Top Spanish driver and European finalist Alberto García joins team Serpent for 2011, looking to continue his great results driving the Cobra 811. Alberto will not only drive but help with support for Serpent racers at races. The 8 time National will equip the Serpent Cobra 811 with Reds Racing engines, Proline tyres, Meccafuel and PowerMax accessories.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
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Kyosho hosted their annual Kyosho Masters event in Japan two weeks ago. In the Invitational class it was former World Champion Yuichi Kanai that took the victory ahead of current Japanese National Champion Kazuya Tanaka in 2nd with newly crowned World Champion Cody King taking 3rd spot. Embedded above and below are videos from that main final.
Elite RC has released an electric conversion kit for the Losi Ten-T / 810. The Elite Ten-X conversion kit will allow you to convert your Ten-T to a Short course truck or a true 1/8 buggy. What’s unique about this conversion is that the overall wheelbase has been lengthened by 1″ giving you the proper wheelbase for SCT / buggy racing. Included with the kit is Elite’s slide & lock motor mount with incorporated bearing for motor shaft support, also a new feature is a aluminium battery tray, which will act as a heatsink and makes the chassis more rigid.
View the mounted conversion kit here
Team Tekin have announced that top buggy driver Ryan Lutz will be running Tekin Redline motors and Tekin ESC’s in his Team Durango cars. Ryan has already outfitted his DEX410 1/10 4wd buggy with Tekin’s latest equipment and is due to test this Tuesday with Team manager Randy Pike. Ryan had this to say “Tekin is known for having the best electronics in the industry right now. After talking with Randy my decision for electronics for 2011 was easy. I can’t wait to run my electric cars!”
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
The KBRL nitro circuit made the latest stop at the world famous Nitro Pit. TLR drivers Billy Fischer, Casey Peck, and Chris Wheeler were on hand to take on AZ’s finest nitro racers. Billy Fischer proved he was the guy to beat and TQ’d both rounds of expert buggy, earning him the first position on the grid with his 2.0 buggy. At the sound of the tone for the 20 minute A main Billy was able to take control, but had Peck within striking distance. After the first pit stop Casey took the lead and the battle ensued. After swapping the lead numerous times, Billy went on a hot streak. He strung a bunch of fast laps together and Casey did not have a snow ball’s chance, as Fischer took the convincing win. Peck brought his 2.0 buggy home in the second spot. After a tough start, Wheeler was able to fight his way back to third and rounded out the Losi podium.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
RC4wd has teamed up with Mickey Thompson tires to bring you this huge new offroad tire. As RC4wd promised, they have brought out several licensed tires and this is only the beginning. The new Baja Claw TTC, is a tried and true offroad tire and stand in at 4.75″ tall. This true replica of the 1:1 Baja Claw TTC tire was specially built for Top Truck Challenges.
Source: RC4wd [rc4wd.com]
Serpent have announced that Portuguese front runner Rodrigo Luis has joined their team. Rodrigo was pleased following testing of the Serpent 811 Cobra buggy and is looking forward to the new challenge. He had the following to say, “The 811 Is one of the best Buggies available at the moment, a very fast car, reliable, easy to drive and tune and transmits lots of fun driving it.” Looking forward to next season he believes it will be one of the most exciting with a very competitive National series as well as International races.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Round 2 of the Team Durango Winter Series took place on Sunday 28th November and despite the bitterly cold temperatures, 110 drivers attended the event. The track for this round of the series featured much less high grip carpet than round 1. The carpet of the touring car track had been rolled away leaving the wooden boarding as the racing surface for the majority of the track. This surface gave a medium level of grip, allowing the cars to slide around a little. Other surfaces were used, there was a carpet section at the start of the straight and the huge table top jump in front of the rostrum was also carpeted. There was a slippy surfaced hairpin on the corner before the wall ride. The table top was a new feature this time and saw the cars getting some big air time. As well as this feature there were four smaller jumps around the track.
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