Archive for the ‘RC Truggy’ Category


Gene The Machine Hickerson our driver of the month!

Friday, May 9th, 2008 | 56 views

We have covered about Ryan Cavalieri RC Achievements, now here our other driver we chose among the many we know. He is none other than our friend from across the sea, right at the opposite of the globe from us, may we introduce [should hear the drum roll by now], Gene ‘The Machine’ Hickerson.

Gene The Machine Hickerson our driver of the month!

Here’s a little bit of him. Get ready to keep scrolling right down down there. Gene Hickerson and his wife Rysann gave birth to their 1st child, Rayanna Ruth Hickerson, on December 22, 2007. Despite now being a daddy, Hickerson continues to be a factor on the track.

4-27-08
CEN Racing’s Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson takes 5th place in the monster truck class at the 2008 ROAR Nitro Truck Nationals with the CEN Nemesis. Hickerson was in the semi Final in 1/8 Truck.

http://www.roarracing.com/results/nats/2008/2008_ROAR_Truck_Fuel_Offroad_Nationals.pdf

4-13-08
CEN Racing’s Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson wins round 4 of the FSORS with the CEN Matrix FRE. There was 184 entries with the best driver’s in FL competing including IFMAR World Champion Billy Easton. (more…)

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ROAR Warriors!

Friday, May 9th, 2008 | 70 views

Once again thanks to JohnCary from Radiocontrolzone. All these great pictures are from him and without him, we here in East Malaysia, just have to wait in the RC magazine to have the slight bit of the action and even that not really satisfying.

Here goes, just a little bit. Just a peek, OK. LOL.

truggies at the pit

Here Chad Bradley new X2 Truggy!
Chad Bradley's X1X truggy

Gary Guest Truggy. Awesome as always.
Gary Guest new Truggy

Here World Champion Mark Pavidis Kyosho ST-RR Truggy.
Mark Pavidis kyosho ST-RR truggy

Enough? Not yet? Hmm… I hope JohnCary doesn’t mind. Ok another one for you all… Ryan Cavalieri Kyosho ST-RR Truggy! :P
Ryan Cavalieri Kyosho ST-RR truggy

There, not only their wings are different, have you all noticed their spoilers too? They all done nicely and this is indeed real pro not only in term of driving and attitude, but also in painting. Just awesome.

To view the winner, Champions of ROAR Truck Nationals here.

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Ryan Cavalieri - We adore you!

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 | 88 views

Yes we are! Ryan Cavalieri, you the man! You appeared everywhere and almost 80-90% upward be at the podium. Will you ever rest? Will you ever quit? Well, don’t quit on us. We love you featuring you here. You are so young, yet you have captured so many wonderful moments being at the top of the podium. If not the best, you still up there among the elite.

So, today, after battling among us who gonna be our featured racer today, we all with one voice, after forcing the negatroids, we came to conclusion, today Tuesday, 29 April 2008 is your day at JonehRC Dot Com. Congrats. Hooray.

Ryan Cavalieri with checks at 2008 RCX show

To Team Associated, they must be smiling all the way for they have solid hold of this wonder boy. Well at least, till next venture, eh Ryan C ;) Ryan Cavalieri has proven he can drive whatever the car brand is and still at the front. the previous team, Team Losi can verified that for sure.

Ryan Cavalieri truggy at rcx showRyan Cavalieri buggy at rcx show

Ok enough, for now. If you missed the post, here he won the 2008 RCX Supercross event for the second time in video interview!

All Ryan Cavalieri Archives here.

Our source and thanks to TheRCZone Forum.
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Jammin HongNor X2 Truggy!

Friday, April 25th, 2008 | 133 views

HongNor Jammin winning logo

Check this out. The new Jammin / HongNor X2 Racing Truggy! Don’t they just look awesome! I wish my original HongNor X1CRT look like this. A definite must buy for me.

Jammin HongNor X2 Truggy!

Jammin HongNor X2 Truggy new tank picture

Specification noted as below:

  • Different Diff mount
  • Longer chassis - everything pushed forward
  • New fuel tank - more towards the center
  • New radio tray - shorter and lowered
  • Small spur
  • Shock towers and wing mount look different
  • Big bores - of course :)
  • Trimmed chassis
  • Neat side guards
  • Seems the engine placement more inward to the center
  • Plastic chassis braces (seems to be the chosen flex setup this lately)

Please visit our source: RC Modz Forum for more info.

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Ryan Cavalieri Supercross Champion at RCX 2008

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 | 135 views

Ryan Cavalieri once again captured the best of the best in the Supercross RCX 2008 event. he did last year at RCX 2007. Here the interview video courtesy of AirAgeMedia1 again. :)

Here the best quote of the day - Ryan Style! Haha!

“Just a rock. $500 dollar rock … “

Just for the kick, We are sure Ryan no need the legal steroids to get on the top of the podium. He seems to be able to achieve it like walking at the park. Every time at near 90% of the races he join. Just plain awesome record.

