The final round of the Philippine Off-road Nationals was held at the Traksnicho Raceway this past weekend. In Nitro Buggy it was 2nd place qualifier, Edward Sio (SWorkz) with the win in the 45-minute A-main event, a lap in front of 5th place qualifier, Jordan Go (SWorkz) in 2nd. Top qualifier, Nani Tagle (Kyosho) came in 3rd to round out the podium less than a second behind Jordan.
Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]
Round 5 of the 2019 Asian Onroad Championship was held at the iconic Yatabe Arena in Japan this past weekend, attracting nearly 100 entries for the multiple electric on-road classes. The premier Touring Modified class saw a couple of IFMAR World Champions in the mix with local talent. Being true professionals, the Modified Touring Cars startsed were textbook and TQ Ryousuke Yamamoto led the way. In tow was another fellow local Akio Sobue keeping the pressure on and not letting Yamamoto get away being only a couple car lengths away the whole race. Yamamoto drover super tight keeping the door closed until the end tone taking the A1 win. In the A2 main, it would be disaster for Yamamoto when his car broke in a crash. Sobue said thank you very much and would cruise in for the A2 win. Unfortunately for Sobue, Yamamoto’s run would edge him out by one single second for the over all win.
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The Lali Warehouse opening race was held in Hong Kong this past weekend. In the premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was new Serpent factory driver, Aaron Stringer from Australia with the overall win in the 45-minute A-main event. Top qualifier, Jonathan Yeung (Tekno RC) came in 2nd, some two laps down as Team Associated driver, Jade Lim would round out the podium result in 3rd, another lap down.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Serpent have announced the signing of Australian 1/8th off-road frontrunner, Aaron Stringer to their factory team. A former long-time Mugen pilot Aaron has joined the Serpent squad for the remainder of 2019 and beyond, campaigning Serpent buggies and trucks at all major Australian races as well as select international events.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Clansfield RC of Hambledon, UK held the 2019 Dirt Masters this past weekend. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Agama’s Kevin Brunsden with the overall win in the half-hour long A-main event. A lap behind it was Agama’s Jon Hazlewood on the runner-up spot as Chris McLoughlin came in 3rd for HB Racing.
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Made for the Traxxas Slash and Rustler trucks are Xtreme Racing’s new carbon fibre drag racing shock towers. The shock stays, machined from 3mm high-quality carbon fibre, are shorter than the standard towers for a lower body fit. Both were designed for the use with 65mm shocks such as the 4-Tec dampers or even turnbuckles and they include mounting hardware.
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T-Works have announced the release of their new stainless steel chassis skid protector sets for the Tekno RC NB48 2.0 buggy. The skid plates will provide additional chassis protection in the front and rear areas, something that comes in handy especially when running on highly abrasive surfaces or on track with large jumps. The protector plates are made of high-quality stainless steel material for durability and corrosion resistance and they are available as separate front and rear end sets including a pair of skid plates each.
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The opening round of the Xray Racing Series PLMS Poland was held recently in most of the important 1/10th and 1/12th scale electric on-road classes with Touring Stock 13.5T and Formula being the most popular. The purpose-built track was laid out with the popular ETS-style carpet with the schedule seeing four qualifiers and triple mains for everyone. Racing-wise and in Touring Modified it was Jakub Michalski walking away with the win from Mirek Novak in 2nd and Maciej Szkop in 3rd.
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