The latest addition to Fastrax’s growing range are the new ‘Turf Ripper’ grass and astro turf tires for 1/10th off road buggies. Suitable for all popular racing 2wd and 4wd buggies, they are molded in Fastrax’s T1 compound and feature a lightweight carcass and firm spike design for all round speed and handling performance. Sold as a pair without inserts. Source: Fastrax [fastrax-rc.com]…
…– 3pts (1 2 9) 3. Viljami Kutvonen – 5pts (3 5 2) V-Dezign Carpet Ripper 3.0 4. Teemu Saarinen – 7pts (8 3 4) 5. Miika Laurila – 7pts (4 10 3) V-Dezign Carpet Ripper 3.0 6. Panu Vehniäinen – 9pts (5 4 5) V-Dezign Carpet Ripper 4.0 7. Tony Raikas – 12pts (6 7 6) 8. Tom Kalves – 13pts (9 6 7) 9. Jarno Siltanen – 15pts (7 8 8) 10.Sami Munck – 19pts (10 9 10) Finnish Championship after 3/4 rounds 1. Vesa Yli [ 90 100 100 ] 290pts 2. Simo Ahoniemi [ 100 82…
…t-bar car with cells! Vesa and Andy both ran the new prototype Carpet Ripper 4.0 which will be out soon. Mark Stiles was also running the new Carpet Ripper 4.0, but could only manage 17th overall after experiencing problems during qualifying. He would be joined in the B by Matt White, who like Chris was running a t-bar car and 4-cell packs. Russ Williams poled the C final and was very unlucky not to make the B. With 3 Carpet Rippers in both A mains the V-Dezign team did a superb job by being the most popular car in the…
…Ahoniemi completed the top 3 for Corally. In the 10.5 pro stock class the locals have a Brit up front in the form of Andy Moore, the ex touring World champion heads up the field ahead of current European Stock Spec champion, Germany’s Marc Fisher driving a Corally. Chris Kerswell was third ahead of fellow brit Mark Stiles, both driving a V-Design Carpet Ripper, delighting team owner Vesa Yli who is here racing and on hand to assist. Today will see one more round of qualifying and we hope to bring you the results and more photos later on today….
…– 7pts [6,5,2] 5. Teemu Saarinen – 7pts [5,4,3] 6. Viljami Kutvonen – 8pts [3,6,5] Carpet Ripper 7. Panu Vehniäinen – 13pts [4,10,9] Carpet Ripper 8. Matias Kuusinen – 13pts [7,9,6] 9. Tom Kalves – 15pts [8,8,7] 10.Joni Minkkinen – 15pts [10,7,8] Carpet Ripper Now after 2 rounds of nationals it is Vesa who is leading in championship points before Simo Ahoniemi. The next round of the nationals will be run in week 11 in Norhern Finland in the city of Oulu. Finnish 1/12th Mod Nationals after 2 rounds 1. Vesa Yli – [90/100] 190pts 2. Simo Ahoniemi – [100/82]…
V-Dezign have released details on their new Carpet Ripper 3.0, an upgrade kit for 1/12th scale racers who own either of the previous models CR07 or CR2.0. Associated Dynamic Strut, CRC Pro-Strut and HB front ends will fit (not included with the kit) and the usual IRS and CRC axles will also fit (not included). There will be kits suitable for CR2.0 owners who already have most parts to make the car race ready and an upgrade kits for new customers soon after with motor pods and tubes included. The new kit uses motor pods, rear X, bumper plates and…
…run with 10.5 motors. This season sees the introduction of 1S lipo batteries as an alternative to 4-cell NiMh, although most chose to stick with their tried and tested 4-cell packs at this early stage in the season. Chris Kerswell dominated stock qualifying driving a V-Dezign Carpet Ripper 2.0. At times he was almost a whole lap clear of the chasing pack, but the gap was eventually closed to a handful of seconds by Olly Jefferies who lined up 2nd ahead of Mark Stiles, also driving a V-Dezign. In the A final, the front runners got away cleanly and the…
Chesterfield Auto Racing Society played host to a Grand Prix style 2-day meeting, with support from Action Model Centre. Both stock and modified classes were catered for, with just over 2/3 of the entry opting to run 10.5 motors in the stock class. In qualifying, new V-Dezign team recruit Russ Williams took a comfortable TQ with his new Carpet Ripper 2.0 chassis. Russ took a few runs to get to grips with his new ride, but was soon up at the front where everyone expected him to be. Mick Farrell qualified 2nd for Hot Bodies with Peter Craig 3rd for…
