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September 21, 2016

Peter Tozser doubles at Oil City Dash

The Oil City Dash is one of the premiere Off-Road events in western Canada put on by the RCRE club in Edmonton, Alberta and held on a DNC-style track with a great layout, elevation changes, and big air. Starting from the TQ spot in Nitro Buggy, Peter Tozser had some ground to make up after a first-lap incident, as Cory Drachenberg checked out from the get go with his buggy. Throughout the long main, Peter worked his way up the field and battled with Cory for the win in the closing minutes of the race to bring home his second victory of the event following his win in the hour-long and chilly Truggy A-main that Peter went on to win from Eric Hardy.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

September 21, 2016

Reds Racing Factory Team Worlds Edition 2016 engine

Reds Racing have introduced the Factory Team Worlds Edition 2016 nitro off-road engine. The power plant is limited to 300 pieces world wide and was originally planned as a factory team edition only. Due to popular demand the engine is now also available to the public and ideal for all applications where high power, high torque and good fuel economy is required. Made to the same specifications as the engines of the Reds Racing factory team, racers can now enjoy the same power as Elliott Boots, Ryan Maifield, Cody King, Cole Ogden and Alex Zanchettin all of which will attend the Las Vegas based IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy Worlds in about two weeks time. The Team Package includes the Worlds Edition engine, 2112 pipe, M manifold, and 6.5mm, 7.0mm, and 7.5mm venturi inserts with the engine featuring an innovative W-Spec porting, a specially balanced crankshaft and the power plant also sports the proven HCX horizontal carburettor and a brand-new cooling head design. The combo is available with or without Reds Racing clutch system and also pre-run-in by Mario Rossi or Race Ready serviced by Elliott Boots.

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September 21, 2016

Swedish 1/10th Buggy National Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Swedish 1/10th Buggy National Cup series was held at Green Hill race track in Stockholm. The weather was great all weekend and in 4WD Alexander Landén started off quick by TQing the first three rounds and in the process putting in the only 12-lap qualifying round of the event. The first final was at long times a very tight affair between Alexander, local driver Niclas Månsson and Elias Johansson. In the end Alexander stood victorious in front of Niclas.

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September 21, 2016

VS Racing VS-B01 .21 nitro off-road engine

VS Racing, the new brand of engine master Rody Roem, have introduced the O.S. based VS-B01 3.5cc off-road engine. It is understood that the power plant builds on O.S. Engines’s B2101 engine and it features a long-stroke design and a Rody Roem-tuned and a Tungsten-balanced 14mm crankshaft. Furthermore the 3-port engine utilises a VS spec carburettor with 6.5mm venturi, a VS spec combustion camber insert and comes with high-quality high-speed ball bearings front and rear. The specifications list is topped off by a 60mm 10-rib cooling head.

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September 21, 2016

Claus Ryeskov takes Danish 200mm title

The final round of the Danish 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Championship was held in Greve. With the championship title already decided some drivers opted not to attend but veteran racer, Thomas Mortensen decided to participate and he instantly was in a fight with Claus Ryeskov for the overall TQ. Thomas pulled some very swift laps but ultimately the TQ went to Claus who was more consistent in terms of lap times.

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September 21, 2016

Active Hobby introduce new TA07 Pro option parts

Active Hobby introduce new TA07 Pro option parts-1

Coming from Active Hobby and made for the TA07 Pro club-level touring car are several aluminium and carbon fibre option parts. First up is a transversal aluminium chassis stiffener that connects the outer chassis side rails for improved torsional stiffness. The part comes machined from high-quality aluminium, in blue or black colour and it includes mounting hardware.

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September 21, 2016

Maxim Laverychev crowned Moscow 1/8th Buggy Champ

Maxim Laverychev crowned Moscow 1/8th Buggy Champ
The Moscow 1/8th Buggy Championship was held at the RCRacer track this past weekend. The open championship attracted racers from all over the country and due to the weather conditions a lot of track maintenance was needed. This meant the race would finish under floodlights with TQ holder Maxim Laverychev (Xray), who started from the 2 spot into the finals, would take the win after getting into the lead at about the 20-minute mark. Dmitry Gribov (Team Associated) came in second, Nikita Pomogaev (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 21, 2016

Urban Touring Series Rd9 – Report

Singapore’s Urban Touring Series returned this past weekend with round 9, which was concurrently a national championship points scoring round. In Touring Open only a small grid registered and it was decided that a Reedy Race format would be run over five legs. Both Esmail Apandi and Dominic Quek had two wins and one second place but it was Esmail who would secure the top step of the podium by virtue of a faster winning time in the last leg, which was run in much cooler conditions. Hasron Robana would round out the podium in third.

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