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August 10, 2012

Traxxas Slash 4×4 Ultimate Mike Jenkins Edition

Traxxas introduce the Mike Jenkins Edition Slash 4×4 Ultimate Ready-To-Race truck. Based on the standard all-wheel drive Slash the Ultimate Edition includes blue anodised 6061-T6 aluminium C-hubs, steering blocks, rear hub carriers and wheel nuts. Also included are adjustable front and rear anti-roll bars, optional extra-stiff swaybar wires, PTFE-coated big bore shock absorbers, a fluid-filled centre differential and an officially licensed Mike Jenkins Edition body shell. Other standard equipment included is a TQi 2.4GHz radio system with Docking Base, telemetry-ready 5-channel receiver, Velineon brushless system, 7-cell NiMH battery pack and a suitable AC charger.

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August 10, 2012

Savoya TQ’s penultimate qualifier

Xray’s Renaud Savoya has TQ’d the penultimate round of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Austria while great rival & defending champion Robert Batlle had his run to the 3rd fastest time struck off after his Mugen was deemed to be too wide in post race scrutiny something his Mugen team firmly dispute as the buggy was running the same set-up as yesterday when the MBX6R had no problems with passing through the box being used by race officials.

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August 9, 2012

Belgian SCT Cup 2012 Rd3

The 3rd round of the Belgian SCT Cup was run at RC Electro Liège in Sprimont. The track was technical and slippery, making mastering it very challenging. Saturday was free practice all day with quite a few drivers showing up under a blue sky. On Sunday morning three rounds of qualifying where held. Hong Nor Team Driver Raphaël Robert took TQ in the 4WD Modified class and Mike Renotte took the top spot in 2WD. In the afternoon three finals in each class where held with Raphaël Robert taking the first two 4WD A-finals. 2WD was a different affair with every driver on the podium winning a final. At the end it was Raphaël Robert taking the win in 4WD with Nicolas Evens and Mike Renotte in second and third respectively. The 2WD class was won by Mike Renotte with Nicolas Evens in second and Vincent Brauns in third.

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August 9, 2012

Ronnefalk takes Q3, Bloomfield is overnight TQ

Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk ended the first day of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships with a TQ run in the third round but it is Team Losi Racing’s Darren Bloomfield who is the provisional overnight Top Qualifier in Fehring, Austria.

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August 9, 2012

Renato Tradardi Jr. wins AAPARTT Cup

The AAPARTT Cup was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the 2012 Off-Road World’s Track called Speed Paradise. The track is almost like on-road, with long straights and fast corners making it a high speed type, requiring a car with good steering in mid and high speed corners. Friday was practice day but the open rounds have been washed away by the weather. On Saturday the track started to become very dry so the organisers watered the surface to avoid the build up of dust. A round of 20 minutes of free practice was held just before the qualifying rounds started meaning only little track time before the qualifiers. In the finals Renato Tradardi Jr. starting from 10th in the grid worked his way up trough the field and swiftly closed the gab to the top four drivers. He then shifted into second gear and took the first place and the win with his JConcepts shoed Team Associated RC8.2 thanks to a fast and clean driving style.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 9, 2012

Serpent Cobra GT-e kit

Serpent introduce the electric version of the World Championship winning Cobra GT 1/8th nitro chassis. The car makes use of a 7075-T6 3mm aluminium chassis, oversized lower suspension arms, aluminium suspension mounts with plastic inserts, 4.5mm carbon fibre shock towers, 16mm big bore shock absorbers, CVD-type driveshafts, front and rear anti-roll bars and the light and compact radio tray with vertically mounted steering servo that was introduced with the Cobra-e buggy. Not included in the kit are electronics, body, and wheels.

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August 9, 2012

Boots fastest in Q2

Having thrown away any chance of a TQ at the first corner in the opening round of qualifying Team Kyosho’s Elliot Boots bounced back in style in Q2 to set a new fastest time by 2 seconds over Durango’s Joern Neumann with Kyosho’s other hot shot teenager David Ronnefalk, who also messed up his Q1 run, setting the third fastest time a further 8/10ths adrift. Just as the second round of qualifying came to an end it started to rain at the Fehring track but it would appear that it was just a passing shower although the skies remain very overcast.

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August 9, 2012

Euro Qualifying starts with TLR 1-2

Team Losi Racing, who despite being one of the main players in the 1:8 Offroad market have never before won the European Championship, got their 2012 campaign off to a strong start this morning in Austria as their drivers Darren Bloomfield and Miguel Matias topped the time sheets for the opening round of qualifying ahead of Mugen’s defending Champion Robert Batlle.

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