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October 8, 2019

Estonian 1/8th Off-road Nationals finale – Report

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.

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October 8, 2019

Serpent SRX2 Gen3 2WD buggy – Coming soon

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.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 8, 2019

Helix A800 high downforce body post mounts

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.

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October 8, 2019

Bittydesign teaser 190mm ultra downforce TC body

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]

October 8, 2019

Paolo Morganti wins at FNS season opener

Last weekend’s opening round of the Florida Nitro Series held at the Homestead RC Raceway in Homestead, Florida saw IGT8’s Paolo Morganti taking the win in the 30-minute 1/8th GT A-main event. Top qualifier Paolo left behind Avery Pierce (IGT8) in 2nd, two laps down as PJ Dietz (Serpent) came in 3rd, another three laps down.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

October 8, 2019

Drake, Westergaard & Saxton win at JBRL NS Rd7

Round 7 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at the Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California last weekend. While Ryan Maifield walked away with the win in the Expert Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with with win in Open Truggy, leaving behind TLR’s Anthony Westergaard in 2nd and Kyosho driver, Stephen Bess in 3rd.

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October 8, 2019

Harley Yoshii doubles at Northwest Gold Cup

Tacoma RC Raceway of Tacoma, Washington hosed the 2019 Northwest Gold Cup last weekend, attracting nearly 175 entries for the Modified and Stock 1/10th scale off-road classes. In the highly contested 4WD and 2WD Modified Buggy classes it was Harley Yoshii (Yokomo/Muchmore/JConcepts) with the double overall TQ and win. In 4WD the win didn’t came easy though as Harley suffered a DNF in A2, however with 1st place finishes in A1 and A3 Yoshii sealed the bag to take the overall from Dalton Pierce (Yokomo/Muchmore/JConcepts) 2nd and Tyler Miller (Team Associated/Reedy/JConcepts) in 3rd. Over in 2WD Modified Buggy Harley made a clean sweep in A1 and A2 for the early overall as Mikey Brown (Team Associated/Muchmore/JConcepts) and Dalton Pierce (Yokomo/Muchmore/JConcepts) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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October 8, 2019

T-Works 150mm 1/10th & 1/8th car stand

Coming from T-Works is their new 150mm long car stand for 1/10th and 1/8th scale vehicles. Made from sturdy metal the car stand features laser-etched and also machined T-Works logos for brand recognition and a low weight, as well as up to eight holes to take shock absorbers during building, maintenance and setup. Two foam strips ensure the chassis rests securely on top of the stand and without harming the car stand itself or the lower side of the chassis plate.

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