Below you will find the results from the first round of the VP PRO Worlds Series which took place in Queensland, Australia -

Buggy -
1) Kyle MC.BRIDE - MBX6
2) Jason DYCKHOFF - Team Associated, Kelletts Hobbies, Reedy,V
3) Aaron STRINGER - HEI, Mugen, Proline, JVD / Mugen MBX6 / No
4) Zac RYAN - Agama, Vp-Pro, Ultrahobbies, AT Racing / A
5) Scott KIRCHNER - Team losi, novarossi, at racing / Losi 8 2
6) Anthony WILSON - MISCHIEF TOYS AND HOBBIES / XRAY 808 / RB
7) Brent HENNESSY - Losi 2.0EU / OS
8 ) Stephen FRANCIS - Agama
9) Steve PERRY - OMP / Losi / Novarossi
10) Tim MCKAY Losi / Ninja
11) Tony NETTLETON - AKA—RC Pro Products—Byron Fuels / AKA
12) Nathan BARTHOLDT - Mugen / Alpha Plus
13) Darren PERRY -
14) Justin WHITCOMBE Team Associated RC8B
15) Sam PENNY - AKA AUS – MMI / MUGEN / NINJA

Truggy -
1) Kyle MC.BRIDE - MBX6
2) Aaron STRINGER - HEI, Mugen, Proline, JVD / Mugen MBX6T / N
3) Ian HALEY - Hot Bodies / JS Racing,NItro X, Hot Bodies
4) Tony NETTLETON - AKA—RC Pro Products—Byron Fuels / AKA
5) Lucas AULBURY - PRO BUGGY RC / MUGEN mbx6t / ninja
6) Dean CHILCOTT - Losi 2.0 truggy / OS vspec
7) Jason WELLS - PRO BUGGY R/C, MYLON FUELS, MOOSE27 design
8 ) Bill ROSS - A E RC8T / Speed
9) Scott CRAIG - Losi / OS V-Spec
10) Bruce AIREY - RUNAWAY BAY HOBBIES . AIREY ELECTRICAL / M
11) Tim MCKAY Mugen / Ninja
12) Brendon JOHNSON - A E RC8T / V Spec
13) Sam PENNY - AKA AUS – MMI / MUGEN / NINJA
14) Nathan BARTHOLDT - Mugen / Alpha Plus
15) Derick MURTON - Losi / RB

Louise RC World has released the following 8th scale buggy performance wing, which features -

• Etched grid design on underside wing for firming easily.
• Available in all kinds 1/8 scale Buggy and Truggy.
• Option in Black and White.
• New 3D design provides high downforce and stability in high speed.

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“The LRP/SMD Truggy drivers Stan Gill & Joe Joyce attended the finals of the popular 8th10 race Series Finals held at Frankley MCC. This series has been very well attended by drivers from all over the Midlands UK with well over 100 entries at all rounds and the final round did not disappoint with 122 booked in. The final round was for double points only if you had already attended the previous 4 rounds, so this made things very close indeed, in both classes any number of drivers could have taken the win with a good result at FMCC. In the Truggy class over 50 drivers entered the series and it all boiled down to the final round with LRP/SMD drivers Joe Joyce & Stan Gill in with a chance. James Bulivant from Derby Model Shop was also in attendance and in with a chance, leading the championship table. Qualifying got under way at 9.00am sharp after the race director decided to add a little change to the track layout! 1 round of timed Practice with 3 rounds of Qualifying and 2 rounds to count would decide the TQ. The track was smooth and the layout was simply awesome and inspiring to say the least! Fast, Flowing, challenging, needing 100% concentration!”

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Werks Racing reports – “When it comes to nitro racing Werks Racing is back and back with a bang! At last weekends Wiregrass Indoor Nationals, Werks engines clearly set the benchmark for dominating the field! With in excess of 190 entries for this event it was clearly going to be a tough battle to see who would end up on top. So how did we do you might ask? Clear domination! Doing something that I believe has never been done before we are happy to say that Werks B5 & B6 engines either TQ’d or took 1st place in every single nitro class at the event!!! Yes you read that correctly, Werks engines took TQ or 1st place in every single nitro class at the entire event and we are not only talking about a single Buggy and Truggy class but Pro class, Open class & Sportsman classes of Buggy and Truggy, for a total of 6 different classes!

• TQ & 2nd in Pro Buggy
• TQ & 2nd in Pro Truggy
• 1st in Open Truggy
• TQ in Open Buggy
• TQ & 1st in Sportsman Buggy
• 1st in Sportsman Truggy

We feel that this shows not only the performance capabilities of our engines but also the flexibility of them! They are not only capable of winning in the hands of the pro driver but also the intermediate level Open Class racer as well as the Sportsman racer! Werks Racing engines, quite simply the best priced and performing engines on the market today period!”

