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October 20, 2012

Pro-Line BullDog body for B44.2 buggy

Pro-Line have released this BullDog body for the Team Associated B44.2 buggy. The new B44.2 features a longer and narrower chassis, which requires an all new body. Ryan Cavalieri is coming off an incredible season winning the 2012 ROAR National Championships in both 4wd and 2wd buggy running Pro-Line’s highly coveted line of BullDog Bodies. Ryan has improved upon the design and developed the most advanced body yet, the 2012 BullDog body. Ryan took great care in refining the design for 2012 to create even more stability with enhanced steering to gain an advantage on the track. The windshield is steeper to create more down force over the front wheels and the roof ridges have been raised to channel the air flow over the middle of the body for increased high-speed stability. The rear of the roof has been lowered and fins have been added to achieve stable air flow over the body. The fins also add rigidity to the body to increase aerodynamic efficiency.

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October 19, 2012

Bradby & Moss win Schumacher Masters Rd1

Round 1 of the Schumacher Masters indoor race at the fantastic Worksop facility took place last weekend. The day hit it off with a great entry of over 160 Drivers competing, all using the Schumacher yellow mini pin control tyre. In 2wd qualifying Greg Williams produced a nice surprise by setting Round 1 TQ with a rear motored Cougar SVR on the slippery indoor surface. Neil Cragg Set overall TQ for the day with Schumacher drivers Simon Moss, Tom Cockerill, Greg Williams Lloyd Storey and Eugene Galley all in the top ten. In the final Paul Bradby took the honours from Nathan Waters and Neil.

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October 19, 2012

AKA Moto 1/8th buggy tire

AKA have released their new Moto tire, designed to take on the roughest and toughest terrain that you can throw at your 1:8 buggy. The massive lugs, race proven carcass, and AKA’s proprietary rubber compounds will ensure that your tires last while tearing up the dirt. As with all of AKA tires, these are designed and made in the USA. Available in Soft or medium compound as well as unmounted or premounted.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

October 19, 2012

RDRP DEX210 aluminium thumb screws

These RDRP DEX210 aluminium thumb screws are CNC-machined from 7075-T6 aluminium, come gold anodised and laser etched to add cool looks to your DEX210 buggy. The thumb screws are slightly larger in size to make for easier handling when swapping battery packs. They are usable with the stock plastic as well as both the RDRP DEX210 Aluminium and Carbon Fibre Battery Plate (above) and of course all other vehicles that make use of metrical thumb screws.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

October 19, 2012

Mibosport Cup Rd1 – Announcement

The opening round of the Mibosport Cup takes place next weekend in Hrotovice, Czech Republic. The event which is open to both on road and off road classes on 2 tracks in the one hall, has already attracted over 90 entries including a strong entry from the Xray team with Martin and Juraj confirmed with Martin Bayer set to run the all new Xray EP buggy at the event. One of the stars of last weekend’s ETS Dominic Vogl is also set to compete with the Awesomatix along with top Czech drivers, Michal Bok, Marek Cerny and Radek Flek. More information on this first event as well as the whole series can be found here.

October 18, 2012

Ralf Dennenmoser double at Bawü Cup

With 197 participants during the season the Bawü Cup is one of Germany’s biggest Off-Road racing series. The 6th and final round took place at Großheubach recently which attracted only 80 drivers this time because of the bad weather forecast. Sonic engines driver Ralf “Bombe” Dennenmoser dominated the event TQ’ing both the truggy and the buggy class as well as winning both semi finals and finals. In the truggy class he managed to do 11 minute pit-stops which gave him a big advantage over the other competitors. He won the 20min semi-final by 3 laps and also in the final he was 3 laps in front after 20min. Unfortunately he had a small technical problem but as he was fast enough he crossed the finishing line one lap in front of the second placed driver.

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October 17, 2012

Josh Wheeler wins @ US Southern Nationals

The Southern Nationals took place in West Monroe, Louisiana in a huge indoor facility with a track that sported lots of elevation changes and big jumps. After three rounds of qualifying Ryan Lutz took TQ with Josh Wheeler in second position. The main started off good and it was a follow the leader show with Lutz and Wheeler for 15 minutes. Josh was doing his best to stay right with Lutz and pulled a good lead before a battle started. They were able to put themselves in front with a lead of about 15 second when Lutz broke and Wheeler took the lead. Jason Branham was now in second with the rest of the field behind him. Josh maintained a good lead until the second to the last pit stop when a crash and corner marshal failure cost him 17 seconds on his pit stop. This gave Branham the lead and a battle until the end started. Jason and Wheeler would battle until the last lap when Jason crashed and gave Wheeler the lead and the win. Kurt Kellum also had a great performance in the truggy main and fought his way to 3rd at the end.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 17, 2012

Drew Moller wins @ Reedy Truck Race

The 2012 Reedy Truck Race of Champions was held at Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California and the event brought in over 140 entries from SoCal’s best truck drivers. In the Modified Truck class, it was Team Orion/Kyosho’s Drew Moller who would TQ rounds 1 and 3 to take the overall TQ for the class. Come the finals he was in a close battle with TLR’s Mike Truhe who both scored a first and second place in the finals. Therefore A main number three would decide the 2012 title win and it was Drew Moller who lead from the first lap taking the win in the important final race and also the 2012 Reedy Truck Race of Champions title. Mike Truhe came in second with Kody Numedahl completing the podium.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]