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It took us longer than expected, but we finally have our highlights video of the Expert Buggy and Truggy A-main from last weekend’s 2011 Silver State in Las Vegas.
View the truggy A-main video here
The 2011 Silver State Nitro challenge couldn’t have ended on a better note. The sun came out and gave us what seemed like the 4th season in 4 days, summer. The wind was tame but I think everyone would check on the horizon for another freak storm to show up. The track has some overnight repairs, but didn’t look to be quite as smooth as Saturday. None-the-less, it wouldn’t take long to rut up and slow even the best drivers in the world down.
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Saturday kicked off with the 3rd and final round of qualifying. The track was well groomed by the crew after Friday’s rounds of racing. All of its gaping wounds were patched up and a healthy dose of water was laid down on the dirt. Cody King and Ty Tessmann were looking to get TQ’s for round 3 of expert truggy and wrap up the overall TQ, but it was Jared Tebo with an excellent run leading from the first lap to the finish. Although his efforts were grand, Tessmann won the overall TQ with his best two finishes being a 1st and 2nd. Many of the truggy drivers were switching between smaller pin tires and larger pins. The smaller pins seemed faster and a bit more forgiving in the ruts, but the larger pinned tires had more traction, especially when driving in the fluff outside the lines. I asked Ty about his tire choices throughout the race and he was going between the Proline Holeshots and Calibers. He thought the Calibers were a bit “edgy” but had more traction so those would most likely be his choice for the main.
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Friday morning was looking promising for the racers. It was a bit cool, but the clouds looked sparse and the wind would cause much more than a rustle in the bushes. The R/C gods wouldn’t let that last long though. After a few hours the winds picked back up and racing got just a bit more interesting.
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If you ever wondered what nitro off-road racing next to a tornado would be like, then you should have been at Boulder City RC during practice for the 2011 Silver State Nitro Challenge. The forecast was 50mph gusts of wind but I am positive it was howling at that rate the entire day. Goggles were a necessity, hats often turned into tumble weeds rolling through the desert, in fact, there were a few of those rolling across the track during practice.
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RC Disco have announced the addition of top Northern racers Stuart Mahon and Colin Brennan to the Xray (UK) 1/8th Buggy Racing team. Both Stuart and Colin have been racing for a long period and after testing late last year and early this season both drivers decided to join the expanding Xray team, driving the latest 2011 spec 808 buggy. Stuart and Colin both race in the NRS Series and at the BRCA Nationals and are a welcome addition to the team bringing a vast amount of knowledge and trackside experience which will only further assist the Xray team and our customers at the important races during the year.
Source: RC Disco [rcdisco.com]
Having already reported on the 4wd and SC classes at the recent April Fools Classic at Intermountain RC Raceway in Magma UT last weekend, TQ Racing sent us a quick update on the 2wd class. Their team driver Lloyd Dassonville surprised the field, which included many factory drivers, by winning the 2wd Modified event with his SX10 2w just ahead Losi drivers Corey Peterson and Matt Chambers.
Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]
Trying to commemorate his son Cody’s World Championship victory in Pattaya, Paul King wanted to do something special with his Inferno MP9 buggy. Following a conversation with Red RC (yes, that’s us) at the Dirt Nitro Challenge, he decided to anodise the aluminium parts red, which along with the yellow AKA rims and blue springs, match the racing colours of the World Champion perfectly. It also happens to be the main colour of Japanese sponsor Kyosho and his Orion engine so it all worked out. Paul sent the parts down to Danco Anodizing in Arcadia California, who along with Cody’s friend Colin Herzig at Production Lapping Inc. in Monrovia, made the arrangements and the result is what you see here. Expect to see it hit the track at this weekend’s Silverstate in Las Vegas, which you can follow here on Red RC.
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