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July 29, 2019

Meen Vejrak TQs & wins at East Summer Race

East RC of Jakarta, Indonesia held their 2019 East Summer Race this past weekend. With a fresh asphalt which resulted almost 1.5 seconds improvement of laptime, it was Meen Vejrak took the TQ spot in the Modified class, followed by Nicholas Lee and Bowie Ginting in 2nd and 3rd, while Charlee Phutiyotin rounded up the 4th and Muhammad Izzah secured 5th on the grid. The main final delivered some of interesting races as Meen took an easy win in A1 in front of Nicholas and Christian. Meen was pushed to retired in A2, allowing Nicholas to take the win in front of Bowie and Izzah. The deciding A3 went to Meen with a comfortable gap ahead of Nicholas. With this result Meen took the overall win followed by Nicholas and Bowie.

View the final results here

July 29, 2019

Jonathan Skidmore wins at Slough Summer Series Rd4

Last weekend’s round 4 of the Slough Summer Series was also the unofficial warm-up to the BRCA Rallycross Nationals that will be held later this year. The Nitro Buggy class saw a healthy 77 drivers entry and in the end it was Agama’s Joni Skidmore with the overall TQ and also the win in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind HB Racing’s Graham Alsop in 2nd. William Skidmore came in 3rd to round out the podium. Michael Lewis (Team Associated) in 4th and Kevin Brunsden (SWorkz) in 5th completed the top 5 results.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

July 28, 2019

David Ronnefalk takes EFRA 4WD Buggy title

The 2019 EFRA 1/10th Electric Off-road European Championship was held at the Pinerolo track in Italy this past week. The 2WD portion of the event went in Davide Ongaro’s favor, who took the win from Michal Orlowski and Martin Bayer in 2nd and 3rd respectively. The 4WD part was then lead by Xray’s Daniel Kobbevik, who took the overall TQ from HB Racing’s Daniel Ronnefalk and Schumacher’s Jörn Neumann. In the opening A-main David Ronnefalk set sails to defend his 2018 European Championship title and in the end things would materialise as he took the title from Daniel Kobbevik in 2nd and Schumacher’s Michael Orlowski in 3rd. Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro came in 4th from AE teammate, Joona Haatanen. Xray’s Marco Baruffolo would end the event sitting in 6th, Jörn Neumann came in 7th, SWorkz’s Elliott Boots in 8th, Xray’s Martin Bayer in 9th and Jean Pierrick Sartel in 10th.

Source: EFRA [efra.ws]

July 27, 2019

Element RC Sendero utility bed

Element RC have announced the release of the Sendero utility bed for the use with the stock Sendero cab trail truck body shell. The utility bed features a simple design that is easy to assemble and fits right onto the stock Sendero body posts. Constructed of plastic and high-strength polycarbonate, the Sendero utility bed is both lightweight and durable. The set includes the 5-piece construction, clear polycarbonate floor, and all needed hardware.

Source: Associated Electrics [associatedelectrics.com]

July 27, 2019

JConcepts B74 Aero front scoop

Coming from JConcepts is the Aero front scoop for the Team Associated B74 buggy. The lower front wing, or scoop, is an option to the 4WD vehicles that has shown to produce enhanced steering characteristics in large sweeping sections and that can help with jumping attitude in the tricky track sections. The package includes two lower front wings on the same mold to give the user multiple parts in the same package. The front wing can be painted, left clear or frosted for the desired look, fit and finish.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

July 26, 2019

Infinity IF14 foam bumper

Infinity has released a smaller foam bumper for their IF14 electric touring car. Featuring a chamfered leading edge, it is more suitable for the latest breed of racing body shells. The gap between the new bumper and the body shell can be fine tuned using optional SMJ Zero Gap tape if needed.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

July 26, 2019

Xray Racing Series Australia Rd3 – Report

The Xray Racing Series Australia round 3 took place under control of the Whalan club. With the rain forecast it was always going to be a hit and miss weekend, right up until Sunday morning the event had rain forecast but somehow it decided to stay away. The racing didn’t disappoint as both 13.5T Touring and 1/12th scale came down to the last final and the very last corner. In 13.5T Touring it was Peter Wong (Yokomo) with the overall from Damien Zarb (Yokomo) in 2nd and Nathan Tanti (Xray) in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

July 26, 2019

Arrowmax V2 silicone shock & diff fluids

Arrowmax have introduced their new high-quality V2 silicone shock and differential fluids. The silicone-based oils offer high accuracy for better control over the suspension and drivetrain setup and they are available as 100cSt to 900cSt variants in 59ml bottles, as 250cSt to 700cSt variants in larger 110ml bottles as well as 1000cSt to 2.5Mil cSt in 59ml bottles. All feature new leak-proof bottle caps and the bottles are colour-coded for easy identification.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]