Maifield clinches 2wd SC TQ at ROAR nats
Ryan Maifield clinches TQ in 2wd Short Course Modified with his 3rd consecutive qualifying round win. When I spoke with Ryan after his run he said no changes have been made to his truck. In fact, he is running the same setup from the Cactus Classic. His Factory Team SC-10 will be starting first on the grid for the triple A-mains and in perfect position to defend his title. The Anza Slash of Travis Amezcua had it’s best finish, second for the round, giving him a 2 and 3 for his top finishes. Third place for the round goes to TLR’s Dustin Evans. Dustin said he is “throwing the book” at his XXX-SCT to try and make it easier to drive in Q4.
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Speedtech RC MobGums 1/12 scale tyres
Speedtech RC from Germany now have an extended line of MobGum tyres for 1/12 scale on-road cars available. Additionally to the existing line of tyres the company now offers Jaco Magenta and Double-Pink front as well as Pink and Magenta rear foam on Yokomo R12 wheels. Also, MobGums tyres on grey Prism wheels will be shipped in a race ready size now. The rears feature 45 mm diameter with the front tyres being 43 mm in size. This does away with the often unwanted need to trim and true the tyres before use.
Source: Speedtech RC [speedtechrc.de]
Saturday, August 13, 2011
2011 ROAR Electric Off-Road Nats – Round 2 update
Dustin Evans found himself leading early in 2wd Short Course Modified Q2. Jared Tebo and Ryan Maifield made an early move to take over the top spots. Tebo looked to be in a commanding lead when Maifield had to make a quick pit stop to fix a body issue. Maifield came back out with some speedy laps and closed the gap to Jared. With two laps to go, Maifield passed up Jared to take the win and TQ for Q2. Ryan said his setup on his SC-10 is super easy to drive and doesn’t plan on making any big changes. I asked him about the track conditions and he thought it was a bit dustier and had slightly less traction. Ryan is off to a great start defending his National Title from last year.
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
2011 ROAR Off-Road Nationals – Qualifying Rd1
The first day of qualifying started off with an epic drivers meeting with ROAR Official Bob Ingersoll on the mic. The track looked to be back in great shape once a few holes got repaired after yesterday’s practice.
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Markus Mobers has left Team Serpent
1/12 scale on-road specialist Markus Mobers got in touch to tell us that he recently left Team Serpent as a team-driver and representative. Markus left the team on his own wishes after four years as a member of the company’s travelling race team. Varying product ideas made the end of partnership unpreventable. Markus likes to thank Team Serpent for their support in the past years. The three time in a row European 1/12 stock vice-champion will now join forces with On-Point USA, a new brand on the 1/12 market. The partnership is working on an 1/12 scale upgrade kit, the new car will be available early September. In Europe On-Point USA will be distributed by Speedtech RC Germany.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Hard & Fransson win Swedish Championships 2011
The racing club in Vaxjo hosted the 2011 Swedish 1/8 scale and 200mm nitro on-road championships. After practice on Thursday Friday it was time for qualifying on Saturday with Markus Hellquist taking TQ in the 200mm class with his Serpent 733 followed by Mikael Fransson, Per-Ola Hard and Tomas Andersson, all of them driving Serpent’s 733. In 1/8 scale Mikael Fransson (Serpent 966) took the TQ honours, followed by Niklas Johansson (Mugen), Patrick Sahlin (Mugen) and Marcus Lindner (Serpent 966).
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Paul Lemieux wins 2011 US ROAR on-road nationals
Xray got in touch to tell us about their recent success at the 2011 US ROAR on-road nationals. Xray team driver Paul Lemieux was able to take TQ in the Modified class after four rounds of qualifying outperforming RC-Car legend Rick Hohwart and team mate Kevin Hebert. In the finals Paul made a clean sweep by winning both the first and second A main securing him the title and Xray the 33rd US national championship. Second place went to Rick Hohwart with EJ Evans completing the podium in third place.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Friday, August 12, 2011
Yeah Racing lightweight flywheel & locknut wrench
The lightweight flywheel & locknut wrench from Yeah Racing is made from tough plastic material and ideal to securely hold 2-shoe or 3-shoe flywheels during clutch assembly. The tool also incorporates a 17mm hex wrench for standard 1/8 scale wheel nuts.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Friday, August 12, 2011