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OFNA LPR Truggy Wheels and Foam Inserts

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 | 111 views

We always love covering anything about rc truggy. You all lucky, we just found out about this new product produced by OFNA. The LPR truggy wheels. We also have the Truggy foam inserts, LPR series.

Ofna LPR Truggy Wheels

As it says, it supposed to fit the new Low Profile Racing Tires from Proline. With specs like:

  • 17mm hub
  • Heavy duty
  • Light weight
  • 4 different colors - white, yellow, black and orange
  • 3.7 diameter
  • Half-offset

To match with this, we also found out that OFNA have the appropriate LPR Truggy Foam Inserts for them.

Ofna truggy foam inserts LPR series

Thanks to Radio Control Zone Forum, specifically to PeterV for providing this news. ;) And of course to OFNA too for all the pictures and info.

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Xray XT8 Truggy 2008 Spec!

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 | 288 views

We just found out about this Xray XT8 Truggy 2008 spec. We thought something new but nothing at all. There is no such thing as 2008 new specification for the Xray XT8 Truggy. Here from the most reliable source for us - Xray own website.

Due to their successful outing on many international races and being consistent on the top of podium, they just decided for 2008 specs remain unchange and just copy whatever 2007 winning specs has already. Now that’s what we call efficient and smart. Hahaha.

Xray XT8 truggy 2008 spec image here

Dipl. Eng. Juraj Hudy, chief designer of XRAY:
“The XT8 has been extremely successful since its release, and the long development time has paid off as the car has been proven to be ‘bulletproof’ and its performance has been at the very highest level. We have followed all reports, feedback and exeriences very closely, not only from team drivers but also from our customers around the world… and as such I am happy to confirm that there are no immediate plans to alter the XT8 and it will remain with the same specifications for the 2008 season. I hope everybody enjoys the XT8 and I wish everybody great success in the 2008 racing season.”

Read more here - Xray website. Other source: Neobuggy.net.

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2008 Silver State Nitro Challenge Final Result | Mike Truhe and Ryan Maifield Champions

Monday, March 10th, 2008 | 493 views

We are happy to bring you all this result, The 2008 Silver State Nitro Challenge Final Buggy and Truggy Result. In the end even after never ending dust and tricky rounds with goggles as compulsory, Mike Truhe from Team Losi captured the podium for Buggy and Ryan Maifield from Team Associated / GRP took his Kyosho ST-RR on top of the podium. Nevertheless, our eyes are still on Jared Tebo. Quite interestingly almost captured both trophy with his O’Donnell Buggy and prototype truggy. Well done and must have have been great show to the spectators.

Mike Truhe the 2008 silver state buggy champion picture

Buggy final result:

  1. Mike Truhe Losi GRP engine
  2. Cody King Kyosho Sirio
  3. Jared Tebo O’Donnell OS engine
  4. Ryan Lutz Kyosho Sirio
  5. Yannick Aigoin Losi GRP engine
  6. Richard Saxton AE OS engine
  7. Ryan Cavalieri AE Orion engine
  8. Billy Fischer Losi Novarossi engine
  9. Taylor Peterson Kyosho Werks engine
  10. Ryan Maifield AE GRP engine
  11. Adam Drake Losi GRP engine
  12. Mark Pavidis Kyosho OS engine
  13. Atsushi Hara Hotbodies OS engine

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Ryan Cavalieri Truggy at 2008 Silver State Nitro Challenge Practice Qualifier

Saturday, March 8th, 2008 | 353 views

Here another cool rc video of Ryan Cavalieri at the 2008 Silver State Nitro Challenge for his Practice Qualifier.

Source: AE Forums category | AE Forums link - Brent Thielke

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Hobao Cup 2008 Final Result

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 | 371 views

The Hobao Cup Annual 2008 Race is finally over. Interestingly the result seems to be monopolized by the Team HongNor from Singapore. So it seems. At front, we would like to congratulate Wenyi from Team Hongnor Singapore for winning the 1/8th Buggy class and almost captured the Truggy class as well. Next is of course to our buddy, Malaysian top driver, David Lim from Team Losi / Werks for Top Qualifying (TQ) the Buggy and winning the Truggy class. Well done both of you.

Moreover, from the sources we have, the Hobao Malaysia organizer, led by Mr. Thompson Chong has been reportedly done a very good job. We have done our check, it is indeed a very successful event and everytime, every year, lesser people complaint due to their awesome job on handling situation. As reported by friend, great food and if we have to mention, no marshaling job too. :D

Hobao Cup 2008 Final Result
Buggy class:

1. Wenyi - X1CR - Singapore
2. Indra - Xray - Indonesia
3. San Miao - Hobao Hyper - Taiwan
4. Glenn Puah - Xray - Singapore
5. Luigi - Xray - Singapore
6. Cai Seong - Mugen - Malaysia
7. Alvin Lam - Mugen - Malaysia
8. Lai Kok Heng - OCM - Malaysia
9. Stanley W - Xray - Indonesia
10. David Lim - Losi 8ight - Malaysia (TQ)

My friend, Mr Lai Kok Heng is a very senior offroad racer but he was still up there with the best. Well done Kok Heng! :D

Truggy class:

1. David lim - Losi 8ight-T Malaysia (TQ)
2. Wenyi - HN X1CRT - Singapore
3. Eric siow - Losi 8ight-T - Malaysia
4. Ramesh - Losi 8ight-T - Malaysia
5. Cj - GS XUT - Malaysia
6. Lai Kok Heng - Kyosho ST-R - Malaysia
7. Mike T - HN X1CRT - Malaysia
8. Nasir - Mugen MBX5T- Malaysia
9. Lim kok beng - Hobao - Malaysia
10. Foong SW - HN X1CRT - Malaysia

Pictures will be available as soon as possible as when it’s available. Sorry.