Werks Racing

JC reports – “This past weekend the annual Wiregrass Nationals were held in Ozark, Alabama. The temperature was hot but the heavy showers on Friday and Saturday provided some temporary relief from the heat. The metal roof over the track protected the track from the elements, but there was no protecting the surface from the thrashing of the cars and trucks throughout the day. The packed surface quickly gave way to the underlying sandy base providing some true off road racing with major dips, craters, and ruts. Pick your racing line carefully and be prepared to change it as the race progressed! Pro Truggy was TQ’ed by Mike Battaile as the start of the 16 car main began. Second place qualifier Barry Pettit was in hot pursuit from the beginning. The remainder of the 45 minute race was a battle between the two, with Pettit coming out on top at the end, Battaile in second and Sean Kersten in 3rd. Pro Buggy was also TQ’ed by Mike Battaile, followed by Billy Easton and Chris Pace. Battaile and Easton checked out quickly and swapped for the lead for the first few minutes. Barry Pettit, starting in fourth, had two rough first laps battling with the track and was in last place, not far from being lapped by the 2 front-runners.”

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Louise RC World has announced the release of their all new truggy tyre, the T-PIRATE. www.louiserc.com

Xray reports – “Round 3 of the Malaysia National League was held on July 11, 2010 at RC Connection, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia . There were 3 classes at this event: 8 racers in Truggy Class, 27 racers in Intermediate Buggy Class, and 67 racers in Expert Buggy Class. The race format was three rounds of 7min qualifying for each class. In the final, there was one group for Truggy class, two groups (A-B) of Intermediate Buggy, and six groups of finals (A-F) for Expert Buggy, with 5 drivers bumping up to the final. The weather really unpredictable since the day before the race. Rain fell the night before and a few minutes before the race started in the morning. At this race, I tried to get more laps in qualifying but I could only get 9 laps in the first and third rounds. Most drivers can get 10 laps in a 7min qualifying round. Team XRAY Indonesia attended this event with Edy Susanto, Baron Perkasa, and me. Before the final started, there was big rain and it caused the final to be delayed for 1 hour.”

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“Ryan Lutz takes TQ and the win in Pro Buggy & Truggy at the Futaba/OS Nitro Challenge this past weekend. Ryan was using the Z852 with the Alpha Plus 2081 pipe in his buggy & the S852 with the A Plus 0801 pipe in his truggy.”

Report: Carlton Eppes

JConcepts have provided us with the following updates from the RC Pro Series in the Great Lakes Division.

Round 1 -
Date: Fri May 21, 2010 to Sun May 23, 2010
Location: McCullough’s RC Sarver, PA.
In the fist round I TQd both truggy and buggy in the open class. I won the truggy and came in second in buggy. I ran blue Sevens in truggy with a Punisher body on my MBX 6T with the High Downforce Wing.

Round 2 –
Date: Fri Jun 18, 2010 to Sun Jun 20, 2010
Location: Hidden Spring Springfield, OH.
2nd round of the RC Pro Series in the Great Lakes division I TQd and won truggy in the open class. Finished 2nd in buggy in the open class. I changed to blue Crosshairs at the 2nd Pro Series race. I ran blue Double Dee’s in the buggy at both races.

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“Frankley Model Car Club has teamed up with Podium RC in the Midlands to bring you for the first time the Podium RC Astroturf Challenge (18th and 19th Sept 2010). Entry Fee for this event will be £20 and every entrant will receive a free T Shirt, This is hoped to be an Annual event and is specifically designed to bring the “Not so well Known drivers” into the spotlight allowing them to shine through and give them a piece of the advertisement Spotlight.

The Format for the event will be -

Saturday 19th September –

Will have 1 round of practice and 5 rounds of qualifying with hopefully Saturday evening having a small get together and possibly a bit of track fun (subject to weather and conditions) of the Famous Frankley Super lap.

Sunday 20th September –

Sunday will have an additional 1 round of qualifying followed by 30 minutes Finals (subject to weather) and presentation of Trophies by Podium RC.

Trophies up for grabs are -

Top 10 Buggy
Top 10 Truggy
Top 5 Short Course
Top 5 Juniors
The golden handbag award

A Raffle is being arranged from the Distributors to give you the chance to win some prizes and at the same time give a little back to the Charities who for this year will be R.O.H.B.T.S, County Air Ambulance. The Distributors will be announced Shortly. Live timing will be available for this event and the online booking form can be found here.”