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February 24, 2009

ROAR Florida State Off Road Series Rd3

Gene Hickersen sent us the following report from the 3rd round of the ROAR Florida State Off Road Series hosted by Hurricane R/C Club in Lutz Florida. This is usually the largest race in FL every year and 2009 was no exception with 196 entries. All of the best drivers in the South East were there to test their skills on the tight & technical layout at the world famous Lake Park track. Thursday night brought some rain, which kept the moisture in the track all weekend for the blackest blue groove I have ever seen. Team VP Pro USA was in attendance with myself, Joey Perez, and even Ryan Lopez driving down all the way from Georgia. Jason Rouna and JR Mitch from J-Concepts were there as well as Leon McIntosh from Pro-line and Ryan Eckert from AKA Tires and many other fast drivers from various manufactures.

February 24, 2009

SC8er Boy – Team Associated SC8

After publishing the review of Traxxas’ Slash CORR racing truck last week now it’s time for an even madder machine: the Team Associated SC8. Developed during 2008 at Team Associated’s so called ‘Area 51’ and released towards the end of the year the SC8 is probably the most authentic race truck so far. Based on the Associated RC8T chassis it not only offers a very scale looking CORR truck body but also (according to Team Associated) “… scale specifications of the full-size short course race trucks. It’s all there, from the scale suspension travel, to the roll-cage tube diameter, to the functional mud flaps.”

Read the full review here

February 23, 2009

Team Orion team up with the King

Team Orion have announced that Cody King has joined their factory team. Cody has been a long running force to be reckoned with in the world of off road and can be generally found in the A-main at any race he chooses. Cody will be running Team Orion Alpha engines and Marathon receiver packs, as well as the company’s award winning LiPos and Vortex brushless motors in his various Kyosho buggies and trucks.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

February 23, 2009

Mega 2009 Engine line-up

Serpent have released details on their 2009 Mega engine line up, which are the result of continuous development in cooperation with Picco over the previous season to bring you some important modifications. The new line up is called DSIII and pricing on the Mega engines will remain on the very affordable level as before. The entire range has been given a makeover and full details on all the engines can be found below.

Click here for more details

February 23, 2009

Maifield wins buggy at Nitro Challenge

Following on from Saturday’s exciting truggy final in which the winner was decided in the very dying moments of the race, Sunday saw the turn of the buggy racers to have their finals. Starting off from pole position in the main Jared Tebo battled early on with Mike Truhe and Ryan Maifield, until Truhe made a break for it with his Losi 8ight. Mike controlled the race for a long time until Tebo managed to claw his way to the front in the late stages forcing the 2 of them to battle it out. With 5 minutes to go, disaster struck for Truhe having to retire with technical issues and following this it looked as if the Kyosho/Orion driver had it in the bag. Ryan Maifield had other plans though and was catching the leader, and when Tebo flipped the car and lost time, Ryan was right on his tail and after some close racing Maifield snatched the lead away and won by just over a second, with Tebo 2nd and truggy winner Ryan Cavalieri in 3rd.

Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]

February 22, 2009

Cavalieri wins Truggy at Nitro Challenge

The finals for the truggy racers took place on Saturday, following their qualifying runs on Thursday which saw Team Associated//Orion driver Ryan Cavalieri take pole position. The start of the A-main saw trouble for 6th placed starter Ryan Maifield, whose Associated RC8 required some attention just prior to the start, but even so was able to jump into the lead early in the race, with pole main Cavalieri giving chase. The final stayed in this order until the last lap when RC, who had pulled in a substantial gap, was able to make the move, which stuck, and led the most important lap of the race to take the win, with Maifield taking 2nd and Losi driver Adam Drake coming up to 3rd.

Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]

February 21, 2009

6MIK Large Diameter Fusion rim

French company 6MIK have announced the release of their new larger diameter Fusion rim. Its new size allows an optimized pattern to the tire’s shape, without changing its overall diameter, with the width and thickness having been chosen after many tests to find the best compromise between a great corner speed, driving comfort and precision. These very light wheels, only 34grams, still including gluing lips to guarantee the best gluing security and its genuine curved pattern allows a more comfortable driving feeling on bumpy tracks, with a unique look too.

Source: 6MIK [6mik-racing.com]

February 21, 2009

Tebo TQs buggy at Nitro Challenge

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Following Thrusday’s truggy qualifying at ‘The Dirt’ Nitro Challenge, the buggy guys got on the track for their qualifying runs on Friday and it was Kyosho/Orion racer Jared Tebo that took the top qualifier spot, having topped the timing sheets in the first 2 of 3 rounds of qualifying. Losi driver Mike Truhe, who was quickest in round 3 placed his GRP powered 8ight buggy on the 2nd spot for Sunday’s A-main, ahead of Associated driver Ryan Maifield in 3rd and Cody King 4th. Saturday sees the truggies take to the track for their finals day and we hope to bring you a round up as we get the information.

Click here to see the final buggy standings