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April 17, 2007

Geisendorf wins Rd1 of Swiss 1/8th Nats

Rd1 of Swiss 1/8th Nats

The past weekend saw the opening round of the Swiss 1/8th scale championships take place in Aigle, in the French part of Switzerland. In qualifying it was Serpent racer Markus Geisendorf that took the TQ spot, 2 seconds ahead of Kyosho racer Loris Pierroz with the only Motonica driver Mattia Pesenti in 3rd, less than 2 seconds further back. In the 45 minute race it was Geisendorf all the way, going on to win by a lap and a half ahead of Mugen racer Petros Diamantogiannis in 2nd with Motonica racer Pesenti in 3rd. In the Plus 38 class, held for racers that qualified 39th and lower, it was a win for Mugen racer Morier Jean-Claude who finished ahead of 2nd placed Stapf Alex also driving Mugen with 3rd position going to Serpent racer Henzi Leopold.

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April 17, 2007

Hot Bodies Cyclone S RTR

Hot Bodies have officially announced the RTR version of the Cyclone S, their sport version of the World Championship winning Cyclone touring car. Factory assembled to exacting specifications, the Cyclone S RTR will feature everything that makes the Cyclone S a great car, such as World Championship-winning racing geometry, reinforced composite chassis and shock towers, front and rear ball differentials, aluminium motor mount and full adjustability of critical race-tuning settings. This car comes with a pre-painted Dodge Stratus shell and all part are upgradeable to the existing Moorespeed World Championship Edition Cyclone options.

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April 17, 2007

Pro-Line Lexan Car Jack car stand

Pro-Line Lexan car stand

More stuff from Pro-Line today, this time its this lexan Car Jack car stand which has all the features you have ever wanted in a car stand. Its lightweight, using super light lexan material, which is also very durable and the use of supplied adhesive-backed foam provides an anti-skid surface on the top and bottom of the stand. Finally, because the stand is supplied as clear lexan, you can custom paint it in any way you wish, just as you would with your car body.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

April 17, 2007

Pro-Line Performance Wing Pack

Pro-Line performance wing pack

Pro-Line have announced the release of this wing pack, which has been designed to give you performance and versatility all in one. The 1:10 Performance Wing Pack includes 2 high downforce wings, 1 medium downforce wing, 2 standard downforce wings, and 3 front spoilers and all are made from .030 thickness lexan.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

April 17, 2007

Tiverton Nationals report by oOple

Tiverton Nationals

Last weekend saw the first round of the 2007 Electric off road nationals held at the Heazel Arena, Tivertons indoor racing venue. Jimmy and Vicky were there, racing, snapping photos and taking notes and they now have their race report online. Lots of great pictures will be online soon but in the meantime you can read about the event in which Darren Bloomfield took the win in 2wd and Lee Martin took the 4wd victory.

Read the full report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

April 16, 2007

Steen Graversen joins Kyosho

According to a report on RC Zone, Danish driver Steen Graverson has left Tamiya to race for Kyosho Japan. The European Championship finalist and multiple Danish National Champion has left Tamiya after many successful years with the company and will have his first race for Kyosho at the upcoming LRP Masters, the last big indoor race of the season that takes place on April 27th -29th in Eppelheim, near Heidelberg in Germany.

Source: RC Zone [rczone.net]

April 16, 2007

Team Orion Brushless Sensor Cables

OK, for all you neat freaks out there, Team Orion have released their brushless sensor cables in 3 different lengths. Equipped with industry standard plugs, these cables are compatible with LRP, Novak, and other popular ESCs using the Team Orion Vortex, Peak Racing Vantage BL, LRP Vector, or Reedy NEO sensored brushless motor. Available in 110mm, 150mm and 270mm.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

April 16, 2007

Christoffer Svensson signs to Medial Pro

Christoffer Svensson

Our site partners Neo Buggy are reporting that young Swedish star Christoffer Svensson has been snapped up by French tyre company Medial Pro and for the 2007 season Christoffer will run Medial Pro’s updated range of tyres, rims and products. This marks a resurrgence in the Medial Pro brand with two of Sweden’s top drivers now using their rubber, Robert Gustafssen having joined last week. Just this weekend both drivers were at the XRAY Challenge in Denmark, with Robert winning the event, and Christoffer putting in a strong round 5 qualifying TQ followed by a good run in the final before he retired with technical problems.

Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]