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March 12, 2013

Alexander Hagberg re-signs with Team Orcan

Team Orcan have announced that following a successful first year of driving for their team and making the main final at the World Championships, Alexander Hagberg has decided to extend his deal with the German company. The Swedish Xray driver had this to say:

It has been a pleasure to work with Mr. Bertram Kessler of SMI-Motorsport. His experience and professionalism has helped a lot over the last year. I am confident that I can accomplish even better results in the near future. I will be running Orcan engines, mufflers, fuel and accessories.

Source: Orcan [orcan.de]

March 12, 2013

Zoltan Kovacs is Hungarian 2WD champion

Zoltan Kovacs is Hungarian 2WD off-road champion

Last weekend the 7th and final round of the 2012-2013 Hungarian Electric Championship, which is held indoor from October until March, took place. The series consist of on and off-road races under the same roof at the same time and 5 race count out of 7. This season Zoltan Kovacs won 4 races and also finished 2nd at the last race meaning that he won the still growing 2WD class. Zoltan drives Team Durango’s DEX210 buggy which is also the most popular car in the championship. TLR driver Gyorgy Fally took the runner up spot in the series ahead of another Durango driver Norbert Szanyi in 3rd.

Thanks to Balint Rajki for the report.

March 11, 2013

NOOB Singapore Open Buggy 2013 Rd1 report

The 1/10 EP Offroad season kicked off in Singapore last weekend with round 1 of the NOOB Singapore Open Buggy Series held at the RaceWorks Arena. In the 4WD class, reigning champ Mark “BC” Lim set the pace in qualifying and secured his Durango DEX410 buggy a spot at the front of the grid. Unfortunately he experienced transmission issues throughout the mains. Last year’s series runner-up Tein capitalized on this and with some great runs took the win in all 3 mains. Joakim, who has steadily been moving up the rankings in the past years finished in 2nd leaving BC to be content with a 3rd place finish.

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March 11, 2013

Evo-Workshop RX8 & S966 multi-flex chassis

Evo-Workshop introduce their latest J’s System multi-flex chassis for the Xray RX8 and the Serpent S966. Featuring resilience of two materials combined, the system incorporates a hard coated aluminum chassis and a carbon-fiber-made stabilizer blade that work seamlessly with various lock up combinations, providing the best flex control function for any track requirements or racing events.

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March 11, 2013

Aigoin and Rossetti win at French buggy nationals

The first round of the French 1/10th electric buggy nationals took place at the Gymnase Jean Collignon in Louvres this past weekend. The race saw the attendance of the usual breed of fast French drivers such as Antoine Rossetti, Sebastian Wartelle and Vicent Heligoin. In the 4WD Open class Team Associated factory driver Yannick Aigoin, normally at home with 1/8th nitro off-road buggies, was on a mission and won its first 1/10th electric buggy race with his AE B44.2 in front of Team Durango’s Antoine Rossetti and Schumacher driver Armand Lantheaume. In 2WD Open it was 4WD runner-up Antoine who grabbed the top sport of the podium in front of Ahmed Kerfati and Ludovic Valtier. The 2WD Promo class saw the win of Vincent Le Peltier with Olivier Langlet and Jean-Luc Salmeron in tow.

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March 11, 2013

Xray Challenge Grand Final – Announcement

Xray have been in touch to invite racers to the grand final of the European Xray Challenge. The race will take place at the weekend of the 5th of May at the Hudy Racing Arena in a total of six different classes including stock, super stock and modified touring cars, 1/10th nitro touring, F1 and GT pan cars. In the touring classes only Xray touring cars are allowed to run with the tires being hand-out tires supplied by the organizers. Click here to find all details.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 11, 2013

Essex Winter Series Round 6 report

The sixth and final round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend. Once again, the event was fully booked many weeks before the meeting, including a number of top drivers. With a final total of 165 different drivers competing and over 550 individual entries to the series, the organisers were keen to thank all the drivers for their attendance and support. The Super Stock 13.5 class saw a straight championship battle between Tony Broad and the defending champion Paul Pinkney, both drivers tied on points coming into the final meeting. As qualifying begun, it was Paul’s Schumacher team-mate, last years championship runner-up Ashley Wiffen who topped the first round, with James Hart in second and Phil Chambers in third with their X-rays.

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March 11, 2013

Nathan Waters wins 2WD at Worksop Players

The final round of the Worksop Player saw Nathan Waters take the 2WD title with his Team Durango DEX210. With a close battle in both classes over the proceeding rounds of racing, it was always going to be a closely fought series. Nathan who put his DEX210 into TQ position from the first round of qualifying, and then go on to dominate the 2WD class throughout the days racing to take first overall and conclude his series campaign as Players Champion. Team Durango super racer Craig Collinson followed Nathan closely to take second overall in the series. Team Durango drivers had been forging a comprehensive collection of 4WD results during the previous rounds of this star-studded race series. The DEX410v3 vehicles of Craig Collinson and Nathan Waters had already made a big impression in previous meetings at the Worksop venue. With the closing stages of this nationally renowned series coming to an action packed conclusion, Craig Collinson was to place his DEX410v3 in fifth overall. Nathan was pipped by Neil Cragg but was again a force to be reckoned with by securing second overall in a field that was as strong as any UK based off-road line-up.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]