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January 27, 2013

Cav & Evans set to battle for 2nd Reedy Race title

Dustin Evans

Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri and TLR’s Dustin Evans look set to battle it out for the honour of securing their second Reedy Race of Champions title tomorrow after the results of the Day-2’s closing round of races at West Coast RC Raceway left the pair equal on points. Running in the same race in the second round of 4WD, Evans finished 2nd behind defending champion Joern Nuemann while Cavalieri crossed the line fourth behind team-mate Ryan Maifield. The other two races of the round saw wins for TLR’s Mike Truhe and Kyosho’s Jared Tebo.

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January 27, 2013

Wins for Cavalieri, Evans & Martin as Reedy Race moves to 4WD

The first round of 4WD at the Reedy Race of Champions saw Ryan Cavalieri, Dustin Evans and Lee Martin get the second half of the event off to the perfect start as they each secured relatively easy wins in their respective races at West Coast RC Raceway in California. Winning the opening race of the round, Cavalieri’s win brings his tally of victories to five and sees the former Champion extend his lead at the top of the points standings. For Evans and Martin, who started from pole and took tone to tone wins, the result marks their second win at the 19th edition of the race Mike Reedy originally created in 1986 to celebrate his birthday.

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January 26, 2013

Maifield wins exciting final RROC 2WD encounter

The sixth & final round of 2WD at the Reedy Race of Champions produced the most exciting encounter yet with a race that saw Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield snatch the win from HB’s Ty Tessman on the last lap, the Canadian also getting passed the No.10 starting TLR of Dustin Evans in the final dash to the finish. In the other two races Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz and TLR’s Mike Truhe claimed their first wins of the event which after 18 races using 2WD buggies will now switch over to 4WD.

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January 26, 2013

Serpent Spyder SRX-2 teaser

Serpent have released first renderings of their upcoming Spyder SRX-2 2WD electric off-road buggy. Detailed information on the buggy are not available at the moment but looking at the drawings several class typical elements such as big bore shock absorbers, angled front wishbones and a cab forward design body shell are visible. Along with the SRX-2 Serpent will introduce more 1/10th off-road vehicles such as a 4WD buggy, 2WD short course and stadium truck as well as a 4WD SC truck. Further details will be available when the car is revealed during next week’s Nuremberg Toy Fair.

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January 26, 2013

Cavalieri completes perfect day at Reedy Race

Cav Car

Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri completed the perfect result on the first day of racing at the Reedy Offroad Race of Champions, the World Champion winning all four of his 2WD encounters at West Coast RC Raceway in La Mirada, California. The only driver to claim multiple wins today, the fourth round of racing saw Cavalieri’s fellow US offroad stars Ryan Maifield and Jared Tebo take their first wins at the 19th running of the event which will be decided over 12 rounds of heads up racing.

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January 25, 2013

Cavalieri doubles up in Round 2

Ryan Cavalieri has made it 2 wins from 2 races at the Reedy Race of Champions in California, the Associated driver again converting his second pole position start into a victory to put himself in an early lead of the standings. In the other two races that made up the second round of 2WD Buggy at the famous event HB’s Atsushi Hara and Tamiya’s Lee Martin secured the wins. The drive of the second round came in Race 2 from Ryan Maifield who starting 10th on the grid came through to finish second just a second behind Martin. Afterwards the Team Associated ace said it was a ‘good result’ but he wished he had been able to get through the pack a little faster, his fastest lap almost 6/10th faster than that of European Champion Martin.

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January 25, 2013

Serpent Cobra 14° & 16° C-hubs

New from Serpent come CNC-machined aluminium castor blocks for the Cobra line of buggies, trucks and GT vehicles. The parts come in sets of left and right C-hubs including matching hardware and are black anodized and laser engraved. Generally more caster give less steering into a corner but more coming out of a turn. The new parts help to find the best setup for your given track condition or driving style.

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January 25, 2013

VRC Pro adds Silver Dollar Raceway

The Silver Dollar Raceway is one of the most anticipated VRC track releases to date. The virtual copy of the US-based track was created in close collaboration with A Main Hobbies from Chico, California. The 315m long off-road track with its 2012 lay-out is used for both short course and nitro buggy racing, and will be hosting, with a different layout, the 2013 IFMAR Worlds for 1:10 2WD and 4WD electric buggies. The 2013 Worlds layout will be made available later this year when the track will be re-modeled for the IFMAR Worlds. Being one of the largest hobby retailers in the country, A Main Hobbies also discovered the benefits of being closely involved with VRC Pro, not only as a reseller, but also to have their Silver Dollar Raceway track in the VRC Pro collection.

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