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October 7, 2011

Andrew Smolnik wins 4th Annual Fall Brawl

This years 4th Annual Fall Brawl in Maplesville, Alabama provided great weather and some even better racing. Agama Team Drivers Alan Burton, Coty Ingram and Andrew Smolnik were on hand to showcase the Agama A8 buggies in the 1/8th Nitro Pro Buggy class. The Snake Pit Layout was hard packed red Georgia clay and with the track run dry the blue groove formed and traction was plentiful. Alan Burton and Andrew Smolnik had an epic battle throughout the 45 minute A final with Smolnik coming out on top taking the win while Burton finished in a respectable 2nd overall.

Source: Hobby Pro [hobbyprousa.com]

October 7, 2011

Stuart Mahon wins 2nd annual Race of Champions

Last weekend saw the 2nd running of the ‘Race of Champions’ event taking place at the NNRC track near Blackpool in the North of the country. The event is the end-of-year ‘Race-Off’ between the Top 20 qualifying drivers from each of the 8th Scale Off Road Regions run throughout the year in the UK – it is the brain child of Glyn Morgan (8-11 series organiser) and is organised to challenge the best drivers from the 8-11 Series, NRS, SRS Series and the Scottish Region. It is a one-off race and is a great way of pitting each region against each other in a fun, but competitive end of season race.

Continue reading the report here

October 7, 2011

Renato Tradardi Jr wins Venezuelan Truggy Nats

The Venezuelan National Championship took place last weekend at the Pista Club ITALO track in Cagua. Event though Team Associated Team member Renato Tradardi Jr. had not been racing for a while because he was away in Italy, he and his RC8T were nevertheless able to get up to speed quickly in the controlled practices for his class. He ended a respectable second and his father Renato third for the Grand Final. Not bad for a two-month absence from racing. In the finals it started to rain and the track became slippery. Making a decisive tire choice Renato Jr. led the field from the first round, and as the track dried and traction improved, the Team Associated RC8T excelled and he took the win.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

October 7, 2011

Meccamo fuels sign Silvio Hächler

French fuel company Meccamo have announced the signing of 1/8th scale Swiss National racer Silvio Hächler. The young Mugen driver will continue to run the company’s Meccafuel on road 25% fuel to power his Novarossi engines for the coming seasons.

Source: Meccamo [meccamo.com]

October 7, 2011

2011 JConcepts Clash warmup – Announcement

The Coral Springs R/C Car Club and JConcepts are gearing up for the 2011 JConcepts Clash. In preparation, a warm-up event for 1/8th scale only has been confirmed for November 6, 2011 on a new layout. The race will take place on the 6th of November and will be open to 1/8th gas buggy & truggy (Expert & Sportsman) as well as 1/8th BL and Pro4 SCT.

More information on the event can be found here.

October 7, 2011

Serpent Cobra-Be BL buggy

Now available the Serpent Cobra-Be follows the same design philosophy as with the gas powered Serpent buggy and shares many of the same components as well. The whole central section with battery-slots, ESC and receiver holder, servo mount and front-mounted motor mount, chassis plate, larger wheel-axle and diff bearings, rear wing / wing mount and the body shell are the key new developments.

View more details and images here

October 7, 2011

Schumacher Mi4 & Cougar SV Speed Secret options

Schumacher have released their latest Speed Secret options for both the Mi4 and the Cougar SV. This new long top deck conversion set for the Mi4CX gives optimised longitudinal flex geometry to improve traction levels and decrease lap times. Developed by the Schumacher Race Team including Multiple British Champion Chris Grainger and used by Matt White to win the final BRCA National at Mendip. For the Cougar SV these cool alloy Zero Trail axles give the car more consistent steering throughout the turn and a more aggressive steering feel compared to trailing axles. Straight line stability may be slightly reduced.

View the zero trail axles here

October 7, 2011

Capricorn Lab-C02 upgrade kit

Capricorn have released a conversion kit for Lab-C01 users to upgrade their car to the latest Lab-C02 version. The kit will be available at the end of the month and includes new radio plates, completely new front end, new rear arms and a lateral belt tensioner. The complete C02 car kit will be ready at the end of the year.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]