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October 22, 2013

Pro Stock Series season finale – Report

As a result of a joint venture between Shepherd Micro Racing and German Serpent distributor 2-Speed the Pro Stock Series was created as a follow-up series of the popular Hobby Cup which was run and supported by Shepherd for the past 10 years. The series features regional races all across Germany with a grand final being held at the end of the season to determine the overall winners. This year the final took place at the beautiful track of the Wiesbaden Mini Car Club in the centre of Germany. Practise started on Saturday with all participants trying to find the best setup for their cars. In the 1/10th scale class newly crowned European Champion 40+ Bernd Hasselbring and Hobby Cup Champion 2011 Marcus May were the favourites for the overall title, while Alex Kempe – normally pitman for Patrick Schäfer – showed a great performance too and joined the list of possible race winners for the prestigious final. In the 1/8th scale class it was clear that the race and the championship would be decided between Serpent’s Patrick Gassauer and Shepherd’s Timo Schröder as both clocked clearly the fastest laptimes.

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October 22, 2013

Centro C4.2 alloy bulkhead & 2.5° suspension mount

Team Associated introduce new option parts for the Centro C4.2 conversion kit in the form of a rear aluminium bulkhead and a 2.5° rear hinge pin brace. Starting with the bulkhead, the part is CNC-machined from aluminium, it sports the stock geometry but a less bulky design compared to the kit’s plastic part for a sleeker overall appearance. At the same time rigidity is increased thanks to the stronger material which is ideal when racing modified classes. The second new part is the 2.5° rear hinge pink block that again is machined from high-quality aluminium and it comes black anodised. The suspension mount features 0.5° less toe compared to the kit 3° block for added straight line speed and a more agile handling on high bite tracks. Included with the block come suitable delrin hinge pin inserts.

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October 21, 2013

ROAR Region 8 Championship – Report

This year, the Region 8 Championship race was held at Fastlane Raceway in Blue Springs, MO, near Kansas City. This years event ended up being around 150 entries and included several of the Midwest’s finest drivers. The track surface consisted of hard packed top soil and had medium grip. The layout was pretty cool and included an option step up in the centre where you could go double-double or single-triple. The race format this year was a little different from years past and included four six minute qualifiers with single eight minute main events. Qualifying was random order. There were four rounds and a total of 20 heats. After four rounds of qualifying, 2WD qualifying was very close. Taylor Larsen, Cody Hollis, Nick Gibson and Mitchel Gardner all TQ’ed a round, which left it up to the finishing orders of their other rounds to determine the overall TQ.

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October 21, 2013

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Cup Rd1 – Report

The 1st round of the Xray Challenge Moravia and Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Arena last weekend. The meeting was run in five different electric on-road classes and after Friday’s practice qualifying started on Saturday morning following two additional hours of practice with the finals also being held on Saturday. The electric off-road class saw Martin Hudy taking the TQ and race win using Martin Bayer’s Euros winning XB4 buggy. Martin had to use the precious car due to a last minute decision to run off-road and he only swapped tyres but did no setup work at all. Joining Martin on the podium were Petr Sekula and Honza Slezak.

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October 21, 2013

Jefferies and Spashett dominate BRCA 1/12 nats Rd1

Round 1 of the 2013/14 BRCA 1/12th scale nationals took place at Teesside last weekend. Over 100 drivers competed in the LMP12 and GT12 classes during the weekend, making it the best turnout at a Teesside national for more than 15 years. This bodes well for the other rounds of the series, which take place closer to the Midlands and will require less travelling for the majority of competitors. The BRCA nationals are weekend-long events, but each day counts as a separate meeting and points are scored for different championships. This means that drivers can choose to race on both or just one of the days depending on their preference.

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October 21, 2013

Andy Iwahara wins Pitstop EP Touring race

The Pitstop EP Touring Car race took place at the Respati track in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. After last week’s win in Semarang Serpent’s Andy Iwahara took another victory by winning the Super Stock 10.5T class in front of John Ambar (Hot Bodies) and Rendy (Xray).

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 21, 2013

Daniel Vega wins Spanish 1/8 E-buggy champs

The 4th round of the Spanish 1/8th electric off-road nationals took place at the El Estrecho track. After qualifying Agama’s Daniel Vega took TQ, one second ahead of Alberto Garcia (Serpent) with Zacarias Villalba (Team C) completing the top 3. The main final had a great battle between Daniel and Albert to offer with the better end for the Agama pilot who also secured the overall championship due to the better tie-breaker result. With Daniel in 1st place Alberto Garcia came in second, Sergio Martínez (Serpent) completes the top 3. Zacarias Villalba ends his 2013 campaign in 4th place, Tony Alcalá (Serpent) finishing the championship in 5th place.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 21, 2013

RB Blast V.16 limited edition buggy engine

German RB distributors RMV Deutschland introduce the limited edition Blast V.16 engine. The long stroke buggy engine is of a 5+2 port design, features an ABC liner and piston, a hardened 14mm crankshaft with silicone insert and a 9mm carburettor with 7mm venturi insert. The orange anodised cooling head comes with a turbo combustion camber insert and the engine builds around a black anodized crank case.

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