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October 8, 2008

Root wins JBRL Series

The 2008 Jimmy Babcock Racing League (JBRL) Series concluded over the weekend and it was Team Orion driver Frank Root who lifted both the 2 and 4WD titles. Starting back in March, this years JBRL Series hit 8 of Southern California’s top tracks with one race held each month. Five rounds out of eight were used to determine the overall series champions. Having already wrapped up the 4WD Modified title Root needed at another good result to do the double and he did just that finishing second behind Team Orion teammate Ryan Cavalieri to give him the 2WD Modified class honours.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

October 7, 2008

Carlos Durães wins Portuguese Cup

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The Portuguese Cup 2008, took place last weekend at Vila Real where track conditions were hard and bumpy which resulted in a lot of dust. Miguel Matías took TQ honours with his Kyosho followed by Merlin Team driver Carlos Durães and Ricardo Monteiro. Clearly faster than their rivals in the heats, Miguel Matías and Carlos Durães were a step above the rest of the field and were clear favorites to battle for victory in the final. Unfortunately for Matías his car broke in the warm-up for the final. Although he fixed it he had lost too much time ending any chances of victory. This allowed Durães to dominate the Final with his BOSS engined Hobao while behind him Rodrigo Luis, Ricardo Monteiro, Gabriel Magalhães and Fernando Almeida battled it out for the other podium placings. Midway into the race Magalhães and Almeida both retired with broken cars as did TQ man Matías, his car breaking again. In the end Luis, who was making his debut as a Merlin Team driver, took second place behind Durães with Ricardo Monteiro claiming the final step on the podium.

Source: Merlin Fuel [merlinfuel.com]

October 7, 2008

Tony Truman wins Byron Junior Champs

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Mirage are reporting on the inaugural Byron Fuels Junior Championship which was won by Tony Truman at the controls of the new World Championship winning Hot Bodies D8. Held at Frankley in favourable conditions, the event aims to find the hottest young talent in British 1/8th Rallycross racing and Truman certainly showcased his talents by pretty much dominating proceedings taking TQ honours before going on to win the Final by 3 laps from Ross Barras with Ricky Cooper completing the podium.

Source: Mirage [mirageracing.com]

October 6, 2008

Werks Racing go 100% pre-mount

After months of testing and development Werks Racing have announced that they are offering pre-mounted 1/8th buggy tires which will mean the giant step of going 100% pre-mount only on their 1/8th buggy tires! Werks Racing will no longer be selling un-mounted 1/8th Buggy tires and say the reason was simple, ‘which driver in their right mind wants to glue tires?’ To offer one of the best packages in the industry the US company has taken their complete range of 1/8th buggy tires and matched them with 2 of their other recently released products. The new “white” super consistent, medium compound molded insert and the new low weight, large diameter 1/8th buggy dish wheel. These have been combined with a proven “Italian” gluing system for an inseparable glue bond. All of the components will be manufactured, assembled and glued in Italy at an attractive and affordable price.

Source: Werks Racing [werksracing.com]

October 6, 2008

PSM Racing Toe & Droop Gauge

German company PSM Racing, who specialize in accessories for the 1/8 Scale off road racing, have released a new Toe & Droop Gauge for Buggy and Truggy use. Made from aluminium, the new gauge is finished in a grey coating engraved with the PSM Racing logo.

Source: PSM Racing [psm-racing.com]

October 6, 2008

Bloomfield wins Novarossi GP

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Darren Bloomfield headed an all Losi 8ight podium at a very wet Novarossi Grand Prix yesterday in the UK when the Top Qualifier led home fellow countryman Richard Taylor and Swedish Touring Car ace Vicktor Wilck in a shortened Main Final. Saturday qualifying saw the 100 plus competitors contend with cold and wind conditions but the weather was to deteriorate overnight and Sunday saw the heavens open forcing the race organisers to reduce the length of the finals as the astro turf track required regular clearing of the standing water using buckets. Unfortunately for the Truggy competitors, who were running simultaneously on the dirt track at Novarossi Raceway, the race organisers decided to cancel the finals in the grounds of marshaling safety and so the results were declared on qualifying giving Losi a clean sweep of the event with Ed Kerry declared the winner to also give Novarossi engines the double at their own event.

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October 4, 2008

Kyosho 1-2-3 in the East Midlands Cup

Last Sunday saw the final round of the 10 round East Midlands Nitro Offroad Racing Championship. The championship is competed in and around the East Midlands area visiting each track twice in the year with 6 out of 10 rounds to count. Recent Kyosho signing Steven Bond received his Kyosho STRR Truggy days before the opening meeting and started off the series in the second round on the new Derby track with a TQ and Win. Following this by TQ and wins in rounds 3,4,6,7,8 and missing 3 rounds due to racing in the Truggy Nationals the Championship was won with a maximum score. With a National A final and finishing 15th overall in the UK Nationals followed by a 2nd in the Hongnor Cup Steven stated “I am more than satisfied with the STRR”. The Kyosho reliability and superior handling also helped Tony Drabble and Dean Coupland to second and third to complete the Kyosho 1-2-3.

October 3, 2008

X-Factory X-60 almost in production

X Factory have announced that the X-60, an all-new mid-motor Conversion Kit for the AE T4 is almost ready for final testing. As you can see from the photos, the mold for the chassis is almost finished and their mold shop says the tool will be finished this weekend, and the first production prototypes will be made. All the X-Team drivers will begin testing molded chassis’ in the next 4-10 days depending on shipping times, with results forwarded to the home office in northwest Ohio by October 20. If all is well, full production of graphite chassis’ will begin immediately. The rear control arms are finished, and full production graphite arms will be shipped to X Factory around Oct. 10th. The Team will be using production prototype rear shock towers and battery straps about the end of next week, so those items should be able to go into production on the 20th also. Work has also begun on the body mold, and they hope to have the prototype bodies about Oct 20 for photos and track testing. If everything fits, looks good, and the downforce is correct, that part can go immediately into production too.

Source: X-Factory [2wdrc.com]