RC America, the US distributor of Xray and Hudy, in cooperation with Mike’s Hobby Shop will organize the Xray USA Challenge for 1/10 nitro and electric touring cars. The event is going to take place at Gulf Coast Raceway, TX on May 21st-23rd, the host track of the 2010 World Championship. With the US and European factory team in attendance, including Juraj and Martin Hudy, it will be a great event to discuss technical and set-up issues.

Full information on the event can be found here.

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The organisers of the F1RCGP series were in touch to inform us that Waigo Hobby in Hong Kong will be organising qualifying races to take part in the 10th round of the F1RCGP Championships which will be held in Hong Kong in November this year. The qualifying series will have 8 rounds held in different tracks across Hong Kong with the 1st round kicking off this weekend, the 14th of March. The winner of each race will get 100pts, 2nd 98pts, 3rd 97pts with 2pts for TQ. At the end of the 8 rounds the top 30 drivers will be qualified to race in the F1GP class when the F1RCGP stops off in Hong Kong later this year.

More information (only in Cantonese) can be found here.

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Hong Kong F1RCGP qualifying series

The 2010 Psycho Nitro Blast took place last weekend in Atlanta, GA. and attracted some 400 entries for this annual indoor event. Qualifying consisted of 3 rounds, with the best 2 to count, and Adam Drake TQ’d all three rounds in 1/8th nitro buggy, 1/8th nitro truck, and 1/8th electric. The Drake was able to convert those TQs into wins in both the 60 minute 1/8th Pro buggy class final, finishing ahead of Tamiya driver Ryan Lutz and Losi team mate Mike truhe, and the 20 minute 1/8th electric buggy class final, winning that in front of fellow Losi driver Gene Hickerson.

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The first round of 1/10 EP Indonesian National Championship was held on Sunter International Speedway in Jakarta and saw a total of 50 drivers competing in two classes, Modified and Stock 11.5. In Modified class qualifying, Bowie Ginting placed his Xray on TQ spot, followed by Teddy Syach with his Hot Bodies in 2nd place, 0.8 seconds behind Bowie with Kris Heriyana driving a Tamiya in 3rd place, 1 second further back. In Stock class it was again Bowie Ginting in the TQ spot, with Suwardi Suliandy driving a TOP Photon in 2nd and Dimas Ardian with a Tamiya in 3rd spot.

Modified Final 1 saw Bowie get the first spot with Kris Heriyana 1.5 seconds behind him. In the 2nd final, Bowie Ginting got a penalty and must enter the pit, rejoining the race in 2nd place behind Kris Heriyana. The pair had a very close duel, which ended on 3.5 minutes when Heriyana rolled his Tamiya giving Bowie the lead position, going on to win the second leg, which gave Bowie the overall win in the modified class. In the last final, it was Teddy Syach and Kris Heriyana who had a nice duel, both were fighting for first place to try and claim 2nd place overall and at the end, Syach finished first with Heriyana on second leaving both on equal points with Heriyana taking it with a better time.

Modified class result
1. Bowie Ginting – Xray T3
2. Kris Heriyana – Tamiya TRF 416 X
3. Teddy Syach – Hot Bodies Cyclone TC

In the Stock class, It was Suwardi Suliandy who won the first leg, but in leg 2 he got a bad start giving Bowie the advantage to win the 2nd leg. So the last final was a duel between Suwardi and Bowie to take first place overall. Bowie and Suwardi had a nice duel, but with Suwardi packing a fast motor he was able to overtake Bowie at the end of the straight and win the 3rd final taking the stock class win ahead of Bowie in 2nd and Dimas Ardian in 3rd.

Stock class result
1. Suwardi Suliandy – TOP Photon
2. Bowie Ginting – Xray T2′009
3. Dimas Ardian – Tamiya TRF 416 X

Thanks to Bowie Ginting for the report.

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New From East Coast Bodies are these new half-painted 1/8th scale buggy bodies that give you the style of a pro paint job with minimum effort. The color scheme shown is already painted on the bodies, so just spray on a single color of your choice and you’re done. These first three styles fit the Hot Bodies D8, Associated RC8 and the Tamiya 801 buggies.

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Losi have introduced their own line of ROAR approved Xcelorin LiPo batteries to provide the high-performance power needed by today’s competitive racers, with all featuring high-capacities, large discharge ratings and superior quality. Currently available in 4 different types, the first is a 7.4V 5000mAh 2S 40C LiPo battery for 1/10-scale vehicles and features an ultra-low resistance EC3 connector. Next up is the 11.1V 4200mAh 3S 25C LiPo battery for 1/10-scale vehicles and also features an EC3 connector. The final two are 14.8V 5000mAh 4S LiPo batteries with either 25C or 40C rating, which are perfect for 1/8-scale vehicles and feature an ultra-low resistance EC5 connector.

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