Cavalieri gets his 2WD World title
Ryan Cavalieri is the new 2WD Electric Buggy World Champion after seeing off intense pressure from his Associated team-mate Ryan Maifield in a very close third A-Main to claim his first IFMAR 2WD title. A past winner of the sports greatest accolade in 4WD, Cavalieri said afterwards that the race was probably their best ever battle and on crossing the finish line his first thoughts were that he couldn’t believe he had managed to hold off his great rival.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Cavalieri takes Leg 2
Ryan Cavalieri has won the second A-Main of the IFMAR 2WD Electric Buggy World Championship meaning the 2011 World Champion will be decided in the third and final race of the day here in Vaasa, Finland. The former 4WD World Champion took the win ahead of Associated team-mate Ryan Maifield after getting by Top Qualifier Neil Cragg who made a mistake over the big double.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tebo wins opening final in Finland
Jared Tebo has won the opening leg of the A-Main at the 2WD Electric Buggy World Championship. Starting from fourth on the grid the Kyosho driver took a convincing win over the Associated’s of Ryan Cavalieri and Top Qualifier Neil Cragg. Running only the seventh fastest lap time of the race, the American proved speed was not the key to success at the Vaasa track as he benefited from mistakes early on by Cavalieri and Maifield before pulling off a very nice pass on Cragg for the lead.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Xray Column – From on-road to off-road
The 53rd installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj talks about 1/8 scale buggy European Championship warm-up in Germany and the 1/10 scale electric touring cars European Championships warm-up in Austria.
Only a week after the off-road Euros warm-up we were back on the road to another Euros warm-up, although this time we were going back to an on-road track. For the last few years the development of our T1/T2/T3 is mainly handled by Martin. As usual we had several new parts ready for testing. With the previous experience and plenty of data recorded at our factory tracks, we were ready to test at a different track and under different conditions.
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Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Cragg is 2WD Worlds Top Qualifier
2005 World Champion Neil Cragg is the Top Qualifier for this afternoon’s 2WD electric Buggy World Championhips, the British ace snatching the honours from Associated team-mate Ryan Cavalieri with a TQ run in the fifth and final round of qualifying at Vaasa this morning.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
LMR pit mat
New from Lee Martin’s new LMR brand comes an anti-slip pit mat. The black colour mat comes printed with a white LMR logo, gives a secure base for setup boards, prevents small parts from rolling off your pit table and is available through the company’s online store.
Source: LMR [l-m-racing.co.uk]
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
DnM Tech RX8 clutch shoes
DnM Tech have released a range of clutch shoes for the Xray RX8. Available in yellow, red and dark red, the yellow is best suited for low traction conditions, the red is a good all round clutch shoe, while the dark red is best suited for high speed European style tracks.
Source: DnM Tech [dnm-tech.com]
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Arrowmax MRX5 18T side pulley
Arrowmax have launched a full series of transmission belt gears for the Mugen MRX5 chassis. The pulleys are CNC-machined from 7075-T6 aluminium for highest precision and hard coated for maximum durability. Venting holes help to dissipate heat produced by the belts during running while they also keep the weight low for less rotating masses.
Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