Source: my friend Arghh @ RCTech
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Hobao Annual 2008 Nitro Buggy Truggy Race updates!

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 | 442 views

Hobao Cup 2008 Annual Nitro Buggy Truggy Race: Latest updates as at 12th December 2007! Don’t forget, race scheduled on 20th January 2008.

Buggy: CLOSE

1. Adrian Wong / GS CL1 / Recab Falcon Team / 27.025 / S’pore
2. Lim Tow Jia/GS CL1/Werks/PT3855388/FASST
3. Kai / GS CL1 / SH / 40.875 / S’pore
4. YC Chong / mugen / jp / PT 8578404 / 27.255
5. Chee Meng / MUGEN / NINJA / PT 2921943 / DSSS 2.4
6. Danny Teh / Kyosho / OS Speed / PT4169676 /FASST
7. Syaf / Kyosho / RB / PT4290372 / 75.990 75.770
8. Kelvin Ngow/XRay XB8EC/RB WS7III/PT 9534321/ 27.175
9. David Lim / Losi 8 / Werks B7 Pro/ PT xxx / 1)40.610 2)40.650
10.T.P.K / Hyper 8 / xxx / PTxxx / 27.xxx
11.Dennis Yeong/Hyper 8/ TBC / PT7817037 / 27.255
12.Sam Cheng / Xray XB8-MK-2FT/RBC6TTF/29.945/pt 6993861
13.Wenyi / X1-CR / OS / PT3370107 / 75.530 / S’pore
14.xiao lai/Hyper 8.5/ xxx/xxx/xxx/ (HOBAO DRIVER, TAIWAN)
15.san miao/Hyper 8.5/xxx/xxx/xxx/(HOBAO DRIVER, TAIWAN)
16.Sunny Wong / X1CR / RB / PT 6869557 / DSM / Sibu
17.HENGSTER / X1-CR / STS / PT5517899 / S’pore
18.ALBERTINO / X1-CR / OS / PT??? / S’pore
19.CHTAY/ X1-CR / STS / PT??? / S’pore
20.Kelvin Tang / X1-CR / Jammin / PT??? / 40.855 / S’pore
21.Eason Tan / X1-CR / PICCO / PT??? / FASSST / S’pore
22.Johari / X1-CR / OS / PT 7658354 / 75.690 / S’pore
23.Ah M / X1-CR / STS / PT??? / 40.375 / S’pore
24.Dickson Lim / X1-CR / OS / PT??? / 40.710 / S’pore
25.Kenny Ng / X1-CR / STS / PT??? / XXXX / S’pore
26.Bernald / X1-CR / STS /PT??? / XXXXX / S’pore
27.Dave / X1-CR / OS / PT??? / XXXX / S’pore
28.Ronald / X1-CR / STS / PT??? / SPEKTRUM / S’pore
29.Rosman / X1-CR / STS / PT??? / SPEKTRUM / S’pore
30.Pason Phua / X1-CR / RB / PT??? / 40.670 / S’pore
31.Johnny / GS-CL1 / OS / PT??? / SPEKTRUM / S’pore
32.David Aw / X1-CR / STS / PT5745386 / 40.610 / M’sia
33.Simon Yii/ NRB3/ GO 3PT/ PT 7041064/ 40.665/ Sarawak
34.Foo / NRB3 / GO 5P/ 40.630/ Sarawak
35.Mike / Hyper 8.5 / RB C6 / DSM Pro / Sarawak
36.Eric Lim / Hyper 8 / OS / PTxxx / 27.145
37.Anthoney Wee / Hyper 8 / RB / PTxxx / 40.000
38.Alvin Lam / Mugen / Werks / PT6568020 / DSM
39.Alexius Lee / Nanda / GO / PTxxx / xxx
40.Maney / Hyper 8 / Picco / PTxxx / 75.430
41.Wee chor / Hyper 8.5 / Nova / PTxxxx / 40.795 / Sarawak PAID
42.Ah Leng / Hyper 8 / Picco / PTxxx / DSM / Sarawak PAID
43.Hulba / TTR S3 / GO5P / 75.830 / Sarawak
44.Pegan / GS CL1 / Recab Falcon Team / 27.195 / PT# 2307576 / S’pore
45.Alvin Sim / GS CL1 / Recab Falcon Team / 40.825 / PT# 3884925 / S’pore
46.Newton Ng / Mugen / RB / PTxxxx / Spektrum
47.Daniel Law / Mugen / GO/ PT9068458 / 75.790
48.Lai Kok Heng / OCM / RB / PT 2931326 / DSM
49.Leong Keng Hoe / OCM / RB / PT 4897844 / 41.180
50.Shean / OCM / RB / DSM
51.Chu Boon Chee / Caster / Werks / DSM /
52.Thomas Teo / Caster / Werks / DSM /
53.Alvin Chia / SH / RB / 40.730
54.Spencer / Losi / Werks / DSM /
55.Glenn Phuah / Xray / XXX / 26.995 / 7383466
56.Luigi Venturi / Xray / RB / 27.225 / 5481662
57.Chester Chua / Xray / RB / 29.945 / xxxxxxx
58.Jack Lim / Xray / XXX / 40.795 / 3446603
59.Joaquim Assis (ah KIn) / Nanda / GO / PT5883513 / 27.125 / 27.025/Macau
60.Ah Leng / GS CL1 / Recab Falcon / 40.875 / PT# 5663018 / S’pore
61.Kid Cheng / Nanda / xxxxx /xxxxx
62.Eric Siow / Losi
63.Gerard Gan / Sacker / RB / no PT / 40.695
64.Ah Kim / hnx1cr / sts / PT2525094 / 40.630
65.Donald Foo /Xray / RB / PT8112207 / Spektrum
66.Chris Sze /Kyosho / OS / PT??? / ????
67.Reserved for Taiwan Driver (LKH)
68.Reserved for HPC Driver
69.Reserved for HPC Driver
70.Reserved for HPC Driver

