The 4th annual Racer Appreciation Day was held at SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California this past weekend. Matthew Gonzales was in control of things in the 2WD Expert Buggy and 4WD Expert Buggy classes as he took the overall TQs and wins in both categories. In 2WD it was Frank Root with the runner-up spot from Kevin King as the 4WD podium as completed by Frank Root and Andrew Swanson.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Xenon Racing in cooperation with UK company Zen Racing and 3-times IFMAR 1/12th scale World Champion, David Spashett have developed a new style front suspension system for 1/12th scale pan cars. The simplified design features moulded composite lower and upper arms with the latter being of a single piece design, doing away with the conventional upper wishbone, ball cup and camber link in favour of a rigid construction that uses eight different inserts to achieve the desired combination of wheel camber and caster. A total of 16 combinations, from 0.5 degree to 2.0 degree of camber and 3.0 degree to 6.0 degree of caster are accessible, allowing for a huge amount of control over the suspension geometry without the need for expensive setup tools. In addition the design is also a lot simpler while adding rigidity to the front end. Available are a 8/32 inch front end for RC12L compatible cars with an 3mm metric kit also being available for RC12R5 series cars.
View the two front end kits here
The 4th round of this season’s Malaysia National League was held this past weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Jade Lim with the overall TQ from Mizan on the runner-up spot. In the 60-minute A-main event Jade would again excel as he took the win some five laps in front of Mizan as 9th place qualifier, Kyosho’s George Coleman, came in 3rd, some 26 seconds back. Taqi Hunterz would end the day in 4th, some 8.4 seconds in front of Muhaimin.
Image: Jade Lim
Trains and Lanes Hobbies held the HB Racing Race Days this past weekend, attracting over 150 entries including international HB Racing Pro drivers such as David Ronnefalk and Cole Ogden. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was David Ronnefalk with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 45-minute A-main event, taking the win some 40 seconds in front of 2nd place qualifier, Cole Ogden, while 3rd place qualifier, Spencer Heckert completed the top 3 podium result for a HB Racing podium lock out. Pro E-Buggy would see Jason Schreffler taking the overall TQ and win from Anthony Mazzarra in 2nd and Sean Okeefe in 3rd. Pro Nitro Truggy was top qualified by Jamie Grayek, however it was Anthony Mazzarra with the overall win in the 30-minute A-main event from Paul Rutledge in 2nd and Michael Furnari in 3rd.
Coming from Xtreme Racing is their new rear carbon fibre shock tower for the Traxxas Rustler, Slash and Stampede 2WD trucks. Machined from 4mm thick carbon fibre, the shock stay offers greatly improved stiffness compared to the standard moulded shock tower, ensuring optimised suspension efficiency and and damping action. Included with the shock tower comes all needed mounting hardware.
Source: Xtreme Racing [xtremercracing.com]
The Buggyland 6.0 race was held this past weekend at the Circuito de Fuencarral in Madrid, Spain. SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas would dominate the event with wins in both the Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy classes. In Nitro however it was Mugen’s Robert Batlle with the overall TQ from Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton and Juan Carlos Canas. The hour-long A-main then saw Robert dropping back the order in the opening stages while Juan Carlos Canas and Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo battled for the lead, swapping positions several times. After the final pitstop Juan Carlos however was able to take over the lead and extend it to 2.4 seconds on the line, handing him the win from Juao in 2nd. Robert Batlle would complete the overall top 3 another 14 seconds behind.
The Ospy Team track in Gussago, Italy played host to the 2019 Reds GP this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots was in control of things all weekend in the Nitro Buggy class as be brought home both the overall TQ and also the win in the 45-minute A-main final. Kyosho’s Mattia Polito came in a close 2nd from SWorkz’s Leonardo Valante who rounded out the top 3 podium result.
RC Discharger have introduced their new “European” version of their iCharger Duo & Dual X6 regenerative discharger. The device allows to simultaneously discharge and charge two 1S to 4S batteries at 40A using the popular Duo or X6 chargers with the recovered discharge energy used for charging and without blocking the two charge outputs. The 3-D-printed case houses the discharger and also acts as a stand for a power supply and the charger and the discharger comes ready to use as a real plug-and-play with optimised wire length for optimised pit space use. Included with the European version comes a LiPo charging and storage bag but no charger.
View a list of the key features and more images here
