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September 9, 2019

Spanish Electric On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Spanish Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Lleida track this past weekend. The event was held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock and Formula classes and in Touring Modified it was Carles Santiago with the overall TQ from Carlos Barros on the 2 spot. The triple A-mains then again saw Carles leading the way and with wins in A1 and A2 he took the overall win with one leg to spare. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Carlos Barros would cement his overall runner-up spot with the win in A3 as Antonio Rodriguez came in 3rd overall to round out the podium.

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September 9, 2019

Balestri leads Infinity 1-2 at ENS Finale

Outgoing champion Dario Balestri signed off the Euro Nitro Series season finale in Germany with a win leading home team-mate Carmine Raiola for an Infinity 1-2. Qualifying 3rd on the grid, the World Champion spent the first half of the race behind his team-mate but spilt fuel on the gearbox would put an end to Raiola’s challenge for his first ENS career win. Qualifying 2nd and 3rd on the grid, Raiola and Balestri initially pursued Top Qualifier Simon Kurzbuch until the newly crowned champion flew off the track on the entry to the straight. Unfortunately while the Shepherd driver survived the impact, his race would come to a premature end as he succumbed to gearbox issues eventually calling it a day at the half hour mark. Behind the two white Infinitys, only 6/10th off Raiola, Merlin Depta would take his Serpent to the final step on the podium ahead of team-mate Dominic Greiner with ARC’s John Ermen completing the Top 5 in Ettlingen.

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September 9, 2019

Nähr secures first ENS win at Season Finale

Patrick Nähr has secured his first ENS career win, the Shepherd driver leading a 1-2 finish for his team at the season finale in Ettlingen, Germany. Only returning to competitive racing this season after a break due to work commitments, Nähr would have a great battle with Melvin Diekmann as the German duo each looked to lay claim on their first ever win of the championship. As the race concluded Diekmann, who led for quite sometime, had the faster car but trying to make a pass on the penultimate lap he made contact with his team-mate. Waiting for Nähr’s car to be returned to the track he himself went off the track putting an end to what was building up to be a thrilling finish to the sixth season of the ENS. Qualifying 3rd and 4th respectively, Nähr & Diekmann found themselves at the front after an unfortunate incident between Top Qualifier Jilles Groskamp and Thilo Tödtmann. Having engine issues in the warm-up, Groskamp started the race ok with Tödtmann on his bumper but the engine flamed out 3-minutes into the race and with nowhere to go Tödtmann ran into the rear of it causing a pivot ball to come off. Both would rejoin and Tödtmann challenged for the podium on the final lap but missed out to Leo Arnold while Groskamp got 6th.

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September 9, 2019

Yeah Racing adjustable aluminium body mounts

Yeah Racing have announced the release of their adjustable aluminium touring car body mounts in blue and orange colour. Of a single piece design the body mounts are very easy to adjust by simply selecting one of the six available heights and fixing the mount using a small and lightweight cap head screw. The platforms are usable with all 6mm body posts and they come in sets of four.

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September 9, 2019

OUP Cross-RC Demon upper suspension mounts

Coming from new Asian brand OUP are aluminium upper suspension mounts for the Cross-RC Demon crawler series. Machined from high-quality aluminium and coming with an anodised surface finish for wear and looks, the upper suspension mounts offer 14 different upper shock mounting positions, allowing to use different suspension length settings and ensuring optimised shock angles for 290mm to 315mm wheelbase settings. The upper suspension mounts fit the SG4, SR4, SP4, SU4, FR4 and KR4 series of crawlers.

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September 9, 2019

Marco Baruffolo wins at Italian Buggy Nats Rd3

Last weekend’s Italian ACI 1/8th Buggy Nationals held at the Ongaro Ring not only saw Davide Ongaro taking the win in the Expert Nitro Buggy class, it was also Xray’s Marco Baruffolo with the win in 1/8th E-Buggy. When the dust had settled after the triple A-mains Marco walked away with the wins in A2 and A3 for the overall from Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin in 2nd and Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 9, 2019

SIGP Sunpadow Int’l On-Road GP – Announcement

The 2019 SIGP Sunpadow International RC Car On-Road Grand Prix & Hobbywing Cup Touring Car Open Race will be held at the Chinese Xiamen ARC International Track from the 21st to the 24th of November. Classes run include Touring Modified, Pro Stock and Sport as well as 1/8th IC Track, 1/8th GT and 1/5th scale Electric Motorcycle. Full details and registration can be found on the official website here.

September 9, 2019

Mugen MBX8T dogbone centre driveshafts

Mugen have introduced dogbone centre driveshafts for the MBX8T and MBX8T Eco 1/8th scale truggies. The 88mm front and 161.5mm rear driveshafts are used in combination with the E2260 centre joint cups and they replace the respective universal driveshafts. When used in the front, the dogbone-style driveshaft will improve the steering response while using the dogbone in the rear will increase rear end traction. The parts were used by Mugen’s Ryan Maifield to win this year’s ROAR National Championship and they are available separately.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]