Truggy: CLOSED

1. Peter \ Hyper ST \ OS \ PT \ 26.825
2. C.J./GS XUT/Werks/PT6158621/FASST
3. Thompson H. / Mugen MSR / GO / PT5697757 /Nomadio
4. Nasir / Mugen MBX-5T / GO / PTxxxxxxx / xxxxx
5. William Woo / Hobao Hyper ST / OS / PT3994397 / 41.100 PAID
6. Lim Kok Beng / Hyper ST / RB / PT / DSS PAID
7. Wong Yoke Meng / Hyper ST / xx / PT / 75.410 PAID
8. David Lim / Losi 8-T / Werks B7 Pro / PT xxx / 1)40.610 2)40.650
9. Mike T / X1CRT / Picco / PT3816126 / Spektrum
10.Ramesh / Losi 8-T / Werks B7 Pro / PT xxx / 75.???
11.Wenyi / X1-CRT / STS / 75.530 / PT??? / S’pore
12.Johari / Hyper ST / Jammin / 75.430 / No PT/ S’pore
13.Fizi /Hyper st pro/ Picco / xxxx/xxxx
14.LAI Kok Heng / OCM-T / DSM /xxxxxx
15.Alvin Sim / GS XUT / OS / 40.825 / PT# 6921953 / S’pore
16.Pegan / GS XUT Team / Recab OS / 40.795 / PT# 6470505 / S’pore
17.Ah Leng / GS XUT / REX / 40.875 / PT# 5537029 / S’pore
18.Eric siow / GS/ /40.710
19.Foong SW /HN CRT/ STS/xxxxxxx/Futaba FASST
20.Zack / XUT / Werks / PT???????/ FASST

CLOSED

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Frank Lemke won the German Monstertour with his Kyosho ST-RR truggy!

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 | 474 views

We love covering rc truggy news and thanks to our rc news partner, Buggy-Sport.Info we have this scoop from them. The main guy here is of course Frank Lemke who had twice won the German Monstertour with his Sirio CL7B powered Kyosho ST-RR truggy. Talking about domination, yes this guy is awesome. One cannot simply ignored his neon yellow Kyosho ST-RR Truggy. Congrats there Frank Lemke. :D

Here a couple of pictures courtesy of MCG Racing Team.

Podium finishers as Frank the champion here

Frank Lemke with his truggy and trophies picture

Both pictures from MCG Racing Team

Source: Buggy-Sport.Info

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Puerto Rico Offroad Terrorized by HongNor Jammin XICR Racers!

Friday, November 23rd, 2007 | 503 views

HongNor Logo

Yes and I am not kidding when we said HongNor / Jammin X1CR terrorized the recent Puerto Rico Offroad final championship. Imagine 6 out of 10 are HongNors racers in Buggy class while in the truggy class nearly all HongNors racers with the exception of one Losi and Mugen racers. Now this is what I call The Land Of The HongNors! :D

But of course, Juan Torres was the ‘Man of The Match’ as they call it in the Football. He not only won first in the Buggy, he also captured the top trophy in the truggy class. Just plain awesome Torres!

The Puerto Rico Offroad Association (PROFA) has finished it’s annual points championship. With all championships comming down to the final race it was a very intense race. With over 325 racers the annual point series was a success.

