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July 23, 2019

Graham Hill wins at Border Wars Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Border Wars Series was held at LRC Raceway in Longmont, Colorado recently. The event is held in several nitro and electric off-road classes and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was Graham Hill with the clean sweep of overall TQ and win. Zeke Ballinger ended the 30-minute main final on the 2 spot, some five seconds behind the winner, as Sean Guthrie came in 3rd overall. Roman Gastelum and Jordan Davis would round out the top 5 result.

Source: Flashpoint R/C [flashpointrc.com]

July 23, 2019

Batlle & Figueiredo win at International Buggy Challenge

The International Buggy Challenge was hosted by the Barcelos track in Portugal over the weekend, attracting many swift national and international 1/8th off-road drivers. In Nitro Buggy it was SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas with the overall TQ from Mugen’s Robert Batlle and Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo. The 45-minute A-main than saw Robert holding the upper hand, however it was only with a 0.7 seconds margin from Juan Carlos on the runner-up spot. Joao would retain his 3rd place qualifying position to round out the podium from Ricardo Monteiro in 4th and Nuno Casal Ribeiro in 5th.

View the E-Buggy top 3 result here

July 23, 2019

Yeah Racing TRX-4 LCG battery plate

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Traxxas TRX-4 is a low centre of gravity battery plate. By sitting the battery lower the truck gets a lower centre of gravity which helps the rig deal with off camber sections better and reduces the chance of rolling over. The battery retention system is changed to using hook and loop straps and with the integrated braces it keeps all sorts of sizes of 3S batteries in place no matter the thickness.

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July 23, 2019

Nacho Lopez takes Spanish 1/8th IC Track title

Round 3 of the Spanish IC Track Nationals was held in Valladolid this past weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track category Victor Gonzalez took the overall TQ some three seconds in front of Nacho Lopez as Ruben Olivares came in 3rd after the qualifiers. The 45-minute main final than had Nacho coming out on top, a lap in front of Ruben was Victor had to settle for 3rd overall, another lap down. With the win, Nacho also took home the national title.

Image: Nacho Lopez

July 23, 2019

DJ Apolaro TQs & wins at IFMAR GT Worlds warm-up race

The IFMAR GT Pre-Worlds race was held in Homestead, Florida last week with IGT8’s DJ Apolaro walking away with the overall TQ and win in the ROAR 5-Port Spec class. The hour-long A-main final saw Paolo Morganti (IGT8) coming in 2nd, a close 2.3 seconds behind DJ as Super Pole winner, IGT8’s Lazaro Alonso ended the race in 3rd, only nine seconds behind the winner. Serpent’s Joaquin Desoto Jr. came in 4th, some three laps behind the top 3 as Fabrizio Martello (IGT8) completed the top 5 results another three laps down.

Source: IGT8 [igt8.com]

July 22, 2019

Merlin McFly carbon fibre rear body support

New from Merlin McFly is a carbon rear body support for 200mm touring car body shells. Made from high quality US carbon this body support increases rear traction and reduces the risk of body tucks in racing mode. Currently available for Capricorn and Serpent 750 cars, the supports are also available custom-made to fit other cars.

Source: Merlin McFly [merlinmcfly.de]

July 22, 2019

Ari Heinonen sweeps Finnish 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Finnish 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held at Fullspeed RC in Vantaa, Finland this past weekend. Ari Heinonen took the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifying rounds from Lauri Ruotsalainen, who also took a round TQ. In the 45-minute A-main event it was again Ari who would prevail, taking the win some twelve seconds in front of Markku Honkanen on the runner-up spot. A lap down Simo Ahoniemi would complete the top 3 result, finishing on the same lap as 4th placed Tomi Salonen and 5th placed Lauri Ruotsalainen.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

July 22, 2019

Wang & Tyler win at Sven Böhringer Family Reunion

Timezone Raceway of Battle Ground, Washington played host to the annual Sven Böhringer Family Reunion race, attracting over 150 entries in the six cases of 1/8th Masters, 1/8th Open, GT8, 1/10th 200mm Nitro, Touring Modified and Touring 17.5T Stock. In Touring Modified, drawing nearly 30 entries, it was Xray‘s JJ Wang with the overall TQ some 0.019s in front of Xray teammate, Korey Harbke. After the triple A-main events it was still JJ on top, thanks to winning A2 and A3 for the overall as Korey had to settle for 2nd with 1-2-5 finishes. 8th place qualifier, Yokomo‘s Randy Caster came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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