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September 13, 2010

Agrafiotis wins buggy at Cyprus International

Following Saturday’s truggy event at the Cyprus International, the buggies had their turn on track on Sunday with around 50 drivers taking part at the MaxxTraxx track in the Larnaca region of the island. The heat was exhausting and the sun never let up. After 4 qualifying rounds it was Costas Agrafiotis that had pole position drving a Mugen, while truggy winner Zurfluh from Switzerland with a Losi made a big effort in the last round to grab second place with Azulay from Israel in third, just 2 seconds away, also with a Mugen. The start of the A-main saw the Swiss driver managed to get past to second place and after the first 3 pit stops passed first place as Agrafiotis didn’t have long run times and was refuelling earlier. Agrafiotis managed to regain the lead later and pulled a gap of about 6 seconds. Some 10 minutes before the end Zurfluh first hit some traffic and then his motor came loose. He managed to repair it but lost any chance of victory or even a podium placing. Agrafiotis took the win ahead of Azulay in 2nd and Iaponas in 3rd.

Source: Radio Control [radiocontrol.gr]

September 13, 2010

Video – JQ Products History

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/14671858[/vimeo]

Joseph Quagraine from JQ Products runs us through the history of the company to this point and what led to the production of THE Car. It gives a great insight into the thoughts and work behind making a car from the original idea, trying to find a partner to prototyping the different parts and making the bodyshell.

Source: JQ Products [jq-products.com]

September 12, 2010

Short Course Carnage – Announcement

A1 Racing club in Gonerby Moor in Lincolnshire are running their Short Course Carnage event on Sunday the 26th of September. This fun event is open to electric 1/10th scale SC trucks only and the race format will consist of 4 or 5 rounds of qualifying followed by 2 leg finals. The race will be run on a shortened version of their 1/8th Astroturf nitro track, with a lap length of 180m, including table tops, double jumps and multi-surface sections. For more information visit the event site here.

September 12, 2010

Fukuda retains his Japanese 200mm title

This year’s Japanese 1/10th 200mm National Championships were run this weekend under sunny Autumn skies at the Hokusei Circuit in the Mie Prefecture. The race was run for both the Open and Sports classes and it attracted more than 90 drivers to the event. In the open class it was the star of the Worlds in Houston, Serpent driver Takumi Matsuda that took the pole position ahead of Serpent team mate Yuya Sahashi, with former World Champion and defending 2 x time National Champion Keisuke Fukuda in 3rd and World Championship runner up Takehiro Terauchi in 4th. In the 40 minute final it was Fukuda who would emerge the winner by 12 seconds ahead of Matsuda in 2nd, with Yuya Sahashi taking 3rd spot a lap further back. In the sports class it was Adati Hirokazu that took the win from 2nd on the grid in a close battle with pole man Huzii Takuya, the pair finishing less than 4 seconds apart after 40 minutes. Sakai Makoto completed the podium in 3rd.

View the sports class finalists here

September 12, 2010

Zurfluh wins truggy at Cyprus International

Great event, sunny weather, international competition and big success for the MaxTraxx International event, which runs this weekend in Cyprus. DJ music, friendly but hard competition, cool driving and lots of action on Saturday in the truggy event. Swiss driver Zurfluh took home the big cup while a 13 year old from Israel, Asayag, took second spot. Third place was a local fight with class TQ Taliadoros faster but with made some mistakes, Lemesianos was also fast but had bad luck and so with steady driving the experienced Kofteros finally took the last podium spot.

Source: Radio Control [radiocontrol.gr]

September 12, 2010

Alien Racing Legend12 1/12th scale chassis

French brand Alien Racing have released their latest 1/12th scale chassis, the Legend12. The most noticeable thing about this new car is the longitudinal position of the battery. This helps corner faster and reduce yaw in the car in direction change and this layout can accept a 1S LiPo as well as 4 cell NiMh pack. The links connecting the rear pod to the main chassis are made from carbon and are mounted below the electronics to save space. Finally the rear bulkhead sees the motor mounted super low for improved centre of gravity.

View more images of the car here

September 12, 2010

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– 2010 XRAY South Australia State Titles
– XB808 Vice-Champion in SRS series, UK
– XB808 2nd at Portuguese Nationals R4
– NT1 Wins 2010 Great Lake Challenge

Click here to view the round-up

September 11, 2010

STRC Slash 2WD LCG conversion kit

ST Racing Concepts have released their LCG (low centre of gravity) conversion kit for the Traxxas Slash 2WD Short Course truck. This simple, yet economical and easy to bolt on conversion utilizes the existing Traxxas Rustler chassis components and delivers a huge on track performance improvement over the stock configuration Slash. All components have been CNC machined from high-grade aluminium and all necessary hardware is included for installation. Track testing has shown that this kit allows for a 1-1.5 seconds per lap drop in lap times and allowed the Slash to be right in the mix with today’s stadium truck based short course trucks. Available in blue, gun metal, red and silver.

View more details here