June 19, 2013

Niclas Maansson double win at Swedish cup Rd2

Niclas Maansson double win at Swedish cup Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Swedish cup was held at Örebro RBC a small dirt track which only had two jumps. The race started Saturday with 2wd and after the two practice runs it was Lars Hägerman who was fastest. In the first Qualifying round Niclas Maansson was fastest, in Q2 it was Otto Ausfelt, Q3 Lars Hägerman and Q4 Niclas Maansson a result which gave Niclas the TQ honor. Niclas won both A1 and A2 and to complete a perfect day. Sunday started out better than Saturday and Niclas was fastest in practice. Had TQ in the first and second qualifier, Christer Carlsson took a new TQ in the third, but Niclas upped his pace and put in a new TQ in the forth qualifier. The Associated driver did the same in 4wd as in 2wd on Saturday and took the win in A1 and A2 to claim the overall.

Source: Mustit RC [mustit.no]


June 19, 2013

Roy Gemble double at Norwegian Nationals Rd4

Roy Gemble double at Norwegian Nationals Rd4

This weekend round 4 off the Norwegian Nats was hosted by Hoenefoss Raceway, a track with not many big jumps but interesting and slippery to drive on, fast track and mistakes cost a lot. On Saturday it was supposed to be 2wd buggy and SC 4×4, but the weather forecast for Sunday being for rain it ended up with 4wd buggy also being taken in on Saturday, so a long day at the race track. 2wd was won by Roy Gemble (TLR) in front of Andreas Daving (TLR) and Martin Sorlie (TLR). Short Course was won by Kai Ronning (AE SC104x4), with Daniel Kobbevik 2nd (AE SC104x4) and Kjell Egil Olsen (Tecno SC 4×4) in 3rd. 4wd was again won by Roy Gemble (Durango 410 V3), Martin Sorlie (Xray XB4) in 2nd and Daniel Kobbevik (AE B44.2) in 3rd. The 4wd B-final was won by 7 year old Alexander Gemble with his Team Associated B44.2.

Source: Mustit RC [mustit.no]


June 18, 2013

JConcepts Silencer body for D812

JConcepts Silencer body for D812

JConcepts have released the Silencer body for the Hot Bodies D812, a brand-new, ground up design which has new elements created for the highest speed circuits. A narrowed, Finnisher stance cockpit allows more fuel tank access a smoother high-speed transition and increased flow around the engine heat-sink. A deep recess around the heat-sink area with dual channeling out the rear provides air escape along with rear-end stability, while the Silencer side-pods have a clipped rear-end, narrowing the rear by angling just in front of the rear tires. The extended runner features are placed on the rear-end of the body enhancing the force placed on the rear pods during high-speed acceleration. The main pods are heavily chamfered and a more heat-shrink design over the pipe, fuel tank and electrical / linkage make up the main pods. The end result has the body looking extremely low-profile with heavy JConcepts edginess and appeal. The Silencer is capped off with a cock-pit “shark fin” for more high-speed tracking stability and increased roof stiffness.

View more images of the body here


June 17, 2013

Mark Lim double at NOOB Singapore series Rd4

Mark Lim continues domination of NOOB Singapore series

Racers gathered at the RaceWorks Offroad Arena last weekend to compete in Round 4 of the NOOB Singapore Open Buggy Series. As a result of the recent hot and dry spell, the 2WD and 4WD buggies found themselves contending with a very hard and dry track. In the 4WD class, Mark “BC” Lim had a convincing win after taking TQ honors and winning the first two finals. With BC sitting out the third final it was a battle between Youyi and Png who were both tied on points after 2 legs. The final battle for second place concluded with Youyi winning the final leg to claim second spot and Png having to settle for third.

Continue reading the report here


June 17, 2013

Cockerill & Williams win at oOple Rd2

Cockerill & Williams win at oOple Rd2

The weekend before last was Round 2 of the oOple Series, held at RobinHood Raceway. The weather was looking good and it was clear the track crew had put in a lot of effort, with the track looking very good. The Schumacher Team were once again in attendance to offer support and help to their customer’s trackside. The racing was very close all weekend, with the format seeing 4 rounds of qualifying on Saturday, then a final round Sunday morning before heading into finals. It was James Heliwell and Tom Cockerill who came out on top in qualifying in 2wd and 4wd respectively. James was closely followed by Greg Williams in 2wd, and James wasn’t far behind in 4wd, setting up some exciting finals.

Continue reading the report here


June 17, 2013

Ulf Stenvall wins Swedish Northen Cup Rd2

Ulf Stenvall wins Swedish Northen Cup Rd2

The second round of the Swedish Northen Cup took place recently in Älvsbyn. 41 racers attended and were greeted with mostly clear skies and a newly built driver stand. The track was in quite bumpy condition after a wet and rainy race taking place the day before. Junior driver Emil Lundgren from Piteå had a fast enough race pace to make it into the semi-final, but unfortunately had to retire in the 1/4-final due to his engine coming loose. Instead Viktor Westerlund took first place in the junior-class followed by Viktor Öhrvall and Alexander Sundh.  In the A-main final Patrik Bodén took an early lead but ran into issues with his engine flaming out loosing a lot of laps. “Veteran driver” Ulf Stenvall then took a commanding lead in the final piloting his Mugen to a safe victory. The most unexpected result this Sunday was Fredrik Kling finishing second with his Xray, taking his first ever podium finish. Martin Slagbrand managed to secure the third place even though a shock came loose on his Xray near the end of the final.

View the final results here


June 17, 2013

Drake & Tessmann crowned 2013 National Champions

Drake & Tessmann crowned 2013 National Champions

The ROAR 1/8th scale Nationals were held last weekend at Gulf Coast Raceway in Porter, Texas with the race seeing battles for the coveted buggy & truggy titles, won last year by Ty Tessmann. Qualifying in the buggy class was dominated by TLR’s young gun Dakotah Phend ahead of Tessmann, Truhe and Drake, while in Truggy it was all HB’s Ty Tessmann ahead of Phend with TLR team mates Drake and Truhe once again completing the Top 4. Cruel luck in the Semis as Phend lost a throttle servo and was out along with Tebo and Cavalieri and so having dominated his semi Tessmann would line up on pole position for the 45 minute long final. The final started well for the Canadian, who would lead for the majority of the race but in the end a mechanical issue would mean retirement and allow Adam Drake to take over the lead which he would never relinquish, taking his third National title in front of team mate Truhe in 2nd with Kyosho’s Cody King in 3rd. In the earlier Truggy final, Tessmann would dominate, retaining his Truggy title winning by over a lap from Durango’s Ryan Lutz, with Mike Truhe taking, what would be the first of two podium spots, in 3rd.

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June 15, 2013

New Sanwa competition & budget digital servos

New Sanwa competition & budget digital servos

Following the Sanwa ERS-971 LRP introduce more servos made by the Japanese manufacturer. Available are also the ERS-961 (0.05s/12.3kg-cm) and ERS-951 (0.06s/11kg.cm) standard voltage digital servos and the ERS-962 (0.07s/25.3kg-cm) digital high voltage servo. The ERS-962 and ERS-961 offer coreless motors, dual ball bearings and tough metal gears. With the speed and torque the 962 sports it is ideal for the use in 1/8th on-road and off-road vehicles while the 961 is best used in electric cars, buggies and trucks. The 951 though is an economically priced high-performance general purpose offering. Last but not least come the 94835 (0.13s/8.9kg-cm) and 94846 (0.18s/10.8kg) digital budget line servos. The two five digit servos are ball raced, economically priced and ideal to replace the steering and throttle servos of RTR cars and trucks.

Click here to view the other new servos