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June 13, 2023

Exotek B6.4/B74.2/CB6 option parts

California’s Exotek Racing has released a number of new options for the Team Associated B6.4 and B74.2 1:10 buggy chassis along with their own CB6 Chassis conversion. First up is the stealthy 2 colour anodised alloy steering rack for the B6.4, T6.4 and SC6.4 series. Customised polished black base with blue chamfered accents goes great with your stock plastic parts or after market blue parts with the alloy construction insuring precise steering input and heavy duty long lasting performance. For precise bearing fit, the recess is machined with no anodising to insure exact bearing tolerances. A similar process is applied to the new alloy rear hub set for the Associated B74 line including .2 and .1. Heavy duty design maintains your suspension geometry settings, race after race. They are also offering a heavy duty machined 7075 alloy steering hub set for the AE B74 series including .1 .2 and D. Polished and anodised black with a factory blue chamfer cut with silver cut bearing pockets for precise bearing fit, it provides extra durability and precision. Finally is a new version top cross brace for the Exotek CB6 CB6.4 Chassis conversion. It is lowered to hold in LCG type shorty batteries and has an additional front hole to allow the servo to be mounted further back if needed.

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June 12, 2023

BRCA 4WD Onroad Nationals R2 Eastbourne – Report

For the second round of this year’s BRCA 4WD Onroad British National Championship it was down to the Eastbourne circuit near Hailsham in Southern England in some rather warm conditions. In Modified, qualifying saw defending champion, Kyle Branson with his Xray X4, take a clean sweep in qualifying taking all three rounds. Lining up behind him, with a second and third and by virtue of the tie-break, was fellow Xray runner Harley Eldridge with Schumacher’s Zak Smith in third with his Mi8. In the finals, it went as per qualifying, with Branson taking the cake, the plate and the cherry on top, by taking all three legs of the final for the overall win. Behind him it was Eldridge in the runner-up spot with three seconds and third on the podium went to Smith with three thirds.

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June 12, 2023

Caretti takes Victorian State Title

Antoni Caretti took the Open Modified Touring Car victory at Hobbies Direct Victorian State Titles which was hosted by Geelong RC Racers over the weekend and attracted 100 entries. The Team Yokomo driver took his BD12 to the top of the times in four of the 5 rounds of qualifying on the indoor track to secure the overall TQ for the triple A-Mains ahead Chris Kalfoglou and Tom Huggan. The only other driver to top a qualifier, Q2, Damon Davis-Perry started 4th. In the finals multiple Australian National Champion Caretti would complete a clean sweep of wins to secure the title from Kalfoglou and Huggan who each counted a P2 and P3 finish.

Image: Antoni Caretti [Facebook]

June 12, 2023

Cruz wins Arizona State Championships

A dominant performance from Jacob Cruz saw the Mugen driver TQ and win the Arizona State Championships at PF Hobbies and Racing in Mesa, Arizona. With the event attracting 146 entries across the classes, the young racer who joined Mugen at the start iof 2021 was able to take his MTC2 to the top of the times in all four rounds of qualifying securig the TQ ahead of the Awesomatix of Lex Tyler and Mugen of Mike Truhe. In the single A-Main, Cruz, who won the race last year, would control things from the front to win from a recovering Tyler who dropped to 5th early in the final with Truhe completing the podium, the former 1:8 Offroad star managing to take TQ and win 13.5 Super Stock.

Image: Jacob Cruz [Facebook]

June 12, 2023

Factory Team B74.2 FT Lightweight Driveline Center Kit

Factory Team has released a Lightweight Center Driveline kit for the RC10B74 series of vehicles. This driveline kit reduces the rotational mass of the centre driveline by a total of 19.3g over the standard steel parts. Durability and longevity were addressed with the use of plastic blades that act as the contact surface between the dog bone pins and outdrives to reduce wear and tear. This kit is intended for use in the 13.5T Spec class with the combination of a centre differential and is not recommended for modified racing or with the use of a slipper clutch.

Source: Associated [associatedelectrics.com]

June 11, 2023

Orlowski is 1:8 Electric Offroad European Champion

Michal Orlowski is the new 2023 EFRA 1:8 Electric Offroad European Champion. The seventh running of the championship, the factory Schumacher/Hobbywing driver became the 6th different winner of the title when he took victory at the Rhein-Main Circuit in Germany, ahead of Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho. With Coelho and Orlowski having two TQ runs each in qualifying, it was the only other driver to top the times, Mugen’s Burak Kilic, who would take the opening A-Main. Starting third and passing Orlowski early on, Kilic got to the front for the win following a mistake from Coelho. In the second of the 10-minute encounters it was Orlowski who took the win, the Polish driver going to the front on lap 3 as Coelho got out of shape and eventually crossed the line in 3rd putting him out of title contention. With A3 the decider between Orlowski, Kilic and local hero Aaron Rönick, who took a second in A2, it was to be an action packed race. A mistake from Coelho allowed Kilic and Orlowski to go to the front. As they battled over the lead, Coelho caught them up but out of contention he showed great sportsmanship and allowed the pair to duel it out. With 2-minutes to go, as Orlowski closed on Kilic at the end of the main straight, there was contact resulting in both drivers needing to be marshalled. As the field went through and Coelho headed for the win over the Sworkz of Jörn Neumann, 5th and 11th respectively for Kilic and Orlowski gave the Polish driver the over title over Coelho with Kilic completing the podium.

Image: Hobbywing [Facebook]

June 10, 2023

Coelho is eBuggy European C/Ship Top Qualifier

Bruno Coelho is the Top Qualifier at this year’s EFRA 1:8 eBuggy European Championship. Taking place at Bischofsheim in Germany, the Xray/Hobbywing driver secured pole position for Sunday’s triple A-Main title decider from Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski. Each driver posted two TQ runs from the 5 rounds of qualifying but a P2 in Q4 gave it to the Portuguese driver as Orlowski had to count a P3 from the same round. Fastest for the penultimate round, Mugen’s Burak Kilic will start 3rd ahead of the Team Associated of Germany’s Aaron Rönick. Defending Champion Carlos Canas could only manage 8th on the grid with the driver he took the title from, Team Asssociated’s David Ongaro, securing the final direct qualifying place in the A-Main with P12. eBuggy’s only multiple champion David Ronnefalk (2016, 2017) starts 10th for Mayako.

Image: Hobbywing [Facebook]

June 7, 2023

Rheinard signs radio deal with Flysky

In a major signing for Chinese radio brand Flysky, they have announced Marc Rheinard will officially represent the company and race with their Noble Pro transmitter and receiver. The multiple World Champion made his race debut with his new radio over the weekend securing the TQ at the opening round of the ETS but unfortunately the Awesomatix driver would have issues in the finals including a broken rear belt in A2. Commenting on the announcement Marc said, ‘A big thank you to the Flysky team for taking me on board. I tried the Noble Pro a couple of weeks ago for the first time and I loved it from the first moment. The feeling and handling of the radio is perfect and the menu is like on a smartphone, super easy to use’.

Source: Flysky [flysky-cn.com]