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September 28, 2010

Dustin Evans takes RC Pro Mountain Division Rd3

Team Losi Racing are reporting that their drivers Dustin Evans and Matt Chambers attended the final round of the RC Pro Series Mountain Division held at Dirtworks R/C in Burlington, CO. Through qualifying Dustin was on his game and took the overall TQ spot for the main with Matt startng 2nd. The main event would prove to be an interesting battle between the two Losi team mates. At the start Dustin led with Matt in 2nd until a mistake coming on the straightaway allowed Matt to take over the lead. Matt and Dustin stayed close through the first pit stop with Matt leading until he ran out of fuel just before the second fuel stop. This allowed Dustin a comfortable 2 lap lead over Matt who held onto 2nd despite the problem. With 15 minutes to go, Dustin had a problem with a front tire and had to come into the pits for a replacement. This allowed Matt to make up valuable time and get back to within 5 seconds of Dustin. A few small bobbles allowed Matt to take over the lead until a shorter fuel strategy had him pit an extra time. Dustin would cross the finish line first with Matt in second about 10 seconds back and another Losi driven by Chris Peralta rounding out the podium in 3rd. Chris Peralta took the overall win in Expert Buggy and Expert Truggy for the RC Pro Series Mountain Division.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

September 27, 2010

Robert Pietsch & Klaus Lechner take German titles

Robert Pietsch has become German Champion in the 1/8 nitro class 1 category. With this success the Mugen factory driver has given the new MRX5 chassis, which at long last will hit the market in the next few days, a second title following the European Championship in Italy three months ago. German Champion in class 2 was Klaus Lechner racing a Serpent 966.

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September 27, 2010

Sandro Sammarini wins Trofeo Max Power Sprint

The Trofeo Max Power Sprint took place last weekend at the Riccione track in the east of the country, close to San Marino. Qualifying saw Serpent/Max driver Sandro Sammarini fastest, who along with team mate Alessandro Bracci, were the only two drivers to record 27 laps. In the finals it was again Sandro who was the fastest, never relinquishing the lead on the way to the win with a 4 lap margin. Behind there was a close battle between Bracci and Manuel Tordi, but by the end it was Bracci who would take the runner up spot, 1 lap ahead of Tordi in 3rd.

Source: RRR [roadracericcione.com]

September 27, 2010

Chris Kerswell joins Serpent

Serpent have confirmed that current European 1/12th scale Stock Champion Chris Kerswell has joined their team for the 2010/11 season to run the company’s S120L car. Having won his European title with the V-Dezign car in the UK earlier this year, Chris is aiming to defend his title at next years Euros as well as compete at the British nationals as well as the Ardent Raceway winter series and selected EPS series races. He had the following to say:

Serpent cars have always been well designed and engineered. The S120L has looked good at every meeting I’ve seen it at and with more developments already in the pipeline it was an obvious choice.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 27, 2010

Sanwa MT-4 2.4Ghz transmitter

Sanwa have released CAD images of their soon to be released MT-4 pistol grip transmitter. An all new look, this 2.4Ghz radio sports a large full dot LCD display and all the usual features you would expect from a radio of this level. What’s interesting is the inclusion of a telemetry system that can read receiver voltage, RPM and 2 different temperatures and feed it back to the screen on the transmitter. Expect it to hit the market later in the year.

Source: Sanwa [sanwa-denshi.co.jp]

September 27, 2010

Cavalieri wins buggy at Thunder Alley Gas Champs

The Thunder Alley Gas Champs took place last weekend at Thunder Alley RC Raceway in Beaumont, CA. In the 1/8th expert buggy class it was Losi racer Mike Truhe who would start the double header finals from pole position but on both occasions it was Team Associated man Ryan Cavalieri that took the win to secure the overall. In leg 1 RC won from Cody King in 2nd and Josh Wheeler in 3rd, while in leg 2, with a smaller victory margin it was again Cody in the 2 spot while Mike Truhe took 3rd. So in the overall results it was RC ahead of King in 2nd and Truhe in 3rd.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

September 27, 2010

Serpent Cobra S811 steel flywheel

More new parts for the Serpent Cobra S811 with the release of this precision machined high grade steel flywheel. A direct replacement for the standard aluminium version, this black coated flywheel is heavier than the standard version and because of this you will have less engine flame outs and improved idling of the engine.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 27, 2010

Tresrey Off-Road race Rd3

Round 3 of the Tresrey Off-Road race was held last Sunday at the TRS circuit in Matsusaka-city, Japan. 65 racers joined the event, making it the best attended race that the TRS circuit ever had for an off-road event with 60 entrants in the 2WD class and 53 in the 4WD class. In qualifying it was Yokomo support driver Kenji Tsuruta who managed to take TQ for both classes. Unfortunately the finals for both classes were cancelled because of heavy rain and so the final result was decided based on everyone’s qualifying result. In 2WD, Tsuruta (Yokomo B4) won the race with Noriyuki Kawashima (B4) 2nd and Akihiro Yasuda (B4) 3rd. There were 21 Durango DEX410/Rs in the 4WD class and 7 of them made the Top10. Tsuruta (Yokomo B-MAX) won the race with Akira Ema (DEX410) 2nd and Team Durango/Speed Passion Japan team driver Minoru Utsugi(DEX410) 3rd. After the award ceremony, they held a big lucky draw prize which included a DEX410 2010spec kit, Axial kit and Speed Passion ESCs, motors, and new 2.4Ghz transmitter. Special thanks to the Speed Passion and TRS.

View more images from the event here