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November 2, 2016

Shay Brand successful at Halloween Havoc Retro Race

This past weekend Loganville RC Speedway hosted the Halloween Havoc Retro Race. Instead of IFMAR style qualifying, the organizers went back to the old school gate starts. It was really fun to experience the gate starts again, and really made for some exciting qualifiers. There were also no Pro and Sportsman classes, it was just Buggy and Truggy with the event attracting around 85 entries. In the Buggy class and after some crazy qualifying, Team Associated’s Shay Brand took the TQ. In the main, Shay was able to get a pretty good start, but got shuffled around a little after a few turns. He was able to find his way back to the front though and never looked back to take the overall win for the race.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

November 2, 2016

Jesper Rasmussen wins at Winter Cup opener

Jesper Rasmussen wins at Winter Cup

The opening round of the Winter Cup series was held at the David Ronnefalk owned HB Orion Racetrack. Jesper Rasmussen got off to a good start already in practice in which he came out fastest from David Ronnefalk and Malin Karlsen. In the qualifiers the battle was on between newly crowned 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion, David Ronnefalk and Jesper Rasmussen. The opening qualifier saw mistakes of both drivers with David still being able to take the top spot from Jesper in second and Frederik in third. Q2 then had Jesper laying down a flawless run to take the TQ from Malin and David and Jesper was also unstoppable in Q3, taking the round TQ from Jessica and Frederik. The final qualifier again saw Jesper excel, this time in front of David and Niclas.

Continue reading the report here

November 2, 2016

Malin Karlsen takes OMK Fall Classic title

The eight and final round of the OMK Fall Classic title was recently held at the OMK astro turf track. As usual the race format was three rounds of qualifying with triple mains and much like the previous round the track was once again soaking wet and in combination with the low temperatures traction was really low. Malin Karlsen (Xray) took all qualifiers in style to grab the pole position for the A-mains. Malin was also in control of things in the opening A-main despite some bobbles due to the slippery surface but she walked away with a convincing first win of the evening. A2 then was a different affair as, after opening a small gap on the field, she got caught out by a pipe after loosing traction, causing her to loose the lead and also valuable time. Getting her head down she quickly was able to fight for the lead again but the leader would not be easy to pass, so Malin waited until what she thought was the final lap to make an attack at the table top jump leading into the last corner and she even managed to win the drag race to the finish line until both realised that they crossed the finish line tenth of a second before the time was up. With her opponent realising the fact earlier Malin had to settle for second in leg 2. For A3 Malin decided to make up for the confusion earlier so she laid down a flawless run to take the win almost a lap ahead of the field to take the win, the overall victory at round eight and with it the OMK Fall Classic title. Marius Kristensen (Serpent) would end the day on the two spot from Morten Bremsrud (Team Associated) in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 2, 2016

Axon X10 precision ball bearings

Japanese company Axon have introduced their new X10 ball bearings. The ball races are built using highly precise parts including optimised-size balls to make for the highest possible efficiency. A special coating reduced heat build-up which is further helped by the used of a special bearing oil that greatly reduces drag. The bearings are available in many popular sizes including two 8x4mm and 8x5mm flanged offerings and they come in sets of two.

Source: Axon [team-axon.com]

November 2, 2016

Yaniv Sivan wins Israeli League Rd2

The second round of the Israeli League was held at the recently renewed Omer-Ring race track. After the four rounds of qualifying on the technical and challenging track it was Yaniv Sivan who took the top qualifier spot. Right at the start of the 40-minute main final Yaniv jumped the lead followed by Tal Siles and Ido Carmon but an early mistake of Tal cost him the second spot, promoting Ido into the runner-up position. Behind the two the battle was on for the final podium spot between Aviv Maymon and Ofir Avitan. Ultimately Aviv would hold the upper hand to take the final podium spot behind winner Yaniv and second placed Ido.

View the final results here

November 1, 2016

JConcepts NB48.3 S1 buggy bodyshell

Coming from JConcepts and made for the Tekno RC NB48.3 buggy is the new Silencer S1 bodyshell. Offering a distinctive cab forward design with a medium rake angle for an aggressive driving feel without sacrificing out-right balance the body also sports forward pods that have the necessary height for chassis related items with an added scoop, built for cooling access from a forward position. The rear deck is built up and includes a rear winglet which drops some force on the rear of the vehicle. The mid-length cab incorporates a one-piece side window layout and includes a long shark fin off the rear of the cab for side-traction and straight-line tracking ability. At the rear of the cab rest several areas which can be trimmed for air-flow and hot air escape which is common inside a nitro vehicle. The S1 is formed in clear polycarbonate material with protective film and each package includes window mask and detailed decal sheet.

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November 1, 2016

Burak Kilic wins Adventscup Warm-Up race

The Adventscup Warm-up race was held this past weekend at the Czypu-Drom indoor off-road dirt track in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. About 60 drivers signed in for the 1/8th E-buggy class and after the opening qualifier on Saturday it looked like a lot of drivers would battle for the overall win with Carsten Keller, Luca Rau, Philip Lüdgart and Burak Kilic all being in the mix. After the qualifiers on Sunday, Burak Kilic (Agama) held the upper hand over the other drivers and he would take the win in the main final from tone to tone, leaving Philip Lüdgart (Kyosho) and Luca Rau (Kyosho) behind in second and third respectively.

Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.

November 1, 2016

Infinity TLR 22 3.0 carbon fibre rear shock tower brace

Coming from X Factory’s Infinity line of option parts is a new carbon fibre rear shock tower brace for laydown converted TLR 22 3.0 buggies. Initially developed by J.P. Richards, it moves the shocks to the front of the rear arms and has many advantages over the standard layout. By moving the somewhat heavy shocks forward, their weight is closer to the centre of gravity which can give a huge advantage in a range of track conditions. The carbon fibre brace also stiffens the tower and forward shocks control the motion of the arms better. According to Richards the car jumps better with the stiffer tower and better arm control. It pushes off the jump face better and lands better. It is also more consistent in corners, especially on-power during exit. The car can be driven harder through every corner and over every jump. The set includes the carbon fibre shock tower brace as well as all needed mounting hardware.

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