The 6th and final round of the Northwest Championship Tour was held recently, attracting over 300 entries for the 1/8th and 1/10th scale off-road classes. The event was affected by the weather a bit but overall the track was raceable and thus the organisers went ahead with the program. In the 1/8th E-Truggy class it was Rob Sorjonen with the overall TQ and he also took the win ahead of Lee Hackney and Cole Chura.
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Xtreme Racing have introduced their new carbon fibre dirt oval front and rear shock towers for the Traxxas Slash 2WD short course truck. Machined from high-quality 4mm carbon fibre the shock stays offer a multitude of shock and camber link mounting positions while also allowing to stand up the shocks a lot more compared to the standard kit positions. In addition the carbon towers are a lot stiffer than the standard moulded composite parts, giving better response and improving suspension efficiency. The shock towers are available separately and including mounting hardware.
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The final round of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Praslavice last weekend. The event marked the beginning of the the indoor carpet season so driver were eager to get some laps under their belt during Friday’s practice sessions. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Ales Bidovsky with the overall TQ from Max Götzl with the latter taking the 4WD Buggy pole position from Ales Bidovsky. Over in the Truck class and with round TQs in Q2 and Q3 it was Max with another overall TQ. The 2WD A-mains then saw Ales Bidovsky taking the overall win from Max Götzl who had some mishaps in the A-mains. Ultimately Max would win A3 for the overall-runner-up spot as Marek Schiller came in 3rd to round out the podium.
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The JConcepts Fall Indoor Nationals Series saw a massive schedule change for 2019 as the event was moved from Boston to Detroit. The race was relocated to an all-new venue, RC Clubhouse, just outside of Detroit, in Warren, Michigan. Detriot has a long history in RC racing including playing host to the 1991 IFMAR World Championships in which RC legend, Masami Hirosaka, won the 2WD Mod class with his Team Associated RC10. During the 4WD portion of the World Championships, the other famous RC legend, Cliff Lett, took the Yokomo YZ-10 Super Dog Fighter Works ’91 to the top in 4WD Modified. Now, those names and those cars are forever a part of RC history, but those days are far in the past. The question is now … what about Detroit’s RC future? It’s been a long time coming and finally, a nationally acclaimed 1/10th off-road race has found its way back to Michigan bringing with it some of the best drivers in the world including a World Champion, National Champions, and Regional Champions. By having such a stacked field of drivers gives the local racers a chance to experience a high level of competition they typically can’t find at their club races. With more big events, the region will only get faster and perhaps someday we’ll see a world champion that hails from Michigan.
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The Polgaste RC Track hosted the last leg of the 2019 Estonian Nationals on their brand new astroturf circuit recently. In qualifying it would be Hendrik Lainemae taking the TQ in both Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy. In Nitro Buggy Rainer Ressar would take the pole after a technical 10 by Hendrik, but Hendrik would soon take back the lead after an amazing first stint. Rainer seemed to have the pace to keep up with Hendrik, but lapped traffic would be the deciding factor this time around. In the end Hendrik would win the race and seal the championship followed closely by Rainer Ressar and Arco Aria.
Coming soon from Serpent is their 3rd generation SRX2 1/10th scale 2WD buggy. No official details have been revealed yet but Serpent expresses the updated car will be “new”, “adaptable”, and “fast”, so guesses are that the latest generation will do away with the numerous different variants of the past in favour of a more straight forward line-up. Full information will become available soon and we bring you more details as they surface.
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Helix Designs have introduced their new high downforce body post mounts for the Awesomatix 4WD touring cars. The mount attaches the rear body posts horizontally to now be mounted out the back of the body. The main benefit to this is eliminating all flex at the back of the body giving the wing and rear deck much more support and resulting in a more stable and consistent feeling car which is very noticeable with 0.5mm ultra lightweight bodies. The design also makes the ultimate body tucks solution from direct rear impacts and they can be combined with Helix anti-tuck lite body stiffeners to the body stop crinkle from side tucks to create the best anti tuck solution possible at a very low weight.
Bittydesign will be the latest company to jump on the ultra low downforce train that sees 190mm touring car body shells left with some of the most extreme designs so far. The Italian company’s yet unnamed lid will be unveiled on the 15th of October and it is already available for pre-order now.
Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]
