Pro-Line has announced their new May releases, which include:

•Square Fuzzie SC 2.2"/3.0" Tire
•Flo-Tek Clear Body for Slayer Pro
•2012 BullDog Clear Body for Tamiya TRF502X
•Velocity 2.2" 4WD Hex Front Wheel
•Pro-Line Tire Bag

Full details of which can be found below…

Square Fuzzie SC 2.2"/3.0" M3 (Soft) Tires:
This is a pair of Square Fuzzie Short Course Tires. Pro-Line is bringing back one of the most successful and iconic tread patterns of all time; the World Champion Square Fuzzie. The original Square Fuzzie was so advanced for its time that it dominated the race tracks for many years and was never duplicated. Now, Pro-Line is proud to introduce the all new and improved Square Fuzzie for your Short Course Truck! The new Square Fuzzie tires feature countless square micro-pins laid out in a traction inducing grid pattern that will stick to the track like Velcro. The long center bars provide tons of forward bite and improved wear over the Original. These tires are ideal for any indoor/outdoor hard-packed dirt track where bar-type tires are not getting the job done. The new Square Fuzzies will give you the confidence inspiring forward and side bite to propel you to the front! Read More…

Hobby Pro USA Team Driver, Kawika Eva, wins the 2012 Florida Force Series title in mod short course. Kawika took 3 TQ's out the 5 rounds. The series ended its points race on Sat 5/12 in Tampa Fl at Lake Park - home of Hurricane RC. Kawika managed to qualify 2nd behind factory TLR driver Jr Mitch. Kawika finished 2nd, and with his podium finish he was able to lock up first place over all. He ran a HVR powered Factoy Team SC10 and to keep the power down, he ran VP-Pro Axman SC tires in Ultra Flexx soft compound.

JConcepts hit the ground in Vaasa, Finland with an all new body design specifically for the IFMAR World Championships. Cleverly named, Finnisher, the unique design quickly rose to the top of the field during competition and proved effective on the ground and in the air. Designed with aspects learned from the Punisher line of bodies, the Finnisher provides an even more aggressive look with included details which remain crucial to performance. JConcepts is pleased to introduce the Finnisher body design specifically for 1/8th buggy racing. The Mugen MBX6-R Finnisher body is a drop fit for the popular vehicle and bears a stunning look with its cab treatment, styling and aggressive personality.Read More…

Two weeks ago we posted about the Italian Radiosistemi prototype car Riccardo Rabitti ran on his way to finishing on the podium at the first round Italian Nats. Having started on pole for the final, he went backwards, taking P3 in the end - he wasn't entirely happy with the result and the message from 'UFORicky' and the the Radiosistemi camp was that more hard work was needed to find time in the car.

Since we last looked, there have been a few changes made compared with the prototype we showed you two weeks ago, the first is purely aesthetic; black anodizing now coats almost every alu part on the car, however whilst that might please the eye it doesn't do much to make a car faster...

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Team C now release their new team edition kit for 2wd short course TS2TE, it come with:

• 16mm Big Bore
• New design short course body
• Aluminium arm mount
• Aluminium motor mount
• Aluminium 28T gear
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The 2012 FORCE Series (Florida Off-Road R/C Competiton Events) has come to an end. Agama and Hobby-Pro USA is proud to announce their most recent victories from the sunny state of Florida. Team driver, Gene Hickerson, drove his Agama A8 buggy and A8T truggy to victory by claiming the 2012 FORCE Series championship title in BOTH the 1/8 Pro Buggy and 1/8 Pro Truggy classes. Congrats to Gene THE MACHINE Hickerson on his great performance. Winning a series race is a true testament to Hobby Pro USA's great product line. Fellow Hobby Pro USA and Agama Driver Joey "Batman" Perez finished up in a very respectable 2nd place over-all in the Pro Buggy Class as well.
SEE: www.hobbyprousa.com

The first round of the 1/8th Buggy Finish Nationals was held in Turku under tricky conditions. In the morning we had some rain and heavy wind and in the afternoon weather came clearer, but wind got stronger which made driving over the jumps very challenging. After 3 rounds of Qualifying Tomi Salonen was 1st, followed by August Poutiainen and Ari Heinonen. After semi-finals the top six was Salonen followed by Poutiainen, Heinonen, Leino, Ahoniemi and Siltanen. In the A-final, we saw a tight battle between Salonen and Poutiainen pulling away from the rest of the field. After 13 minutes Poutiainen was leading by several seconds until he had a crash with another car and broke his Xray and was forced to retire. Salonen took the lead and controlled the rest of the final easily. Many drivers suffered from flame outs and crashes during the hard 45 minute windy final.

Final results:
1) Salonen Tomi / Mugen / Novarossi
2) Heinonen Ari / Kyosho / JQ
3) Leino Teemu / Hot Bodies / LRP
4) Ahoniemi Simo / Mugen / Novarossi
5) Heinonen Arto / JQ / ?
6) Lehtojärvi Jethro / Xray / LRP
7) Mört Max / JQ / Alpha
8) Peltomaa Harri / Mugen / Novarossi
9) Lyijynen Tommi / Losi / Novarossi
10) Thusberg Tom / Kyosho / Novarossi
11) Siltanen Jarno / Mugen / Novarossi
12) Poutiainen August / Xray / Ninja

Nathan Powney reports - So on Sunday 13th May it was time for the 2nd round of the Popular Midland Based Regional series and with the meeting running on my own club track I felt confident with my setup that my car would be capable of at least an A final grid position. On the Saturday I went down to the track early to open up the track for the days practice and get a load of jobs completed around the track ready for the Sundays meeting and setup all the equipment, as the day went on I had 2 or 3 practice goes and was happy with the car but felt i needed more speed, so once practice was closed and checking the sheet on who was claiming fastest laps on the shortened circuit I found that my laps were 2nd fastest of the day. Very pleased with the Intech setup i opted to run a 14t clutchbell for the Sundays racing due to the long straight that we had setup. Onto Sunday I arrived around 7.30am and setup all my gear, once I had checked in with TMSC series organisers that they had everything they needed and the track was all tidy ready to race my day could get serious. Read More...

2. Jon Howells, 1. Craig Drescher, 3. Nathan Powney

A little video this afternoon from World Championship winning Team Orion, showing us some unprecedented footage of what it takes to produce race-winning engines. The video is part of their promotional push for the 2012 CRF series of 3 buggy engines and the T522 truggy engine, the three buggy engines have in Orion's own words, been "completely reorganised... There are two Factory Team engines with hand-made tuning and ceramic ball bearings and one Racing Team engine with some reduced specs at a great price!" To read more and see the specs & features head over to Team Orion's 2012 CRF page

Promoters for September's 'Italian Job' race in Italy (of all places!) have put together the following video showcasing some of the talent that will be present at the race which will be held at the highly regarded Asti track.