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New Ultimate Racing Air Filter

webmaster@buggy-sport.info (BSI Editor) — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:52:45 PDT

New Ultimate Racing Air Filter

Modelix Racing is pleased to present the new Ultimate Racing air filter set which is intended for use with the majority of 1:8 Off Road cars you can find on the market. It includes the new dual-stage foam, a high-density foam element and a pre-filter.

Tekno RC race video

webmaster@buggy-sport.info (BSI Editor) — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:50:36 PDT

Tekno RC EB48 JBRL Electric Round 4 Lucas Sanford

Tresrey machined heatsink motorplate

webmaster@buggy-sport.info (BSI Editor) — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:39:08 PDT

TRESREY MACHINED HEATSINK MOTORPLATE (RED/DEX210/7075)

This Ultra hardness Heatsink Motor plate (machined from A7075 Aluminum) for Durango DEX210.

Reduces trouble with gear box and gives more cooling for all four types of motor/gear layouts.

Anodized in "Tresrey-Red".

Team Associated race report

webmaster@buggy-sport.info (BSI Editor) — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:12:27 PDT

Pace and Flurer Win at the Spring Sting

Team Associated drivers Chris Pace and Max Flurer headed down to Myrtle Beach, SC for the 6th annual Spring Sting. The Badlands track crew did an awesome job with a fresh layout for the event.

Pace was representing the highly contested 1:8 Pro Gas Buggy class with his Factory Team RC8.2, Flurer running 2WD SCT with his Factory Team SC10, 4WD SCT with his Factory Team SC10 4x4, and 1:8 E Buggy with his Factory Team RC8.2e. After Friday practice the track took on a high bite blue groove; Pace and Flurer felt good going into qualifying Saturday morning. After 3 rounds of qualifying and taking the best 2 of 3 rounds, Pace and Flurer had TQ'd all classes they entered. Team Associated driver Tim Smith qualified a solid 2nd behind Pace in 1:8 Pro Gas Buggy with local track superstar Jason Smith in 3rd.

All electric classes were run first. Max took full advantage of being the top qualifier in all classes and wrapped up all three wins. Later in the day, 1:8 Pro Gas Buggy took the track. As Pace lead the field with team mate Tim Smith in 2nd, Tim Smith had a few issues in the early laps, allowing Jason Smith into 2nd. With 8 minites to go in the 30-minute final, Pace had a few rough laps in traffic. This allowed Smith a good lead; however, Pace put his head down and closed the gap to a few seconds. With a few turns left, Pace landed the double on the inside of Smith and took the win.

Thanks again to the Badlands Crew for and awesome weekend and to all the racers for making it a memorable event.

Serpent race report

webmaster@buggy-sport.info (Michael Nilsson) — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:11:21 PDT

Swedish Cup Rd2 Boras

This weekend the Swedish Cup circus went to Boras in western Sweden, for the second race of the season. The Boras track has very verying surfaces, including asphalt, concrete, wood, astro turf and clay. It has a special section which always gets bumpy and very loose early on in the race. It also has a long triple jump with a slightly flat landing. The combination of these two sections makes the process of setting up the car more complicated. Settle for landing ability or bump handling? I went for the latter, which turned out very well for me.

Last Swedish Cup race in Vetlanda was a large drawback for me when I had to retire in the lead in the quarter final. I learned a lot though, and got my shock setup sorted out. Vetlanda had a lot of big jumps and overall smooth surface. I used the 8-hole conical shock pistons with 1.3 mm holes with 25 WT oil in the rear. Turned out to be a really pleasant combination that could handle both bumps and jumps. For Boras, I changed to thinner oil to adapt to the rough sections of the Boras track.

Saturday’s qualifying rounds felt like a test session. I started out with AKA Cityblocks to get good traction in the loose sections, but it also made the car difficult to drive because of sudden traction rolls. Switched to the outer shock position in both set of A-arms, which gave the car much more “pushability”. Still not satisfied, I went for AKA Impacts to make the car even more forgiving.

Boras is one of the rainiest locations in Sweden, with over 300 days of rain per year. This day was one of the better ones, with just one small shower right before my fourth qualifying round. The rain made the track slick and slippery, but it still turned out good for me, becoming the 6th fastest driver in the round. I’m still a bit bummed about that rain shower, though…

I made the semi-finals cut by claiming the 12th position in the end.

The competitiveness of the Swedish races have gotten alot harder the last few years. Just making the A main is a struggle nowadays. In the semi finals practice I tried to apply my eco-driving mode in an attempt to cut away one pit stop, but Mother nature hade other plans. Fuel consumption was higher than expected, so no 10-minute strategy in the semi finals. Instead, I pushed hard and got through the semi final with a fast and flawless run, placing me 8th on the grid in the A main.

After a few early mistakes in the 45-minute A main, I finally got into the right mode and started to make some progress through the field. The track got bumpy in pretty much every section that wasn’t made of concrete or asphalt, but my Serpent Cobra still handled it neatly and easily. I ended up in 8th place, which I am very happy with.