September 1, 2012

Dave Brown wins Northern Regional Series Rd6

Round six of the Northern Regional Series 2012 took place at the Central Scotland Offroaders. Serpent driver Alastair Stevenson won round one of the qualification, with team mate Dave Brown winning rounds two and three for TQ. With their Serpent 811 truggies dialled in for the damp conditions, both drivers left the competition behind and battled it out for the lead of the 22 minute main. Dave took the win with Alastair just two seconds behind.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


August 31, 2012

Much More traction compound & TX LiPo pack

New from Much More Racing comes the Nano off-road traction compound and the Sanwa M12 and MT-4 transmitter LiPo battery pack. Starting with the traction compound the Nano called tire softener is available in Green and Red formula and is designed to give electric and nitro tires an improved grip on slick clay surfaces. The traction compound comes in spray bottles for easy application. Made for the Sanwa M12 and MT-4 transmitters is Much More Racing’s 2500mAh 7.4V LiPo battery pack. It comes pre-wired with a Sanwa-compatible plug and balancing port and sports dimensions of 95x30x12.5mm with a weight of 97g.

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August 31, 2012

P-S-R X3 & Specter II air filters

Power-Save-Racing introduce new air filter sets for the HongNor X3 and Carson Specter II 1/8th nitro off-road buggies. The foam elements are designed to perfectly match with the vehicles air filter boxes and come as sets of 6 or 12 elements including 45ml or 90ml air filter oil respectively. The material used makes for an improved air flow and optimized dust protection.

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August 31, 2012

Ballistic Buggy 2WD pink Mini Spike tire

Ballistic Buggy re-release their 2WD front spike tire in the soft pink compound. The popular wet weather compound completes the Mini Spike line of soft tires that already included a 4WD front and general rear one.

Source: Ballistic Buggy [ballisticbuggy.co.uk]


August 31, 2012

2012 JConcepts Indoor Clash

The anticipation is building for the 2012 JConcepts Indoor Clash. With over 450 pre-registered drivers, Flowood RC Park is going to be hit with the most unique event of the year. If you have not get ready, as the Clash will be highlighted by the head-to-head match-up featuring Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield vs. TLR’s Dustin Evans in three different classes of competition including a worlds prelude in the 1/8th buggy nitro division. An event featuring these top 2 drivers is not the only competition in the house, the Clash presents 14 classes with drivers coming in from all around to compete against each other in this 6th annual event. The Clash is a can’t miss event. For more information feel free to visit the event’s site here.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]


August 30, 2012

LRP Dynamic 8 2600kv brushless motor

Following the Dynamic 8 1600kv brushless motor LRP now introduce the even more powerful 2600kv variant. Designed to deliver both high torque and RPM in combination with an extremely high efficiency the motor is ideal for all high speed buggy applications. Coming with a highly ribbed CNC-machined aluminium can, easy solder tabs and a rebuildable design.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]


August 30, 2012

Rainer Pessar wins Baltic Buggy Champs

The Laitse Rallypark was the host of the 2012 Baltic 1/8th buggy championship. As many races in Europe these days the race was affected by the weather, meaning a wet track on Friday, a dry track on Saturday and something in-between on Sunday. The A final saw Ron Mamers and Rainer Ressar pulling away from the rest of the field with Rainer taking the lead after a mistake of Ron. He then never looked back and was able to win the race one lap ahead of Jörg Miikael Tiit and Rob Mamers.

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August 30, 2012

Pro-Line 2012 Challenge – Report

The Pro-Line 2012 Challenge took place at the HNMC track and offered three days of racing with international drivers, a new track layout with option section, a junior race and mechanics race, 138 nitro buggies, 11 nitro truggies and 12 E-buggies. The club had taken this race on short notice so the organization for the event was a bit rushed, the HNMC team did the best they could and put their effort into building the best track yet. The weather for the event did not look good the week of the event but luckily only the Saturday would suffer with heavy showers thunder and lightning with qualifying being scrapped. Practice rounds were TQ’d by Elliot Boots and Tony Truman with Ryan Cavalieri and Joseph Quagraine finding there rhythm round the track. On Sunday drivers were greeted by a damp track that was drying nicely offering perfect conditions. Nitro buggy saw Elliot Booth and Ryan Cavalieri battling for the top position while the truggy class saw  Jon Hazlewood in front followed by Callum Niblett and Jon Howells. In E-buggy again Jon Hazlewood took the top spot followed by Craig Drescher and Mike Cradock. In the final Jon was not able to conserve his form with Elliot Booth taking the top podium spot followed by Craig Drescher and Karl Jackson.

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