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December 17, 2014

Serpent Natrix 748 TQ 200mm nitro on-road kit

To celebrate Dominic Greiner’s Top Qualifier position at the recent IFMAR 200mm Nitro Onroad World Championships and the 2nd and 3rd place overall achieved by Yuya Sahashi and Dominic, Serpent introduce the Natrix 748 TQ kit. Based on the standard kit the 748 TQ features completely new gear differentials front and rear which are lighter, they are equipped with super-sealing cases and new shape gears to make for super smooth operation. The TQ kit also includes the new Xli 2-speed gearbox internals which are smaller and lighter, but using the same 2-speed gears as before. All other parts of the kit remain unchanged with the gear diffs and Xli gearbox being also available separately to upgrade existing 748 cars.

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December 17, 2014

Ronald Völker wins Touring Car Modfied at GP3F

Last weekend the Grand Prix des 3 Frontieres was held in Longwy, France with top drivers like Ronald Völker, Alexander Hagberg, Loic Jasmin and many more attending. The field split into 49 entries in Touring Car Modified and 96 entries in the Stock class. In the Modified class it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who lead the proceedings followed by Alexander Hagberg (Xray) and Marc Fischer (Serpent) who rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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December 17, 2014

Amezcua doubles at Mexican Off-Road Regionals

The final round of the Mexican Off-Road Regionals took place at Colima, Mexico with drivers from Colima, Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Puerto Vallarta in attendance to battle it out in the classes of 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy. Rafael Amezcua took the TQ in the Buggy class but suffered a flameout at the start of the main, causing him to start late. After fighting his way up the field in dominating fashion Rafael was able to take the win despite the bad start into the final and he left fellow Mugen racer Javier Cabildo behind in 2nd. Jose Lopez rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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December 17, 2014

Xray sweep Slovakia Cup Rd2

The 2nd round of famous Slovakian Cup was held at the prestigious Hudy Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. In the Touring Car Modified class it was David Nemcek who got his maiden 1st place finish this year at the Slovakia Cup after coming in 2nd at the season opener. David is now leading the overall ranking with a 12 points margin. The runner-up spot at round 2 went to Igor Liptak while Oliver Havranek rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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December 17, 2014

Chris Grainger splits with Schumacher

Chris Grainger has announced that he will be departing Schumacher Racing at the end of 2014. Chris has been at Schumacher for 6 seasons, and during that time has seen great successes, including lifting three UK National titles, and securing a World Championship A final place in 2012. Chris said:

To all my RC friends. I just wanted to let everyone know that as from December 31st I will no longer be driving for Schumacher racing. I want to just say thank you so much to everyone in the factory who have made the last 6 years the best and most enjoyable 6 years of all my years racing. Thank you all very much.

More news will follow soon regarding Chris’ plans for 2015 and beyond.

Source: Oli Meggitt

December 16, 2014

Drake doubles at AZRCR Championship Series finale

Last weekend Fear Farm Raceway hosted the final round of the AZRCR Championship Series. The final event had a slight delay Saturday morning due to mother nature, but racing got started around 12:00 after a short practice session. Billy Fischer set the pace in round one of Buggy and Adam Drake did the same in Truck. In round two Drake set the pace in both classes to take the overall TQ positions. Drake led both finals from start to finish to sweep the final round of the series.

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December 16, 2014

Käufler takes Baden-Württemberg Cup buggy title

This year the popular Baden-Württemberg Cup in Germany consisted of four rounds held in Nufringen, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Laupheim and the final round in Senden. Unfortunately the weather was a factor in each of the races, with it being either unbearably hot or rainy. Hannes Käufler was able to win three out of the three races he attended in the Nitro Buggy division to win the overall title. Ralf just narrowly missed out on a nitro podium to finish fourth overall behind runner-up Micha Widmaier and Alexander Schmitt.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

December 16, 2014

Essex Winter Series Rd3 – Report

The third round of the popular Essex Winter Series championship took place this weekend in the South-East of the UK. With the weekend marking the last of major race events of 2014, everyone wanted to finish out the year on a high. In the Modified class, Kyle Branson was back in the field after missing Round 2 due to the 1/10th IC Worlds in Thailand. Previous winners Andy Moore and Olly Jefferies were absent due to other commitments, whilst defending champion Elliott Harper was also unable to race, having yet to secure a new race deal following his departure last month from Team Durango. However, this didn’t detract much from the strength of the field, with Branson going up against multi-time UK National Champion Chris Grainger, multi-time EWS Podium finisher Matthew White, and a whole host of regular A-finalists.

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