THE Release Part 7: Drivetrain, Fueltank and Aerodynamical Beauty
Drivetrain The Drivetrain is a key feature in any racing car. On THE Car I focused on two main points, making it light, and making it durable. I want to have a free spinning, maintenance free drivetrain, and I want it to be light.The drivetrain may seem insignificant at first, but it's not, it directly affects the cars acceleration and responsiveness, and also as I have found in testing, runtime. Read more about Part 7
At the 7th BRCA nats round two weekends ago Jon Hazlewood was rocking the new Agama A8 buggy, over the bank holiday weekend team mate Dani Vega made the trip over from Spain to race the Pro-Line event. Jon's new venture Nemo Racing are the distributors of Agama for UK & France and will be offering some great trackside support via their swanky new company-branded support vehicle. Nemo racing's website is now live, see www.nemoracing.com
RB are proud to announce that they are releasing their own range of tools, providing a complete range of high quality and durable tools at a reasonable price. RB Products
The third round of the Norwegian Cup took place at Vinåsen, Bergen. It was Jan Erik Kronheim who led the final with a good margin until technical problems allowed him to finish third. Unfortunately it rained pretty much all of Friday and most of Saturday making track conditions extremely challenging.
1. Morten Thorkildsen Serpent 2. Rune Karlsen Kyosho 3. Jan Erik Kronheim Mugen 4. Lars Erik Mo Mugen 5. Egil Amtedal X-ray 6. Anders Mehren Losi 7. Steffen Bråthen Kyosho 8. Christian Martinsen Serpent 9. Hans Magne Berg Associated 10. Kristian Kvam Kyosho 11. Arild Morken Valdersnes X-ray
The Oregon RC Nitro Tour is proud to announce the 1st annual Houston’s Nitro Blast at “The Burg”
Classes for this race include: 1/8th Arena Truck 1/8th Buggy 2wd Short Course Truck 4wd Short Course Truck
Come Check out the Race scene in Oregon at one of the Best facilities on the I-5 corridor. Easy access to amenities and lodging close by. For more information check out our web site www.orcnt.com
JConcepts Team Driver, Jörn Neumann wins round 1 of the German 1/8 Off Road Buggy Nationals running the new JConcepts Punisher body, Illuzion 1/8 buggy wing and JConcepts Tires and Wheels. Jörn ran the Barcodes in Orange compound and was very impressed with the “insane forward traction” and absolutely no tire wear after the 40 minute main. JConcepts
Czech Losi driver Martin Bayer emailed us a few days ago about his sweep @ the 4th round of the Czech Cup at Šikluv Mlýn (known as unpronounceable in English!), the 3-day format saw 3 classes being run, all of which Martin TQ'd and won. Martin also let us know that he has signed a deal with Ultimate Racing through the rest of 2010 and all of 2011, he is pleased to say that the Czech cup race was his first using Ultimate Racing products. See:www.ultimateracing.es
Hobao Racing’s all new 1/10 Hyper Transformer Truck combines the features of both Truggy and Truck. Derived from Hyper Mini ST, Hyper TT now runs on new longer chassis and bigger tires for more realism. To switch between Truggy and Truck, simply change the body by adding on the rear wing and in just a second, you will enjoy a total different driving style and fun! See:www.hobao-racing.com | Click Read more for features.