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January 6, 2007

EFRA Euros for Off road to be re scheduled?

EFRA

According to a report by Philip over at Neo Buggy, the European A Championships for 1/8th scale off road, that is being held in France this summer, is to be rescheduled due to a clash with the Tour de France. The problem is “A clash with the Tour de France in the proximity of the hosting city Auxerre would create massive problems with hotels etc.”. This seems to me to be just bad planning on behalf of the organisers to have just overlooked something like this. We will learn more soon and keep you informed.

Source: Neo-Buggy [neobuggy.net]

January 6, 2007

RS Falcon release .28 truggy motor

Falcon truggy motor

Through Mirage Racing, RS Falcon have announced the release of this .28 truggy motor. It just shows the growing competitiveness of the truggy class when competition engine manufacturers are making motors specifically for it. This seems like a very nice motor, from the same stable as Ninja and Boss, and features some very cutting edge internals as you would expect from a motor with big names like GRP and Mario Rossi behind its design.

You can view more detailed pics and information here.

Source: Mirage Racing [mirageracing.com]

January 5, 2007

Twister 2.2 Electric Speed Controller

Hot Bodies Europe have relased full details of the new Atsushi Hara Racing Products Twister 2.2 speed controller. Made by KO Propo this new controller features an upgraded spec yet retains the same top performance one comes to expect from this line of speedo.

This speedo is used by 2006-2007 IFMAR ISTC World Champion Andy Moore, and is also used by his impressive stable of World Champion teammates like Atsushi Hara, Surikarn and Marc Rheinard! European Champions like Teemu Leinu also use this amazing speedo, which is renowned for its impressive efficiency and power handling capabilites!

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January 4, 2007

Timo Engelstatter to race Team Losi in 2007

Timo EngelstÃ¤tter to race Team Losi in 2007

Our partners Buggy Sport are reporting that 2 times German Vice Champion Timo Engelstatter has switched over to the Team Losi for the 2007 season. Staying with the Graupner team, that recently signed Sonke Matz to also race Losi, Timo last year raced with the HoBao Hyper8 which is also imported by the same company.

Source: Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]

January 4, 2007

John Ermen joins Serpent Team Netherlands

John Ermen

Serpent are reporting that multiple Dutch National Champion John Ermen has signed to race for Serpent Netherlands in the 2007 season. Returning to the Dutch manufacturer after a number of years away racing for Mugen, John will be seen as one of the favourites for the Dutch title this year.

The current 1:8 Dutch National Vice-Champion, Ermen will head Serpent’s challenge for 1:8 success in its home country. Racing since 1990, Â having caught the bug for rc racing from his father and older brother, Â John has an impressive racing CV which includes three World Championships appearances including the 2001 event in Australia.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 4, 2007

New t-shirt and pit towel from Much More

Much More t-shirt and towel

Makers of cool products and sponsors of cool racers, Much More, have released 2 new pieces of merchandising to display your brand loyalty. First up we have a red t-shirt featuring the Much More logo, which is very similar to the Hoodie they released a while back. Also new to the range is 2 new pit towels, available in Blue and Pink, they feature the Much More logo embroidered into the corner.

Source: Much More [much-more.co.kr]

January 3, 2007

Orcan fuel and batteries

Not necessarily new products but the Orcan range of products have received a rather nice identity revamp. A while back we featured a rather nice motor cooler from Orcan, a brand belonging to SMI, the importers of Xray, Hudy and Novarossi in Germany. The Orcan fuel uses high quality components and has been developed over 10 years for competition use, winning many National and International championships, whilst the cells are matched 4200mAh suitable for serious racers. Expect to see air filters, glow plugs and oils for off road racing from Orcan in 2007.

Source: SMI [smi-motorsport.de]

January 3, 2007

RB Products new World Champion revealed

Nicolas Vouilloz

Just before christmas RB ran a competition on their site to guess the identity of their new World Champion driver. Well in what has turned out to be a great anti-climax for us news hounds it appears that that drivers identity is 10 time World Champion mountain biker Nicolas Vouilloz. I wont even pretend to have heard of him before but apart from his skills on a mountain bike it turns out that he is pretty nifty in a rally car too.

You can find out more about Nicolas Vouilloz here.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]