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April 28, 2007

2007 ACT State Titles – Saturday

2007 ACT State Titles

Our partners Rube Dude have a report from Saturdays action at the 2007 ACT State Titles race. The days running has been severely affected by heavy rain which nearly caused the event to be cancelled and in the end caused a long delay in proceedings. After the first rounds of qualifying Martin Wolhuter continues his top form from Friday by claiming the overnight TQ with Zac Ryan close behind with 1 more round of qualifying to come on Sunday.

Read the full report here.

Source: Rube Dude [rubeduderc.com]

April 28, 2007

Futaba T3CVS 3-Channel 2.4GHz System

We have written about the 2.4GHz FASST system from Futaba before when it released its 3PM pistol grip radio back in February. Well now for those racers that dont use pistol grip radios, Futaba have released the T3CVS stick radio, which comes with the FASST system and is packed with all the features you would expect from a high end radio, all of which you can read below.

Click here for the system overview… content

April 28, 2007

RB Products – New combo packs

RB Products new combo packs

French engine maker, RB Products, have announced 2 new engine combo packs for off road racers. The first combo pack contains their S7 MSC, which uses the latest RB Concept .21 new line-up technology and comes complete with the 92mm polished inline manifold and 2045 polished tuned pipe. The second combo pack contains the S3II which comes with the 11 fin cooling head along with the 2020P pipe and the 198mm manifold which provides smooth acceleration and improved drivability for a very affordable price.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

April 27, 2007

Ciccarello & D’Agnolo win the 2007 Canadian Challenge

Ciccarello & D'Agnolo win Canadian Challenge

Calandra Racing Concepts are reporting on their site about their teams latest wins at the 2007 Canadian Challenge race. Paul Ciccarello, who reecntly won the Fastcats race in January, showed great pace once more to take the 19T race win, driving his CRC Carpet Knife Gen-X. In the stock class it was oval specialist Pete D’Agnolo that took the Stock class TQ and race win, proving that he is pretty quick on road courses too.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

April 27, 2007

Max-Life 8ight Aluminum Clutch Shoe

Dynamite RC have released this Max-Life 8ight Aluminum clutch shoe set which, as the name suggests, is suitable for the Losi 8ight buggy and truggy. Anodised black, these shoes have been constructed from proprietary aluminium alloy which improves performance and longevity while keeping maintenance to a minimum on race day.

Source: Dyamite [dynamiterc.com]

April 27, 2007

Diggity Designs Academy SBV2 parts

Diggity Designs, the US based company best known for its great 1/12th scale conversions have released this performance upgrade pack for the Academy SBV2 4wd buggy. The kit includes 3mm Quasi CF front and rear shock towers, 3mm Quasi CF Center Chassis Stiffener, 3mm Quasi CF Front Pin Brace, 3mm Quasi CF “race” Battery Brace, hardware and stickers.

Source: Diggity Designs [diggitydesigns.com]

April 27, 2007

JConcepts BJ4WE extended review

Our partners oOple have created a dedicated section on their site, giving an extended review of the JConcepts BJ4WE. The intention of this section is to show the performance of the BJ4 worlds edition car, and how it has developed since its first debut in Collengo, Italy – at the worlds in 2005. Paul Rotheram will share his own experiences with the car, along with useful information he has found to make the most out of the JConcepts experience.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

April 27, 2007

Hubert Honigl wins Rd1 Austrian Nats

Rd1 Austrian Nats

Xray are reporting on their site from the first round of the Austrian nationals held last weekend at MRC Eruhwirth. The event catered for both the expert and sport class with the expert class being dominated by NT1 driver Manuel Huber until a problem dropped him back to 2nd gifting Mugen driver Hubert Honigl the win, with Serpent driver Christian Scheidl in 3rd. In the sport class it was NT1 racer Martin Pittner that took the win ahead of Harald Hofer and Julian Schober in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]