There were 6 HongNor/Jammin X1CR cars in the A main final and 8 X1-CRT cars in the truggy final. Juan Torres driving a X1-CR won the First position of 1/8 buggy class and with the X1-CRT he also won the first of truggy class.

1/8 Buggy

1) Juan Torres (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CR)
2) Eliud Hernandez Jr. (AE RC8)
3) Omar “Verdugo” Cabrera (Kyosho MP777 WC)
4) Cristian Carattini (Kyosho MP777 WC)
5) Tony Feliciano (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CR)
6) Orlando Quiñonez (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CR)
7) Cristian Castro (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CR)
8) Angel Martinez (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CR)
9) Gerardo Marin (Losi 8ight)
10) Juan J. Villafañe (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CR)

Truggy

1) Juan Torres (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
2) Javier “Guli”Casillas (Losi 8ight T)
3) Jaime E. Negrón (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
4) Rafael Oropeza (Mugen MBX5T)
5) Cristian Castro (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
6) Eliud Hernandez Sr. (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
7) Gerardo Marin (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
8) Hiram Guzman (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
9) Hector Camacho (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
10) Miguel Cotto (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)

source: http://www.hongnor.com.tw

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Taylor James Jammin Hong Nor X1CRT won 5 out of 6 National Titles

Thursday, November 15th, 2007 | 283 views

Hong Nor logo

Great news for all Jammin / Hong Nor Products especially on the development of the CRT, The truggy and of course to Taylor James for his great driving too.

Taylor James CRT great driver picture

Thanks to Taylor James, the Jammin CRT now owns five National Championships (2 ROAR & 3 R/C Pro) of the six available since this revolutionary truggy hit the market. Taylor contributed to this impressive record this past weekend by winning the the R/C Pro Expert Arena Truck title in Texas. Taylor only competed in two of the three series races so he had to win the finals to take home the R/C Pro National Championship. This win gives him back to back R/C Pro titles as he was the defending champ.

Congratulations Taylor!!!

Source: Jammin Products | Hong Nor Taiwan

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Cody King and Taylor James Champions in RC Pro Series Nitro Offroad Final

Monday, November 12th, 2007 | 352 views

RC Pro Series Nitro offroad logo

The final result of the RC Pro Series at Alvarado Texas is out and it is Cody King with his reliable Kyosho won it in the Expert Buggy. While as often if not always, Taylor James performed with his awesome X1CRT2 truggy.

Expert Buggy

1. Cody King
2. Josh Wheeler
3. Ryan Lutz
4. Billy Fischer
5. JR Mitch
6. Gene Hickerson
7. Quincy hughes
8. Tyler Vik
9. Taylor James
10. Jason Branham
11. Trevor Turner
12. Patrick Castleberry
13. Kyle Skidmore
14. Phillip Atondo
15. Matt Gosch

Arena Truck (Truggy)

1. Taylor James
2. josh wheeler
3. Cody king
4. Jason Branham
5. Tyler Vik
6. Matt Gosch
7. Steve Hale
8. Derek Guidry
9. Rocco Margiotta
10. Gene Hickerson
11. Michael Paige
12. Ryan Lutz
13. Billy Fischer
14. Quincy Hughes
15. Phillip Atondo

Source: LiveRC.com

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New Ball End Post for 16mm Big Bore Shocks

Friday, November 9th, 2007 | 348 views

Hong Nor logo

Hong Nor Taiwan has released this new product, The Ball End Post for the 16mm Big Bore Shocks.

ball end post big bore shocks picture

Hong Nor have now released the Light-Weight Shock Ball End Posts used for Big Bore Shocks.

These posts are very light weighted CNC machined 6061-T6 aluminium with Hard-Coating. They reduces weight of your shocks and enhance the durability.

#391 Light-Weight shock ball end posts are now available

Source: Hong Nor Taiwan (http://www.hongnor.com.tw/)

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RC Nitro Cross 2007 NXRC Championship

Friday, November 9th, 2007 | 377 views

Another interesting race down at Arizona back at November 1st to 4th; The Nitro Cross World Championship. It claimed the largest cash purse in the history of Radio Control.

Nitro Cross Champions picture
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FEMCA Thailand 2007 1/8 Nitro Off Road Final Result

Monday, October 29th, 2007 | 301 views

FEMCA Pattaya Thailand 2007 just finished last weekend and this is the latest news we can offer you all.

