of the day when the track was wet, then switch over to tires with a little more pin as the track started to dry out. Team Orion driver Chuck Berg was the man to beat in 2wd 19T buggy class, TQ’ing every round of qualifying to guarantee him the first spot on the grid for the main event. At the start of the tone, Berg shot off the line and after a couple laps he had stretched out a comfortable lead on the field. Chuck then went on and ran mistake free for the rest of the main winning by a considerable margin.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

March 10, 2008

ISTC Worlds Warm-up – Thailand

ISTC World Championship Thailand Warm-up

If you couldn’t make it to the RCS track in Bangkok, Thailand for this years TITC to test on the same track will be used for this years 1/12th scale and 1/10th scale Touring car Championships, then you have another chance to do so when the official Pre World Championship is run on the track on the 25th – 27th of April. Run according to IFMAR rules, this will be a great trial run for both the racers and organisers alike. The official event site is not yet up but should be soon so keep checking the link below for updates.

Source: ISTC Worlds [thailandwc08.com]

March 10, 2008

Trinity IB4600mAh Sport Battery Pack

Trinity have released these IB4600 battery packs, which are suitable for bashers and sport racers who are looking for maximum run time and punch, but don’t want to break the bank by purchasing matched cells. Made using Intellect cells, these packs include Tamiya style plugs to make them compatible with just about all RTR electric vehicles, and have the same dimensions as most sport battery packs, so they’ll fit perfectly without having to jam them in the battery tray.

Source: RCCA [rccaraction.com]

March 10, 2008

Tekin HotWire ESC/PC Interface

Tekin Hot Wire ESC/PC Interface

Horizon Hobby are promoting the late March release of the the HotWire PC Interface from Tekin, a system that allows you to unlock the full potential of your speed control. Use the HotWire to connect your ESC to your PC or laptop and you can leverage the processing power of your computer to fine tune its performance characteristics. The HotWire also gives access to custom user settings that are not available through the Speed Control’s on-board interface and lets you network with other users to share tweaks, tuning tricks and entire track/condition specific profiles. Best of all the HotWire lets you download completely new software as it is developed and upload it to your Speed Control, giving you unrestricted access to upgrade to Tekin’s latest and newest performance mods.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]

March 10, 2008

Much More Stone Finisher Tool

Much More have released this stone finisher tool set for preparing stone cutters that cut lay down or stand up brushes surface smoother than a metal blade cutter. The set is sold separately to the stone brush cutter but is supplied with the blue anodised brush setter and stone block. New stone cutters can be cut to the users desired diameter with the stone block and when finished is turned upside down and mounted to the motor shaft as normal. The supplied brush setter cuts the brushes to 0.0mm or zero timing.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]

March 10, 2008

Truhe & Maifield win the Silver State

Last weekend saw the Silver Nitro Challenge run in Las Vegas and it was Adam Drake that secured the TQ spot in the buggy class with his Losi 8ight while in the truggy class it was Jared Tebo, racing the O’Donnell prototype, that took the top spot. For the mains, they would be split into 2 x 25 minute races with the combined results determining the overall winners. In the buggy class it was Losi racer Mike Truhe that won both finals to claim the overall win ahead of Kyosho racer Cody King in 2nd and Jared Tebo in 3rd with his O’Donnell Z01-B R. Pole man Drake had problems at the start of the first final with his radio and despite a race delay, was unable to make the start. In the truggy class, Jared Tebo won the first final from pole, but in the 2nd main needing only to place in front of Cavalieri, he rolled on the penultimate lap dropping to 3rd meaning it was Ryan Maifield driving the Kyosho ST-RR that took the overall win with Tebo ending up 2nd and Maifield 3rd.

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March 9, 2008

ETS Denmark – Jilles Groskamp confirmed

ETS Denmark - Jilles Groskamp confirmed

The organisers of next weekends second round of the Much More backed European Touring Series are delighted to confirm that Tamiya factory driver Jilles Groskamp will be present at the event. Taking place in Vejle, Denmark, the race will also be attended by fellow Tamiya team drivers Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck as well as Associated team driver Joel Myrberg and lots of other top quality racers. Entries will remain open until the first day of the race, which will be Saturday the 15th, and for those already entered or wanting to enter, there is a new reduced entry price and updated timetable. All drivers will get 5 rounds of practice on the Saturday as well as 4 rounds of qualifying, while on Sunday there will be 1 more round of qualifying and triple mains for all racers.

Do you want to race against some of the World’s top touring car racers, while being commentated on by the legendary Scotty Ernst, in a fun and friendly, yet professional racing atmosphere then be sure to get your entry in for round 2 of the ETS by going here.

March 9, 2008

Gaggiola wins North Interregional Rd1

Gaggiola wins North Interregional Champs Rd1

Xray have a brief report on their site from the first North Interregional Championship race that was held in Montecchio last weekend. Perfect spring weather conditions greeted the over 50 drivers in the 1:10 class and after 3 rounds of qualifying it was Paolo Gaggiola that took TQ with his Max-powered NT1. Following the semi finals, in wich Luca Colombo and Guido Barbera won to take their place in the main final, the NT1 racers proceeded to dominate the race with Gaggiola taking the win from Colombo and Barbera in 2nd and 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]