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September 14, 2011

Bruno Heremans wins Rd6 of Benelux Championship

The penultimate round of the BeNeLux Championships was run last weekend at Liege, Belgium. X Factory’s Bruno ‘Elvo’ Heremans and Stefan Mesker dominated the event with their X-6 Squareds. Mesker TQ’d the Liege event with Heremans took second on the grid and the pair dominated the three A mains with Elvo taking the first two and Stefan the third to finish 1st and 2nd respectively with Wesley Van Helmond in 3rd. After six of seven rounds, with five to count, Stefan Mesker leads the Championship one point ahead of Heremans. Elvo was forced to miss the first race due to a skiing injury, so the pressure is on him to do well in the final race. Nobody else is within 5 points of Mesker, so Stefan can only lose the Championship if Elvo TQs and wins and Stefan finishes 4th or below.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

September 13, 2011

2011 JConcepts Southern Nationals – Announcement

The organisers of this year’s JConcepts Southern Nationals & R/C Expo in West Monroe, LA that takes place on October 21-23 got in touch to tell use about their event. Last year they had 260 entries and this year they will have over 325 paid entries, more have entered but entry is capped. The event will take place in a 5000 seat arena with a 300’x190′ dirt floor that they will build a 100’x200′ track in the center with a 15′ tall drivers stand. Adam Drake said last year that stand was the 2nd largest that he’s ever seen after the one at the World’s in Las Vegas. The facilty is air conditioned along with an exhaust system so that the race environment is second to none. Ryan Lutz, Barry Pettit, Jason Rouna & Jason Branham are some of the marquee names that are confirmed to race at this years event and they are waiting on more confirmations for more nationally recognized drivers. You can view more information and place your entry for the event here.

September 13, 2011

Jared Tebo double at ROAR 1/8 EP Offroad Nats

The 2011 ROAR 1/8 Electric Off-Road Nationals were held September 9-11 at The Hobby Plex in Omaha, Nebraska. Team Orion would show up to this years Nationals with their Super Star 1/8 Team. Ryan Cavalieri just coming off his double World Championship Wins in Finland just 1 month ago. Jared Tebo just taking 2 National Championships at the 1/10 ROAR Nationals a few weeks ago. Mike Truhe, defending ROAR 1/8E National Champion. And Cody King, current 1/8 Nitro World Champion.

Continue reading the report here

September 13, 2011

Serpent Cobra 811 anti-roll bar shaft

New for the Serpent Cobra 811 Buggy & Truggy is this anti-roll bar shaft. Precision machined from spring steel, it fits in the ball-raced anti-roll bar holders of the Cobra buggy (front and rear) and Truggy (rear). The straight anti-roll bar wires, which are sold separately, are fitted in the slots in the shaft of the aluminium holders and then fastened with set screws. This system allows the mounting of other thicknesses of anti-roll bar wires in very little time. The straight wires are available 1.8mm, 2.0mm, 2.1mm, 2.3mm, 2.5mm and 2.7mm versions.

View more images here

September 13, 2011

Bittydesign MBX-6 Force shell

Bittydesign have announced that their MBX-6 Force shell is now available. The body that won the European Championships mounted to the car of Robert Batlle, the cab forward body adds “more feeling and more steering” according to the 2-time champion. The body which is made from 1mm thick, high quality, genuine Lexan is sold with windows masks, protective film, and decal sheets. Available now online from Bitty direct, it will hit dealers in about 2 weeks.

View more images of the shell here

September 12, 2011

JQ Products THE Car update

JQ Products have come out with an update for THE Car. The update includes all the running changes they have made during the year, along with new plastics (above), designed to be more durable. They also have a lot of option parts coming out in the next few weeks, which aim to improve the handling of THE Car.

View a video of THE Crash test here

September 10, 2011

Jack Neal wins BRCA U13’s

Silverstone buggy club hosted the annual BRCA F2’s Juniors and veterans race. With the top level F1 grade drivers unable to race it was a chance for the up and coming drivers to shine, although it was good to see several F1 drivers showing up at the race to help others. In the Under 13 class Jack Neal scored a double win in 2WD and 4WD with his Schumacher Cougar SV and CAT. In Under 16 Ashley Caunt took the 2WD title and Connor Cocker the 4WD. Tony Truman scored a 2WD and 4WD double in the F2 class, and the over 40 veterans class was won by Andy Carter in 2WD and Alec Springer in 4WD.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 10, 2011

Ryan Cavalieri – A day in the life

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Back in July we had our cameras follow Associated factory driver Ryan Cavalieri in the build up to the 2011 IFMAR EP Offroad World Championships in Finland to see how a 4-time World Champion prepares for the race of his life. Check out the video above to see the results.