A round of the US Top Notch Tour was held at Revelation Raceway recently and it was Daniel Blalock (Xray) with the win in the Intermediate Nitro Buggy class. David Carrasco Jr. (HB Racing) came in 2nd from 3rd placed TLR driver David Delgado.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
For round 3 of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia racers again travelled to the Pik hala Maribor track. The penultimate round of the championship attracted drivers from three countries to fight for the important championship points and in the Touring Stock 13.5T class it was Rok Rudl who took the TQ from young Bjan Mikložič as Stefan Hois grabbed the P3 spot on the grid. In the 21.5T Formula class it was Herfried Pucher with the pole position from Matej Dobnikar and Alojzij Osvald. Finally in 1/12th Pan Car Nejc Mihelič came out fastest after the qualifiers from Jernej Vuga Štendler 2nd and Goran Vignjevič 3rd.
The second round of the Islikon Masters was held in Islikon, Switzerland this past weekend. Philipp Huber took the pole position in the Touring Pro Stock class and he also came out on top after the A-mains, taking the day’s win from Nuno Huber 2nd and Roland Kupper 3rd.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
Round four of the Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin. The weekend kicked off with free practice on Friday followed by the qualifiers and finals on Saturday. In the 2WD Buggy class Adam Izsay took a popular TQ from Max Gotzl 2nd and Martin Bayer 3rd. In the opening A-main Adam and Max were able to quickly pull away after Martin had some bad luck. Despite his best tries, Max was not able to challenge Adam as Gotzl made a small mistake which cost him the win.
Team Magic have introduced the red edition J-Star 6S ready-to-run monster truck. The vehicle comes factory assembled and including a waterproof Hobbywing 150A speed controller, a 2250kV 6S LiPo-compatible brushless motor as well as a waterproof Savöx metal gear steering servo and a red colour truck bodyshell equipped with a LED light bar. The chassis is equipped with new generation front and rear differentials, a metal centre diff and hardened steel universal driveshafts.
View an image of the chassis here
Last weekend saw the running of the New Years Cup, hosted by the German MAC Lingen club. In the strong Formula class it was Shepherd driver Jarno Holtman who took home the win. Starting from the 2 spot behind TQ holder Joey Sorber, who was also running a Shepherd car, the finals saw some close but fair battles between both drivers. Ending the day on the 3rd spot was Marco Kruse who significantly improved his car, rewarding himself with a top 3 finish and completing an all-Shepherd podium.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
MIP have introduced a shock cartridge spacer kit for the Tekno RC EB410 1/10th 4WD buggy. The stock shock cartridge setup uses two X-ring seals that ride against themselves. As they aren’t designed to be stacked together they tend to roll during shock compression and they will act like a pump or vacuum, and pull air into the shock body which will make shock bleeding after every run necessary. This is where MIP’s shock cartridge spacer kit steps in. It includes eight spacers which will eliminate the need to constantly bleed the shocks. The spacers keep the same friction on the shaft to allow it to move freely but keeps the X-ring seals orientated to their proper shape during compression and rebound; thus resulting in a more consistent shock feel throughout the run. Included are four cartridge guides and four cartridge spacers but no X-ring seals.
Source: MIP [miponline.com]
Following the introduction of their new MBX8 1/8th nitro off-road buggy and issuing images “sans body shell”, Mugen finally lifted the curtain of the last unknown bit – the said body. By looking at the images it appears the shell is of a slightly more cab forward design that the MBX7 body, yet it is far away from some of the extreme body designs available from several manufacturers. In addition the new shell features sculptured side pods with raised “wing” sections in the side window area while four lines of humps, further to the back, will be adding rear downforce – a technique that is known from the front fenders of pan car body shells. The design is rounded out by a flat rear section that will allow for good heat escape from the engine’s cooling head.
Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenseiki.com]
