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August 25, 2008

Werks Racing new Molded Insert

Werks Racing have announced the release of their new and improved 1/8th scale buggy tire inserts. Keeping the same wide, slightly rounded, profile that works exceptionally well with most of today’s more popular tire designs these new inserts use a new, lighter weight, higher quality material that makes for an even more consistent insert, virtually eliminating any difference in hardness between one to the next. As an added bonus the new material is less prone to disintegrating resulting in a longer wearing insert all at the same price as the old one.

Source: Werks Racing [werksracing.com]

August 25, 2008

Svensson wins Rd3 of Swedish Cup

Christoffer Svensson wins Swedish Cup Rd3

Werks Racing have been in contact to tell us about their success at last weekend’s round 3 of the Swedish Cup held in Mjölby. Qualifying saw Andreas Edvinsson do the fastest run from Robert Gustafsson in 2nd and Werks sponsored Christoffer Svensson in 3rd. I the main final it was Hobao racer Svensson that came away with the win by 13 seconds in front of young Kyosho racer David Ronnefalk in 2nd, while Losi driver Gustafsson ended up in 3rd, only 4 seconds further back.

Source: Werks Racing [werksracing.com]

August 25, 2008

Erik Dankel joins RPM Motorsport

Newly formed RPM, Robert Pietsch Motorsport, have confirmed that young up and coming German racer Erik Dankel has signed to race the company’s new range of competition tires. Made by ATS these new tires helped Robert to a final position at this Summer’s European Championships in Valencia, Spain, where Erik also competed finishing in a very creditable 12th overall.

Source: RPM [rpm-motorsport.de]

August 25, 2008

Dempsey & Whelan win Irish Nats Rd6

The final round of the Irish National On road Nitro Championships took place yesterday at the St. Annes track in Dublin with the main attention being on the 1:10 200mm class with the title still up for grabs. Team Serpent Ireland driver Clive Connolly, who wrapped up the 1:8 title and won the 1:10 A Final to go top of the standings at the previous round, was absent from the season finale meaning Xray driver Eoin Doran had the opportunity to snatch the title on tie break if he could take Round 6 victory, but it wasn’t to be. In qualifying it was top UK Championship racer Mark Gilliland that would TQ ahead of his Xray team-mate Doran with Team Serpent Ireland’s Keith Dempsey third. In the Final however both Gilliland and Doran would hit problems allowing Dempsey to take his first ever national win ahead of fellow Serpent 720 racer Chris Lawlor, who claimed his fourth podium of the season to finish 3rd in the final standings. Doran would eventually finish in the final podium placing but up front Dempsey’s win ensured the perfect 2008 National campaign for Connolly as he defended his 1:8 title and secured the 1:10 title at his first attempt. In the 1:8 Final Kyosho driver Austin Elliott TQ’d but his race ended on the opening lap after contact with another car broke his throttle servo. This allowed Colin Whelan’s Kyosho to go on to take the win from the Serpent pairing of Darragh Fox and Sean Doyle.

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August 24, 2008

Yannick Aigoin wins Coupe de France

The 2008 Coupe de France took place this weekend in Les Andelys, North West of Paris. Qualifying for the 4wd class saw Nicolas Rodriguez take the pole position ahead of Yannick Aigoin in 2nd and Jerome Aigoin in 3rd. Following the semi finals, that were each won by Jerome Aigoin and brother Yannick, it was the Jerome, driving the new Inferno MP9 that would line up on pole position for the main final. In the 45 minute final Jerome unfortunately ran into some problems that saw him finish down in 6th, 4 laps down on the eventual winner Yannick Aigoin driving a Losi 8ight, with current European Champion Renaud Savoya in 2nd for Mugen, while Xray driver Jerome Sartel claimed the last step of the podium in 3rd.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

August 23, 2008

Carson 7.4V 20C LiPo packs

Carson Modelsports have released its first generation LiPo car batteries. Especially developed for extreme power delivery and run time, just charge and drive. With high capacities like 3600mAh, 4000mAh and 4600mAh, these new packs feature a hard case to keep the cells from being damaged during use and feature the same measurements as 6-cell Sub C battery cells ensuring they will fit in all standard 1/10th scale on road and off road cars.

Source: Carson [carson-modelsport.com]

August 23, 2008

Robitronic Servo arms & LiPo packs

Robitronic have released a number of new items including these aluminum servo arms, which have been designed with clamp-on style mounting system. The two side screws will clamp onto the sevo tab along with the top screw, which prevents the servo arm from coming loose during high stress situation. Also new are these 2 new LiPo batteries that can be used as a receiver battery pack or can be used for powering rock crawlers. Available in 1500mAh or 2700mAh hump configuration, their small size is perfect for mounting on the front servo plate of Axial AX10, providing even balance over the front axle.

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August 22, 2008

Daily News Round-up

A summary of other news pieces from around the internet today in our Red RC Round-up:

> Read the oOple review of the XB808 & Pred X11 – Link [oople.com]
> XB808 wins South German Champs Rd2 – Link [teamxray.com]
> Victory in Luxembourg for Hepp – Link [serpent.com]
> Suliandy wins Indonesia Nationals Rd3 – Link [teamxray.com]
> View the LRP S18 Touring Car video – Link [lrp.cc]
> The Apolaro Report – Podium at GLC – Link [serpent.com]
> MP9 and ST-RR Sweep RC Pro West – Link [kyoshoamerica.com]
> Interview with Jilles Groskamp – Link [rc-junkies.net]