The French Mag Race 2016 was held this past weekend in Les Pennes Mirabeaux near Marseille. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Jerome Aigoin would lay down a dominating performance by taking the TQ after the qualifiers and bringing home the win in the A-main one lap ahead of Julien Lattanzio. Baptiste Debrooux would round out the podium result in third.
Image: Jerome Aigoin
The opening round of the BRCA 1/10th Off-road National Championship was held this past weekend at the Kiddermister multi-sufrace track in demanding weather conditions. Sunday’s 4WD competition would be held in relatively settled weather conditions and Team Associated’s Neil Cragg would take the TQ and the win in the A-mains from Yokomo’s Lee Martin while veteran racer Ellis Stafford (TLR) would round out the podium result in third. The day before the 2WD race was held in typical European month of April weather with snow fall greeting the drivers early in the morning. The day ended with sun beaming down and it was Lee Martin (Yokomo) who laid down a dominant performance by taking the day’s win from Yokomo team mate Simon Moss. Neil Cragg (Team Associated) completed the top 3 result.
Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.co.uk]
Tekno RC have announced the signing of Hong Kong based Jonathan Yeung to their team. Jonathan at the age of 13 has already won the 2015 National Chinese championship and a numerous other events in China and abroad. He will use the company’s EB48.3 and NB48.3 1/8th buggies and he has the following to say about the deal:
I am excited to be part of Tekno Team! The latest EB48.3 and NB48.3 are outstanding in performance and reliability. I have no doubt that teaming up with Tekno can help me to reach higher level in RC racing. I would like to thank Tekno RC for offering me this chance to join the team and I am looking forward to a successful year and a great 1/8 nitro buggy race in Las Vegas Worlds later this year.
Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
The recent Helmond Kickoff Race attracted about 100 entries with drivers coming from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Xray pilot Jarno Pijpers started from pole position into the Nitro Buggy main after winning the semifinals. At first he was in a battle with Bart Mullink (Agama) until Wesley van Helmond (TLR) made it a triple up front. All three were in a position to win the race and ultimately it was Wesley who brought home the win from Jarno, who was able to pass Bart for the runner-up spot.
The opening round of the Greek 1/10th Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the new clay track of the Zorri RC facility in Athens. In the 4WD class Tasos Paparegas would start into the race with a strong showing in the qualifiers in which he kept Ntelmpenteris and John Paparegas behind in second and third respectively. The finals then were a pretty intense affair but Tasos managed to bring home the win in all legs to grab the overall victory from Ntelmpenteris in second and Amaxas in third.
Yeah Racing have introduced a range of 3D aluminium fan protectors for motors and speed controllers. Coming in a total of four designs the fan guards offer a raised inner portion to create a 3D effect and they help protecting the delicate fan blades from becoming damaged by larger objects. Each of the four protectors is available in black, blue, orange, pink, purple or red colour with silver chamfered edges making for more visual impact.
GRP have introduced the new Micro and Cross 1/6th scale off-road tyres. Starting with the Micro tyre, the tread was designed for the use on clean or slightly dusty tracks with medium to high grip. Smaller sized blocks make for good traction and and an easy to drive car. The Cross was designed for sandy and dusty low to medium grip conditions with the tyre’s asymmetric design allowing to adjust the overall grip available. The tread offers additional outer ribs on one side – which is not visible in the above rendering – to increase side bite in loose track conditions. Both 180mm tyres are available in the dirt-specific S-series and sand/astroturf specific P-series compounds including inserts.
Source: GRP [grpgandini.it]
First introduced by Kyosho’s Yuichi Kanai some weeks ago, Kyosho have now officially announced the forthcoming MP9 TKI4 high downforce bodyshell. Sporting larger and steeper angled rear sidepod winglets the body is meant to offer an increased rear downforce, making it ideal especially for bumpy and/or low-grip tracks. The body is a direct replacement for the kit part and it is available in a standard 1.0mm or lightweight 0.8mm variant.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]
