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September 8, 2010

Charlie Ware wins BRCA 4wd Juniors

The annual BRCA Junior/Veterans & F2 championship took place at the fabulous Coventry multi track facility next to Coventry Airport last weekend. Reigning champion and hot favourite Greg Williams took pole in every round with Charlie Ware hot on his wing to qualify 2nd on the grid. With 3 legged A finals this was going to be close. In leg 1 on the 2nd lap Greg went wide and Charlie saw the gap and nipped past to take the lead which he held until the flag with Greg only 1/10th of second behind him. The 2nd leg saw Greg and Charlie trade places until Greg showed his off road experience and held on for a convincing leg win. 3rd and final leg and all to play for. With Greg and Charlie both hoping for a win they seemed to forget about Ashley Caunt and let Ashley take the lead and win with Charlie 2nd and Greg 3rd. With all 3 driver tied on points it was down to best leg win, with Charlie taking the win with a time which would have won the F2 final. Charlie now joins an illustrious band of drivers who have won the event before him including Neil Cragg, Darren Bloomfield, Tom Yardy, Tony Truman but to name a few.

September 8, 2010

Billy Easton wins ROAR Region 4 race

Serpent are reporting on last weekend’s ROAR Region 4 race at RC International Speedways track in Florida, where they got a total of four S811 Cobras in the final and claiming a 1-2 result after the long 45 minutes race. It was Associated driver JR Mitch who started on pole but Billy Easton would dominate the final in style from the start winning by 5 laps from his team mate Sean Kersten in 2nd place, Ryan Eckert took third spot a further lap back.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 8, 2010

Bradley enjoys first Buggy win at Irish Nationals finale

The sixth & final round of the Irish 1:8 Off Road National Championships took place at the all astro turf surface Navan Nitro Nuts over the weekend where outgoing Truggy Champion Bradley Baird ended his debut season in Buggy with his first National race victory in the class. Having TQ’d the event the teenager suffered a flame out on the start line leaving him last but a superb recovery saw the Associated driver battle his way back up through the field. Setting the fastest lap of the race he finally took the lead when the Xray of Barkley Abernethy suffered an engine cut during the penultimate round of fuel stops to win by 2/3rd of a lap. Also driving an Xray, Alan Scroggie completed the podium bringing to a close another successful season of 1:8 Buggy racing in Ireland which saw Losi driver Michael Todd successfully defend his title.

Continue reading the report here

September 7, 2010

Dylan Rodriguez does double at Revelation Labor Day race

We received a brief report from yesterday’s Labor Day race at Revelation Raceway in Ontario CA, where it was hot and dusty but which didn’t stop the racers from coming out. Mugen driver Colby Poh TQ’d pro buggy followed by Adam Drake, Jeremy Kortz and Dylan Rodriguez. The legendary Adam Drake would go on to win the 30 minute A-main in gas buggy. In pro truggy and pro electric buggy it was Mugen driver Dylan Rodriguez who TQ’d both classes and would show great speed in both A-mains to take the double win.

September 6, 2010

Michal Orlowski & Piotr Okonski win Polish buggy Nats

Last weekend saw the final round of the Polish National Off-Road Championships run for 2wd and 4wd at the big clay off-road race track in Warsaw. The leader of the championship standing in the 2wd class, ETS Hobby class Champion Michal Orlowski, drove the newly released Tamiya TRF201 and took the race win on its Polish debut and with it the championship title. Second place was Patryk Rbarczyk Artur Kramza in 3rd, both drivers running the Associated B4. In the modified 4wd class Piotr Okonski, driving the TRF511, won the championship in front of another Tamiya driver Damina Zalewski. The final podium spot went to Associated B44 driver Artur Kramza.

View the 4wd podium here

September 6, 2010

Fabio Boero wins 2010 Italian title

The fourth and final round of the AMSCI 1/8 Off Road Italian championship was held last weekend at the D&R Dirt Race RC track in Castelnuovo Calcea, Asti. The final saw the fight between Xray driver Riccardo Perin and Davide Tortorici with his Hobao for first position with the former taking the victory. Fabio Boero, who had been sitting in 3rd place by the mid part of the race, brought his Mugen/Reds combination home to claim the final step of the podium and more importantly the 2010 Italian National title. Tortorici took 2nd spot in the final championship standings with Perin in 3rd.

Image: RC Gazette [rcgazette.smugmug.com]

September 5, 2010

Serpent S811 aluminium shock towers

Serpent have release new option front and rear shock towers for their Cobra S811 buggy. These very strong and very durable parts are precision machined from the highest quality 5.5mm thick 7075 T6 aerospace type aluminium. Recessed areas and chamfered edges help reduce the weight and add to the look of the parts. Sporting multiple shock and camber link mounting positions, the front tower weighs in at 22 grams, while the rear is 31 grams.

View the rear shock tower here

September 4, 2010

Durango report from the Japanese Nationals

Japanese Durango importers Tresrey have sent us this report on their team’s performance at last weekends Japanese 1/10th 4wd offroad buggy National Championship that was held at the Yatabe-Arena in Tsukuba city. Their team drivers Kazuki Sasatsu finished 5th and Yuichi Ajishi finished 9th in this tough race event against all other larger Japanese RC manufacturers.

Continue the report here