RB have announced that young and talented Portuguese driver Carlos Durães has joined their team for 2009. This year saw him win the RB Cup with the best overall time and the Portuguese cup in front of all the best Portuguese drivers. The French engine maker expects that he will be a major player for next years national championship and international races.
Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]
Nosram have developed a new speed control, designed specifically for stock racing. The Matrix Evolution Spec Racing features new hardware and new special software with 4 “Spec Racing” stock profiles to extract maximum performance out of your spec racing motor. Compared to ordinary brushless modified speed controls, this ESC gives significantly higher RPM and torque from any brushless stock motor, regardless of the winding. In addition to this it also features 4 power profiles perfectly suited to modified racing. This allows you to run at the highest competition level in whatever class you want, whether you will want to run in stock or modified racing, or with NiMH, NiCd or LiPo.
Source: Nosram [nosram.com]
Trinity have produced these new and improved rear uprights for the Losi 8ight 2.0. Featuring the same outstanding characteristics of the original Trinity developed Losi 8 1.0 uprights, but have been updated for the new Losi while also give you the option to adjust your roll center by raising or lowering the ball stud.
Source: Trinity [teamtrinity.com]
Thunder Power RC have signed 28-time ROAR US National Champion Josh Cyrul. With Thunder Power RC entering the surface marketplace, they felt Josh, with his 21 years of experience in the hobby including product design, testing, tuning and racing, would be a perfect choice to support their products at the highest levels. Josh will play an important role by not only using and promoting our products at race events around the world, but also by assisting in the testing and development of future TPRC products.
Thunder Power is well-known for their performance and quality in the airplane and helicopter markets, so when they wanted to make a strong push to bring their technology and knowledge to the car market I was all ears” states Josh. “This past weekend was my first experience running a Thunder Power 5000mAh Pro Race 40C LiPo battery and the performance was the best that I have driven so far. I am looking forward to representing them at all the major US and international events where lipo is allowed in 2009 and beyond. I would also like to thank everyone at Thunder Power for this great opportunity.
Source: Thunder Power RC [thunderpowerrc.com]
Venom have released this LiPo Safety Charging Sack, which is designed to minimize potential hazards when charging a LiPo battery pack. Made of flame resistant material, the sack will help protect you and surrounding areas from possible fire damage. Use the safety sack while charging, storing or transporting your LiPO battery packs.
Source: Venom [venom-group.com]
Team Shepherd have confirmed the signing of Marco Müller for the 2009 season. The current Swiss 1/8th Scale On-Road Champion will use the Velox at National races as well as at the World Championship next year in Lostallo, Switzerland. Marco, who formerly raced for Mugen, will continue to use Novarossi engines.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
GRP have released a new 1/8th scale buggy rim and is the product of many tests carried out during this racing season, according to the usual GRP policy, whereby GRP introduces on the market its own new products only after many long test sessions. The rim features a new structure to improve its flexibility and has been lightened by 21% from 40 grams to 31 grams. Featuring a new external diameter of 83mm they are available in White and fluorescent yellow.
Source: GRP [grpgandini.com]
Byron Originals have announced the addition of Jared Tebo to the Byron Factory Team. Jared fills the role as “Lead Team Driver” and will bring years of experience and exceptional driving skills to the rapidly expanding Byron Team. Not only will Jared be flying the Byron Race banner around the world, but he will be providing valuable input into enhancements to the current line of Byron Fuels and also the development of allied Byron Fuels Accessories lines. Jared had the following to say:
I am extremely pleased to be part of the Byron Fuel Team. Race Gen2 is awesome, runs great, burns clean and keeps my engines running stronger and longer. And I can count on that quality on a consistent basis, gallon after gallon.
Source: Byron Fuels [byronfuels.com]
