The fourth round of qualifying for the 4WD Electric Buggy World Championships has been cancelled due to the arrival of torrential rain over Vaasa. Looking to protect the clay track from the impending rain the decision was called to stop racing half way through the round so it could be covered. It was to be a wise call as minutes later the rain arrived in force.
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Ryan Maifield has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying for the 4WD EP Buggy World Championship, the Associated driver running 13 laps in 5:18.743 to take the Q1 by one second from Jared Tebo with Ryan Cavalieri third.
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Tony Knauth has won the recent second round of this year’s Aussiemove off-road series at the OCR circuit. The Mugen driver was hard chases for the win by Marc Christianson (Mugen) and Serpent driver Tim Nicol. Fourth place after five rounds of running went to Nathan Tampe (Hyper) with Daniel White (Mugen) in fifth place.
Source: OCR Raceway [ocrraceway.com]
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Check out the highlights from the 2011 Futaba/O.S. Engine Nitro Challenge “Dash for Cash” at the Dirt Burners Greentree R/C Raceway in St. Louis, MO by clicking the video above.
Source: Hobbico [hobbico.com]
Arrowmax release a front universal joint set for the Mugen MRX-5 1/8 scale on-road chassis. Machined from spring steel the CVD-style drive shafts are extremely durable and make for a more consistent power supply curing cornering.
Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]
Putting together what race announcer Scotty Ernst described as the perfect lap, Team Durango’s Elliot Boots ends the first day of the 4WD Electric Buggy World Championships at the top of the time sheets. Making his electric Worlds debut, the 18-year-old produced the fastest lap of the day in the eighth and final round of practice to top 2007 Champion Jared Tebo and Durango team-mate Joern Neumann.
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Merrill Myers has won the 1/10 touring 200mm class at the 3rd annual Pete Johnson Have a Nice Day memorial Race at Blue Diamond Park. Merrill Myers (Shepard Velox v11) took down the win, sweeping two of the three legs with Mike Keely (Xray NT1) in second, and Irvine Cole (Capricorn Lab-C01) finishing third seven seconds over the TQ driver Juan Amador in fourth. It was a hard fought battle for third and fourth with the position changing many times of the course of the triple A’s. Merrill and Mike couldn’t be touched in first and second respectively.
Source: Sky Rocket Racing [skyrocketracing.com]
Team Durango release an aluminium rear gear box holder for the DEX410, DEX410R or DESC410R. Precision machined from high-grade aluminium and anodised to give it a hard-wearing finish the metal part replaces the stock plastic holder. The holder features a set screw that is used to hold the hinge pin in place for the battery strap.
Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]
