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September 9, 2014

Bruno Coelho takes Portuguese Nitro Buggy title

During last weekend’s final round of the Portuguese 1/8th scale Nitro Buggy national championship in Ortigosa Serpent’s Carlos Duraes (Serpent) took the win, but the race was also on for the overall championship between Bruno Coelho and his Xray team mate Miguel Matias. In the 45 minute final Bruno and Miguel started from 3rd and 4th respectively and in the beginning stages Miguel quickly moved into the lead, constantly opening a gap on Bruno. In order to save tyres and to keep the car in one piece Miguel started to drive very conservatively, eventually falling back to 3rd place only 2 seconds behind 2nd placed Ricardo Monteiro (TLR). Bruno ended 2 laps down in 4th place and this meant Miguel and Bruno would be tie on points with the better end for Bruno as Miguel had a DNF to count that handed Bruno Coelho the 2014 national championship title.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 9, 2014

Jesper Rasmussen doubles at Danish Buggy champs

Jesper Rasmussen doubles at Danish 1/10th buggy champs

Though cloudy skies covered the outdoor 2014 Danish Championship finale, but it did not rain on Jesper Rasmussen’s parade. He successfully drove his Team Associated buggy to the series win in the 2WD Buggy class, winning the A-main on the Astroturf track with his Reedy-equipped RC10B5M. If that wasn’t enough, he also piloted his Reedy-equipped B44.2 Factory Team buggy to championship in 4WD Buggy.

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September 9, 2014

Bittydesign XB8 Force bodyshell

Made for Xray’s latest XB8 1/8th scale nitro buggy is Bittydesign’s new Force bodyshell. Tailor-made to fit the chassis’s lines the body sports a cab forward design with a roof top shark fin, it offers reverse rear side scoop features for added airflow and downforce and it is made from high quality Lexan material. Included come window masks and a decal sheet and the body will become available by end of September.

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September 9, 2014

ZZRacing Xray series lightweight parts

ZZRacing have new lightweight hardware sets available for a range of Xray kits such as the XB4, T4’14, NT1’14 as well as the X10’15 and X12’15. The sets contain titanium and stainless steel screws, anodised aluminium lock nuts and countersunk washers to scrub around 50 percent of weight on the hardware. The aluminium parts come orange anodised to match Xray’s colour theme and the sets are available now.

Source: ZZRacing [zzracing.net]

September 8, 2014

H-Speed TM4 carbon fibre chassis

H-Speed, the brand of European front runner Hupo Hönigl introduce an optional carbon fibre main chassis plate for the Team C TM4 4WD buggy. Made from 2.5mm carbon material the chassis allows for more torsional flex which provides improved handling characteristics in nearly every track condition while giving added rear traction on power and improved corner entry steering at the same time. Using the chassis also scrubs around 90g of weight compared to the standard aluminium chassis. The chassis is a direct fit on the TM4 and does not require any modification.

Source: H-Speed [h-speed.at]

September 8, 2014

Stoff RC 4500mAh 80C LiPo shorty battery

Ruddog now have the Stoff RC 4500mAh 80C LiPo shorty battery pack available. The economically priced battery is built from high performance 80C cells and ideal for a wide range of applications. The hardcase pack comes equipped with 4mm tube-type connectors and a 2mm balancing port.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

September 8, 2014

Carlos Duraes wins at Portuguese buggy nationals

Last weekend’s Portuguese 1/8th buggy nationals saw Serpent’s Carlos Duraes take the win, having earlier taking the top qualifying spot, in front of TLR driver Ricardo Monteiro. Xray’s Miguel Matias finished 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 8, 2014

Jörn Neumann wins at German 1/10th 2WD nationals

The German 1/10th 2WD buggy nationals took place in Gemünden on an all-astroturf track. Changing weather conditions over the weekend made things tricky for the drivers and mixed-up the field in the qualifiers but after winning the recent 4WD Buggy and Short Course Truck nationals Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann was on a mission again in the dry 2WD Modified Buggy finals to take the national title early after winning the first and second A-final. Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp came in 2nd while Team Associated driver Patrick Hofer completed the top 3 result.

Image: Jörn Neumann