Team V-Dezign Carpet Ripper 2.0 has been in track test for few months now with success and is planned to be released later his year! The new V-Dez “CR 2.0” (Carpet Ripper 2.0) includes following new features:
Motor re-placed, better balance especially with powerful BL motors at low to medium traction carpet
Stiffer chassis dezign for more stable cornering in high seed corners
Shorter chassis in front with separated bumper plate; better handling in bumpy tracks
Improved handling in open/big tracks with fast corners and chicanes due to new chassis layout and wheelbase
Re-dezigned graphite parts; new X, lower plate, upper plate and the body post plates
New motor pods; black anodized from T6-7075 aluminum
BL motors can be turned 90degrees to avoid solder posts to touch the body while rear end moves
No exact date set yet for the release - wait for photos to be released very shortly!
New distributors – please contact vesa@v-dezign.net for more info and pre-orders!
1-piece top deck for Tamiya 416 from V-Dez!
Team V-Dezign is about to release new option part for 416 drivers – 1-piece top deck!
The top deck is made from 2mm graphite, has an option fine tune the carby cutting bars off from the middle section of the deck to gain more flex!
More detailed info with photos, price and availability will be released very shortly! Stay tuned!
Please contact vesa@v-dezign.net for more info, pricing and distributing
Chris Kerswell joins V-Dezign!
Chris Kerswell, top British driver from 1/12th scale and TC has joined Team V-Dezign for season 2008-2009! Chris will be competing at the British Nationals and at the 1/12 Euros’s and will make strong team in UK together with another V-Dez team driver Adam Catchpole. Watch out for these guys! Welcome to the team, Chris! And good luck for the new season for both!
Interview and more info coming soon! Stay tuned!
Carpet Ripper wins Russian Championship 2008 – Race Report by Ivan Laptev
So for me it was first important race with Carpet Ripper. Before the race I worried about the car setup. I used to race with AE L4 and had some problems with setup and with rear grip. I don’t have yet much experience in 1/12th scale class so I expected many problems in driving too. But with the Carpet Ripper ‘07 and good advices in the instruction of the car I was suprised that the car had great balance and was also easy to drive. Also many thanks to Vesa who he explained a lot how properly prepare the car before the race.
The track was quite technical and narrow. Grip was medium and the type of carpet was like in used in Finland.
In practice I tried different type of foam. In qualifications I tried to race fast and safety. For me it is not usual to
race 8 minutes so I tried not to make mistakes and save capacity.
In finals I started from pole and managed to win all three finals! Next time I will try to practice more and more to prepare my self for Europe. That why I will be racing in Finland as there are lots of strong drivers as Vesa.
Thanks Ivan for the race report! Looking forward for the new season and more domination! -Vesa
Vesa takes 3rd place in 1/12 Finnish Champs 2008 with Carpet Ripper
Vesa Yli finished 3rd after 4 rounds of Finnish nationals in 2008. Team V-Dez did well in general by putting 3 cars to top 10 in championship points. Well done Jukka and Mika!
Simo Ahoniemi
Teemu Saarinen
Vesa Yli / CR prototype
Tony Raikas
Jarkko Mustonen
Ari Heinonen
Mika Mänty / CR prototype
Jukka Penttinen / CR ’07
Joni Minkkinen
Viljami Kutvonen
Masters of 12th scale 2008, Kerkrade, Netherlands – Report by Vesa
The race was organized in cooperation with my good friend Markus Mobers and Racers Paradise R/C club in Kerkrade, Netherland in the end of February. Both 19t and modified classes were run with total around 40 drivers at the race. The track was permanent and all the facilities were perfect for even a bigger event. The pit space for over 60 drivers and a shop in same the building together with a snack bar – such a great combo! With lots of international races close to the date not too many top drivers were attending the race.
I took part for the race weekend in both classes. In modified I had some problems in qualifying with broken graphite part in my car that wasn’t found until the second final – I sucked big-time! Driving 2 classes I wasn’t able to figure what was wrong with the car until I broke the t-bar of my car and noticed that the lower motor pod plate was broken right next to the screw countersink – just could not see it with normal check. In modified finals Daniel took the win while Markus was 2nd and I got the third place few seconds behind Markus.
The 19t race was my first touch to this class ever – but it was fun! In qualifying I made the fastest lap of the race and missed the TQ spot with couple of seconds as charged the batteries with only 5 amps! N00B!!! In finals we had good battle for the win with Jan and Michael. Anyway a bit disappointing result as I had the speed to win the 19t class and to battle for the win in mod also. But this time too much bad luck and too busy schedule with 2 classes.
Congrats for the winners – Thanks to Jens – nice pitting with you! And a special thanks to Markus for the stay and ride from airport and help – thanks man!! And also thanks to Ronald Baar from Serpent for the ride back to Amsterdam! Had really nice time with all of you guys!
