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Team Durango – DEX210 & DEX410V3 Attack The Snow

Team Durango team drivers were out in force at last weekend’s 4^th round of the aptly named ‘Snowman Series’ at Broxtowe’s exciting race venue near Nottingham in the U.K.

The cold and bleak conditions didn’t deter Team Durango U.K Team Manager Adam Skelding. Neither did it drain the enthusiasm from his Team Durango team mates James Ambrose, Ian Mellish, Dan Austin and Andy Wesson who also braved the snow and ice covered conditions to represent Team Durango at this very popular venue.

With the temperature hovering around freezing point, the Team Durango drivers knew that tyre choice was going to be critical when it came to finding the correct amount of grip in the slippery conditions. James Ambrose returned with a 4^th in round one and repeated this position in round two with his DEX210 buggy. Ian Mellish took 2^nd place in round two with a technically excellent drive in the difficult conditions. Adam Skelding was very happy with his first round of 4WD qualifying, with his DEX410V3 matched with dBoots Multibyte tyres in B compound.

As the slippery Broxtowe track began to thaw with the winter sun making a brief appearance during rounds 3 and 4, Adam pushed his DEX410V3 to an overall TQ position and commented that the car was handling the tracks slippery areas very well teamed with his choice of dBoots tyre. James Ambrose returned with yet another 4^th in round with his DEX210 that was also soaking up the winter conditions and performing extremely well against the fast competition that Broxtowe has to offer.

Adam also had a strong success during the day by switching his tyre choice to dBoots Nanobytes in 4WD that created an instant increase in grip for his buggy. All attending drivers agreed that the diverse track conditions were easily attacked by using the great range of tyres that dBoots supply.

With several other drivers running both DEX210’s and DEX410V3 cars, the Broxtowe meeting was drawn to a suitable Team Durango crescendo when Ian Mellish drove a wonderful 2WD A final to take the win and cement his points lead across this closely competed series.

Team Durango drivers lead both classes in the series, with Ian Mellish in 2WD and Adam Skelding in 4wd. James Ambrose currently lies 2^nd in 2WD with Dan Austin 3^rd in 4WD, round 3 winner Andy Wesson still has some rounds to complete but has strong points from his two meetings so far.

Well done to all Team Durango drivers who attended Broxtowe during this cold winter race meeting. Team Durango’s 2WD and 4WD vehicles, teamed with dBoots tyres, are proving that cold conditions will not stop their rise to podium positions every week at a race venue near you.