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March 21, 2007

JConcepts tires impress on debut

JConcepts tires

The debut for the all new JConcepts off road tires took place at last months Nitro Challenge and on its debut race they took the win in the hands of top off road racer Ryan Maifield. In the hotly contested 45 minute A-main event, Maifield made it a debut to remember by winning the Pro Gas Truck class A-main with his Associated GT2 running on JConcepts “Double Dees” tires in Sticky Green Compound. In 1/8th scale buggy, Maifield also blitzed the track in Round 2 of qualifying with his Associated RC8 by laying down a TQ run using the 1/8th scale version of the “Double Dees”.

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March 21, 2007

Fioroni parts for the Sidorf

A while back we wrote about top US driver Jason Ashton making the surprise move to Spanish manufacturer Sidorf to race their S-1 buggy. Well Jason is doing pretty well with the car Stateside and recently he showed his car off sporting some new Fioroni made aluminium optionals that include shock towers, uprights, shock bodies and more. The parts look good, especially the anodised / machined look, but no word was given on the release date of these parts, but we have learned that the Sidorf that will be released in the US will be called the M-5, but its unclear whether this is a new car or just a new name.

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March 21, 2007

Hobby Model Expo 2007

Italian site RC Bazar was present at last weekends Hobby Model Expo show at the Novegro Exhibition Center in Milan, Italy. While the event was for all types of hobby products including trains and planes etc, there was a number of RC car manufacturers, mostly Italian, present and showing off some of their products. The picture above is from the BP Racing stand, a company that we know from their BP engines but they also make other things too including these 1/8th scale rally game optionals that include the fanciest rear anti roll bar ever as well as an aluminium rear diff pulley and many other parts.

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March 21, 2007

Gil Losi Jr joins Kyosho America

Well it seems i’m the last person to get the news that Gil Losi Jr has joined Kyosho America, as my mailbox was full this morning with people telling me about it, damn that time difference. So heres the lowdown from Kyosho.

Gil Losi, Jr., an icon in the RC business and co-founder of Team Losi(tm), is coming to Kyosho America. Beginning in April, Losi will join the Kyosho America team as R&D Director in an effort to better align Kyosho products with the US market.

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March 20, 2007

2007 FEMCA Championships, Jakarta

This years FEMCA Championships will take place on the 25th – 27th of May on the Jakarta International Twin Circuit in Indonesia. This will be the biggest on road gas race in Asia this year with all the top drivers from the surrounding countries coming to the event to win their regional championships. The event will run controlled fuel, similar to the situation at last years Worlds in Brisbane, and the fuel chosen by the organisers is Meccamo Racing Fuel. All the other details can be found on the event site which you can find here.

March 20, 2007

Andy Griffiths dominates 1/12th Mod

Andy Griffiths

We have reported on the exploits of Andy Griffiths before and last weekend he managed to make it a clean sweep in 1/12th modified class by winning ALL rounds in this years championship. This last round of the championship took place in Hereford and all drivers were greeted with a big fast track and a technical infield. Andy claimed the pole position and from there proceeded to win the first leg of the finals, despite some mistakes near the end of the race. In the second final he damaged his car which put him out of the final which left Keith Robertson to take the win leg 2 and leaving it all to play for in the 3rd final, but once Andy got out in front he was never to be headed and took the final leg 3 win and with it the overall event win.

Read the full race report here.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

March 20, 2007

Horta and Morganti win FORGASS Rd7

FORGASS Rd7

Last weekend saw round 7 of the FORGASS championship held at the Charlotte RC Raceway under sunny skies. In the 1/10th scale it was Winternats finalist, and winner of FORGASS round 6, Danny Horta driving a Serpent 720 that once again took the win, this time backed up by team mate Gianni Giorgio who came home in 2nd with Mugen racer Andrew Duperrouzel finishing in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale it was Paolo Morganti all the way, the Serpent 960 driver claiming TQ by 4 seconds and then going on to win the race, setting the fastest lap on the way. Phillip Abed came home in 2nd position, 2 laps back on Morganti and 4 laps up on Joe Sumasky who finished 3rd.

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March 20, 2007

Luxembourgs MCCK track gets a facelift

Luxembourg MCCK

The people at Luxembourgs MCCK track have begun work on altering their World famous cork screw corner that provided so many drivers at the 2004 European Championships, as well as VRC users, with so many challenges. As you can see from the picture, the corner will turn right at the bottom of the original corkscrew instead of left and go back up hill and into a double left and then dropping in another corkscrew corner before rejoining the original track. The alterations should be ready in time for the new season.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]