See you at the track!
-Vesa-
Modified top 3 in A final
1 Daniel Sieber
2 Markus Mobers
3 Vesa Yli V-Dezign CR’07
19t top 3 in A final
1 Jan Asmer
2 Michael Lepelaar 3 Vesa Yli V-Dezign CR’07
Teemu Leino & V-Dez paintz wins TITC 2008
Teemu Leino continued his big wins row by dominating the annual TITC race in Thailand in February. Teemu did as usual – dominated the race from start to finish line with his V-Dez drezzed XRAY T2008. Congratz Teemu for another big victory! ´
1. Teemu Leino (Xray) - 20pts (10/10/1) V-Dezign
2. Andy Moore (Hot Bodies) - 19pts (8/9/10)
3. Ronald Voelker (Hot Bodies) - 16pts (2/8/8)
4. Alexander Hagberg (Xray) - 15pts (6/3/9)
5. Naoto Matukura (Yokomo) - 12pts (5/2/7)
6. Atsushi Hara (Hot Bodies) - 12pts (7/5/4)
7. Chris Grainger (Yokomo) - 12pts (4/6/6)
8. Viktor Wilck (Tamiya) - 11pts (9/1/2)
9. Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) - 10pts (1/7/3)
10. Masami Hirosaka (Yokomo) - 9pts (3/4/5)
Teemu Leino & V-Dez paintz wins Snowbirds 1/12 Mod 2008!
Teemu took the victory in 1/12th scale modified class in Snowbirds Nationals in Florida in early February. Once again Teemu chose V-Dez painting for his winning ride! Congratz Teemu!
2007 Friendship Race in Eskilstuna, Sweden
Traditional Friendship Race in Eskilstuna, Sweden was raced from 23th to 25th November 2007. In 1/12th scale class all the best drivers from Finland and Sweden were competing for the title at the Euro’s 2007 venue.
Team V-Dez had a good weekend with Vesa finishing 5th after missing Friday’s practice and first qualifiers on Saturday due to electronic problems. Henry Salmen took victory in C-final with his brand new CR’07.
Simo and Sakke Ahoniemi made the podium with V-Dez painted rides.
1
Simo Ahoniemi
FI
Team Corally
2
1:1, 2:1 [3:1]
Corally 12X
GM
Parma
Corally
2
Alexander Hagberg
SE
CRC
4
1:2, 3:2 [2:7]
CRC
LRP
Parma
LRP
3
Sakke Ahoniemi
FI
Team Corally
5
2:2, 1:3 [3:3]
Corally 12X
GM
Parma
Corally
4
Joel Myrberg
SE
7
2:3, 1:4 [3:8]
Associated L4
LRP
PF
Reedy
5
Vesa Yli
FI
V-Dezign
8
2:4, 3:4 [1:6]
V-Dez CR'07
Nosram
Parma
Nosram
6
Maxx Rosén
SE
11
1:5, 3:6 [2:8]
CRC
Orion
Adv.
7
Magnus Hedlund
SE
13
3:5, 1:8 [2:9]
SpeedEvil
LRP
x
8
Teemu Saarinen
FI
Corally
13
2:6, 1:7 [3:9]
Corally 12X
-
-
-
9
Roland Ström
SE
Team Kyosho
15
2:5, 3:10 [1:10]
CRC
Adv.
CRC
Adv.
10
Tony Raikas
FI
Yokomo
16
3:7, 1:9 [2:10]
Yokomo
LRP
PF
LRP
Vesa Yli wins Rebellion Race 2007
Vesa Yli won the Rebellion Race 2007 in 1/12th modified class held in Mäntsälä, Finland from 19th to 21st October. Vesa won all practice and qualifying heats and TQ’d ahead of Simo Ahoniemi and Teemu Saarinen. CR’07 driver Henry Salmen took 4th place after qualifying with Jukka Penttinen bringing the third Ripper to the A-main.
Vesa lead first two finals from start to finish and took Rebellion Race victory second time in a row! Jukka finished 8th and Henry took 9th place after finals.
The entry list saw some of the best drivers in Europe with Euros A finalists Marc Fisher, Simo Ahoniemi, Teemu Saarinen and Vesa Yli participating the 12th scale class.
Final results:
1 2 Vesa Yli 2 1 1 10
2 4 Teemu Saarinen 4 3 3 1
3 1 Simo Ahoniemi 4 2 2 9
4 8 Ari Salminen 6 4 4 2
5 39 Ari Lappi 8 6 5 3
6 7 Veini Mäkinen 10 7 6 4
7 22 Nappe Fager 10 5 8 5 8 91 Jukka Penttinen 13 9 7 6
9 32 Henry Salmen 15 8 10 7
10 3 Tony Raikas 17 10 9 8
Juho Levänen wins International Speed Weekend
Juho Levänen won touring modified class in ISW race, Germany with his AE TC5.
