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February 24, 2007

2007 Batley Indoor Supercup revisited

Batley Indoor Supercup

Earlier this week we told you briefly about the Batley Supercup indoor off road event that took place in a big indoor hall in the UK. Well Mr oOple, Jimmy Storey, has a report from the event on his site including, if you missed them the first time round, lots of photos as well as interviews and other bits and pieces.

The last lap turned into a real fight between Ellis Stafford in 2nd and Richard Taylor in 3rd – looking for any way he could to get past Ellis’ X-6. Ellis held on for the 2nd place whilst also posting the single fastest lap in the final – richard got 3rd and Neil was already picking up his trophy for the second time in a row.

Check out the report here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

February 24, 2007

Dirt Nitro Challenge – Qualifying

Dirt Nitro Challenge

This weekend also sees the running of the Dirt Nitro Challenge in the Dirt racing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Attracting an incredible entry of 390 racers in 3 classes this race is one of the premier off road races in the United States. The track looks awesone but was flooded in recent rains and this disrupted the practice schedule for all racers, but they got it sorted and got straight into the racing. Qualifying for the trucks took place on Thursday and that was led by Losi racer Travis Amezcua with his team mate Mike Truhe close behind in 2nd. Taylor James is next up in 3rd, the Futaba Nitro Challenge winner placing ahead of 4th place Cody King racing a Kyosho.

The buggy qualifying took place yesterday, Friday, and that was once more dominated by the Losi 8ight, this time in the hands of Mike Truhe who got the better of his well known and extremely fast team mate Adam Drake who ended up 2nd. Taylor James once more ending up 3rd fastest with his Jammin buggy just in front of his team mate Chad Bradley. European Champion Yannick Aigoin is also at the event, racing both classes with his Xray, but despite making the A-main in the truggy class, he is struggling in buggy and lines up in the B-main hoping to be able to bump up and take part in the main event. Also of note is that Team Associated have placed two of the RC8 buggies in the A-main with Ryan Maifield in 6th and Ryan Cavalieri in 9th while O’Donnell, whose buggy we showed you pictures off this week, is struggling in the hands of the 1/10th truck pole man Jared Tebo and will only start in the B-main in 1/8th buggy.

Finals starts Saturday but you can check out the top qualifiers here… content

February 23, 2007

Stewart Wilcox joins Team Losi

Stuart Wilcox

Top British off road racer and long time Mugen driver has made the switch to Team Losi to race the all conquering 8ight. Powered by Novarossi, with additional backing from KO Propo and LRP, Stewart will join the Helger Racing team to contest the National championship this year with his new ride.

With the start of the season only just around the corner time is short but Stewart feels confident he can be up to speed and ready for the first national. Not only do we benefit from Stewarts driving skill and technical knowledge but also customer support trackside from Models in motion.

Source: Helger Racing [helgerracing.com]

February 22, 2007

First Pictures – O’Donnell Buggy

O'Donnell Buggy

Ok, so we are not claiming to have the first pictures of the O’Donnell buggy but that these pictures we have here are the first of the buggy that Jared Tebo has helped develop along with the O’Donnell team. Whether this buggy would ever be finished has been questioned many times but now as you can see its near completion and R/C Car magazine have gotten the scoop and judging by the oversized watermark they have on all the photos, they are very proud of that fact and so they they should be. What you can see of the buggy, underneath the watermark, is a very refined and nicely finished buggy with C-hubs, carbon shock towers front and rear, very beefy suspension arms and the option of gold anodised machined shock towers, it looks good.

Hit more to see the full picture set… content

February 20, 2007

Recab release Exhaust system for OS V-Spec

Recab OS V-Spec Exhaust

The French engine tuning specialists Recab are well known for their wizadry with a dremel when they get their hands on a variety of different motors and being able to turn them from fast into ballistic. Well Recab also have a variety of exhaust systems and their latest is this one you see above that is designed specifically for use with the OS .21 V-Spec buggy motor. This polished 3-chamber, EFRA approved, exhaust helps give the motor a more linear acceleration as well as better fuel economy.

Source: Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]

February 20, 2007

JR Mitch wins Buggy class at Rd3 Florida State Series

JR Mitch

Yesterday we told you about Gene Hickerson winning his 3rd straight truggy race in a row at round 3 of the Florida State series. Well this race was attended by nearly 200 racers in a number of different classes and in the buggy class it was JR Mitch driving a Werks powered Thunder Tiger that won the race ahead 2nd place Jason Rouna whilst the 3rd position went to Ryan Eckert.

Source: Neo-Buggy [neo-buggy.net]

February 20, 2007

Batley Indoor Supercup

Neil Cragg - Batley Indoor Supercup

Last weekend saw the running of the Batley Indoor Supercup for buggies on a rather slippery and creative track, made using gym mats, rope and pieces of wood. In the 2wd class it was World Champion Neil Cragg that took the win, from the TQ spot, with his Team Associated B4 whilst in 4wd Ellis Stafford took the win with his X-Factory X-5.

To get lots more pictures of this event you can head on over to oOple here.

Image: oOple [oople.com]

February 19, 2007

Gene Hickerson wins Rd3 Florida State Series

Gene Hickerson

Buggy-Sport are reporting that Gene ‘The Machine’ Hickerson has won the 3rd round of the ROAR Florida State Series held last weekend. Racing in the truggy class, Gene powered his way to his 3rd TQ and win from 3 rounds, an amazing record for him and his Mega powered CEN Matrix Arena TR. Jeff Keeton, racing a Kyosho came home in 2nd just ahead of 3rd place finisher Kyle Sokol, also running a Mega powered CEN Matrix.

Source: Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]