FEMCA Thailand 2007 logo here

Surikarn Champion with other podium finishers picture

Buggy Final

1 Surikarn C Hotbodies HPI Racing / Hpi /
Surikarn Hotbodies buggy picture
2 Meen V PRC Xray / Xray / Novarossi
3 Yeh Hsia Ching HN / Hongnor / RB
4 Sam Cheng Hobbylink / Xray / RB
5 Gems PRC Mugen / Mugen / O.S.
6 Cheng Yi Kuan HN / Hongnor / RB
7 Hwang Sun Young Kyosho / RB
8 Charlee PRC Mugen / Mugen /
9 Surasak K Baimai / Kyosho / O.S.
10 Yuhtana D Hobao Sivewender / Hobao / Werks

Truggy Final

FEMCA truggy podium finishers picture

1 Paphon C CEN Thailand / Matrix TR Arena / Sirio
Paphon CEN Arena Truggy picture

2 Alan Looi Racelines / Mugen / Ninja
3 John Ho Reef Hobby / Losi / RB
4 Yeo Seong Leng IRW / GS / Falcon
5 Chai Kok Chin RCMRC / Mugen / GO
6 Lim Kok Beng RCMRC / Hobao / RB
7 Trevor Gillard Racelines / Mugen / Novarossi
8 Antony Kwok Losi / Picco
9 Champ Khunthien Topspeed / Hobao / O.S.
10 Reece McGergor Racelines / Mugen / O.S.

Source: FEMCA Thailand

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Hop up Option for CEN Matrix and TR Arena

Monday, October 29th, 2007 | 198 views

New hop-up option parts for the CEN Racing Matrix and TR Arena from Machine’s Racing Products available exclusively at Machine’s R/C Hobbies. Designed by CEN factory team driver, Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson.

MRH01 cross pin picture
MRH01 -
Hardened tool steel cross pins for the Matrix, TR Arena, and GST 7.7 differentials.

TR Arena truggy turnbuckle picture

MRH02-
CNC 7075 blue anodized front upper turnbuckles for the Matrix TR Arena

Matrix buggy turnbuckle picture

MRH03-
CNC 7075 blue anodized front upper turnbuckles for the Matrix Buggy

sterring ackerman plate picture

MRH04-
CNC 7075 blue anodized ackerman steering plate for Matrix & TR Arena

suspension holder plate picture

MRH05-
CNC 7075 blue anodized front suspension holder plate for Matrix & TR Arena

source: Gene Hickerson from Machine’s RC Hobbies

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STS D28 Pro 5 Ports RC Truggy engine

Friday, October 19th, 2007 | 443 views

STS Racing

This is the engine we have been waiting for, The STS D28 Pro, 5 ports engine. Built specifically for the RC Truggy Class. We heard about it before but nothing solid and thank goodness only recently it is official as per Taiwan STS Racing website announced. Here the specification and a few shots.

STS 28 5 ports truggy engine

D28Pro (#2809)

Professional Truggy Engine

  • Type : rear exhaust without pull-start
  • Cylinder Contents : 4.66cc
  • Bore : 18.80mm / Stroke:16.80mm
  • Crankshaft : 14mm SG type
  • Carburetor : 2 Needles Slide 9 mm
  • Piston / Sleeve : ABC 5P
  • Glow-plug : Standard

STS 28 5 ports rear view picture

STS 28 5 ports carb seal picture

STS 28 5 ports piston sleeve picture

STS 28 5 ports crankshaft picture

Source: STS Racing Taiwan | Friend: Ah Kim aka Arghh

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Florida State Off-Road Series 2008 | Round 1

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 | 563 views

As always, another great report coming from our friend, Gene “The Machine” Hickerson. Enjoy his report but sadly, he did not join the 1/8 Truck aka RC Truggy class for he surely has the chance of going hat-trick on the championship points. However knowing Gene as humble person, we think he made the right decision to let others get the hands on the truggy class he won for consecutive 2 years in a row. Good for you Gene :D

Drivers on driver stand picture
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Gene The Machine Hickerson on RC Pro East Series final round at Phil Hurd Raceway

Thursday, October 4th, 2007 | 269 views

Gene “The Machine” Hickerson report on the final of 2007 RC Pro East Series that was held at Phil Hurd Raceway.

RC Pro East Series champions picture

The 3rd and final round of the 2007 RC Pro East Series was held last weekend in Savannah Georgia at Phil Hurd Raceway. It was a good turnout of about 140 entries as the best of the East battle for the title of RC Pro East Champion. The track was a good combination of fast sections and really slow sections with tons of small double jumps and 1 huge double jump in the middle. There was no place to make up any time on the layout, but many places where you could easily loose time; so the racing was very close as everyone had about the same lap times.

Phil Hurd Raceway track picture 1Phil Hurd Raceway track picture 2

1/8 Expert Arena Truck qualifying:

Going into this final round, the battle was between Xray’s Leon McIntosh and myself as we both had a win in a previous round. In round 1, I put my CEN Matrix Tr Arena on the pole, while McIntosh took 2nd. In round 2, McIntosh put his XB8T on the pole. In round 3, Xray’s Chris Crews took the TQ. In round 4, the overall TQ was still up for grabs, but it was Jammin’s Brandon Cutchins CRT that won the round. That gave Leon the TQ, followed by Brandon and myself in 3rd. The 5 bonus points for TQ gave Leon the edge going into the A-main.

1/8 Arena Truck A-main:

The A-main was a grueling 45 minutes. Bad luck struck right from the start as McIntosh had his engine come loose and missed the start and had to start 1 lap back. At the start, I passed for the lead but then was hit from behind half way through the 1st lap, giving Crews the lead. I worked my way back through the pack into 2nd and set sites on the leader. All I had to do to guarantee the Championship was to finish ahead of Leon, so I took it easy.