Juho used used body painted by V-Dezign on his AE ride.
Teemu Leino wins at Vegas IIC
Teemu Leino took the win at International Indoor Champs in Las Vegas. Teemu won the A-main in touring mod foam. Teemu used body painted by V-Dezign on his XRAY ride.
V-Dezign team driver Juho Levänen dominated the last big carpet event of this winter by taking TQ and victory in LRP Masters 2007 in Eppelheim, Germany. Finnish top drivers Christer Andersson and Sakke Ahoniemi also had a successful race and made the A main, both also driving with V-Dezign paintings on their race bodies. Congrats guys!
Vesa Yli joins Team Nosram
V-Dezign and XRAY team driver Vesa Yli, Finland, joins Team Nosram. Vesa will use Nosram Matrix speedos and Storm Evolution brushless motors in his Carpet Ripper 1/12th and XRAY T2 ‘007 rides for the maximum performance!
Carpet Ripper TQ’d & won the 3rd round of FinTrack nationals
3rd round of FinTrack Nationals took place in Mäntsälä, southern Finland in the end of March. The venue is well-known as the Rebellion Race is held there every October. Expectations were high in V-Dezign 1/12 team as Vesa dominated the Rebellion Race in last October with prototype Carpet Ripper by taking the victory at the race.
All top drivers attended the race this time as it was a good place for a warm-up meeting for the Euro’s held only week after in Sweden. After qualifying V-Dezign driver Vesa Yli TQ’d with amazing 1,5 laps gap before Teemu Saarinen who qualified 2nd !
In finals Vesa ripped the competition and took clear victories in each leg of A final.
Carpet Ripper pre-order / pricelist info
First batch of CR’07 conversion kits are planned to be delivered in the end of May or in the first week of June due to delay with materials. The kit price will be a little higher for next kits due to risen material costs and handling costs. There are still few kits left in first batch.
Hardware set for assembly including needed metric screws, washers, nuts etc is not included in the kits. It is highly recommended to order the HW set together with the CR kit for proper assembly and setups.
Pricelist for the parts is available and will be delivered by email to those who have pre-ordered the kit.
You can also contact info@v-dezign.net about the pricelist, and availability!
V-Dezign Carpet Ripper '07
Carpet Ripper ’07 upgrade kits will be available in May 2007, pre-order now! The kit price will be 140 €. Parts included:
chassis
motor pod
tubez
lower motor plate
upper motor plate
bodypost plates
extra tweak plate
rear x stiffener
shims and screwz needed for assembly
AE front end and t-bar assembly fits the chassis perfectly.
Kits ordered before 17th May will get free V-Dezign t-shirt with the kit! More info about payment methods etc will be added here shortly.
Moro photos of the car will be added here shortly!
1/12 Euro’s 2007 in Eskilstuna, Sweden
Team drivers Andy Griffiths and Vesa Yli finished A-main at 2007 Euro’s!
The most prestigiuos 1/12th scale race in Europe, 2007 European Championship race, was held in Eskilstuna, Sweden from 30th March to 1st April.
Andy Griffiths from Great Britain qualified 3rd and Vesa Yli made his first Euro’s A-main by qualifying 9th. After finals Andy finished 4th and Vesa took 10th place. Already from practice it was clear that Carpet Ripper ’07 was dialled to the track as Vesa and Andy were in top 6 all the time already during practice rounds.
Thanks Andy and congrats for the great result!
Official Spazstix painter in Europe!
As a painter for pro’s, I need to improve my themes and color combinations all the time. I got a change to try Spazstix paints for the first time few months ago - and I was amazed! Spazstix’s secret formula for the new Mirror Chrome was just amazing – you could se yourself like looking at the mirror! Not only looking like a real chrome, it was also very fast and easy to paint! Anodized and fluorecent colors with many color options were impressive too: colorchanges with many different options, anodized looking blue, super bright Fireball orange.. etc..Best.Paints.Ever, I would say!
I also choosed to use Spazstix pre-cut masks as thet appeared to be the fastest, the easiest and the most reliable tape masks I have ever used before.
If You wanna look like pro at the track, choose Spazstix!
Teemu Leino 2nd at the Touring Car Euros 2006!
Top V-Dezign team driver Teemu Leino took 2nd place at the 2006 Euro’s in Turkheim, Germany. Also 2 other team drivers, Steen Graversen and Simo Ahoniemi took their rides in A-final. Total 8 V-Dezign drivers finished in top 30! Well done guys!
World top drivers choose V-Dezign!
Viktor Wilck, Jonas Kaerup, Steen Graversen and Martin Christensen choose
V-Dezign! New photos from these and many other new drivers will be added
in a near future...finally! :) Stay tuned!
