Round two of the BAWÜ Cup was held in Fischach over the weekend. SWorkz’ Micha Widmaier would sweep the event by bringing home the wins in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. Alex and Tobias Nagel (both TLR) would round out the Nitro podium while Morris Voldenauer (HB Racing) and Kevin Meschenmoser (Tekno) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the E-Buggy class.
Italian Muchmore Racing distributors Mikimodel have announced the signing of Riccardo Berton to the Muchmore Italy team. The Kyosho driver will use Muchmore products in his 1/8th and 1/10th off-road vehicles this season with Mikimodel and Muchmore Racing looking forward to some great results.
Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]
The Manufacturers Cup was held at A-Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar Raceway this past weekend. The event used Reedy-style heads-up racing to determine the winners in the three Pro classes with Xray’s Ty Tessmann bringing home the winning honours in the premier 1/8th Pro Buggy class from Mugen’s Ryan Maifield and Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz.
The 4th round of the Czech Open series took place in Terezín last weekend. Xray’s Max Götzl, who sat on the 2 spot after the qualifiers, would win his semifinal the quickest time that put him on pole position for the 1/8th Nitro Buggy main final. Right from the start of the main, Max would be able to pull a gap on the field and he would bring home the win with a 3-laps margin on 2nd placed Adam Babka (Xray) while Martin Pejzl (Xray) rounded out an all-Xray podium.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Following a first introduction LRP have now officially announced the new X22 540-class electric brushless motor. Based off of the long-running and very successful X20 platform the new motor will offer improved performance and efficiency thanks to its redesigned 7075-T6 aluminium motor can with additional cooling openings and a new Dark Shine Black anodising. With overall lower operation temperature the motor will run more powerful for longer which is further helped by the smaller 4x10x4mm ABEC-5 ball races, a precision-balanced sintered rotor as well as the new 14.5 degrees to 34.5 degrees timing range. Part of the package is also a water-proof PreciSensor system for precise power control with every sensored speed controller. The motor meet IFMAR, EFRA, ROAR, FEMCA, JMRCA, BRCA and DMC specifications and it is available in a full range of modified windings from 3.0T to 10.0T, as standard .5 and even .0 windings.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
VRP have released a 4-piece set of threaded shock and sway bar pins for the HB Racing D817 and E817. They replace the stock pins with the 2.5mm allen head making for easy install and removal. The threaded design allows to do away with the pesky grub screws meaning a lot less issues with lost shock pins.
Source: VRP [visionracingproducts.com]
X Factory have announced the latest addition to the Infinity line of upgrade parts in the form of shock towers for the TLR 8ight 4.0. The shock stays match the latest TLR tower geometry precisely, and will fit any TLR 8ight buggy, nitro or electric. Made from U.S.-sourced 5mm carbon fibre the higher tensile strength stiffens the suspension and resists flex and bending while offering a better strength to weight ratio, allowing better performance at the same or less weight.
View the rear shock tower here
Xray have announced the signing of up and coming Norwegian racer Daniel Kobbevik. Even at his young age Daniel has achieved some remarkable results such as the Norwegian and Swedish Championship titles. Daniel will be using Xray’s full line of 1/10th and 1/8th off-road kits during his campaign that will include appearances at events such as the the World and European Championships as well as the EOS events. The European Championship and EOS A-finalist has the following to say about the deal:
I am very happy for this unbelievable opportunity. To be part of the Xray factory team is a chance I could not resist. So many great drivers are in the team and everything is so incredibly professional For me this is where I feel I can take the next steps and I am super excited to work with these products and be a part of this team! My goals for future are to improve my skills and win big!
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