At about the 12 minute mark, my brakes went out right as I caught Crews. On my 2nd pit stop, I adjusted the brakes on my Futaba radio but I still had no brakes. As I started to drop back, Cutchins and OCM’s Alan Burton got by for 2nd and 3rd. Then my steering started to get slow. I then realized that it was my receiver pack that was dying. I yelled to my pit man to get another RX pack ready for my next stop. Soon after, my battery was almost dead and I had to pit early to change it. I rejoined the race 4 laps down and in 8th place. Meanwhile Chris Crews had stretched out a big lead and McIntosh was in 5th and moving up. As the hard packed track started to claim its victims, Leon and I continued to move up. Near the end, McIntosh moved into 3rd place while I was up to 4th place 1 lap back. That was how we finished with Crews taking the win and Cutchins taking 2nd. I thought I had lost the Championship by 1 spot since Leon had a 1st and a 3rd, and I had a 1st, 4th, and a 5th. But after the points were tallied up including bonus points for most laps lead, I was the Champion by only 1 point over McIntosh. Crews finished 3rd overall.

Gene Arena winning truggy picture

RC Pro East 1/8 Expert Arena Truck Final Standings:

1. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy’s
2. Leon McIntosh Xray/Werks
3. Chris Crews Xray/Rocket Science

1/8 Expert Buggy qualifying:

In Buggy, it was a battle between Leon McIntosh and myself again. McIntosh had a 1st and a 2nd, while I had a 1st and a 7th. In round 1, Kyosho’s Robin Nelson took the TQ. In round 2, Chris Crews took the TQ. In round 3 and 4, it was Team Associated’s JR Mitch who put his new RC8 into the TQ and overall TQ position. McIntosh had bad luck and was 1st in the B-main. I had not much better luck, qualifying 10th in the A-main, but my buggy was good and ready for the main event. In the B-main, Leon was way in the lead when his engine flamed out, ending his day. He would have to watch the A-main from the sidelines to see if I over took him in the points chase.

1/8 Expert Buggy A-main:

In the 45 minute A-main, Mitch got a clean start and started to pull away. I worked my way up to 4th place very quickly as there was a lot of hacking going on in the pack. Just as quick as I moved up, I was taken out 3 times and dropped back to dead last in 12th place. Soon after, Mitch came up on me and lapped me. By now, the field was spread out some and I was able to get by slower traffic without being taken out much easier. As I worked my way back through the pack, Mitch flamed out and lost his huge lead. He later dropped out with a mechanical problem to end his day. That gave the lead to Robin Nelson. On lap 56, I moved into 3rd and started to run down the leaders. On lap 61, local Patrick Rossiter took over the lead from Nelson. With less then 5 minutes to go, I caught Nelson and was just 16 seconds behind Rossiter. I was going to take my time as I tried to pass Nelson because all I needed to do to win the Championship was finish 2nd. But just then, the high winds caught my buggy over the huge double jump and when it landed, it snapped rolled and broke a steering screw off in the knuckle.

That ended my day and my chance at the title. Chris Crews moved to 3rd and that was how they finished. That gave McIntosh the overall Championship, followed by Nelson, and myself.

RC Pro East 1/8 Expert Buggy Final Standings:

1. Leon McIntosh Xray/Werks
2. Robin Nelson Kyosho/Sidewinder
3. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy’s

Your Bonus shot here: Lady RC Driver??

Lady driver at RC Pro East Series picture

More info @:

http://www.machinesrchobbies.com
Phil Hurd Raceway.com final result in PDF

Congratulation to our friend, Gene Hickerson and also Leon Mcintosh for their respective podium finish. :nod:

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CEN Racing 2007 Brazil 1/8 National Championship result

Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | 342 views

Just in fresh and hot. CEN Racing published the 2007 Brazil National Championship result and photos of the podium finishers.

We have the buggy result already from previous post, now the Truggy Class.

Team CEN Andrew Smolnik and Rafael Felicio finished 2nd and 3rd in truggy. Team CEN has total of 5 truggies in the A-main out of 12 total spots. CEN is definitely a dominate force in Brazil.

truggy result at Brazil 1/8 National championship

More info: CEN Racing | RCTech forum

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Xray New Products - Buggy wing sticker set

Saturday, August 11th, 2007 | 270 views

XRAY has released this cool looking buggy wing sticker sets for their XB8, XB8TQ, XB8EC and truggy XT8. With their extra bright, luminous colors, you definitely have the ride of the day :)

*Xray buggy wing sticker sets picture here*

For easy application, the stickers are die-cut so you just have to peel off the sticker and apply to the body. These new stickers have an extra bold outer outline to make the XRAY and XB8 logos stand out and be highly visible from a distance. Available in various luminous cool colors to match every different paint scheme of the buggy or truggy, as well as matching the different-colored XRAY wings.

