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]
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Werks Racing new Molded Insert
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]
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Svensson wins Rd3 of Swedish Cup
Newly formed RPM, Robert Pietsch Motorsport, have confirmed that young up and coming German racer Erik Dankel has signed to race the company’s new range of competition tires. Made by ATS these new tires helped Robert to a final position at this Summer’s European Championships in Valencia, Spain, where Erik also competed finishing in a very creditable 12th overall.
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Erik Dankel joins RPM Motorsport
The final round of the Irish National On road Nitro Championships took place yesterday at the St. Annes track in Dublin with the main attention being on the 1:10 200mm class with the title still up for grabs. Team Serpent Ireland driver Clive Connolly, who wrapped up the 1:8 title and won the 1:10 A Final to go top of the standings at the previous round, was absent from the season finale meaning Xray driver Eoin Doran had the opportunity to snatch the title on tie break if he could take Round 6 victory, but it wasn’t to be. In qualifying it was top UK Championship racer Mark Gilliland that would TQ ahead of his Xray team-mate Doran with Team Serpent Ireland’s Keith Dempsey third. In the Final however both Gilliland and Doran would hit problems allowing Dempsey to take his first ever national win ahead of fellow Serpent 720 racer Chris Lawlor, who claimed his fourth podium of the season to finish 3rd in the final standings. Doran would eventually finish in the final podium placing but up front Dempsey’s win ensured the perfect 2008 National campaign for Connolly as he defended his 1:8 title and secured the 1:10 title at his first attempt. In the 1:8 Final Kyosho driver Austin Elliott TQ’d but his race ended on the opening lap after contact with another car broke his throttle servo. This allowed Colin Whelan’s Kyosho to go on to take the win from the Serpent pairing of Darragh Fox and Sean Doyle.
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Dempsey & Whelan win Irish Nats Rd6