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July 26, 2007

Jörn Neumann quickest at 4wd Euros

We received a quick update from the Durango team, who are present at this weeks European Championships in Finland, on todays 4wd practice. Durango team driver Jörn Neumann, who finished 8th in the 2wd class event, set the fastest lap time after 7 rounds of practice just in front of newly crowned 2wd European Champion Neil Cragg, driving the Yokomo BX, while Tamiya driver Hupo Hönigl ended the day with the 3rd quickest lap time. Friday sees final practice and the beginning of qualifying with the final qualfiying rounds and the finals taking place on Saturday.

July 26, 2007

Moore-Speed Mazda 6 Lightweight

Hot Bodies have released a lightweight version of their original Moore-Speed Mazda 6 190mm bodyshell. This new lighter version was made to help racers meet the new lower weight limits brought in following the change to 5 cell that dropped the minimum weight limit to 1350 grams. Features a slightly revised design to add structural strength due to the thinner lexan and also a newly designed rear wing to maximise downforce.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

July 26, 2007

Branham wins US Monster truck Champs

Branham wins US Monster Truck Nats

Xray are reporting on their site from last weekends US Monster truck Championships that were run on the Johnny Cool Guy Raceway in Euless, Texas. Team driver Rocco Margiotta reports on the race:

After a bad start for both Jason and I, Jason put the petal down and pulled away from me and within a couple minutes was battling with McCrary and Battaile for the top spot. The top three guys, including Jason and Mike would switch spots very frequently throughout the rest of the race, until Battaile (running Losi) broke which let McCrary and Branham take off with me in third. McCrary and Branham would swap places a few more times for the rest of the race until Jason pulled away slightly at the end of the race, which resulted in an all XT8 podium!

Read the full report here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 26, 2007

Upgrade RC Losi 8 Starter box skin

Upgrade RC Losi 8 Starterbox Skin

Upgrade RC continue in their quest to cover everything that RC racers own and use in their customisable decals with the introduction of their latest product, skins for the Losi 8 starter box. Available in several standard off the shelve versions, as seen above on the right, or from RCID Custom with your choice of designs, colours and logos.

Source: Upgrade RC [upgrade-rc.com]

July 26, 2007

Serpent Ventilated brake discs

Serpent have introduced these new ventilated brake discs for use on the companies line of 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale chassis’. Made from a single piece of steel they offer improved stopping power yet are very lightweight thanks to the many holes made into the discs surface. These holes, along with slot cut into the outer edge of the disc, ensure that the braking system doesn’t overheat which further aids the braking performance and consistency.

Click more to see the 1/10th scale version… content

July 26, 2007

Losi 8ight 4wd Buggy – Race Roller

Losi 8ight 4WD Buggy Race Roller

Team Losi have announced the release of this Race Roller version of their ROAR National Championship winning 8ight buggy. Featuring all of the same innovative features and specs that made the 8ight competition buggy a winner are carried over to this Race Roller, but instead of coming as a build it yourself kit, it comes factory assembled and ready to go.

Click more for the full details and lots of photos… content

July 26, 2007

KO Propo PDS-2386 truggy servo

KO Propo have announced the upcoming release of their latest hi-end product, the new PDS 2386 truggy servo. This servo offers over 240 OZ IN of torque and is fully metal geared throughout, with a new motor, built in heat sink, bushing collared upper case and a re-engineered final gear. A prototype of this servo was used to finish in 2nd place at last years 1/8th scale Worlds in the car of former team driver Scott Hughes. Available in August.

Source: KO Propo [kopropo.com] via Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]

July 25, 2007

Daily News Round-up

Red RC - Daily Round-up

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

> JP Racing report on the European Championships from Auxerre – Link [jpracing.com]
> Another McLaren Serpent F180 paint scheme – Link [serpent.com]
> Round 6 of the BRCA 1/8TT nationals changes venue – Link [brca-rallycross.co.uk]
> Xray is Principal Sponsor of the 2007 EP Touring Euros – Link [teamxray.com]
> TQ Fuel/Competition products no longer distribute OCM Racing – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Yet more photos from last weekends Europeans – Link [rcmag.com]
> Werks fuel and tires TQ and win at US Monster Champs – Link [radiocontrolzone.com]