October 9, 2008

15-year-old Max Claes wins Belgian title

He is only racing two and a half years but 15-year-old Max Claes has taken his first National title winning the 1/10 200mm T2 Belgian Championship at the final round at the Charleroi track over the weekend. Racing in very poor weather conditions, Max took TQ honours for the championship finale with his Serpent 720.  Starting from the No.1 spot on the grid a wrong tyre choice meant the up and coming young talent was unable to challenge for his third win of the season but finishing fifth was enough for him to claim his first ever National first title from Renaud Gysemberghs. Over the championship Max claimed two victories and four podium placings and the new champion is already looking forward for to new challenges next year. In true champion style Max thanked his dad Alain and Jan de Pooter from RC Car Colours for their support during his successful campaign.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]


October 8, 2008

Team Durango founded

Gerd Strenge and Michael Vollmer are proud to announce the founding of a new company Team Durango. The Team Durango name has been around the scene since 1999 when the first Durango 4WD 1/10 electric 4WD buggy was made by Gerd Strenge. What followed was a very successful history of national and international victories including wins at the German and Australian National Championships but the highlight winning the 2004 European Championship in Italy in the hands of the very talented Jörn Neumann. Although only available to the public as hand built one-off cars the Team Durango 1/10 4WD buggy has a large following in the buggy scene and is one of the most anticipated cars on the planet. The same applies to the Team Durango 1/8 scale nitro buggy that is around for nearly two years now. The prototype not only won the highly competitive Pro-Line Dirt Challenge 2007 race held in the UK but also holds many top-spots in national and international races. Both cars, the so called DEX410 1/10 electric 4WD buggy as well as the DNX408 1/8 nitro buggy are about to be released under the new Team Durango name very shortly. But there is more: Team Durango is also developing a 1/8 scale nitro truggy and currently working on several general products in the likes of a Jörn Neumann signature tool series, useful and innovative wrenches, merchandise and lots more.

Source: Team Durango


October 8, 2008

Xray Hard 2 Speed Gearbox Spring

Xray have released a new harder spring set for the 2-Speed Gearbox on there NT1.  The new springs, which comes in a set of 2, allow for a higher 2nd gear engagement point.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


October 8, 2008

Root wins JBRL Series

The 2008 Jimmy Babcock Racing League (JBRL) Series concluded over the weekend and it was Team Orion driver Frank Root who lifted both the 2 and 4WD titles. Starting back in March, this years JBRL Series hit 8 of Southern California’s top tracks with one race held each month. Five rounds out of eight were used to determine the overall series champions. Having already wrapped up the 4WD Modified title Root needed at another good result to do the double and he did just that finishing second behind Team Orion teammate Ryan Cavalieri to give him the 2WD Modified class honours.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]


October 8, 2008

Gianni Giorgio wins Venezuela Nats Rd4

The fourth round of the Venezuelan 1:10 200mm Nationals took place over the weekend where Serpent driver Gianni Giorgio was declared the winner.  Driving his Max Power engined 720, Giorgio broke the track record in qualifying with a time of 17.048 and also set a new record for most laps completed over 5 minutes – a run that would secure him the TQ honours. Unfortunately bad weather forced the finals to be abandoned and so the result was declared on the heats. With this victory Giorgio takes the lead of the championship with two rounds remaining.

Thanks to Alan Lavín for the report.


October 8, 2008

JConcepts 5th Anniversary T-shirt

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of JConcepts a newly designed t-shirt has been released.  Not your ordinary race t-shirt, this is a 100% 1:1 scale authentic racing t-shirt design.  A completely detailed 1/8th nitro buggy on the rear of the shirt signifies JConcepts arrival into the 1/8th buggy class with the pole position taken at the recent IFMAR World Championships.   Major event accolades are printed on the T-shirt along with tribal flame art, graphical JConcepts imagery and popular blue, yellow and orange color themes makes this a must have t-shirt.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]


October 8, 2008

JConcepts Illuzion RC8T Hi-Flow body

For the ultimate in form and function, JConcepts introduces the Hi-Flow body for the Associated RC8T. The Illuzion “Hi-Flow” styling presents a flowing design while incorporating many radical edge styling details for additional style and performance.  Race inspired aggressive styling, Illuzionized cab and cove hood scoop combined with a durable flowing bed design are just some of the features that make the new Illuzion “Hi-Flow” body stand out from the rest.

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October 8, 2008

Kanzen weathersealed bearing set for D8

French company Kanzen, who specialize high performances ball bearings, have released a new bearing set in Weather Sealed Black seals for the New 1:8 Off Road World Champion buggy the Hot Bodies D8.  The complete set includes 24 high performance long lasting competition ball bearings for the full transmission, steering and clutch.

Source: Kanzen [kanzen-bearings.com]