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September 23, 2013

Mario Spiniello wins 1st Trophy Sempre al Max

The 1st Trophy Sempre al Max, in memory of Massimo Renzi, was held at the Cassino track. David Loppini took TQ with Mario Spiniello starting into the final from second position. The first minutes of the final had a great battle between Loppini, Spiniello and D’angelo but once Spiniello took the lead from Loppini he took off and never looked back. At the end he won the race in front of Giuseppe D’angelo and Generoso Mazza who grabbed the last remaining podium spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 23, 2013

Scherer & Wopfner win at Alpencup Rd5

The fifth round of the Alpencup took place at the Kematen track in Tirol. In the 1/8th class Rudi Scherer took the win in front of Serpent team mate Wopfner who fall back to the 10th place at the start of the final but managed to come back thanks to an amazing run. In the 1/10th 200mm class Wofner did even better by taking the win and expanding his lead in the overall ranking. Second place went to Christian Wuntschek with Manuel Dellacher completing the podium.

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September 23, 2013

Fransson & Hard win at Swedish Cup

The final round of the Swedish nitro on-road cup took place in Gothenburg at the famous Väst-8 track. It looks like this was the last race at this track, most likely it will be removed next year but the club is busy finding an alternative location for the track. As for the race, due to the risk of rain on Sunday it was decided to hold the qualifying and finals on Saturday making it a one day event which worked out very well. After qualifying the top 4 of the 1/8th class saw Marcus Lindner (Shepherd) in front of Mikael Fransson (Serpent), Lars Haugen (Xray) and Karl Ullenius (Xray). In 1/10th 200mm Markus Hellquist took TQ in front of Per-Ola Hard (Serpent), Andreas Husman (Mugen) and Martin Åberg (Serpent).

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September 23, 2013

Nikola Krustev wins ARCMBG championship

Last weekend the final round of the Bulgarian 1/8th off-road championship took place. Serpent driver Nikola Krustev started the 30 minute final from second position on the grid but was able to take the lead in the first corner. From there he never looked back to take the win one lap ahead of Mario Vutow with Dimitir Karamfilov taking the final podium position another lap down. The win also handed Nikola the 2013 ARCMBG championship title.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

September 23, 2013

SRS and the Cactus Classic move indoors

The Scottsdale RC Speedway, located in Scottsdale, Arizona and home of the prestigious Cactus Classic race announce that they will soon leave their old destination in the North Scottsdale Road to move into a new facility. The new 20,000 square feet track will be housed inside a huge building that not only takes the track but also a store and a gigantic indoor kart track. The last race on the outdoor track will take place at the weekend of the 24th of November with the new indoor facility being race-ready from January 1st 2014.

Source: SRS [scottsdalercspeedway.com]

September 21, 2013

VBC Racing Lightning12 1/12th kit

VBC Racing have introduced their Lightning12 1/12th scale chassis. A joint development project between VBC Racing and Hiro Factory Japan with extensive testing and feedback from drivers to created this new car. Offset inline battery placement has proven to make the car easier to drive, have better balance and weight transfer and incorporated into their design has been the standard VBC Racing flair. Aesthetics are what we at VBC Racing take pride in so the car looks good on and off the track.

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September 21, 2013

ZZRacing F1 screw kits

ZZRacing have produced this all new series of screw kits for F1 cars. Made from high quality titanium & stainless steel they are available as M3 and M4 flat head and button head screws. The material used increases durability and sheds some weight compared to conventional steel screws. The set contains screws suitable for the Tamiya F104, TRF101, Yokomo YRF, VBC Flash04, Serpent F110, Saxo F1, Speedpassion SP-1 and the TRG112.

Source: ZZRacing [zzracing.net]

September 20, 2013

Gravity RC all purpose polish

Gravity RC introduce their all purpose metal polish, made to polish and protect all metal parts and even plastic. The product is non-toxic, non-flammable and contains no ammonia, separating the polish from many other products on the market. It is ideal for the use on hinge pins, shock shafts, kingpins and ball studs and best applied using dry cloth or a rotary tool with buffing wheel. The polish comes in a 1 oz jar and includes a GRC decal sheet.

Source: Gravity RC [teamgravityrc.com]