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July 18, 2007

Team Losi JRXS Type-R – Options

Team Losi JRXS Type-R - Options

Team Losi have announced the release of 2 new options for the companies 190mm EP touring car, the JRX-S Type R. First off we have the new front one way assembly which includes a precision machined and lightened aluminum housing with one-way bearings in either side and comes supplied with outdrives, shafts, one-way pulley and the dogbones. This type of one-way system is a popular tuning item for racers who like an aggressive set up and/or run in extremely high grip conditions. Also new for the JRX-S Type R is a steel LiPo battery tray, that allows existing JRX-S Type R owners to easily fit standard LiPo battery packs. The tray adds an additional 120 grams, to the lowest point in the car, to offset the reduced LiPo battery weight and has been finished off with an attractive gloss black, and engraved with the Type-R logo.

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July 18, 2007

Francisco wins Portuguese National Champs

Schumacher are reporting, that at the recent 5th, and final round, of the Portuguese Touring Car Nationals at Tomar, Schumacher Mi-3 driver Ruben Francisco took pole position and victory, for the 3rd time, and with that result took the 2007 Portuguese National Championship. Miguel Macieira was 2nd, Fernando Cardoso 4th, Rui Fazenda 5th, Miklós Nagy 6th and Jorge Simões 9th. As well as the main national title, Schumacher also won the 45+ Portuguese Touring Car Championship with driver Fernando Cardoso.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

July 18, 2007

Team Associated B44 – Up close

Team Associated B44

We wrote about the much anticipated 4wd electric buggy from Team Associated, the B44, when it was announced a week ago. Team Associated have now put the full information from their new car online, including lots of up close chassis pictures such as the one above, but strangely there was no overall chassis shot or from the bottom either, perhaps parts haven’t been finalised.

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July 18, 2007

Thunder Tiger EB4 S3 RTR

Our partners RC Mag have the first pictures of the new RTR version of the Thunder Tiger EB4 S3 1/8th scale buggy, spotted at Maquette du Plaisir. Sporting a pullstart Thunder Tiger .28 motor, which has plenty of bottom end power and torque, while the only other differences between this and its successful Pro version is the lack of anti-roll bars, no carbon fiber used, no central CVDs, but other than that its still the same race winning chassis. The car is expected to be sold complete for EUR 428.

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July 18, 2007

Werks Racing Stubs buggy tire

Werks Racing have announced the release of the newest addition to their range of competition tires, the new 1/8th “Stubs” buggy tire. Designed for blue groove or high grip type track conditions, the tire utilizes a mini-pin type tread design for maximum grip without allowing the pins to fold over. The new 1/8 “Stubs” also incorporates a larger center pin design for improved forward bite with a slightly domed carcass profile to reduce the tendency for the car to catch edges and roll as is common in blue groove type situations. Comes complete with molded foam insert for the utmost in consistency.

Source: Werks [werksracing.com]

July 17, 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:

> Hong Nor High Downforce Mini CRT.5 Truggy wings – Link [neo-buggy.net]
> Honest in Japan start selling the EDS mini tool set – Link [teamhonest.jp]
> Photos from this weeks 1/8TT European Championships – Link [buggy.gr]
> LRP release their new VTEC rubber and foam tires – Link [lrp.cc]
> First video from this weeks 1/8TT European Championships – Link [medialpro.com]
> RB Products have a very brief report from today in Auxerre – Link [rbproducts.com]

July 17, 2007

New Mega polished exhaust system

Serpent have released this EFRA approved Mega polished exhaust system for use with your 3.5cc Mega MF or ZX engines. Featuring great fuel economy, this pipe has a lot of bottom and top end power and is best suited for use on high-speed tracks. The pipe set comes complete with the polished conical T5 manifold, which is the best manifold for this pipe, while the top of the pipe features the Mega logo laser etched into it. The pipe set is sold complete with rubber seal and mounting springs.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 17, 2007

Walti wins Swiss 1/10th Champs Rd3

Swiss 10th Nats Rd3

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the Swiss 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals run at the Lostallo track, host of next weeks European 1/8th scale Championships. Qualifying saw Mugen racer Dirk Stammler claim the pole position ahead of the Xray driver, and winner of the first 2 rounds, Beat Walti in 2nd, while 3rd spot went to another Xray, that of Traugott Schär. At the start of the final pole man Stammler has some problems and lets Walti into the lead followed by Schär close behind, while on lap 5 Stammler flames out and drops out of contention then the next lap Walti makes a mistake and drops back to fifth. Schär takes over the lead where he stays until 5 minutes till then end when he makes a mistake allowing the recovering Walti to regain the lead where he stays to take the win, and the 2007 National title, ahead of Schär in 2nd with Serpent driver Walter Pollet-Villard in 3rd.

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