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June 28, 2011

Bill Bridges Benefit race

The Bill Bridges Benefit race was at “The Track” in Carleton, Michigan this past weekend. This is Bill’s home outdoor track in the summer and the classes raced consisted of both electric and nitro with the event attracting more than 300 entries. It was amazing to see so many racers and manufacturers come together for this great cause. Racing started at 9am and the mains finished just before 2am. The event raised a substantial amount of money which will help Bill and his family in the months to come. The event itself saw a double win for Losi/Novarossi driver Adam Drake in both buggy and truck with Jason Jakubczyk doing the double in the electric class taking his Kyosho/Orion combo to wins in the mod buggy and SCT mod classes. The event also saw the winners of both Adam’s 8ight and Dustin’s TLR22 picked and it was Pat Schreffler and Dean Ferrari respectively that took them home. Bill’s wife Chrissey had this to say “I want to thank everyone that came out to the benefit race this weekend. We are beyond blessed to have you in our lives and to be able to call you friends. A heavy burden has been lifted off of our family. It meant so much to Bill to see so many people rooting for him. This race did wonders for his spirits!! RC Racers pulled together for an amazing event!! We will be forever grateful!!”

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 28, 2011

Ryan Lutz wins SC class at Manufacturers Shootout

The Alabama Manufacturers Shootout took place last weekend in Cullman, Alabama. Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz took an impressive victory in the intense heat with his DESC410R Short Course truck. After taking the opening round of qualifying with his DESC410R Ryan was unlucky with wiring problems in rounds 2 & 3 to see him miss out on directly qualifying into the A-Main – however with bump ups, it was still possible and Ryan didn’t disappoint as he dominated the B-main to go 13th on the grid for the A. After winning the opening leg of the A-main in dominant style, Ryan didn’t hold back in leg 2, launching his Tekin powered DESC410R from the line to pass 8 cars over the first jump on his way to take another leg win and with it the overall victory.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

June 28, 2011

Serpent S811B & T hard anodised chassis

Serpent now offers a hard anodised chassis plate for the Cobra Buggy and Truggy. Machined from 7075-T6 aluminium the hard anodising makes the chassis’ bottom last longer on tracks with stones and hard surfaces. Additionally the chassis are a bit stiffer compared to the kit item adding another setup possibility.

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June 28, 2011

Ryan Maifield does double at AMS

Ryan Maifield has won both the nitro buggy and truggy class the recent Alabama Manufacturer Shootout, a race that packed over 400 entries into a quick three-day format with three rounds of qualifying and 45-minute main events. The newly crowned ROAR truggy national champion and ROAR buggy vice national champion swept both classes with his Associated RC8 FT and RC8T FT CE controlled by an Airtronics M11x transmitter and powered by LRP engines.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

June 28, 2011

Richard Infanti wins Canadian Off-Road Championship Series Rd1

This past weekend round one of the Canadian Off-Road Championship series was held. TLR team driver Richard Infanti secured himself both the TQ and win in the Pro Truggy class and also took the overall win in Pro Buggy after missing the TQ and starting from second place.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

June 28, 2011

Serpent 960/966 anti-roll bar levers

Serpent have released an aluminium anti-roll bar lever set for the 960 and 966 chassis. Precision CNC-machined from aerospace-quality material and including holders and eccenters the set is a direct replacement for the stock parts.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 28, 2011

SDRC grand opening race

Losi’s Frank Root took the win in the Pro 2 Modified SC class at the SDRC grand opening race in San Diego. SDRC is the newest track to grace the San Diego RC scene, but the only indoor track in years. Using a Losi XXX-SCT with TLR Tuned Kit Frank was the driver to beat by securing TQ six seconds ahead of the competition and taking the overall win.

Source: Losi [losi.com]

June 28, 2011

Dino Giacalone wins 200mm Italian Championship Rd2

Last weekend saw the second round of the Italian 1/10 nitro 200mm championship fought out at the Miniautodromo Black Tarmac in Mesero. Young Dino Giacalone (Capricorn/Capricorn) took the win in the Expert class some three laps in front of Guido Barbera (Xray/Max) and Cristian Costanzo (KM/Novarossi). Both Guido and Cristian made 140 laps and where only separated by eight seconds.

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