The 4th Annual Pro-Line Surf City Classic was held this past weekend at OC R/C Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA. This event has grown every year and sold out in only a few days after being open to the public. Big name drivers in attendance included current 2wd/4wd World Champion Ryan Cavalieri, Current 2wd ROAR National Champion Dustin Evans, Mike Truhe, Brian Kinwald, Ty Tessman, Steven Hartson and Josh Numan.
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The weather in Denmark has been awful this year, at least if you race 1:8 scale buggies. Most races have been wet, and the 3rd round of the Danish DRCMU championship would be no different. Drivers were greeted by a wet and muddy track on Sunday morning, however the rain did stop and out came the sun. Most drivers skipped the practice and the first round of qualifiers and so the track was very sticky. Jan D. Hansens (Durango/RB) was on fire in qualifying and he duly took TQ and along with it 3 points for his championship campaign. As Jonas Kaerup used to be known as the sticky bandit, he took full advantage of the muddy conditions to win the semi A and line up 2nd for the final, behind Hansens, who won his semi B by a big margin. The Final was luckily run in the dry and as the race went on the track got a lot better. Jonas Kaerup’s Team Associated with some of the 8.2 updates, shot out in the lead from the sound of the tone. He never looked back, and thereby took his Team Associated RC8/HeadRC.com/O’Donnell car to the win in the 45 minute final in front of Morten Kroghs (Losi/OS) and Michael Gundersen (HongNor/RB).
The JBRL was back in action last Saturday, after nearly a two month break, with round 5 being held at Green Flag raceway in Hesperia, California. It seems the JBRL can’t get a break from the heat, as temps soared to over 100 degrees. Round 4 was in Palm Desert, where the temps reached nearly 120 degrees, now the JBRL patrons would have to endure another steam bath at round 5. The heat was also up on the track, as the points totals were very tight between Adam Drake and Cody King. After campaigning his 1/10 electric cars at the Worlds and Nats, Cody was back to nitro and hit the ground running.
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The 4th round of the Czech national championship was held last weekend in Skripov, near to the border with Poland, in perfect hot weather. The track surface was rough and tricky, so it was not easy to find a right car and tyres setup. In the final it was David Kukla who won the race by 1 lap ahead of his Serpent team mate Petr Klatovsky, with Tomas Kubica in 3rd for Xray.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
S-Workz have been in touch to tell us that team driver Hu way Ping has won the 2011 China National Championship in Zhengzhou. The reigning and 4 times National champion was using new S-Workz 2012 prototype chassis with some future available BK1 optional spring parts to have this great result. S-Workz will soon announce their new 2012 version S350 BK1 and original BK1 option parts.
Source: S-Workz [sworkz.com]
Jörn Neumann put in a great performance at this week’s electric off road European Championships in Pau France. Qualifying 2nd overall behind 2wd Champion Lee Martin in the shortened schedule, after heavy rain washed out the previous day, Jörn lead the Team Durango charge, with team mates Hupo Hönigl qualifying right behind in 3rd. The field was strong, with two former/current World Champions and 6 former/current European Champions in the A-main. Jörn took the opening two legs of the A-Final to take the overall win in a close fought battle with Lee Martin and Neil Cragg and become the 2011 4WD European Champion. Having already won the title, Jörn sat out the third leg of the A and Hupo took up the fight, taking second which he held to the line for 4th overall. Lee Martin took 2nd overall with Neil Cragg in 3rd.
Source: Durango [team-durango.com]
Team Durango have released some new option parts for the DNX408 to tune performance and make your ‘408 stand out from the crowd. First up are these aluminium turnbuckles which offer lower weight when compared to the standard steel part. Anodized gold they also add style to your model, when fitted they offer a massive 62% weight saving over the original components. Available in several lengths. Next up is this fuel tank lid puller set that is designed to improve access to the fuel tank during a pit stop. This part fits to the lid on your fuel tank and allows quick and easy opening ensuring quick and trouble free pit stops. It contains 4 pullers plus the screws required to mount them. Team Durango clutch springs are now available in different thicknesses (0.7mm, 0.8mm, 0.9mm & 1.0mm) allowing you to tune your clutch. The vented shock cap allows air to move in and out of the area above the shock diaphragm offering more consistent damping, especially on rough terrain. Aluminium pivot balls offer lower weight when compared to the standard steel part giving a 60% weight saving over the original. Finally these aluminium suspension arm bushings once again offer weight savings of 69% when compared to the standard steel parts.
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Agama USA have announced that Jason Branham has joined their growing team. Jason has been consistently rising to the top in the pro 1/8th buggy class in the United States and his recent accolades include a championship win in the 2010 R/C Pro Series in Pro 1/8th buggy, an A main appearance at the Dirt Nitro Challenge in the Pro Buggy Class and a recent podium finish at the Futaba Nitro Challenge last month. Jason had this to say about the deal:
I am very excited to sign with Agama Racing and I want to thank Agama USA, Gene Hickerson and Andrew Smolnik for this opportunity. I have worked very hard to get to where I’m at today and in signing with Agama they have assured me that they are as committed to racing as I am. I will work as hard as possible to help Agama make great competitive race cars, and ensure that Agama customers are happy with their rides as well. I’m looking forward to getting into the winners circle with Agama’s high quality A8 racing buggy.
Source: Agama USA [hobbyprousa.com]
