Round 4 of the Victorian Championship Driver Series was held in Barmah on a very technical and challenging track. Cameron Zammit managed to TQ both the Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy classes and he also snatched the wins in both 30-minute finals. As a result Camerin also took out the Victorian Championship driver series in both classes.
Thanks to Cameron Zammit for the report.
Round 5 of the 2017 Belgian SCR Cup was traditionally held on the iconic MBV Kampenhout track. The flawless organisation allowed to run four instead of the usual three qualifiers, giving the drivers more opportunities to improve their lap times, on the very technical and demanding track that requires a good rhythm. The qualifiers started on a wet track but it dried up quickly with the nice and sunny weather making for good but not too high grip levels all day long.
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SMJ have introduced new Turbo-style glow plugs in four different heat ratings for off-road and on-road engines. The P3 is an ultra hot off-road glow plug for low ambient temperatures that provides stable idling, making it ideal for all run-in tasks. Next up is the P4 super hot off-road plug for low ambient temperatures while the RP6 hot on-road and RP7 medium on-road plug are made for low temperatures and all-season weather respectively. The Japan-made plugs are available separately.
Exotek have introduced an aluminium front pivot mount for the TLR 22-4 2.0 1/10th 4WD off-road buggy. Machined from 7075 alloy and coming black anodised the part offers a heavy duty design and it prevents costly and time consuming DNFs from failures of the stock plastic pivot mount. The mount is machined out for lightness and it weighs in at only 17.6g. Included are two M3 set screws to lock down the hinge pins.
Coming from VP-Pro is the new VP-815 1/8th buggy tyre. Packed with over 2000 pins the tyre was developed for the use on abrasive surfaces and in dusty, bumpy as well as wet or dry track conditions. The tyre is available separately including orange closed cell inserts and also pre-mounted on white or yellow disc wheels.
Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]
Southside RC in Lake City, Florida recently held their August club race and in the Open Nitro Buggy class it was Jason Frank (Xray) with the overall TQ courtesy of winning Q1 and Q2 in pretty slick conditions. Jason would start from P1 into the 15 minute A-main and after a few laps the 2nd placed driver made a mistake which gave Jason some breathing room that he would manage to come home with the win. Mike Montgomery (Xray) would come in 2nd from James Coker (Tekno) in 3rd.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2017/18 season of the popular Mibosport Cup Winter Series will kick off on the weekend of the 14th of October in Hrotovice. Attracting almost 400 drivers in total including the likes of Ronald Völker, Lee Martin, Viljami Kutvonen, Alexander Hagberg, Viktor Wilck, Hupo Hönigl, Martin Hudy and Martin Bayer, last year’s series was again a great success. This year the series is run in the eight classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock LRP, Formula, 1/12th scale as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy. New categories are 2WD Stock 17.5T and 4WD Stock 13.5T Buggy. The Touring Modified and Formula classes will roll on Volante tyres, the Stock class utilises Sweep rubber while the off-road categories will run the brand new Schumacher Cactus tyres. As usual the on-road races will be run on the proven black ETS carpet while the off-road track is laid out with the same carpet as used at the EOS. More information about the series can be found here.
The AMC Langenfeld club in Germany will play host to the 2017 Vintage Off Road Elektro Meeting from the 30th of September to the 1st of October. The VOREM2017 will be held in a range of different classes including 1980’s 2WD and 4WD Buggies, 1990’s 2WD and 4WD Buggies, Youngtimer Buggy, Monster Truck, Wheelie Fun and Fighter Buggy. The club’s grippy astro turf track allows to use a wide range of tyres and more information including rules, sign-up and more can be found on the official event website here (in German language).
