Naoto Matsukura scored a double victory at the recent off-road race held at the RC Park Gojo in Japan. The 1/12th on-road World Champion secured the 2WD title in Yusuke Sugiura (Kyosho) and Kohta Akimoto (Kyosho). The 4WD class saw an identical result with Naoto (Yokomo) taking the overall win followed by Yusuke and Kohta.
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The first round of the BRCA 1/8th off-road nationals took place at the dirt track of the HNMC. Day two kicked off cold and dry and gave perfect conditions for the drivers. Kyosho’s Elliott Booth took TQ after the qualifiers but dropped out in the semis due to problems as did Team Associated’s Neil Cragg. The A final saw a great battle between Mugen driver Lee Martin and TLR’s Darren Bloomfield for the whole 45 minutes. Every time Bloomfield caught Martin he was forced into errors letting him drop back again. At the end it was Lee who took the race win in front of Darren Bloomfield and Simon Willetts. Jack Embling won the Junior category with Oliver Curry taking the runner-up spot. The third place went to Callun Niblet.
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Bittydesign have released this teaser image of their soon-to-be-released 1/8th off-road wing called ‘Stealth’. The low-profile wing is designed to fit all current buggy and truggy kits and will make a first public appearance at the Asia Contest Race in the talented hands of the Bittydesign team drivers.
Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]
Serpent Korea organized the Serpent On-Road Race Party for gas-powered on-road cars and the meeting was held in 1/10th 200mm and 1/8th classes and also saw the introduction of the GT8 vehicles. In the 200mm sedan class it was Yeon Cheol Kim who took the win in front of Seung Seok Lee and Seung Won Choi. The 1/8th class saw Yong Taek Oh taking the win followed by Seong Go Jo in second and Yong Hoon Park in third place. Yong Hoon Park though took the win in the 1/8th GT class chased by Dong Hee Go with Deok Jin Kim taking the last remaining podium spot.
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Power-Save-Racing from Germany announce the release of their ball cup dust covers for 1/10th Team Associated vehicles and many other cars, trucks and buggies of that scale. Made from a special foam the water-cut rings offer a better fit and therefor improved protection compared to the original part. They prevent dust and dirt from entering the ball stud and ball cup assembly in order or reduce maintenance time and costs in the long run. The foam rings come in 10-piece packages and are available now.
Source: Power-Save-Racing [power-save-racing.de]
Avid introduce the Triad B44.2 spacer to allow the use of the Triad slipper clutch in the latest Team Associated B44.2 buggy. As B44.2 bulkheads are shifted 6mm farther apart the spacer goes behind the Triad slipper to compensate the longer slipper shaft from a B44.1 to a B44.2. The Triad clutch is meant to calm the car down and gives a smoother throttle feel than the kit VTS item for added setup possibilities.
Source: Avid [avidrc.com]
One of the biggest EP on-road races in Malaysia was recently held at the Sarawak Sibu Ex-airport track that is considered one of the largest in the country with the cars reaching speeds of up to 100km/h down the main straight. The meeting was held in a stock 10.5T and a modified class and attracted racers from Kuala Lumpur, Terrengganu, Taiping, Sabah, Brunei, Kuching, Miri and Sibu. KS Chu was able to take pole position in both the stock and modified class ahead of Mohd Sonny and William Tiong. In the A finals Ks Chu lead from start to finish with no major challenge from any of the competitors. The second and third spot on the podium went to William and Sonny in the stock class with Sonny and William switching final positions in the modified event.
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Team SR introduce new weighted front bumpers for the Team Associated B4 and the TLR 22 platforms. Starting with the B4 variant, the front bumper is designed to replace the kit’s moulded plate with a 21g heavy and nickel-plated piece in order to adjust the weight balance of B4, T4 and X-6 cars. The special surface not only looks the part but also eliminates corrosion to make the part looking like new for a long time. The TLR 22 bumper is zinc-plates and a direct fit on the 22, 22T and 22SCT. Both plates help to mount needed weight as low and as forward in the vehicle as possible.
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