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July 1, 2011

Fabricio Zamperetti wins Brazilian Light championship

This year’s Brazilian 1/8 scale on-road championship was run in a single event at the Fazenda Vesuvio circuit in Indaiatuba. The qualifying was dominated by Rafael Bob Vieira with Anderson Becheli starting from second, Deiverson Gomes from third and Fabricio Zamperetti starting from fourth position on the grid. Come the final Fabricio Zamperetti secured himself the win and therefore the Brazilian Light championship some four laps ahead of TQ Rafael Bob Vieira, Deiverson Gomes with another lap down and Tiago Amicci who scored 149 laps after the 45 minute final.

Thanks to Fabricio Zamperetti for the report

July 1, 2011

Bittydesign 8ight Force body

Bittydesign are pleased to announce the Force cabforward body shell for the Losi 8ight buggy. Designed with the help of TLR team driver Riccardo Rabitti the new body helps to cure the buggy’s corner-entry understeer characteristics and also provides a more aggressive off-power steering. The body was tested for the first time two weeks ago at the 3rd round of the Italian national championships by several TLR drivers with positive results on European style tracks. The body also features a special cab design that allows for an additional venting hole to help with engine cooling in very hot racing conditions. The body will be available mid July and is sold with window masks, decal sheet and overspray film.

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July 1, 2011

Duratrax performance Short Course tyres

Duratrax release four new Short Course tyres along with suitable wheels for most of the popular trucks. Designed for competition use the Lockup, Lineup, Shotgun and Posse called patterns are available in Duratrax’ C2 Soft and C3 Super Soft compounds. Durable, colour-coded sidewall markings make for easy identification. The tyres come in a resealable bag for storage and transportation. The wheels are made to fit all popular Short Course trucks including the Traxxas Slash, HPI Racing Blitz and Associated SC10 and come moulded in black, white or yellow material. Also available are 16 pre-mounted sets with C2 compound tyres on black wheels.

Source: DuraTrax [duratrax.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]