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Here are two videos that our partners Neo Buggy found on YouTube of 2 time European Champion Davide Tortorici testing the new Crono RS7 on the super fast Monsummano track in Italy ahead of the this weekends international Offroad meeting. According to NB, Davide will be competing at this event due to the birth of his child.
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Pro Line have released a number of new products this month starting with this Crowd Pleazer body shell for the 1/12th scale Jammin CRT-5 and incorporates ultra-low styling, original bodylines, and functionality to bring you the latest in durability, versatility and high-performance race technology. Also new from Pro Line are MTR moulded foam inserts, for 1/8th truck and monster trucks, that are shaped to the inside profile of the tire helping it maintains its shape and firmness for a longer period of time, thus increasing durability. Also new from Pro Line are number of different pattern low profile tires for your 1/10th scale truck.
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This weekend sees all the top Kyosho buggy racers from all around the World converge at the RC94 track near Paris for the 2007 Kyosho Masters. Our partners RC Mag are there all weekend covering the event and already they have spotted some points of interest including new parts for the Inferno buggy, that include the big bore shocks that have been seen before, but more interestingly the new .21 CRF buggy motor has been spotted in the Kyosho of Adrien Bertin. We have heard that Adrien will race the engine this weekend after some positive initial tests earlier in the week proved that it was ready for its debut.
UPDATE: Added lots more engine pictures.
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Xray are reporting on their site from the first round of the Southern German electric regionals that took place at the start of June on the Türkheim track, host of the 2006 Euros. Qualifying saw Xray racer Andreas Myrberg take the top qualifying spot from Yokomo racer Martin Hofer in 2nd, and this pairing would carry this battle through to the finals. The first final saw a very close battle between the 2 with Andreas getting the win closely followed by Martin, the 2nd final saw a clear win for Myrberg again with Hofer once again in 2nd and with this result the Xray driver took the overall win from Hofer in 2nd and another Xray racer Florian Bernklau in 3rd.
Read the full race report here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
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A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:
> New LiPO Rx Battery Packs from Venom Racing – Link [buggy-sport.info]
> PN Racing release tools for use with your Kyosho Mini-Z chassis – Link [pnracing.us]
> Team Trion release new, skin coloured, dish wheels for touring cars – Link [team-trion.com]
> Tamiya show their new EBBRO 350R based on the TA05-IFS chassis – Link [tamiya.com]
> LRP have a report from the 2007 Asia Nitro Masters held in Malaysia – Link [lrp.cc]
> New parts from Fioroni for the Losi 8ight – Link [buggy-sport.info]
As much as Kyosho have stamped their dominance in 1/10th 200mm in France, Mugen have done the same in 1/8th scale and last weekends 4th round of the French Nationals, held in Toulouse, would be no exception. Qualifying saw Round 1 and 3 winner Nicolas Guillot, racing for Mugen, take the pole position in front of local racer Briere in 2nd and 3rd going to Laurent Zatla. The French Elite National runs in a similar way to 1/8th buggy meetings in that the top drivers take part in Semi finals to determine the main final, and after the Semis it was Guillot that once again lined up first. The start of the final saw a great battle between title competitors Bouche, winner of round 2, and Guillot until the latter flamed out handing his Mugen team mate the lead, up until the 22nd minute when he stopped for tires, handing the lead over to the pairing of Adrien Siegfried and Laurent Pageneaux, both of which would not change tires. This battle almost paid off but Bouche, with his fresh tires, was able to catch Kyosho racer Siegfried and pass him for the lead just before the last turn giving Bouche the win followed closely by Siegfried in 2nd with Mugen racer Laurent Pageneaux in 3rd.
The National class was dominated by Mugen racer Dominique Lichtle who took the took and the win, leading home a Mugen 1 – 8 with round 3 winner Yoann Coelho in 2nd and Romain Baehrel in 3rd.
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Japanese firm Rony Performance Parts have released their extensively tested 1/8th scale CanAm body shell, called the T-530. Made from 0.8mm thick polycarbonate this new shell has proven itself to be very effective, featuring a long nose which provides plenty of high speed steering while the body is also optimised to be very stable. Rony also make a number of very nice looking optionals for the Serpent 960, including brake disc, servo saver and other small parts which you can check out at the link below.
Source: Rony [plala.or.jp/rony]
