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August 3, 2007

Grainger wins Rd5 of BRCA Mod Nats

Last weekend saw the 5th round of the 2007 BRCA EP Touring car National Championships for Modified and 27T held in West London under sunny conditions. In qualifying it was TQ for Yokomo racer Chris Grainger in the Mod class ahead of Xray driver Ben Cosgrove who would start 2nd, while in the 27T class the pole position belonged to Adrian Bidewell. In the modified class it was a win in the first final for pole man Grainger with Andy Moore in 2nd and Ben Cosgrove in 3rd while in the 2nd and deciding final the win went to Hot Bodies racer, and round 4 winner, Olly Jefferies in front of Cosgrove and Grainger, the 3rd spot being enough to give Grainger the overall win and an almost unbeatable lead in the championships, Cosgrove came home 2nd ahead of Jefferies in 3rd. In the 27T final it was an overall win for Yokomo driver, and pole man, Bidewell who came home ahead of 2nd placed Jon Winter with Matt Digby in 3rd.

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August 3, 2007

Xray NT1 Graphite PT Bracket

The trickle of option parts for the Xray NT1 continues with the publication on their website of this graphite transponder bracket. Smart and functional design, this personal transponder mounting plate is made from premium-quality carbon fiber and it includes the necessary mounting hardware for easy attachment to NT1 radio plate.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 3, 2007

RB Products Pit Box

RB Products have announced the return of their famous pit box, the perfect companion for mechanics to bring their stuff to the pits. The box provides a space for the RB Fuel Gun, fuel bottle, starter box and screw drivers and this 2007 version is a limited edition type with the RB logo cut out of the end plate. The whole thing is delivered unassembled in a handy hard wearing bag.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

August 2, 2007

Daily News Round-up

Red RC - Daily Round-up

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

> Novarossi GP attracts Drake and Truhe from Team Losi – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> New B-Brake system of SLD Racing – Link [buggy-sport.info]
> Atsushi Hara 2nd at Hot Rods Shootout with X-6 – Link [radiocontrolzone.com]
> Serpent TQ Euros. 960 best represented car in the Final – Link [serpent.com]
> New Tamiya Racing Factory website – Link [tamiya.com]
> Xray brothers have best result of the season, so far – Link [mirageracing.com]

August 2, 2007

Much More Docking Station

Much More have announced the release of this Docking Station for use with the companys Silent Charger and Silent Charger Platinum, and can also be connected to other chargers using a connecter. The unit allows enables the ability to connect mulitple cables to charge various objects such as receiver packs, transmitters, glow plug connectors and basically everything that needs charging, or discharging, other than car packs. Available in August.

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

August 2, 2007

Trinity Phatt Cooling head

More news from Trinity, this time its the release of their new ‘Phatt’ cooling head that we showed you a ‘spy shot‘ from last week. Machined from billet aluminum, this large cooling head is suitable for the Drake Platinum, Picco and OS .21 racing engines and is used by Adam Drake and the rest of the Trinity Nitro Team. Due to its design and construction, the cooling head works more efficiently at lowering the engine temperature compared to standard heads.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

August 2, 2007

Trinity Balanced Charger for LiPo Packs

Trinity have released a new balanced charger for use with your 2 and 3 cell Li-Po hobby battery packs. Operated using AC mains supply, this balance charger monitors and charges each cell individually so there is no possibility of one of the cells being overcharged. Simple to operate, just plug it in and it can charge 2 cells (7.4 volts) or 3 cells (11.1 volt) at 0.75A.

Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]

August 2, 2007

Kyosho Inferno ST-RR truggy

Kyosho have just announced the follow up to their ST-R truggy which was introduced in early 2006, with the announcement that this October will see the release of the new ST-RR competition truggy. The ST-RR is the culmination of a year and half of racing and rigorous R&D and the result is the most refined racing truck on the market. As the 2007 Silver State Champion, the ST-RR is poised to take it to the competition on a whole new level.

Read the full release information here… content