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August 27, 2008

Danish Off-Road Nationals Rd5

We received a report from the 5th round of the Danish Off-Road Championship, which was held recently in Gjøl very close to Aalborg. The track was brand new and the club just finished their work on the track a few day before the race. In Stock class it was Martin Kristensen in the fast lane and Jesper Rasmussen in second place with Eli Lundgaard in third position, the compact and technical track suited Martin and he was able to continue his pace into the finals and won two out of three ahead of Jesper Rasmussen and Sebastian Sørensen.

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August 27, 2008

Stotfold Nationals report by oOple

Our friends over at oOple have a report from the final round of the 2008 BRCA 10th off road National Series which drew to a close at the all astro Stotfold track. The 2WD championship was already decided in favour of Ellis Stafford’s X-Factory X6, the 4WD title however had come down to the last meeting with only three possible winners, Lee Martin, Ellis Stafford and Chris Doughty. In 2wd Ellis Stafford qualified second behind Neil Cragg but it was Ellis that took the win to go with his 2WD championship title. Lee Martin in the 4WD class had won the series by round three of qualifying, with neither of his title challengers able to TQ the meeting for the extra point it meant they couldn’t catch him. Lining up second behind Darren Bloomfield, Lee took the first two legs of the A final to seal another National win.

Read the full report here, including lots of great photos and interviews.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

August 27, 2008

Vitaly Romanov wins at Russian Nats

Another brief report from the Russian National Championships that were held in Moscow at the RC2 off road track recently, this time from the buggy class. The 45 minute A-main was won by pole man Vitaly Romanov, driving the Associated RC8, almost half a lap in front of 2nd placed Kyosho racer Nikita Pomogaev, while 3rd spot went to Mikhail Diachenko, also with the RC8.

August 26, 2008

Associated BB Shocks & Clutch shoes

Associated RC8/T BB Shocks & Clutch shoes

Team Associated have announced the release of some new parts for the RC8 and RC8T. Starting with these big bore shocks, they are available for both the front and rear of the car and come with hard anodized, threaded 16mm aluminum shock bodies. Extra-large shock bladders allow full volume compensation, while together with the heavy-duty 4mm stainless steel shafts the shocks provide increased stability in rough sections as well as providing softer landings on big jumps. Also new are some handy tools which will make your 16mm Big Bore shock adjustments a snap. Finally for both cars are these new clutch shoes made from durable and hard 2024 alloy that claim to extend the life of your clutch. The harder material will last longer between rebuilds and maintenance, which equates to more time on the track.

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August 26, 2008

Jörn Neumann wins German 2WD Nats

Only two weeks after winning the 4WD Nationals at the Trier track in Germany Team Associated/Team Durango driver Jörn Neumann also secured himself the 2WD title. The championship was held at the challenging track of the MSC Karlsfeld located in the South German Munich area. The meeting that was held over two days suffered a bit from Saturdays rainy weather which caused some delay and affected the qualifying session since the clay track got very muddy which lead to questionable conditions during the last rounds on the first day. But come Sunday all of the 64 racers in both the stock and modified class were rewarded by beautiful sunny weather. Racing started with the remaining of the qualifying rounds and early start of the finals on Sunday noon. In 2WD (13.5T) Stock CS Electronic/Associated driver Christian Stanglmeier took TQ in front of “Old Dude” Eberhard Beck (Associated) and young Sebastian Findeisen (Associated). In 2WD Modified LRP/Associated driver Benni Gröschel secured himself the number one spot some nine seconds in front of Jörn Neumann (Associated) and “Fast Boy” Robert Hart (Associated).

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August 25, 2008

Werks Racing new Molded Insert

Werks Racing have announced the release of their new and improved 1/8th scale buggy tire inserts. Keeping the same wide, slightly rounded, profile that works exceptionally well with most of today’s more popular tire designs these new inserts use a new, lighter weight, higher quality material that makes for an even more consistent insert, virtually eliminating any difference in hardness between one to the next. As an added bonus the new material is less prone to disintegrating resulting in a longer wearing insert all at the same price as the old one.

Source: Werks Racing [werksracing.com]

August 25, 2008

Svensson wins Rd3 of Swedish Cup

Christoffer Svensson wins Swedish Cup Rd3

Werks Racing have been in contact to tell us about their success at last weekend’s round 3 of the Swedish Cup held in Mjölby. Qualifying saw Andreas Edvinsson do the fastest run from Robert Gustafsson in 2nd and Werks sponsored Christoffer Svensson in 3rd. I the main final it was Hobao racer Svensson that came away with the win by 13 seconds in front of young Kyosho racer David Ronnefalk in 2nd, while Losi driver Gustafsson ended up in 3rd, only 4 seconds further back.

Source: Werks Racing [werksracing.com]

August 24, 2008

Yannick Aigoin wins Coupe de France

The 2008 Coupe de France took place this weekend in Les Andelys, North West of Paris. Qualifying for the 4wd class saw Nicolas Rodriguez take the pole position ahead of Yannick Aigoin in 2nd and Jerome Aigoin in 3rd. Following the semi finals, that were each won by Jerome Aigoin and brother Yannick, it was the Jerome, driving the new Inferno MP9 that would line up on pole position for the main final. In the 45 minute final Jerome unfortunately ran into some problems that saw him finish down in 6th, 4 laps down on the eventual winner Yannick Aigoin driving a Losi 8ight, with current European Champion Renaud Savoya in 2nd for Mugen, while Xray driver Jerome Sartel claimed the last step of the podium in 3rd.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]