Source: RedRC.net | Team Xray.com

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Proline’s Scott Hughes and Mark Pavidis Champions at SoCal Saturday Series #3

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 | 303 views

Proline own Team drivers Scott Hughes and Mark Pavidis champions their classes at the recent Southern California Saturday Series round 3. Interestingly for us this 2 faces look familiar when they took picture side by side, or in this case, cropped to be together. Remember the world Final? Well never mind that, it is more interesting to see Scott win his truggy class with his new radio team, Futaba after Scott recent move from KO Propo. Do you think he made the right decision? I think the win answer the question. :D

Congrats to Scott and of course to Mark Pavidis too on his buggy class.

Scott Hughes and Mark Padivis picture here

Source: Pro-lineracing.com | Buggy-Sport.Info

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2nd Round Bavarian Truggy Cup Germany

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 | 308 views

The 1st round Bavarian Truggy Cup just finished and the 2nd round is going to be held in Welden at the 18th/19th of August 2007.

Bavarian truggy cup logo here

You can check the invitation in DOC format here.

Source: Buggy-Sport.Info | http://www.truggy-cup.de/

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OS 28XZ truggy engine

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | 891 views

os engine logo

Anything everything about truggy is our interest. Here’s another news that sure get our blood boiled. The new OS engine, the OS 28XZ truggy engine. More info from our news partner, Buggy-sport.info :)

OS 28XZ truggy engine picture

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KO PROPO PDS-2386 Truggy servo

Friday, July 27th, 2007 | 275 views

ko propo logo here

We have been waiting for this truggy specific servo, the new KO PROPO PDS 2386 and it finally is out for us truggy craze fan. Thanks to KO Propo, we will definitely order this in the new future.

With 240 OZ/IN of torque, this servo can even pull our 3 years old child out under the blanket. I probably kidding there but that is the fact. With full metal gears throughout, built in heat sink, new motor and bushing collared upper case, there is no wonder why this servo survived the torture in the last year 1/8 Worlds. Just great. We definitely got to have this in our own possession. :D

KO Propo truggy servo 2386 picture here

Source: Buggy-Sports.info | KO Propo USA

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Florida States Offroad Series Round 8

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 | 348 views

FSORS logo here

Once again, we are proud to feature another record win by our friend and top driver for Team CEN Racing, Gene “the machine” Hickerson. He won on the previous 5th round at Farmer’s Raceway of the Florida State Offroad Series in the 1/8 truck class and now on the final 8th round, he once again Top Qualified the truck class for the incredible five times TQ. This of course resulting him as the FSORS Champion for the 3rd time in 3 years! Well done and congratulation, Gene!

Gene Hickerson The man at FSORS!

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BP Racing Clutch for RC Truggy

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 | 465 views

This is really a great news for all the RC Truggy racers. Our News Partner, RedRC.Net, has this cool Italian BP Racing Clutch which featured 2 aluminiums and 1 carbon clutch shoe. It works perfectly on the high grip tracks. It is of course work in your buggies too. If you want instant power when you pull the trigger, this is it. Get it while stock last at The Border.

BP Racing Clutch for RC Truggy

Source: RedRC.Net | The Border

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RC Truggy News: Zac Ryan wins Queensland Truggy State Title

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007 | 355 views

Hong Nor logo

We just found out this RC Truggy news from our partners RedRC.Net that it was won by Zac Ryan, a newbie on Hongnor X1CRT truggy. Even though he just had the truggy for this Queensland truggy State Title but he managed to TQ’d (Top qualified) the class and won it. The race held at Twin Cities Scale Model Motorsport Car Club in Townsville.

Truggy Champion Zac Ryan
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Xray XT8 Truggy Photo Build up!

Sunday, June 24th, 2007 | 475 views

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Check this out. Xray XT8 Truggy extensive build up. All in clear photos courtesy of www.truggy.nl via RC-Junkies.com photo Gallery 3.

XT8 truggy box
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Kyosho Masters 2007 RC Truggy Video Final

Thursday, June 21st, 2007 | 584 views

This is overdue posting. Thanks again to RedRC.net we still managed to get this awesome final truggy videos of the Kyosho Masters 2007 in France.

Kyosho Masters 2007 - France

This is the video where the current world champion Mark Pavidis took the win over Miguel Matias in the 20 minutes final.
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Kyosho Masters 2007 Elite Champion - Elliot Boots

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 | 472 views

We have been reporting this Kyosho Masters 2007 race for all weekend, we gave you the track pictures, we also have shown a few truggy videos, even one of the driver, Adrien Bertin ride and the most talked about internal 21 Kyosho CRF Buggy engine. But enough of that, the weekend has ended and the race is over. It is time to tell who’s the Kyosho Masters 2007 Elite Class Champion in France.

Elite Champion - Boots Elliott

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Kyosho Masters 2007 RC Truggy Video

Saturday, June 16th, 2007 | 819 views

We have featured recently Yuichi Kanai with its Kyosho STR Truggy video at the Kyosho Masters 2007 and now another short videos courtesy of rcmag.com via Buggy-Sport.Info.

Kyosho Masters 2007
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