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October 24, 2008

O’Donnell Z01-T Racing Truggy

Introducing the Z01-T Racing Truggy, designed by Steve O’Donnell who left no stone unturned in his effort to produce the highest quality truggy ever released in the 1/8 off-road market. Much attention was given to material selection as well as machining and finishing processes in the development of what claims to be the most dependable, durable and consistent platform ever created in the category. The Z01-T is geared toward high-end racers and is a full-competition race truggy designed to compete on National and International levels. It is completely tunable to any driving style and all track conditions and available late November.

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October 24, 2008

Arthur Eelen wins Belgian Blackjack race

Last Sunday saw the annual Blackjack race held in Belgium. Open to 1/8th scale off road cars it uses a Reedy style format where there are only finals, 3 to be exact and all of them 21 minutes long, hence the race name. The length of the finals, astroturf surface and pit strategy tactics meant racing was very close. Arthur Eelen managed to take the win in the Truggy class driving his Associated RC8T ahead of Losi driver Kris Verlies in 2nd and Bas de Konink in 3rd with a HongNor.

Image: NBR [nbr-rc.com]

October 24, 2008

DE Racing MP9 & MBX-6 Skid plates

We’ve covered a number of skid plates from DE Racing and today they have released versions for the Kyosho Inferno MP9 and Mugen MBX-6 (above) buggies. Made of ultra thin resin, eliminating the need for longer screws, the plates provide protection for your expensive 1/8th scale buggy or truggy chassis. The plate, which are supplied in a bag of three, wears just like aluminum but is much cheaper to replace than a complete chassis.

Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]

October 23, 2008

Cragg & Lowe win Worksop Indoor Rd2

Cragg & Lowe win Schumacher Indoor Rd2

oOple are reporting on the 2nd round of the Schumacher Indoor Off Road Masters series held at the fantastic Worksop venue. With an expanded entry of 150 drivers split between 2WD and 4WD classes, it was even more hotly contested than the previous round. Danny McGee took the TQ in 2WD with the Losi XXXCR but after a tough and intense battle it was Neil Cragg that managed to take the win. Previous round winner Tom Yardy came in second and local hero James Helliwell 3rd. Four different drivers and four different chassis’ each won a round during 4WD qualifying – Simon Moss, Paul Bradby, Richard Lowe and Danny McGee. It was Worksop regular and indoor-specialist Richard Lowe that took overall TQ however. Unlike the exciting 2WD A-final, Richard stamped his authority early and never looked back, leading the race from start to finish with his JConcepts BJ4we to take an impressive win ahead of Grant Williams in 2nd and Nathan Waters 3rd.

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Source: oOple [oople.com]

October 23, 2008

VP Pro STR Series Truggy tires

VP Pro STR Series Truggy tires.

VP Pro Racing have announced the upcoming release of their 2 new race proven STR series truggy tires. The VP-902 Cutoff STR tires is suitable for most common track conditions while the VP-904 Turbo Trax STR is better suited to hard packed tracks. Made using VP Pro’s M1 & M2 compounds.

Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]

October 23, 2008

Maifield & Root take AZ State Champs

We received the following report from JConcepts on the Arizona State Championships, which were hosted recently by Scottsdale R/C Speedway (SRS), home of the Cactus Classic. JConcepts factory team drivers Ryan Maifield, Frank Root, and Tanner Denney all made it out for the 3 day event and put on a show. In 1/8 buggy, Ryan was on a mission. Still showing the #1 decals on his car from the World’s, Ryan drove like he was not willing to take them off, TQ’ing every round of qualifying and going on to win the main convincing by several laps to prove how fast the new JConcepts Crossbow tires are.

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October 22, 2008

Ian Haley joins VP Pro Racing

VP Pro Racing have announced that Xray factory driver Ian Haley from Australia has joined the VP Pro International Team. VP Pro are proud that Ian has decided to join their team, putting trust in their products, trust which is already paying off with Ian using his new tires to win the recent 2008 Proline Championships in Sydney.

Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]

October 21, 2008

Drake & Fischer win Horizon Shootout

The 2008 Horizon Hobby Shootout was run recently at the JTec Racing and Fun facility in Tilton IL. In 1/8th Buggy it was Losi driver Mike Truhe that took the TQ but problems in the final allowed Adam Drake to take the win from Billy Fischer in 2nd and Josh Stough in 3rd. In the truggy class it was a clean sweep for the Drake, taking the TQ and win from Truhe in 2nd and Derek Weatherholt in 3rd. Raced on the dirt oval track, Billy Fischer too the win win in the 1/8th Late Model Dirt Oval class ahead of class TQ Adam Drake with Lee Morrison taking 3rd.