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May 4, 2016

Ielasi Tuned ITD.21-7CL Buggy & Sport on-road engines

Ielasi Tuned have introduced three new engines in the form of the ITD.21-7CL Buggy off-road and the .12 and .21 Sport on-road engines. Starting with the off-road engine, the ITD.21-7CL is a 7-port long-stroke engine with new carburettor and all-new 60mm cooling head as well as a 14mm crankshaft with red paste for improved mixture flow. The engine is available with standard steel or ceramic rear bearing. As for the .12 and .21 Sport on-road engines, both were developed with both the club racer and professional in mind. The Novarossi-based engines offer the highest quality for exceptional performance, high durability and easy of adjustment.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

May 3, 2016

Pelle Culmsee doubles at Danish Nitro Offroad Nats Rd2

The second round of the Danish Nitro Offroad Nationals hosted by the Hillerod RC Racing club and as usual the weekend started off with Nitro Truggy and Electric Buggy racing on Saturday. In the Nitro Truggy class Peter Harder would grab the TQ in front of Jan D. Hansen and Steffen Culmsee. Mike Kjærgaard rounded out the top 4 after the qualifiers.

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May 3, 2016

Dave Hemenway wins at RC Excitement season opener

RC Excitement of Fitchburg, Massachusetts recently held their Outdoor Season Opener race on their newly refurbished track. In the 1/8th E-Truggy class Daven Hemenway would grab the TQ after having some trouble with traffic in the opening qualifier. The main event then saw Dave profiting of some clashes behind him and from that moment on he never looked back. Behind Dave, Jim Edmonds came in second while Phil Morris rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

May 3, 2016

Witsarut Roumlarp wins New RC Club Race Rd3

Last weekend the third round of the New RC Club Race series was held at the New RC track in Thailand with more than 70 sign-ups for the one day event. Witsarut Roumlarp would grab the TQ for the 45 minute A-main and he would jump into the lead right from the start but some five minutes into the race an error let him drop to 4th. Mongkolphan L. then lead the field until around mid-race when Meen V. held the top spot. With around 15 minutes to go, Witsarut Roumlarp grabbed the lead from Meen who would later run out of fuel sitting in second. This allowed Witsarut Roumlarp to cruise to the win in front of Paphon C and Witchapoom while Meen had to settle for fourth.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

May 3, 2016

1/8th Buggy Euros Warm-up Race – Announcement

The warm-up for the 2016 1/8th Nitro EFRA Off-road European Championships will be held from the 13th to 15th of May at the RC Redovan track in Alicante in the south-east of Spain. Registration for the event is open until the 9th of May and it can be found here together with additional information about the race that is open for all drivers with respective national licences.

May 3, 2016

Ryan Lutz doubles at Pro-Line Gas Champs

The 8th annual Pro-Line Gas Champs were held this past weekend at the Pro-Line test track in Banning, California. As usual the event attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers including prominent guests from abroad, such as Sweden’s David Ronnefalk. The 2-day event saw three rounds of heads up qualifying on Saturday and the mains on Sunday and in the premier Nitro Buggy class it was Tekno’s Ryan Lutz who took the TQ and winning honours, leaving HB’s David Ronnefalk and Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst behind in second and third respectively.

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May 3, 2016

Intech ER-14 lightened aluminium motor mount

Coming from Intech for the ER-14 1/10th 4WD off-road buggy is a lightened quick change motor mount. Machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and coming black anodised the 2-piece sliding design motor mount reduced the overall weight while allowing for easier motor access and more convenient gear mesh adjustment. The part is a direct fit on the ER-14 buggy.

Source: Intech Racing [intechracing.com]

May 3, 2016

Jonathan Yeung teams up with Alpha

Alpha have announced the signing of up and coming Hong Kong driver Jonathan Yeung to their team. The Chinese National Champion will power his Tekno RC vehicles using Alpha’s competition engines and he has the following to say about the deal:

It is amazing to join the Alpha Factory Team and I am eager to run the Alpha engines in various nitro Off-road race. The latest Dragon III series is just perfectly match with my requirements in power demand at different RPM, low fuel consumption and extreme reliable under serious race conditions. I would like to take this chance to thanks for Alpha to offer me this opportunity to join the team. I am confident that Alpha engine can help me to achieve great results in coming IFMAR 1/8 nitro Buggy Worlds in Las Vegas!

Source: Alpha [alpha-rc.com]