The newest 'R/C Super Group'?

0 March 23, 2011, 6:19 a.m.

It happens in the music industry all the time. Bands run their course and split up, and piles upon piles of talented, world-class musicians decide to team up with other talented folks and form what is known as the 'Super Group.'

The R/C industry has seen some of this type of activity as well. We've seen ex-drivers team up to design their own products, and ex-designers team up to run their own companies. The the latest group that has been rumored to exist consists of well-known industry guys such as: Jason Corl, Mike Gillette and Gil Losi Jr. (Corl has helped design products such as the Team Losi JRXS and the Team Associated SC10 4x4, Gillette has spent time as the CEO of Horizon Hobby, and Gil Losi Jr. may be the most famous R/C car designer in the history of the industry).

We've learned that the group, and/or their future product line, will be referred to as 'Anza,' and they may have just given the world a glimpse of their first product without anyone ever really knowing it...

Enter Travis Amezcua.

As you may know, Travis recently left TQ and signed with Team Durango to run their cars for the 2011 season. However, Travis was spotted running a 2WD SCT this past weekend at the Cactus Classsic (Durango does not make a 2WD SCT). We learned that is was, in fact, a prototype conversion kit for the Traxxas Slash- made by Anza.

We have since learned that the conversion kit is aimed towards Slash owners who would like to bring their vehicles up to more of a 'race' spec, and includes all of the necessary hop-ups to do so.

We hear the kit should be on hobby store shelves within the next couple months, and that Anza expects to be releasing many other products in the near future. Stay tuned to LRC for more info on Anza as it becomes available.

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