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November 24, 2007

Travis Amezcua joins Avid RC

Travis Amezcua joins Hot Bodies

Avid RC have announced that Travis Amezcua has joined their team, bringing with him great experience having raced in the top level for over a decade. Having just switching over to Hot Bodies, from Team Losi, to help head up their Team Management and R&D,Avid is very excited to have him on board. Travis has always been the racer that never stops searching for the next level in handling or speed, and will make a great addition to Avid Racing Concepts.

Source: Avid RC [avidrc.com]

November 24, 2007

Goo Ki Bon wins Much More TC Champs

Xray have a report on their site from the Much More Touring car Championships that were run recently in South Korea. Qualifying saw Nam Dong Woo take the event TQ ahead of top Xray driver Goo Ki Bon in 2nd and 3rd spot going to Goo Sung Mo. After preserving his control tires in the qualifying session Goo Ki Bon was able to dominate the finals with fresher tires, winning all rounds to take the overall championship win in front of race TQ Nam Dong Woo in 2nd & Kim Byung Whan coming home in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 24, 2007

Greg Hodapp Joins Team Kyosho

World class driver, Greg Hodapp has joined Team Kyosho for the upcoming race season. This return to racing for Greg will also be the second time that he has been able to work with Gil Losi Jr.

I spoke with a few other interested manufacturers, but when given the opportunity to work closely with Gil Losi Jr once again, the choice was simple. Gil has always been able to bring out the best in me and I’m very excited about the direction this team is taking.

Greg will be driving both of Kyosho’s RB5 and ZX5 for the upcoming season. His Kyosho buggies will be powered by Slingshot Batteries and Novak Brushless systems. Look for Greg to be attending major events throughout the 2008 race season.

November 23, 2007

Team Associated RC12L5 prototype

Team Associated 12L5 prototype

RC50.com are in Cleveland at the moment for the US Indoor Champs and have managed to bag themselves the exclusive first photos of the prototype RC12L5 from Team Associated. Featuring lots of one off parts, including a completely new front end, central shock absorber as well as new carbon and aluminium parts, it seems that this car is completely new. The rear end is now very different looking much stiffer than the RC12L4 and with space for a BL motor, while the T-bar configured chassis sports a single laterally mounted centre damper, in addition to the conventional inline shock absorber. The cells also now sit in line with the direction of the car, while there is so much new on the front end it is hard to pinpoint exactly what is different.

Go to RC50.com for high resolution images.

Source: RC50 [rc50.com]

November 23, 2007

Mugen Seiki Alu Servo horn

As seen on the Mugen MRX-4X of Rick V. at the 1/8th scale World Championships in Argentina, Mugen have now released this aluminium servo horn. Much stronger than the original plastic version, the new servo horn is suitable for all the cars in the Mugen range as well as on other manufacturers cars, and comes supplied with multiple composite inserts to make it suitable for all makes of servos.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

November 23, 2007

Schumacher 1/8th buggy Wheels & Tires

Schumacher have released a new range of 1/8th scale buggy tires following many months of testing by their team drivers along with their in house R&D team. Based on their extensive competition racing knowledge, they have designed 2 new tires, the Spiral and the more traditional Mini Pin, both available in yellow and silver compounds. The Mini Pin is suitable for degraded surfaces such as grass/soil mix, dirt and astro turf, while the Spiral is designed for surfaces that need more penetration of the ground to gain grip, making it perfect for grass surfaces. All tires are available separately and also pre glued on the company’s new white rally dish wheel. The new wheels are also available separately in white, yellow and black.

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November 23, 2007

KM Racing release more NT1 options

More new releases from KM Racing, and yet more parts for the Xray NT1, with the release of more aluminium options for the Slovakian company’s 200mm chassis. First up is this aluminium rear back plate that replaces the original plastic part and helps increase strength to the structure of this area in the event of a rear impact. Also new from KM is a set of 4 spring cap bottoms that have been made from gun metal anodised aluminium and further lightened through holes and extra machining. Finally, for the clutch of the NT1, is a new aluminium spring cup and aluminium clutch shoe plate that are very light and as such provide a performance advantage over the original parts.

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November 23, 2007

GRP Gadgets trousers

The GRP clothing line up is already very complete but to finish off that branded fanboy look, you can get yourself a pair of these work trousers. Made from a hard wearing, yet comfortable material they come in a wide range of sizes and sport a large number of pockets to carry everything you may need to have on your person when at the track. Available in black, they sport orange highlighting throughout and have GRP logos on both the front and rear.

Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]