November 23, 2009

Xray Column – National Heroes

…week… club, local, and regional races and of course the numerous national race series in every category in all countries around the world. The XRAY national and regional teams around the world have been well known for their very active work and racing during the whole season, and we do our best to publish all the latest news on our Web site. I closely monitor all race reports coming from around the world and I am always very happy and proud for every single XRAY victory no matter where it comes from. Read the full column here. Source: Xray [teamxray.com]…


November 19, 2009

Pro Tips with Michael Salven – Part 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILFfDg0dvQc Following on from part one, two, three and four of this five part how-to video series, this 5th and final episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on completing the setup steps and tweaking of the chassis, getting it ready for racing….


November 17, 2009

Pro Tips with Michael Salven – Part 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M2HJPG7KkU Following on from part one, two and three of this five part how-to video series, this 4th episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on the first setup steps, including setting the droop, ride height and camber. The remaining video in this series will focus on the completing the setup steps and finally tweaking the chassis, getting it ready for racing….


November 17, 2009

Indovino & Orlowski win Polish Indoor Buggy nats Rd2

…2nd round of the Polish Indoor offroad series, run once again in Warsaw. 120 drivers were in attendance met to the test of strength. In the 2wd class it was eight-year old Michal Orlowski with his Tamiya that took the win from 2nd placed Piotr Blazucki, while the 3rd spot went to Bartek Maciejewski. In the 4wd class it was Dennis Fadtke that took the TQ spot and would win the first final, but it would be Morris Indovino that would take the overall win, with Fadtke taking 2nd spot and Artur Kramza. The full results can be found here….


November 14, 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. This weeks round up includes the following stories. – XB808 Wins the Hessen Cup – XB808 Wins the Galician Regional Championship – T2’009 Wins Portugese National Championship – T3 Wins Danish Championship R2 – NT1 Wins 2009 Swiss Championship Race Reports XB808 Wins the Hessen Cup The first test drives in…


November 13, 2009

Pro Tips with Michael Salven – Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJdTtchKd8k Following on from part one and part two of this five part how-to video series, this 3rd episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on building the perfect shock absorber, mounting of the engine and checking the free movement of the suspension in preparation for applying the setup. The remaining two videos in this series will focus on the setup and tweaking of the chassis getting it ready for racing….


November 11, 2009

Florida State Series Rd3 report

…ended up doing the only 17 lapper with 17 in 5:13 and had the fastest lap with 17.9, again the only 17 second lapper in the event. I definitely see a possibility to go fastest with the sedan also, but not sure is 18 is possible. Maybe 17 with 5:05 or something like this. I felt good come Sunday for the mains, having TQ’d both classes and looking good for the finals. For the finals I tried to make some changes for the 733 and for the 966 as well. First up was the sedan and the car was really…


November 9, 2009

Pro Tips with Michael Salven – Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wjogF57xpo Following on from part one of this five part how-to video series, this 2nd episode from Serpent chief designer and former World and European Champion Michael Salven focuses on the cleaning, measuring and assembling the perfect Centax clutch. The remaining videos in this series will show how to build the Serpent’s shock absorbers as well as setup and tweak the chassis ready for racing….


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