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September 13, 2012

Martin Bayer takes Rd4 of Czech offroad nationals

Last weekend the 4th round of Czech Nationals took place on track Dolní Bukovsko and Martin Bayer wrote this report. Club did very good job preparing this track for nationals. They totally rebuild track for this race and it was medium grip with a blue groove and many very fast corners. The Czech championship has 5 races in total I had already taken the overall championship title. We ran two classes, 1/8 nitro and 1/8 electric off-road. In both qualifications my cars were excellent. During practice I made set-up which was very good and I stuck with it until the end of the race. I was the only driver who made 10 laps in qualification in both classes and had the overall TQ in both classes. On Sunday we had finals. I won the electro class, leading the race from start to finish. In the nitro class I didn’t give any chance to the other drivers. I started nitro class from pole position with great pit strategy and perfect run I won with 3 lap gap.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 13, 2012

Serpent Cobra Truggy upgrades

From Serpent for the Cobra 1/8 Truggy, they have introduced upgrade parts to use larger bearings in the steering blocks (same as Cobra Buggy) and in the up-rights (new axles, uprights, driveshafts), a set to upgrade the front coupler to use larger bearings, and a longer front center shaft and a set to upgrade the rear to use of larger bearings. Top quality spring steel parts for precision fit and durability. These changes will make your Serpent truck even more bullet proof than before.

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September 13, 2012

Jarda Kopecky wins Czech TC Nationals

The 2012 1/10 TC Czech Championship took place recently at the track in Nachod and saw the best drivers competing including young talented guys promising some great racing. It was a 3-day event with training on Friday, Saturday 5 rounds of qualification and Sunday the finals. Without winter national champion Peter Grof it was another Xray driver Jarda Kopecky who was the favourite for the title. He showed a steady performance in all three final races and became a national champion for 2012 ahead of Radek Flek in 2nd and Michal Blahovsky 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 13, 2012

Dmitry Malyshko wins Russian EP title

JQ Products driver Dmitry Malyshko had a great performance at the Russian 1/8 E-buggy Champinoships with his THECar Tekno Conversion EP Car. TQ and total domination in all race days in this class, Dmitry is now Russian National Champion 2012 in 1:8th E-Buggy. Dimitry also made the main in the Nitro Russian Championship at the new Raduga raceway in Bolshoy Vyas, finishing 7th after a hard fought final. Starting 7th on the grid in the final Dimitry managed to drive up to 4th place but unfortunately he had a receiver problem in the final due to the rain and had to retire finishing 7th.

Source: JQ Products [jq-products.com]

September 13, 2012

Serpent S411 bumper plate & 966 body posts

For the S411 and 411 Sport, Serpent have released this nice carbon fibre top plate for the bumper, replacing the standard nylon version. It comes supplied with lightweight machined aluminium body posts and mounting hardware. For the 966 and other brand of 1/8th scale on road cars Serpent have produced these new design lightweight and strong aluminum front body posts. Supplied with mounting hardware and body clips.

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September 13, 2012

Cavalieri & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd6

Round six of the JBRL Nitro Series made its way to Chula Vista R/C Club last weekend. The weather and track conditions were amazing with the CVRC club preparing a technical track that held up great all weekend. TLR/Novarossi/Pro-Line driver, Adam Drake headed to round six of the JBRL nitro series as the points leader in 1/8th nitro buggy, 1/8th nitro truck and electric buggy. In the nitro buggy class Cody King TQ’d round one and Drake TQ’d round two. King would be the overall top qualifier followed by Drake and Cavalieri. King and Drake had a rough start and found themselves buried deep in the pack. At one point Drake was over twenty seconds behind leader Cavalieri. Drake was able to catch Cody at the end of the 25 minute final, but wasn’t able to make a pass. Cavalieri won by 11 seconds followed by King and Drake only one second apart.

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September 13, 2012

Wilck Racing Products diff & shock-oils

Wilck Racing Products is widening its brand with top of the line differential and Shock-oil. The Oil has been tested through out the year and been run by drivers at the World Championship in Holland with great success. Designed to be used in both 1/10 on and off-road racing and as well in 1/8 off-road it comes in a wide range of weights from 250 to 950 for shocks and 1500 to 7000 for diffs.

Source: Wilck&Andersson [tlr.nu]

September 12, 2012

Evens & Keyaerts win Belgian SCT Cup Rd4

Home of the famous Belgian GP, MBV Kampenhout hosted the 4th leg of the Belgian SCT Cup recently. The track is very challenging with a lot of elevation and off camber turns. The 2WD class qualifications saw Nicolas Evens taking TQ with his freshly built 22SCT by winning all 3 qualifiers. Vincent Brauns won the first final leg with his TeamC truck, Nicolas ending second under strong pressure from Mike Renotte. In the second leg, Nicolas came ahead of Mike. Vincent had a bad start and ended 3rd. During the last final, Vincent and Mike had a great fight, Mike closing on Vincent lap by lap, ending 0,3 second behind. Nicolas took the leg win and the overall.

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