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October 12, 2009

Martin Achter is Double World Champion

Following the 2wd World Championship that took place earlier in the week in South Africa, the 4wd Championship got underway later in the week and again had a poor turnout, only attracting 20 drivers. Winner of the 2wd title, Martin Achter, driving the Durango DEX410, took the TQ spot with 3 wins in qualifying to line up easily ahead of Gerrit Houws and Brandon Joynt. In the first A-main, Martin simply checked out, while carnage behind helped him extend his lead to take a comfortable win in front of another Durango racer Jaco van Eerden in 2nd and Brandon Joynt 3rd with a Kyosho. Leg 2 saw more of the same from Martin and he took the win to secure his 2nd World title in a week, while Brandon Joynt took 2nd ahead of Hot Bodies racer Craig Loughton in 3rd. With the title already won Achter decided to sit out the 3rd leg and this allowed Gerrit Gouws to take the win despite big pressure from Craig Loughton who took 2nd, while Guilherme De Sousa, driving an Associated took 3rd. The overall positions saw Martin Achter crowned World Champion with Gerrit Gouws in 2nd and Craig Laughton in 3rd overall.

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October 12, 2009

Orcan .12 LR3 Engine

SMI Motorsport from Germany got in touch to show us their new Orcan .12 LR3 engine sets. The Novarossi-made Orcan LR3 comes with a black cooling head with laser-etched ‘Orcan’ logo, bigger heavy duty front bearing and an optimised rear crankshaft cover. The engine already proved its performance by winning the 1/10 scale German and Austrian Nationals as well as the 1/10 scale European Championship B. The Orcan ‘Limited Edition’ packages contain the 2.11 cc engine, Orcan EFRA 1910 exhaust, Orcan After run oil and come in the new Orcan multifunctional bag. The Orcan LR3 Version 1 is the unmodified standard engine while the LR3MH Version 2 is hand-tuned by MH Motortuning and comes with a differently timed crankshaft and liner, optimised piston and carburetor and other small bits & pieces.

Source: SMI [smi-motorsport.de]

October 12, 2009

Fabio Domanin wins Italian 1/8th National title

Fabio Domanin has claimed the 2009 Italian 1/8th scale title following the last round in Fiorano which took place last weekend. In the race it was Serpent driver Andrea Cristiani that took the pole position in front of World Champion Lamberto Collari with Andrea Pirani and Alberto Picco completing the top 4. In the final it was a reversal of positions as Collari took the win in front of Cristiani, with Francesco Tironi completing the podium. Fabio Domanin could only manage a 7th following an engine change, but this position was enough for him to claim the title in front of Collari in 2nd with Francesco Tironi taking 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 11, 2009

Traxxas Slash 4×4 Short Course truck

Traxxas have announced the new Slash 4×4, the follow up to their very popular class defining 2wd Short Course truck. Supplied with a super efficient shaft drive, new race bred suspension, new steering system, new licensed BF Goodrich Mud Terrain tires, Revo sealed differentials, Velineon brushless power and a TQ 2.4Ghz radio system it claims a top speed of 40+mph with the included 3000mAh 7-cell battery pack and they claim that if you drop the Mamba Monster into it, it will top 80+mph. The chassis is made from a single ultra rigid piece of strategically ribbed plastic that can easily resist flexing caused by the high torque brushless motor powering the new ultra efficient 4wd drivetrain. For looks the car comes in 4 different race replica bodies including the no. 47 and 25 Traxxas race trucks of Mike and Mark Jenkins as well as the Scott Douglas/Mark Oberg Amsoil edition and Jerry Welchel edition.

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October 11, 2009

Traxxas Slash 4×4 Short Course truck

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October 11, 2009

Paul Lemieux wins ROAR Paved Nats

This year’s ROAR Paved Nationals was held last weekend in Frederick Maryland at the HobbyTown USA, also known as the Coliseum. Qualifying for the touring car race saw Paul Lemiuex take the top spot in Modified, while his Xray team mates Robbie Dodge and Mike Herald Jr took TQ in both the Super Stock and Stock classes respectively. In the finals it was a pretty straight forward affair with Paul winning the first 2 A-mains unchallenged to take the National title ahead of Josh Cyrul and Keven Herbert. It was a similar affair in the other 2 classes, with both TQ men getting it done in the first 2 mains to each secure their respective National titles with Robbie Dodge winning Super Stock from Josh Cyrul and Keven Herbert again, while in Stock Mike Herald Jr won ahead of Austin Vacek and Dave Bowser.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 11, 2009

VP Pro Bull Dog buggy tire

VP Pro have released their new offroad buggy tire, the Bull Dog. This sharp tire offers superior grip while the wear rate remains very low and is available in low flexx, medium flexx and ultra flexx compounds for suitability in a wide range of different track and weather conditions.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

October 10, 2009

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.

Click here to view the round-up