Qualifying has been concluded at the 2009 Rebellion race and it is Associated team driver Christer Andersson that has taking the pole position with his round 1 time from Saturday. Going into Sunday’s final qualifying round, both Christer and and Tamiya star driver Marc Rheinard were looking very fast but both were running hard and both made mistakes which damaged their cars and forced them to retire. The only drivers in the top ten to improve were Martin Hudy driving his Xray T3 and Simo Ahoniemi with his Corally who knocks his brother Sakke down to the BQ position. So the 3 leg finals will start with Christer on pole followed by Xray driver Alexander Hagberg in 2nd and Marc Rheinard lining up in 3rd. The finals are about to get underway and we will bring you the results as we get them.

Final qualifying positions
1. Christer Andersson – 25 Laps in 5:09.915
2. Alexander Hagberg – 25 Laps in 5:10.304
3. Marc Rheinard – 25 Laps in 5:11.367
4. Teemu Leino – 25 Laps in 5:12.221
5. Viktor Wilck – 24 Laps in 5:01.493
6. Viljami Kutvonen – 24 Laps in 5:01.522
7. Martin Hudy – 24 Laps in 5:02.097
8. Juho Levänen – 24 Laps in 5:02.381
9. Matias Kuusinen 24 Laps in 5:02.837
10. Simo Ahoniemi – 24 Laps in 5:04.944

Read the original post:
Andersson to start on Pole for Rebellion Race

Nosram have introduced a number of new items including their new line up of VTEC LiFe receiver packs and their VTEC pre glued Carpet tires. The batteries are a combination of today’s most used battery types, the robustness and impact resistance of NiMh batteries combined with the capacity, long lifetime and weight advantage of a LiPo battery. They also impress with a higher number of charge cycles and higher cell safety compared to LiPos and the further advantage is that it can be used without an extra RX-regulator. The new VTEC CPX tires offer a newly developed high-traction tire specially for indoor carpet racing. The pre-glued tire features a special low-profile design, which prevents traction-roll on medium to high-grip tracks. With the new CPX pre-glued carpet tire, Nosram also offers a wheel for carpet touring car racing that guarantees 100% controlled racing. The answer to all tyre cheating possibilities are the semi-transparent rims, through which you see the inside of the rims, the result is no cheating.

Source: Nosram [nosram.com]

Source:
Nosram VTEC LiFe RX packs & CPX tires

RC Disco have announced that Jon Hazlewood will be rejoining Xray from the end of the 2009 season. Jon has signed to run the Xray alongside the team’s other recent signing Reece Sawyer and the rest of the UK Xray Team. With multiple UK, European and World A Final results behind him, Jon brings great experience and speed to the team and with the continued development of the 808 buggy and some excellent recent testing RC Disco are looking forward to great results and racing in the future. Jon will be running the Xray 808 Buggy & Hudy tools, with his other sponsors RC Disco, KO Propo, Proline, Byron, Savox, and SMD giving him great equipment to keep him at the top of his game.

Source: RC Disco [rcdisco.com]

See original here:
Jon Hazlewood rejoins Team Xray

East Coast Bodies have released new wheels and tires as part of their Blast Off series. These new wheels are suitable for 1/10th scale off road trucks and sport a dual spoked design with ‘Bling’ style finish. The wheels are available separately or as pre glued with rubbed tires for the front and spiked tires for the rear.

Source: East Coast Bodies [eastcoastbt.com]

Read the original here:
East Coast Bodies Blast Off Truck wheels