The second Tour of Champions race was recently held at the newly built RC Pylaros track in Kefalonia, Greece. In the 60-minute Nitro Buggy main final, Kostas Katsadonis (Xray) came out fastest from his brother Harris Katsadonis, who set the TQ and also the fastest lap. Mugen racer Thanos Pagonis ended the race on the final podium spot from Christofer Pliatsikas (Mugen) and Andreas Stellatos (SWorks).
The fifth and final round of the 2016 South-African ORE national championship returned to the TRAP RC Venue in Pretoria after round two was rained out at the same venue. Free practise was held on Thursday and Friday with a heat wave hitting the Gauteng province. The air temperature peaked at 38 Degree Celsius and the track temperature went up to 64 Degree. The heat put tremendous pressure on the batteries, tyres and electronics and the drivers had to choose their setups carefully and also manage the tyres during the race. The Touring Modified class is still growing stronger and all the drivers need to be at their best to qualify for the A-mains. All the top drivers pushed hard during the practice rounds and during qualifying but it was Shaun Schutte who dominated the class with his Xray during practise and qualifying to take TQ. There was a great battle between current champion Jason Hillcoat, Anderton Smith, Antonio Caroli and Ashley Hurley for the remaining grid positions. Anderton managed to take second after a good Q3 and Q4 with Antonio starting third in the A Mains.
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The second round of the Danish DRCMU electric on-road nationals was held at the large and technical track of the Vejle Mini Race club. Local racer Frederik Hovgaard (Yokomo) made his intentions clear to win the race by setting the early pace and coming out fastest in Q1 with Patrick Hornum (Awesomatix) a second behind. Q2 then went not to plan for Frederik but he fought back in the third and final qualifier when he battled with Patrick and Mike for the overall TQ and with a last minute sprint, Frederik was able to take a maiden overall TQ in the Modified class. In the opening A-main a big crash further down the field allowed Frederik to pull a large gap and so he was able to cruise to the win. At the start of A2 everyone took off with no problems and after getting into grips, Frederik was able to open a small gap on the number 2 driver and with the latter making a small mistake, Frederik even enlarged the distance, allowing him to bring home the win and with it his first national win in the Touring Modified class. Patrick Hornum would end the day on the 2 spot from Mike Gosvig (Xray) in third.
Thanks to Frederik Hovgaard for the report.
Coming from VBC Racing are two new option parts for the Wildfire D09 touring car. First up is the FR/RR suspension weight that directly attaches to the outer suspension brackets. Weighting in at 8.2g the part helps to quickly and conveniently alter the weight distribution. The weight is usable in the front and the rear and it includes suitable mounting hardware.
Castle Creations have introduced a range of sensored brushless motors. Known for their popular sensorless “basher” motors, Castle now also steps into the highly competitive sensor game with several different sizes of motors. The range starts with the 41.1mm diameter 15xx-series motors such as the 1515 2200kv, 1512 2650kv and 1512 1800kv variant with the 1515 targeting towards 1/8th buggies, truggies and 1/10th monster trucks while the 1512-series is best suited for 1/8th on-road and off-road vehicles as well as 1/10th 4WD SC trucks.
Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced their new carbon fibre front bulkhead brace that is designed to replace the standard aluminium part on the Team Associated B6 and B6D buggies. Although made for one of the more hidden places of the AE’s sixth generation buggy the brace adds some factory looks and feel while also being highly precise for improved inner hinge pin support.
The annual Halloween Race was held near Paris, France. Xray’s Nico Risser would set TQs in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes and he would also walk away with the win after the 2WD A-mains to leave Stephane Deroche (Team Associated) and Red Obkos (Team Associated) behind in second and third respectively. In the 4WD class Nico had to settle for second after the mains, behind Xray teammate Romain Valter and in front of TLR driver Julien Formentin.
The opening round of the Winter Cup was held at the HB Orion track in the small town of Kallinge, Sweden. The 4WD Buggy qualifying was won by young Malin Karlsen who took a convincing TQ from Jessica Palsson and Alexander Landen, the latter two having nice battles in the qualifiers with the runner-up spot narrowly going to Jessica. These three plus fourth placed Johan Balsberg would be in the mix for the overall win and the opening A-main would start quite uneventful with Jessica having a bobble on the first lap, allowing Alexander by. Up front Malin would stretch the lead and she would take the win with a comfortable margin from Alexander and Jessica.
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