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“With team Serpent showing up to the Euros with a revised prototype of their planned offroad buggy everyone was keen to scope it out. However photos of the insides haven’t surfaced….Dun duh daaa! Until NOW! Click read more for the party!” Find out more… [Source - neobuggy.net]

“Vatomme have released 2 new pan car chassis’, the E12 1/12th scale and the M10 1/10th scale, both of which are brand new designs with the E12 a T-bar chassis and the M10 a trailing link chassis. The E12 features a unique T-bar tweaking system that allows the tweak to be adjusted from the bottom of the car, through the use of 2 grub screws, while the rear end is available in 2 different versions, comprising of the ‘Asso damper’ style and the ‘tube damper’ style. The M10 is the first Pro 10 200mm chassis from Vantomme and has been made to compete in the resurgent Pro 10 class. Based upon the CRC Gen X10, it has been made out of 2.5mm carbon with the battery tray attached with 6 points to the chassis, which makes it also a kind of upper deck, providing increased stiffness to the chassis. Click here for more information and photos…”

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“Smart, easy-to-use XRAY Belt Tensioner Set for controlling center drive belt tension and twisting. High-quality components include CNC-machined lightweight alu mounting post, high-speed ball-bearings, and mounting hardware.” [Source - teamxray.com]

“You Tamiya CR-01 fans will love this. RC4wd, long known for it’s awesome billet transmissions and axles, has started producing billet aluminum spring mounts, hubs, link mounts, and even full axle cases for the Tamiya Land Cruiser. Although there hasn’t been any word on pricing RC4wd says they’re currently packing them and they should be ready to ship next week. More pics after the jump.” Find out more… [Source - Our partner site clodzone.com]

“The Frankley Charity Shield, which was held over the weekend at Frankley Model Car Club in Birmingham, was a huge success and included some hair-raising antics for event organiser Glynn. There were 70 drivers in attendance across the buggy and truggy classes which showed good support for the charity event. At drivers briefing the explanation of how the day was to be made up of a couple of additional challenges including a ‘Super Lap Challenge’ and the ‘Race of Champions’ along with the standard race day format of 3 rounds of qualifying and finals. CML’s Wes Myles was also tasked with raising enough money to see Glyn ‘Maddog’ Morgan have his head shaved for £100 or £200 for a full body wax!” Read More… [Source - cmldistribution.co.uk]

“Today Joern Neumann sported an updated Serpent/Gerd Strenge made prototype. 18 Special shot a couple of photos of it on the outside, with Gerd not allowing ‘internal’ photos. As posted earlier today, the car has a Losi front end, but different shock geometry, alu gearboxes, tilted engine, rear shocks infront of the wishbone and Hong Nor shocks.” [Source - neobuggy.net]

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“What you race at the track determines how serious you are about winning. For those who want to look the part comes this stylish new cap from H.A.R.D. racing. Because we know it is equally important to be comfortable and look good at the track, as it is to be fast, H.A.R.D Racing is releasing the Racing Cap to the masses. The jet black finish is guaranteed to hide any smudge marks that are bound to occur during a tough day’s racing. Featuring an embroidered white H.A.R.D. logo on the centre front, other drivers will know you’re racing the best. Elegant green stitching shows off H.A.R.D. racing’s signature colour, while reinforcing the fabric to make this cap even more durable.” [Source - hard-racing.com]

“Kyosho Germany wish to heartly invite you to attend the Warm up Race for the 2nd Kyosho Masters 2008 in Bischofsheim, Frankfurt, which runs from the 18th - 20th July. Many drivers will remember this very special atmosphere on the first Kyosho Masters last year, even the very special weather conditions could not change the perfect mood of the attendees. This year the sun will be back - we already arranged this for you. We will have thrilling racing action on all days and on Saturday evening there will be a nice dinner at the race track after which there will be a fun race with the brand new MFR Racing Truck. The starting fee will be 20€ and includes the special ‘Starter Package’ and if you want to start in a second class, the starting fee will be additional 5€.” [Source - redrc.net]

” Here we have the first release information on the new Mi3.5 competition touring car. The new Mi3.5, fast and efficient, a superb handling touring car, based on the hugely successful Mi3 which has won countless races and championships all over the world. The Mi3.5 has been further refined and lightened and is now available with the new lightweight diff mounts, “EU” chassis and top deck. The Mi3.5 enables the racer to set up their car with every adjustment possible. Now factory assembled it saves you time even before it takes on the opposition. The Mi3.5 also offers you more choice, from the awesomely specified Mi3.5 PRO with full carbon fibre and titanium, available in 5 or 6 cell versions or the more durable Mi3.5 RACE (6 cell) using Schumacher’s famous S1 carbon composite material. Schumacher Mi3.5 join the winning team!

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