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January 29, 2007

Yuichi Kanai wins first Chinese buggy race of 2007

Yuichi Kanai

Former World Champion Yuichi Kanai, driving his Sirio powered Kyosho has won the first buggy race of the year in China held in Shenzhen. Racing with 90 other racers from across Asia, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia, Kanai could easily claim the pole position. In the final, Kanai could pull away, finishing 2 laps ahead of second placed racer Sam Poom, driving a Nanda NRB-3 with Nattom Soorapanthu rounding off the podium bringing it home in 3rd driving a Losi 8ight.

You can view the full results and more pictures here.

Source: RC Tech [rctech.net]

January 29, 2007

Sidorf to release XR engine range

Sidorf XR engines

Spanish 1/8th scale buggy manufacturer Sidorf is to release a new engine range this year called the XR range. The first motor to be released will be the GP7T, which is a 7 port designed for serious pace off road. More information to follow.

Source: Neo-Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

January 29, 2007

Martin Hudy wins International Friendship Race 2007

Martin Hudy

Xray are reporting on their site that Martin Hudy, driving his Xray T2007 won the International Friendship race held at the beginning of January in Vienna, Austria. The race was attended by 55 drivers from Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Hungary and the racing was split into 2 classes, stock and modified. Martin dominated the entire race, taking the race TQ, and then going on to take the win ahead of 2nd placed Vaclav Strupek also with and Xray and Markus Eder in 3rd.

You can read the full report from the event here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 28, 2007

New Crono buggy, not RC8

Team Associated RC8

Two days ago we showed this picture and asked if it was the new Associated and well what we know about the new RC8 pretty much ruled it out, like the fact that it uses C hubs and will come with a somewhat radical wing and body. So now there has been a lot of guessing concerning this picture, myself included, and it seems the front runner is that this is the new Crono and comparing it to a picture of the RS03 would seem to confirm that.

January 28, 2007

Snowbirds Motor Tech 2007

With the biggest indoor race in the world, The Snowbirds, only around the corner the organisers have released some of their findings with regards concerns that some stock motors come 10 degrees timed more or less than the factory 24 degrees they are supposed to be. Of the 40 motors tested, 20 new CS27s and 20 new Komodos, none had any major tweaking to the timing but there were some tiny differences due to tolerances. You can see the highly accurate gauge in the picture above that will be used to test all racers and anyone found with a heavily tweaked armature will be disqualified, so best check with tech control before the racing starts.

You can read their full report and see more images here.

Source: Snowbirds [snowbirdnationals.com]

January 28, 2007

Serpent prepared for the 2007 Winternats

2007 Winternats

With all the talk surrounding next months Florida Winternats concerning the international race debut of the Xray NT1, its good to also hear how the other teams are approaching the event. Seprent Motorsport from Holland have published a piece on their site outlining their preperations for thos race and also the team that they are sending.

The current 1:10 Winternat Champions, Serpent’s line up will include defending champion Paolo Morganti who will also race also in the 1:8 category. Joining him in 1:10 is fellow countryman and top Florida State Series competitor DJ Apollo who knows the Florida track well. Adding an international flavour to Team Serpent’s line is Factory driver Mark Green, emerging Austrian talent Daniel Tomaschko, fellow country man Gerhard Kandelhart and top Dutch racers Richard Keur & Ruud Schuitmaker.

Read the full article here.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 27, 2007

GRP release new clothing line

GRP, makers of tyres and more recently engines alongside Mario Rossi, have released details of their upcoming clothing line and it seems pretty extensive. Not only do they have their newly designed orange and black t-shirts, shirts, sweaters, fleeces, jackets and hats but they also have shorts and trousers. Pretty extensive and no very easy to show that you support GRP.

Source: Modellismo RC [modellismorc.net]

January 27, 2007

Team Orion Wasp CRF Rev .21

Team Orion Wasp CRF .21

Team Orion have announced that they will introduce the .21 3.5cc version of their revolutionary CRF Wasp motor at the Nurnberg toy fair next week. Made with input from Adrien Bertin, although how much influence could he have only being there a month is questionable, the engine is designed for use in your buggy or even your truggy. More information will be made available when its released.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]