August 28, 2018

RC-Lemans Series finale – Report

The final round of the RC-Lemans Series was held at the EVMC Velp track in The Netherlands. The season finale also was the warm-up for the forthcoming 29th German National Championships what will be held at the same track. Like last year the title decision would be made only at the final round with Kai and Tim Altmann battling it out for the overall in the fast LMP1 class. Over in LMP2 Stock Rainer Schad, with three wins, was in the best position for the overall. However local hero Mathijs Hermens and 2015 Champion Sascha Lennartz were still in the mix, making things entertaining.

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August 28, 2018

Joaquin Desoto Jr. wins at Great Lakes Challenge

The 2018 Great Lakes Challenge was hosted by the Toledo One Eights Racers in Northwood, Ohio last weekend. In the 1/8th Open 4WD A-main it was Serpent’s Ralph Burch with the overall TQ, however in the 30-minutes A-main event it was Serpent teammate, Joaquin Desoto Jr. with the win, a lap in front of Xray’s Mike Swauger. Capricorn’s Paolo Morganti came in 3rd, some eights seconds down on Mike. Scott Kimbrow and Lon Burling made up the top 5 while top qualifiers, Ralph Burch had to settle for 6th overall. Over in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Sedan class it was DJ Apolaro with the TQ and win. DJ brought home the win with a 7-seconds margin from Mike Swauger while Ralph Burch rounded out the top 3 results. Diatta Collymore and Jeremiah Ward followed in 4th and 5th respectively.

Image: Joaquin Desoto Jr.


August 28, 2018

MIP Pro-MT 4×4 HD pivot ball set

Made for Pro-Line’s Pro-MT monster truck is a new pivot ball set from MIP. They were designed to replace the standard items with sturdier and more durable ones, doing away with breaking issues associated with the original PL parts. MIP increased the diameter where the shoulder and threading meet for increased strength as well as manufactured these pivot balls using high impact alloy steel. The suspension balls are direct replacements and they come in sets of two.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]


August 27, 2018

Kyosho Inferno MP9 TKI9 ReadySet nitro buggy

Kyosho’s successful and popular Inferno MP9 TKI4 1/8th scale nitro off-road buggy is soon also available in ReadySet RTR specification. The kit builds on the 8-time World Championship winning Inferno platform and utilises the TKI4’s signature long front suspension arms and 17.5 degree C-hubs. Other features include a cab forward body shell and the high-torque KE21SP recoil starter engine and tuned exhaust. The kit is rounded out by KS5031-09MW servos and a 2.4GHZ radio system.

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August 27, 2018

Wollanka & Horninger win at Austrian GP Buggy Nats

Wölbling in Austria played host to the third round of the Austrian Nitro Buggy Nationals this past weekend. SWorkz’s Martin Wollanka (SWorkz/Picco/TPro) took the win in front of Patrik Schweinzer (Mugen/Novarossi/Pro-Line) 2nd and Dominic Bauer (Mugen/ Ninja/Pro-Line) 3rd. Over in the 40+ class it was Georg Horninger(SWorkz/MW-Picco/TPro) with the win from Mario Penn (HB Racing/Team Orion/TPro) as Heinz Müller (SWorkz/MW-Picco/TPro) snatched the final podium spot.

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August 27, 2018

Arredondo & Miller win at JBRL Electric Series Rd6

Round 6 of this year’s JBRL Electric Off-road Series was hosted by Pegasus Hobbies in Montclair, California this past weekend. The race was held in the usual mix of modified and stock classes and in the premier class of 2WD Open Buggy it was Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo, driving a Team Associated buggy with the win from the Team Associated duo of Johnathan Schultz and Nick Miller in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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August 27, 2018

2018 Nordic Championships – Report

The 2018 1/8th Off-road Nordics were held at the Fullspeed RC racing Arena in Vantaa, Finland over the weekend. Even tough the race is called the Nordics, drivers from other countries were also welcomed to join. This time the most drivers came from Finland with Estonia being the second most represented country. The event kicked off on Friday with a day of practice with Saturday being qualification day and from the get go Joseph Quagraine with his own JQRacing car and Lauri Ruotsalainen driving a Team Associated showed good speed taking the first and second spot in Q1. Later Joona Haatanen showed great speed, taking Q2 and Q3 with his Team Associated in front of Joseph Quagraine and Max Mört.

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August 27, 2018

BRCA Touring Car Series Rd5 – Report

The final race in the BRCA Touring Car Series was a very wet and windy affair but despite the poor weather the Bedworth club put on a great event that was very well received by the strong 100 car entry. In the lead up to the last national of 2018 Olly Jefferies had dominated testing in the Modified class and despite a lack of traction in round one which saw him down the order the Xray driver went on to take TQ and in doing so setting an impressive record of taking TQ at every UK national this season and in 2017. Lining up behind Jefferies on this occasion was his team mate Alex Hagberg with Elliott Harper 3rd for Schumacher.

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