Honigl crowned Champion with Rd4 win in Austria
The fourth round of the Austrian electric buggy Nationals was held in Litschau, another beautiful track in the north of the country. This time there was 75 entries, a little bit less then normal, but this could have been due to the very bad weather forecast, which in the end was wrong and the racers were treated to blue sky and about 28°C on Sunday. The track went from very slick to a blue groove high traction track which was very good fun to drive. Qualifying saw Roland Macho, driving a Durango, and Hupo Honigl battling most of the time for the win, but the last round was won by Rene Trauner, another fast Durango driver. Hupo took the TQ in front of 3 other DEX410s with 7 in the top 10.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Paul Lemieux wins ROAR Mod TC title
Xray are reporting on the recent ROAR On Road Nationals, which was held at Nor-Cal hobbies, the same track also played host to the Reedy Race of Champions a couple months ago. There were to be 4 total rounds of qualifying, 2 rounds of qualifying on Friday. In Mod 12th scale it was Kevin Hebert pretty much dominating the first day by setting TQ in both, in Mod TC it was Paul Lemieux who TQed both rounds with Hebert and Rick Hohwart close behind. In 17.5 expert TC it was Martin Crisp who was looking fast and setting TQ’s with a very close field behind him. In World GT and 17.5 12th it was Dave Ehrlich who was looking strong in both classes.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Cockerill wins 2wd Nats in Cougar SV debut season
Schumacher were in touch to tell us that in its debut season the Cougar SV has won the BRCA British 2WD Off Road Championship. Congratulations to Tom Cockerill who secured the title at the last round of the series at the Stotfold track this weekend. In spite of having an off day and only making the B final Tom’s main championship contenders failed to improve on their points scores so Tom watched on and won the championship from his marshalling post. However the Cougar SV was working extremely well on the wet slippery track with 5 Cougar SV’s making the final. With Simon Moss finishing an excellent 3rd and congratulations to Dave Poulter and Lloyd Storey who both made their first national A finals with the Cougar SV. Grant Williams and Jonathan Palmer rounded out the 5 cars in the A, in what was an excellent team performance.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com] / Image: oOple [oople.com]
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Hot Bodies TCX Spur gears & centre oneway
More new optional parts for the Hot Bodies TCX with the release of this new line of spur gears. Made by Xenon Racing in Japan these 64P light weight and smooth running spur gears are made to the highest tolerances and are a direct fit for the car. HB have also release a new 20T centre oneway pulley set which gives another setup option to help tweak your car to various track conditions.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Hébert dominates 1/12 Open class at ROAR Nats
Keven Hébert dominated the 1/12 Open class at the 2010 ROAR On-Road Nationals hosted by Norcal Hobbies in Union City, CA. By scoring maximum points in three out of four qualifying rounds, Keven secured the pole position for the triple A-Main event. Teammates Rick Hohwart and Bob Stellflue rounded out the top three positions on the grid. The main event was dominated by Hébert. Although Hohwart put up a fight, Hébert easily won the first two legs to secure his first ROAR Nationals title. With the championship decided, the third leg was won by Hohwart, who secured the second position overall. Stellflue claimed the last step on the podium to make it a 1-2-3 Associated/Reedy/LRP sweep.
Source: Associated [rc10.com]
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Serpent S811 aluminium wheel-axles
Serpent have announced the release of these new aluminium wheel-axles for their S811 Cobra buggy. Precision machined and hard anodized, they are super lightweight and replace the standard steel kit versions with no modifications required. Sold in a pair, they are available at the end of the month.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Factory Team 2WD off road rear ballast weight
Team Associated have released these Factory Team 2WD off road rear ballast weight which fits the SC10 FT, B4.1 FT, T4.1 FT and SC10 2.4 GHz RTR. This 17 gram Zinc alloy cast weight helps give more rearward weight bias and mates with the #7487 arm mount for a completely captured fit with the chassis. Weight and mounts retrofit B4, T4, SC10 kits.
Source: Associated [rc10.com]
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Team Orion Vortex digital servos
Team Orion have introduced their all new line up of Vortex digital servos. Totally new developments, they offer features like lightened pinion gears or full aluminium body and bring together high performance with great prices. The Vortex Digital HV servos feature a full aluminium body, lightened titanium gears and coreless motor and come in 3 different versions, the VDS-HV 1205 (12kg/0.05s), the VDS-HV 1609 (16kg/0.09s) and the VDS-HV 2612 (26kg/0.12s). The Vortex Digital servo also features coreless motors and lightened titanium gears and in standard size comes in 4 different versions, the VDS 1106 (11kg/0.06s), VDS 1308 (13kg/0.08s), VDS 1712 (17kg/0.12s) and the VDS 2315 (23kg/0.15s) and also in a low profile version, the VDS 1009 (10kg/0.09s). Finally there is the entry level Vortex Digital EXP servo, the VDS-EXP 1112 (11kg/0.12s) which comes with metal gears and a coreless motor.
Monday, August 16, 2010
