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September 4, 2014

Tamiya Fighting Buggy – More images

Tamiya USA have more images of the forthcoming Super Champ re-release kit available. The now-called Fighting Buggy first hit the stores back in 1982, with the 2014 model featuring some subtle updates such as a black 2.5mm fibre glass chassis plate, newly designed rear suspension parts recreate the original transverse damper sets with progressive spring and oil reserve tank and an updated stick sheet retains many of the original themes while also adding some new motifs. Included with the kit come front rib and rear spike tyres on 3-piece wheels as well as a ABS resin body with aluminium roof panel and wing.

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September 4, 2014

15th annual Hobby Haven Shootout – Report

Hobby Haven in Des Moines, Iowa was the host of the 15th annual Shootout race. Practice was scheduled to be most of the day Friday but with the bad weather the area was having the track was not going to be ready. The track crew worked most of the day putting lime on the track to help dry it out. With almost a full day of track work, mother nature did not let up and the organisers were forced to close it down for the day.

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September 4, 2014

Josh Wheeler doubles at Labor Day Shootout

This past weekend in Chico, CA A-Main Hobbies and The Dirt Racing put on the Labor Day Shootout and the last round of the US Pro Cup. For the US Pro Cup it came down to Ryan Lutz and Josh Wheeler to compete for the title and a $5,000 price. Qualifying started Saturday morning with great weather and the track looking good. In the Truggy class Josh ended up 3rd the first round with Ryan Lutz getting the TQ and Phillip Atondo with 2nd. The second and third round had Wheeler getting the TQ in both rounds which gave him the overall TQ for the Truggy class.

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September 3, 2014

BRCA F2 national off-road championships – Report

The BRCA 2WD and 4WD national off-road F2, Veteran and Junior championships were held this weekend at the large and well prepared track at Boughton Raceway. The Junior and Veteran classes were split into age groups of U13, U16, V40 and V50. Qualifying the 2WD F2 class would be a battle between Jonathon Brown and Andy Jones. Andy Jones took three rounds of qualifying giving him TQ with Jonathon taking the 2nd spot, Nick Oliver taking 3rd and Tristram Neal taking 4th.

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September 3, 2014

Widmeier wins German 1/8th nitro buggy junior title

Serpent’s newly signed Micha Widmeier has won the 2014 German 1/8th nitro buggy junior title at last weekend’s Munich round of the championship. After coming in 5th a week ago at the first race in Landhut and finishing 18th during the second and final round in Munich last weekend, Micha ended up on a combined 8th place in the overall championship. This result handed him the title as the best junior in the 2014 national championship.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 3, 2014

SWorkz S350T 1/8th nitro truggy kit

SWorkz have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming 1/8th nitro truggy kit, the S350T. The vehicle will come with a range of option parts from stock for improved strength, performance and a high value. More information are available soon.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

September 3, 2014

Rainer Ressar wins 1/8th class at Baltic Champs

This year’s Baltic Championships were held at the Peleka-Cuka track with some of the best racers from the Baltic states in attendance. The 1/8th nitro buggy final was highly affected by the weather conditions that changed massively throughout the whole weekend. In the beginning the race was lead by pole position holder Hendrik Lainemae followed by Taurius Sinkevicius. With the rain coming and going, Rainer Ressar, who fall back early in the race, made the best out of the difficult conditions as he climbed up the field to take the 2nd spot in the closing stages of the final despite a broken wheel due to contact with a concrete track marker. A few laps later 1st place driver Hendirk made an error causing a flameout, handing Rainer the lead. At the end he won the race a lap ahead of Taurius Sinkevicius and Martin Steins, who rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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September 3, 2014

New Exotek TRF201 & XB4 aluminium option parts

Exotek have new option parts for the Tamiya TRF201 and the Xray XB4 available. Starting with the Tamiya-related part, Exotek’s direct spur mount is now also available for TRF201 series buggies. The slipper eliminator hub is ideal for stock and oval racing as it weighs in at only 3.8g, making for improved acceleration and cooler running motors. The part also increases gear ratio options and it is simply swapped for the original slipper clutch when conditions call for it. Also new and made for the Xray XB4 is a 4-piece set of shock bottom caps. The parts add some visual impact thanks to their orange anodising.

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