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May 8, 2007

ACT State Titles – Semi Final Video

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We have already brought you a video from the main final of the ACT State Titles race, and now thanks to our partners Rube Dude, we have another video from that race, this time of the hard fought odd Semi final.

Here is an action packed video of the hard fought Odd Semis at the 2007 ACT State Titles!! You can see how much you have to fight to get into the mains right here!! PHEWWWW!!!!

Rube Dude have been hard at work lately and also have a build review of the new 1/10 HongNor .5 Truggy, which you can see here.

Source: Rube Dude [rubeduderc.com]

May 8, 2007

First pictures – TTech Racing X11

TTech Racing X11

TTech Racing the makers of the X10 4wd electric off road buggy, which was acquired by Xtreme RC a while back, has just released the first pictures of their new buggy, the X11. We have documented the new features of this car already, when they were released back in March, and now we have the photos of this rather cool looking car. While the car looks similar to the X10, which will please the fans of its unique look, lots of changes have been made to create better durability and performance.

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May 8, 2007

Serpent F180 released

Serpent have announced that their long awaited Formula car, the F180, has finally been released. This 2wd 1/8th scale car comes in a number of versions, 2 of which are kits and one which is a ready to race, pre assembled version. All versions come in a great big carry case, that features a handle and wheels, and the car itself, as i’m sure many of you are aware, is quite a cool object with inboard suspension, laydown engine and great scale looks. It will be great to see a full grid of these.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 8, 2007

Elliot Harper wins BTCC Rd2

Mirage have a report from their team driver Luke Burley from the 2nd round of the Schumacher BTCC championship. Round 1 of the series was won by Yokomo racer Chris Grainger but this second round, held in Aldershot, was won by HB racer Elliot Harper, who won 2 legs of the A-main to take the top spot, followed by Xray driver Luke Burley while 3rd position fell to Sam Smith.

Read the report here.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

May 8, 2007

Nuno Casal Ribeiro takes Rd3 in Portugal

Casal Ribeiro takes Rd3 in Portugal

The third round of the Portuguese 1/8th off road Nationals took place last weekend at the Torres Vedras track, near Lisbon. Kyosho driver Miguel Mattias took the top spot for the main final but hit problems in the race itself dropping him down to 8th, which left Rd2 TQ man Nuno Casal Ribiero to take the lead in a tight 3 way battle for the top spot. Ribiero, racing for Crono, managed to keep his cool to that the event win by 3 seconds ahead of Rd2 winner Fernando Almeida, who has switched from Mugen to Xray since Rd2, while 3rd position went to a Mugen racer Tiago Almeida.

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May 8, 2007

John Ermen wins Rd2 Dutch Nationals

Last weekend saw the 2nd round of the Dutch 1/8th scale National Championship return to the venue of the first round of the series, Rucphen in the south west of Holland. In a repeat performance from the first round it was John Ermen, driving for Serpent, that took the top spot in qualifying as the only driver to hit 23 laps followed by Rick V for Mugen in 2nd. In the race itself it was a pretty easy run for John until a coming together with slowing team mate Rob Kuijper forced John into the pits to fix his body shell. This allowed Rick V to close the gap and despite some traffic problems for the leader he couldn’t get passed and thats how it stayed with John taking the win by less than a second from Rick V in 2nd and 3rd place going to Rik Veenma.

Read a full report here.

Source: JE Racing [jeracing.eu]

May 7, 2007

JP Racing head insert dismantling tool

More new tools from JP Racing to help with your engine dismantling, this latest tool allows you to easily remove the combustion chamber from the the engine’s sleeve without damaging either part. As you should always check your engine after competition, this is a great tool to have, and as this is a reversible tool, it is compatible with both turbo and standard combustion chambers.

Source: JP Racing [jpracing.com]

May 7, 2007

Ferrari vs. Xray NT1 – Conclusion

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A while ago we were informed by Xray that there would be a race between a full size Ferrari and an Xray NT1 and the results would be shown on Austrian TV. Now thanks to YouTube here is the video. I said over 100m it would be no contest, the NT1 had it, and i think every other opinion was the same, and that was in fact the outcome. The same race run to 150m saw the Ferrari just get it, mainly due to a bad start for the NT1.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]