Amezcua wins BL class at 2011 Gas Champs
Travis Amezcua from Mugen Seiki, Reedy, AKA, LRP, HandleIT Hobbies and Airtronics took home the victory this past weekend in the 1/8 electric class at the 2011 Thunder Alley Gas Champs with his MBX6 ECO. With the new LRP iX8 and the Dynamic 8 LRP motor, Travis put the new combo to work and the system ran flawlessly all weekend long offering the right amount of power for the very technical track layout that Thunder Alley had to offer. With the 11 minute plus mains the Reedy 5500 4S provided plenty of runtime for the event with room to spare and all this power was put to the ground with AKA rubber. Travis would start from the number one spot for both main events and would take victory in both mains to clam the 2011 electric 1/8 title over Ryan Lutz in 2nd and Ryan Cavalieri in 3rd.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Riccardo Rabitti takes Italian National title
This past weekend, TLR and Horizon Hobby team driver Riccardo Rabitti wins his 3rd Italian National championship at the final round at Marigliano in Naples. Going into the final round there were five drivers in contention for the coveted Italian title. Riccardo started in the middle of the field for the 45min A-main. The Marigliano track was quite rigorous with many bumps and dusty condition. Riccardo stayed patient and drove an excellent final wining the last round and winning the Italian National Championship with his TLR 8ight 2.0 EU buggy.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Dennenmoser & Käufler win Baden-Württemberg Cup
The ‘Baden-Württemberg Cup’ 2011 was dominated by TLR in both the buggy and truggy classes. Consisting of five rounds with two drop rounds, TLR/Horizon Hobby team driver Ralf Dennenmoser took the overall win in the truggy category whilst TLR/Horizon Hobby team driver Hannes Käufler dominated the buggy class. Ralf Dennenmoser clinched second place with his TLR 8ight 2.0 EU Buggy. Three wins for Hannes were enough to secure him the top spot after only four rounds while Ralf won the remaining two races, so together they won each round of the 2011 Cup series. Ralf was the man to beat in truggy, four wins meant he even had a win as a through-away result. To top things off, TLR drivers Pascal Sass took third overall in buggy and Andreas Ruepp second in truggy.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Thomas Mayr takes Austrian title with Rd3 victory
The third and final leg for the Austrian Nationals in 1:8 Offroad was held last weekend at WMW Fehring track, EC-A track for 2012. The Championship standings after first 2 races meant that only 3 drivers could became Austrian champion, Dominic Bauer, Thomas Mayr and Andreas Scharinger. In Qualifying Dominic Bauer dominated winning 3 from 4 rounds giving the following qualifying result.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Fuciños & Villalba win final round in Spain
The fourth and final round of the electric buggy Spanish Championship last weekend at the magnificent facilities of the club CAPA, near Madrid. Under great weather conditions, almost 80 drivers battled it out in both 2WD and 4WD for two days. On Saturday the 4WD event was held and it was veteran Enrique Fuciños who took his Viper powered Yokomo BMax to a close win over local hero David Bustos with Tamiya TRF502. Charismatic Raul Solano drove his Kyosho Lazer FS II to the third position.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Paolo Morganti wins 1/8 ROAR Nationals
Paolo Morganti was in great shape in 1/8 scale class at the ROAR Nationals held in Chaplin USA last weekend. Due to rain, qualifying was run over just 3 rounds and it was Morganti who took the TQ honors with his Serpent 966 ahead of DJ Apolaro, Chris Tosolini and Joaquin deSoto. In the final Morganti kept a very high pace, only giving up the lead a few times when he pitted for fuel. He would eventually take the win by 2 laps from Capricorn team mates Chris Tosolini and Joaquin DeSoto in 2nd and 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Monday, September 26, 2011
Serpent S120-LT chassis
Serpent have announced details on the new version of their 1/12 scale platform, the S120. The S120-Link Tube version chassis is now fully developed for LiPo use and combines the Links with the Tube system. This creates a very agile, fast and easy to set-up racing chassis. All carbon parts are new, a new top-deck is added, but front and rear pod, alu shaft and main shock remain the same as before. We are also told that a conversion set for S120-L to LT will be offered too. We can expect more info later in the week, while the kits should be ready to ship from the 1st week of October.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Monday, September 26, 2011
Xray RX8 upper suspension holders
New from Xray for the RX8 are these aluminium upper suspension holders. CNC-machined from the highest-grade Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium, the composite front upper suspension eccentric bushings are included. Ultra-strong construction for increased durability.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Monday, September 26, 2011
