June 22, 2016

Tasos Paparegas wins 5th consecutive Greek buggy title

Tasos Paparegas wins 5th consecutive Greek buggy title

The third round of the Greek 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held at the Hobbytech track in Serres. Pre-event favourite, Xray’s Tasos Paparegas swept the qualifiers by TQing all three rounds and he would continue to dominate the main final as well by bringing home the win some three laps ahead of Kyosho driver Papanikolaou. Agama’s Zois climbed up from sixth to third to grab the final podium spot. With the win Tasos also cemented the overall victory in the championship, making it his fifth national title in a row.

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June 21, 2016

RPM Traxxas 1/10th 2WD front bulkheads

RPM Traxxas 1/10th 2WD front bulkheads

RPM have introduced coloured front bulkheads for most Traxxas 1/10th 2WD vehicles. Made from RPM’s renown nylon blend the bulkheads are not only much stronger but also about 15 percent lighter than stock. RPM also include a handy dust plate to cover the bottom of the bulkhead on vehicles such as the Rustler, Stampede and Bandit that leave the bottom exposed. The bulkhead is a direct replacement for the stock 2530 and 2530A parts, it fits the Slash 2WD, Nitro Slash, Bandit, electric Rustler, nitro Rustler, nitro Stampede and electric Stampede 2WD and it is available in the four colours of blue, green, red and black.

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June 21, 2016

RC Lemans Series Rd5 – Report

RC Lemans Series Rd5 – Report

The MRG Genk track in Belgium played host to the fifth round of the 2016 RC Lemans Series this past weekend. With Europe’s weather playing havoc this Summer, Saturday’s practice only allowed for very limited running and most of the drivers tried to make up lost time early Sunday morning. In the LMP1 Modified class, Tim Altmann was the pre-event favourite thanks to three wins and a third place finish with a second place at round three would be enough to earn him the overall championship early. Another fun fact of the weekend was first time RC Lemans starter, Markus Mobers. The 1/12th scale specialist and former national and European Pro10 champion made his maiden outing with a brushless and LiPo-powered Pro10.

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June 21, 2016

Claus Ryeskov wins at Danish Nationals Rd2

Claus Ryeskov wins at Danish Nationals Rd2

The Zealand-based Næstved RC track in Denmark played host to the second round of the Danish Nitro On-road Nationals. The battle of the weekend in the 1/10th 200mm class would be between Martin NO Hansen and Claus Ryeskov with both being separated by only about 0.2 seconds while behind the two Rene, Tom and Bo Morten would be in their own league. Ultimately the TQ would went to Martin and he would hold onto that position in the opening stages of the main final while Claus made a small mistake that cost him about 10 seconds. Just before the third round of pitstops Martin ran out of fuel, allowing Claus to take the lead by about one and a half laps. Martin tried to recover and he was even in a distance to attack Claus but after a while the second gear of Martin’s car broke, allowing Claus to take it a bit easier and to bring home the win from Martin on the runner-up spot. Clean Kjellerup would round out the podium while Tom Limkilde and Bo Morten Larsen came in fourth and fifth respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


June 21, 2016

Patrik Pozgaj wins at Croatian Championship Rd2

Patrik Pozgaj wins at Croatian Championship Rd2

Round two of the Croatian Championship was held at the Krapina track with drivers from Slovenia and Croatia in attendance. Very warm weather made things a bit unpleasant at times but overall it was a nice racing day. In the Touring Stock 13.5T class Patrik Pozgaj would grab round TQs in Q1 and Q2, handing him the overall TQ and the pole position for the triple A-mains. To save tyres Patrik then opted to sit out the third and final qualifier. In the opening A-main, Patrik was chased by Zeljko Selman with whom he raced nose to tail for about two minutes until Zeljko made a mistake, allowing Patrik some room to breathe and to cruise to the win. A2 then saw a hard pushing Patrik who was able to open a gap of about 5 seconds to the second placed driver and from there he again was able to take it easy and to bring home the day’s win.

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June 21, 2016

Elliott Boots doubles at 2016 Kyosho Masters

Elliott Boots doubles at 2016 Kyosho Masters

The annual Kyosho Masters was held in France over the weekend with some of the World’s fastest Kyosho off-road drivers in attendance. The drivers that arrived on Thursday were greeted by questionable weather and the forecast for the whole weekend looked very unsettled. Friday started out a bit wet but overall the weather allowed for decent track conditions. During Saturday’s qualifying Elliott Boots was able to secure himself the TQ spots in both the Elite Buggy and E-Buggy classes. Sunday was the main final day and it began with a big downpour. For the semifinals though the track was dry again and thanks to scoring the fastest time, Elliott would also grab the pole position for the Nitro Buggy main final. In the 45 minute A-main, Elliott would continue to dominate, taking the win some two laps ahead of Italy’s Riccardo Berton with Elliott’s fellow countryman, Jack Embling rounding out the top 3. In the triple E-Buggy A-mains, Elliott would again make a clean sweep by winning all three legs to take a dominant win from Riccardo Berton and Jack Embling.

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June 21, 2016

3DRC Awesomatix droop screw bushings

3DRC Awesomatix droop screw bushings

Coming from 3DRC, the new brand of Revolution Design’s Michael Vollmer, come droop screw bushings for the Awesomatix A700 and A800 touring cars. 3D-printed from strong yet flexible material the special design of the bushings, utilising a cone-shaped collar, prevents any movement in the chassis holes, making for reliable droop setting even when the going gets tough. The bushings are a direct fit on the A700 and A800, they are easy to install without the need for glueing and they come in 12-piece sets that are available through 3DRC’s Shapeway store.

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June 21, 2016

Hartson & Jenson double at JBRL Electric Series Rd4

Hartson & Jenson double at JBRL Electric Series Rd4

Round four of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League Electric Series was held at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California. In the premier class of 2WD Open Buggy, Team Associated’s Steven Hartson would take the win in the A-main from the TLR duo of Blake Beyett in second and Radek Grammes in third.

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