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January 11, 2014

Volker wraps up DHI TQ honours in Q3

In a pretty much forgone conclusion, Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker is Top Qualifier for the 14th running of the DHI Cup. The driver with the most number of past wins at the famous Danish event, yet another TQ run in Q3 put the pole position for tomorrow’s final beyond the reach of his rivals despite one round of qualifying remaining. Posting his fastest 5-minute run of the weekend, the 4-time event winner was a whole 5-seconds clear of his rivals with Awesomatix Viljami Kutvonen claiming second followed by Xray’s Alexander Hagberg, both drivers posting their first 25-lap runs.

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January 11, 2014

Levin 2WD Top Qualifier at DHI Cup

Oskar Levin has got his 2014 season & his new sponsorship with Team C off to the best start possible by securing the overall TQ honours for 2WD Buggy at the DHI Cup. Having TQ’d both of yesterday’s opening qualifiers in Denmark giving him the provisional overnight TQ honours, TQ runs from defending champion Joern Neumann in Q3 and Schumacher’s Tom Cockerill in Q4 meant the Swede remained top of the ranking. Cockerill will start tomorrow’s triple leg finals from 2nd with Neumann’s Durango set to line up third.

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January 10, 2014

Back to back TQ runs for Levin at DHI Cup

New Team C signing Oskar Levin got his debut for his new sponsor off to the perfect start at the DHI Cup after the Swede claimed the opening two rounds of qualifying at the Danish event. The result leaves the 19-year-old holding the provisional overall TQ overnight in Odense while some of his key rivals are under pressure to make the most of tomorrow’s remaining two qualifiers. Defending Champion Joern Neumann finds himself only 4th overall, while Xray’s Martin Bayer is 10th and Schumacher’s Tom Cockerill is way down in 32nd after a DNF in Q1.

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January 10, 2014

Pro-Line 1/10th Blockade sneak peek

Pro-Line have sent us this sneak peak of their new soon to be released 1/10th Blockade tire. Based off the very popular 1/8th scale tire this all-rounder is soon to be available in this smaller form. We expect more information on the tire and its release date in the coming days.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 10, 2014

Neumann & Bayer top Offroad practice at DHI

European Champions Joern Neumann and Martin Bayer have topped their respective title classes in practice at the DHI Cup in Denmark. The third year the event has featured offroad competition, Neumann took his Durango to the fastest three consecutive laps in 2WD Buggy ahead of Schumacher’s Tom Cockerill and new Team C signing Oskar Levin. In 4WD it was Xray’s Bayer who set the pace from Neumann who comes into the event looking to complete a DHI hat trick of wins in both classes.

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January 10, 2014

Serpent Spyder MM mid motor buggy

Following first teaser images back in December Serpent now release full information on the SRX2 Spyder mid motor buggy. The Billy Easton designed vehicle shares the front end and some minor parts with the already available rear motor buggy but features a completely new chassis and rear end. The buggy that is designed for medium to high bite tracks builds on a composite chassis compatible with saddle or shorty LiPo packs and the 4-gear transmission allows for an adjustable differential height in order to adapt the buggy to various track conditions. Included with the kit comes a limited slip ball differential as well as a 3-pad slipper clutch. Other features include 12mm RCM big bore shock absorbers, C-hubs and rear carriers with interchangeable inserts, spring steel wheel axles, an aluminium motor plate and carbon fibre shock towers. Included in the kit is also a cab forward body shell and high downforce rear wing and the buggy will become available by the end of January.

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January 10, 2014

Team C 4WD steel gear set

Available soon from Team C is this steel gear set for the company’s 4WD buggies and short course trucks. Containing a 40T differential and 16T input gear the machined parts are meant to do away with reliability issues that can occur with the original sintered steel gears when not setting the gear mesh right. Included in the set are one diff and one input gear.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

January 10, 2014

RPM B44 wide front bumper

RPM soon have this wide front bumper for Team Associated’s B44 line of buggies available. Made from a special nylon compound and sporting a wide design the bumper helps to protect the front end and especially the shock tower and front arms from becoming damaged in the event of a crash. Being 127mm wide and extending forward around 38mm the bumper fits the original B44 as well as the B44.1 and B44.2.

Source: RPM [rpmrcproducts.com]