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October 9, 2008

Rabitti wins Rd4 Italian UISP C/ship

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LRP are reporting on the fourth round of the Italian UISP Championship which was held in Reggio Emilia recently where team driver Riccardo Rabitti added to his Round 1 & 2 victories with his third win in the 6 round championship. Having missed Round 3, Rabitti returned in style taking TQ honours before going on to win the first two finals to secure overall victory from Federico Sala. Joining Rabbitti, who now leads the championship standings, on the podium was his brother Stefano. Riccardo Rabitti is proving multi talented having also enjoyed victory in this year’s Italian 1:8 Off Road Nationals.

Source: LRP (lrp.cc)

October 9, 2008

Wood is British 1/8th Champion

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Tim Wood (pictured on podium at Round 7) is the new British National 1:8 Champion after atrocious weather conditions at the weekend caused the cancellation of the ninth and final round of the BRCA championship at the Adur track which is situated on the south coast of England. The Team Serpent UK driver, who won three rounds this year, only had one challenger to the title in team-mate Mark Green who had two to his credit but the weather meant they didn’t get to go head to head for the title. This is Green’s, a member of the Serpent factory team, second National defeat by a younger driver as last month he lost out on the 1:10 200mm title to emerging young talent Kyle Branson.

October 9, 2008

15-year-old Max Claes wins Belgian title

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He is only racing two and a half years but 15-year-old Max Claes has taken his first National title winning the 1/10 200mm T2 Belgian Championship at the final round at the Charleroi track over the weekend. Racing in very poor weather conditions, Max took TQ honours for the championship finale with his Serpent 720. Starting from the No.1 spot on the grid a wrong tyre choice meant the up and coming young talent was unable to challenge for his third win of the season but finishing fifth was enough for him to claim his first ever National first title from Renaud Gysemberghs. Over the championship Max claimed two victories and four podium placings and the new champion is already looking forward for to new challenges next year. In true champion style Max thanked his dad Alain and Jan de Pooter from RC Car Colours for their support during his successful campaign.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 8, 2008

Team Durango founded

Gerd Strenge and Michael Vollmer are proud to announce the founding of a new company Team Durango. The Team Durango name has been around the scene since 1999 when the first Durango 4WD 1/10 electric 4WD buggy was made by Gerd Strenge. What followed was a very successful history of national and international victories including wins at the German and Australian National Championships but the highlight winning the 2004 European Championship in Italy in the hands of the very talented Jörn Neumann. Although only available to the public as hand built one-off cars the Team Durango 1/10 4WD buggy has a large following in the buggy scene and is one of the most anticipated cars on the planet. The same applies to the Team Durango 1/8 scale nitro buggy that is around for nearly two years now. The prototype not only won the highly competitive Pro-Line Dirt Challenge 2007 race held in the UK but also holds many top-spots in national and international races. Both cars, the so called DEX410 1/10 electric 4WD buggy as well as the DNX408 1/8 nitro buggy are about to be released under the new Team Durango name very shortly. But there is more: Team Durango is also developing a 1/8 scale nitro truggy and currently working on several general products in the likes of a Jörn Neumann signature tool series, useful and innovative wrenches, merchandise and lots more.

Source: Team Durango

October 8, 2008

Xray Hard 2 Speed Gearbox Spring

Xray have released a new harder spring set for the 2-Speed Gearbox on there NT1. The new springs, which comes in a set of 2, allow for a higher 2nd gear engagement point.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 8, 2008

Root wins JBRL Series

The 2008 Jimmy Babcock Racing League (JBRL) Series concluded over the weekend and it was Team Orion driver Frank Root who lifted both the 2 and 4WD titles. Starting back in March, this years JBRL Series hit 8 of Southern California’s top tracks with one race held each month. Five rounds out of eight were used to determine the overall series champions. Having already wrapped up the 4WD Modified title Root needed at another good result to do the double and he did just that finishing second behind Team Orion teammate Ryan Cavalieri to give him the 2WD Modified class honours.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

October 8, 2008

Gianni Giorgio wins Venezuela Nats Rd4

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The fourth round of the Venezuelan 1:10 200mm Nationals took place over the weekend where Serpent driver Gianni Giorgio was declared the winner. Driving his Max Power engined 720, Giorgio broke the track record in qualifying with a time of 17.048 and also set a new record for most laps completed over 5 minutes – a run that would secure him the TQ honours. Unfortunately bad weather forced the finals to be abandoned and so the result was declared on the heats. With this victory Giorgio takes the lead of the championship with two rounds remaining.

Thanks to Alan Lavín for the report.

October 8, 2008

JConcepts 5th Anniversary T-shirt

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of JConcepts a newly designed t-shirt has been released. Not your ordinary race t-shirt, this is a 100% 1:1 scale authentic racing t-shirt design. A completely detailed 1/8th nitro buggy on the rear of the shirt signifies JConcepts arrival into the 1/8th buggy class with the pole position taken at the recent IFMAR World Championships. Major event accolades are printed on the T-shirt along with tribal flame art, graphical JConcepts imagery and popular blue, yellow and orange color themes makes this a must have t-shirt.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]