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Kyosho hosted their annual Kyosho Masters event in Japan two weeks ago. In the Invitational class it was former World Champion Yuichi Kanai that took the victory ahead of current Japanese National Champion Kazuya Tanaka in 2nd with newly crowned World Champion Cody King taking 3rd spot. Embedded above and below are videos from that main final.
Team Tekin have announced that top buggy driver Ryan Lutz will be running Tekin Redline motors and Tekin ESC’s in his Team Durango cars. Ryan has already outfitted his DEX410 1/10 4wd buggy with Tekin’s latest equipment and is due to test this Tuesday with Team manager Randy Pike. Ryan had this to say “Tekin is known for having the best electronics in the industry right now. After talking with Randy my decision for electronics for 2011 was easy. I can’t wait to run my electric cars!”
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
The KBRL nitro circuit made the latest stop at the world famous Nitro Pit. TLR drivers Billy Fischer, Casey Peck, and Chris Wheeler were on hand to take on AZ’s finest nitro racers. Billy Fischer proved he was the guy to beat and TQ’d both rounds of expert buggy, earning him the first position on the grid with his 2.0 buggy. At the sound of the tone for the 20 minute A main Billy was able to take control, but had Peck within striking distance. After the first pit stop Casey took the lead and the battle ensued. After swapping the lead numerous times, Billy went on a hot streak. He strung a bunch of fast laps together and Casey did not have a snow ball’s chance, as Fischer took the convincing win. Peck brought his 2.0 buggy home in the second spot. After a tough start, Wheeler was able to fight his way back to third and rounded out the Losi podium.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
Serpent have announced that Portuguese front runner Rodrigo Luis has joined their team. Rodrigo was pleased following testing of the Serpent 811 Cobra buggy and is looking forward to the new challenge. He had the following to say, “The 811 Is one of the best Buggies available at the moment, a very fast car, reliable, easy to drive and tune and transmits lots of fun driving it.” Looking forward to next season he believes it will be one of the most exciting with a very competitive National series as well as International races.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Round 2 of the Team Durango Winter Series took place on Sunday 28th November and despite the bitterly cold temperatures, 110 drivers attended the event. The track for this round of the series featured much less high grip carpet than round 1. The carpet of the touring car track had been rolled away leaving the wooden boarding as the racing surface for the majority of the track. This surface gave a medium level of grip, allowing the cars to slide around a little. Other surfaces were used, there was a carpet section at the start of the straight and the huge table top jump in front of the rostrum was also carpeted. There was a slippy surfaced hairpin on the corner before the wall ride. The table top was a new feature this time and saw the cars getting some big air time. As well as this feature there were four smaller jumps around the track.
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With the new 22 winning on its race debut in the hands of Dustin Evans ahead of some very tough competition, Horizon Hobby were on hand to video all the action from the 3 2wd A-mains so we can all witness history in the making.
This year’s Toys for Tots event was moved back to its original location in Palm Desert, CA. The track has gone through an amazing transformation since its last race a few years ago. Over one hundred and twenty of the fastest racers in California came out to race and help raise money for a great charity including TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake. The weather and track conditions were great. In the past the track was loose top soil, but this year it was hard packed and high grip. The track crew built a great track that was fun for all classes from SCT’s to 1/8th buggies and trucks.
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Team Losi Racing has already established that their new 22 is the buggy to beat in 2WD Buggy. Team driver Dustin Evan’s TQ’d the 2WD Modified Buggy class at the 2010 Spektrum Off-road Championship and went on to take the win. Dustin also TQ’d the Modified SCT class with his XXX-SCT.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
