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June 2, 2014

Darren Bloomfield wins UK Truggy nationals Rd3

Round 3 of the 2014 BRCA Truggy series was held at the Wakefield track in the North of England. After taking a convincing TQ with his Bullitt-powered Agama A8T, Darren Bloomfield would go on to dominate the main final to take his second victory in the series, with team mate Jon Hazlewood taking victory at round 2. The E-buggy class would see an exciting duel between Darren Bloomfield and Elliott Boots for the TQ spot, with Elliott just edging it despite Darren having the fastest individual time en route to a round TQ. The main final would see a great drive from Tony Truman who had had a terrible qualifying leaving him having to come through the B final. Tony drove his way through the pack to take an excellent 2nd overall behind Elliott. Darren had an issue that sidelined him at around half distance. Callum Niblett completed the podium with a fine 3rd place as he continues his recent upturn in form.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

June 2, 2014

Jan Ratheisky wins at Northern Germany regionals

The Hann. Münden track saw a round of the Northern Germany electric touring car regionals, a qualifying round for the German nationals later this year. After only arriving on Sunday and without prior practice Xray’s Jan Ratheisky took the TQ in the 13.5T Blinky class. Jan then also won all 3 A-mains to take the overall win from Kevin Sparbier and Nico Hoppe who completed the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 2, 2014

Ty Tessmann wins Invitational class at The Dual

Last weekend’s The Dual race was a 2-day Reedy Race style format that saw racing action at two different tracks with combined points from 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes. Day 1 was run at Pro-Line’s test track while for day 2 racers travelled to Thunder Alley Raceway. Some big names of the industry attended the Invitational class including Ty Tessman, Jared Tebo, Cody King, Ryan Cavalieri, and Ryan Maifield just to name a few. Day 1 had Ty Tessmann sweeping the overall standings by scoring two round wins and a second place in the Buggy class. Carson Wernimont also took two rounds but only 4th place in race 3 having him sit in 2nd place. Jared Tebo completed the Buggy top 3 tie on points with Kyosho team mate Cody King.

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June 2, 2014

Shinnosuke Yokoyama takes Japanese 1/8th nationals

The Japanese 1/8th on-road national championship was run at the Hokusei Circuit in the Mie prefecture, central Japan. A total of 52 drivers attended including three guest drivers from Thailand. Despite being located near a mountain area the weather was good all weekend allowing for 6 dry qualifying rounds to be run. Reigning world champion, Tadahiko Sahashi (Serpent) took TQ with young Shinnosuke Yokoyama (Mugen) taking 2nd. Defending champion, Takaaki Shimo put his Mugen in 3rd after qualifying.

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June 2, 2014

Exotek TLR 22-4 alloy servo mount & steering horns

Exotek have new aluminium option parts for the TLR 22-4 4WD buggy available in the form of a steering servo mount and two different steering horns. Starting with the servo mount, the part is light of weight, sleek and yet stronger than the stock composite mount for a more rigid mounting of the steering servo and a more direct steering response. Also new are two steering horns, again made from high-quality aluminium. Available as type A or B the horns feature a grub screw to securely fasten them to the steering bellcrank and, like the servo mount, the parts are available in black or yellow colour.

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June 2, 2014

David Ronnefalk wins at Kyosho International Meeting

The Polisportiva di Campogalliano club in Italy hosted this year’s Kyosho International Meeting that saw the attendance of Kyosho’s Yuichi Kanai, Fabrizio Teghesi or David Ronnefalk. In the F1 Expert class it was David Ronnefalk who took the win in the 45 minute final one lap ahead of Fabrizio Teghesi in 2nd and Marco Natale, who finished another lap down in 3rd. Federico Ruggeri and Yuichi Kanai completed the top 5 result in 4th and 5th respectively.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

June 2, 2014

Gubbio introduce a safety bridge system

Gubbio safety bridge system

The Automodellistico 5 Colli club in Gubbio, Italy, host of the 2016 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championships, introduce a new system to maximise the safety for all on-track marshals. With the most dangerous part of a track being the straight in most cases, the club has invented a special rail and carriage system that spans across the straight opposite the pits. The transportation system is activated by the weight of the model and allows for maximum safety and minimum inconvenience for both the racers and marshals as the marshals do not have to cross the front straight anymore in order to bring back a car that stranded in the infield. The system was put into operation at the Hot-Race Tyres Trophy at the end and it was well received by pilots, pit crews and marshals for its speed, small footprint and security guaranteed to the marshals. The system is suitable for 1/10, 1/8 and GT models and is only the first in a series of innovations that will be introduced to the track ahead of the World Champsionships in 2016.

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June 2, 2014

Martin Bayer wins 1/8th buggy in Senden

A round of the South German Bayern Cup 2014 took place at the MRC Senden club with some international drivers like Martin Bayer, David Kukla or Patrick Hofer in attendance. In the 30 minute final it was that certain Martin Bayer (Xray) who was in control of things by taking the fastest lap and the race win a lap in front of Patrick Hofer. Patrick secured a very close 2nd place from Hannes Käufler (TLR) who finished 0.2 seconds down on the Swiss Team Associated driver in 3rd.

Image: Martin Bayer