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September 24, 2012

Scotty Grey wins Forgass season opener

The 36th Annual Forgass Nitro On-Road Series took place at the Homestead/Miami Speedway. With the temperatures being very hot and humid the first race of the new season was a hard one for the drivers as well as for the material but the extreme conditions didn’t bother Team Shepherd driver Scotty Gray and his newly updated Shepherd Velox V10 “tweleve” who dominated the qualifying. The 30 minutes final began with Scotty starting from pole position and pulled away quickly. With swift fuel stops he was able to further increase the gap and at the end he crossed the finish line in first position. The next race will be held at Nuggets Ranch Raceway in Arcadia (FL) followed by the ROAR Fuel On-Road Nationals at the same place from the 17th to 21st of October.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 24, 2012

Mattias Johnasson wins Swedish Summer Series final

The final round of the Swedish Summer Series was held at the Orebro RC Club in rainy weather conditions. In qualifying Mattias Johansson (Xray) was the fastest man in the extreme conditions followed by Andreas Johansson (Serpent), and Morgan Flodin (Xray). In the finals the rain started to cause problems for many drivers with many retirements as the result. In the first A final Mattias Johansson pulled away from the field leaving Eddie Lundin (Xray) and Andreas Johannsen behind. Mattias also went on to win the second leg followed by John Lara (Xray) and again Andreas Johannson. With Mattias having won the first two rounds only the second and third sport on the podium was up for grabs and it was Andreas Johannson who took the runner up spot in the end with John Lara finishing in third place.

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September 24, 2012

Jerome Sartel wins French Champs final round

Jerome Sartel has won the final round of the French 1/8 off-road championship held in Savigny. The Agama driver won the final two laps ahead of Tony Robin (Kyosho) and some three laps ahead of third placed S-Workz driver Edouard Hugon. 2012 champion Jerome Aigion finished in 8th position.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

September 24, 2012

Saggers & York win HNMC Summer Rd 8

The last round of the HNMC Summer series finished as it started with a dry start due to turn with about lunch time. 58 Buggies and 10 Truggies braved the conditions as again the Proline layout was used. Qualifying saw a battle between Karl Jackson and Callum Niblet with Karl taking TQ in the buggy class. Jon Hazelwood dominated Truggy qualifying just missing out a 9 lapper in round one. Come the finals Tom Saggers went on to win the Buggy class ahead of Olier Curry and John Niall. Rob York grabbed the win in the Truggy class with Harry Philips in second and Simon Miller in third position.

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September 24, 2012

VBC Wildfire servo mount & shock upgrades

VBC introduce new option parts for the Wildfire electric touring car in the form of a centre servo mount and a shock upgrade kit. Starting with the servo mount the part is machined from 7075-T6 aluminum and it is designed to optimize left-right balance by only using the centre location holes of the chassis. The mount comes gun metal anodized and is ideal for all 40mm wide servos. The second new part is the shock upgrade kit that contains a set of 12 one to three hole teflon shock pistons, four titanium-coated shock shafts and hardware. It makes for additional setup options and smoother operating shock absorbers.

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September 21, 2012

Serpent 811 Cobra Buggy 2.0 buggy

Serpent introduce the S811 Cobra 2.0, the evolution of the successful cobra platform. The buggy incorporates many subtile changes to make for more steering and a more responsive rear end. This was achieved by a wider rear end with a new geometry, more rear traction and a wider sweet spot. The updated rear shocks with longer piston rod and longer shock bodies moved to the rear of the wishbones and are protected by new lexan dirt shields. Also included in the kit is the Avenger cab forward body, four white colour disc wheels as well as larger bearings in the steering blocks, rear uprights and transmission as seen in the previous TE version.

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September 21, 2012

DE Racing Borrego SC wheels

DE Racing is proud to introduce the first true dish wheel for the Short Course market. Modeled after DE Racing’s 1/10 buggy line, the Borrego wheels feature the realistic scale appearance of a beadlock wheel with mud cover. They were also designed for use with optional sticker disks to give a new level of color customizing. The stronger wheel is designed from the ground up for the rigours of Short Course racing. Thicker wall sections, deeper support ribs, tighter/stronger hexes, and a dish face protected by a simulated beadlock ring make these wheels strong yet light of weight. Available as +3mm offset SC10 as well as Losi and Kyosho Ultima wheel they will soon also come in silver, white and yellow colour.

Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]

September 21, 2012

Mark Green wins in Snetterton

The final round of the British 200mm Championship was held at the Snetterton circuit. The weather was thankfully dry although still quite cold. Saturdays practice was spent trying to find a good set up for the low grip conditions. At the end of the day it was the Serpent 747 pair of Mark Green and Joe Kerry setting the pace, getting down to 12.5 second lap times. In qualifying it was between Mark and Joe for the TQ position as they finished 1st and 2nd in all 4 qualifiers, being the only drivers to make 24 laps.

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