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September 13, 2011

Marco Müller is Swiss 1/8th Champion

The last round of the Swiss national championship took place one week ago in Langenthal. Before the race three drivers could still win the championship with worlds and euros finalist Simon Kurzbuch having the best chances on his home track followed by Marco Müller and Mattia Pesenti in the ranking list. In Qualifying it was local hero Kurzbuch who dominated his rivals being the only driver clocking 34 laps in 7:10.843 in front of Silvio Hächler (33 laps 7:06.574) and Müller on 3rd place (33 laps 7:10.355). Unfortunately it started to rain during the semifinals and for the rest of the race the track was extremely wet.

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September 13, 2011

Serpent Cobra 811 anti-roll bar shaft

New for the Serpent Cobra 811 Buggy & Truggy is this anti-roll bar shaft. Precision machined from spring steel, it fits in the ball-raced anti-roll bar holders of the Cobra buggy (front and rear) and Truggy (rear). The straight anti-roll bar wires, which are sold separately, are fitted in the slots in the shaft of the aluminium holders and then fastened with set screws. This system allows the mounting of other thicknesses of anti-roll bar wires in very little time. The straight wires are available 1.8mm, 2.0mm, 2.1mm, 2.3mm, 2.5mm and 2.7mm versions.

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September 13, 2011

Bittydesign MBX-6 Force shell

Bittydesign have announced that their MBX-6 Force shell is now available. The body that won the European Championships mounted to the car of Robert Batlle, the cab forward body adds “more feeling and more steering” according to the 2-time champion. The body which is made from 1mm thick, high quality, genuine Lexan is sold with windows masks, protective film, and decal sheets. Available now online from Bitty direct, it will hit dealers in about 2 weeks.

View more images of the shell here

September 12, 2011

Eytard wins in France, Concialdi takes title

The fifth and final round of the French 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals took place in Grenoble last weekend. In the Elite class it was Xray driver Thomas Eytard that took the top qualifier spot ahead of Capricorn driver Basile Concialdi in 2nd and KM racer Frederic Bourrillon in 3rd. In the main final Frederic Bourrillon with the KM H-K1 was very fast with a different tire strategy but unfortunately he hit a crashed car in front of him and broke the steering rod while leading. The very young Léo Arnold (Capricorn/Orion/Matrix) had a fantastic race with a great battle for the lead with Thomas Eytard for almost half of the race. Unfortunately Léo had to stop 45 seconds before the end of the race after he stripped a gear. In the end it was Thomas Eytard (Xray/RB) who took the win with Michael Derderian (Xray/RB) in 2nd and Basile Concialdi (Capricorn/Orion) in 3rd, who is also the new French Champion for 2011.

Source: ART [asia-racing-team.com]

September 12, 2011

Q&A with Team Durango’s Jason Dearden

Following the recent announcement that 3 time European Champion Renaud Savoya had left Durango and the subsequent departures from the team by Elliot Boots and Taylor James we sat down with Team Durango’s Jason Dearden to hear the company’s side of the story.

Read the full Q&A with Jason here

September 12, 2011

JQ Products THE Car update

JQ Products have come out with an update for THE Car. The update includes all the running changes they have made during the year, along with new plastics (above), designed to be more durable. They also have a lot of option parts coming out in the next few weeks, which aim to improve the handling of THE Car.

View a video of THE Crash test here

September 12, 2011

JR Mitch & Felix Law win FL SC King Series Rd1

The Florida Short Course King Series is one of the better known series for the Short Course Truck racer. This series was started 2 years ago by a racer name Chad Cason who was able to bring new tracks/club into the series to make Short Course racing more interesting. By adding money on top of the grand prize makes this an event racers would not want to miss. The first round of the SCK series kicked off at New Red Hobbies in Ocala and there was a total of 86 entries for the first round of the Short Course King Series.

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September 11, 2011

Capricorn 1650mAh LiFe RX pack

Capricorn have released this new LiFe RX pack for use in gas powered cars. The 6.6v 1650mAh pack is very light and unlike LiPo packs does not requiring a regulator, which is necessary for some radio equipment due to their higher voltage. Configured as a stick pack it comes pre wired with power and balancer cable.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]