The penultimate round of the BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nationals was held at Boughton Raceway this past weekend. The 2WD portion was held on Saturday and it saw Team Associated’s Neil Cragg taking the overall TQ and also the win, earning him his 24th national title. Yokomo’s Paul Crompton came in 2nd while Schumacher’s Phil Sleigh came in 3rd to round out the podium in front of Ellis Stafford in 4th and Danny Mcgee in 5th.
The annual Xcampus Challenge was held at the Gian Arena Circuit in Banjarmasin, South Borneo, Indonesia this past weekend. The event attracted 55 drivers with Touring Modified being the primary class. It was Bowie Ginting who took the overall TQ spot ahead of Christian Mamesah and Hijrah Saputra and also the main finals went into Bowie’s favour who secured the overall victory by winning A1 and A2, followed by Christian who won A3 while Peter Anthonijsz took overall 3rd.
The 2019 ROAR Electric On-Road Paved Nationals were held at Speedworld R/C Raceway in Roseville, California this past weekend. In the premier Modified Touring Car class it was Brandon Clements with the overall TQ, however it was multi-time ROAR National Champion, Ryan Cavalieri with the wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory from EJ Evans on the runner-up spot. Felix Law came in 3rd to round out the podium in 3rd from A3 winner, Brandon Clements.
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Xray have introduced their new eccentric steel bushings foe the IAC Integrated Adjustable Caster C-hubs of the XB8 series kits. The bushings allow for ±2 degrees of caster adjustment depending on the orientation of the inserts. The bushings are of a keyed design to ensure secure and reliable mounting with the heavy steel construction adding unsprung weight if needed. The bushings come in sets of two and as 0 degree, 1 degree and 2 degrees variants and they are usable for XB8, XB8E, XT8, XT8E, GTX8 and GTXE kits utilising the front C-hub suspension.
View the 1 and 2 degrees inserts here
Round 5 and 6 of the 2019 RCGP Series were held at the Pista DirtRaceRC track in Asti, Italy over the weekend. In the premier RCGP class it was Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) who would make a clean sweep at Saturday’s round 5 and Sunday’s round 6, taking the overall TQs and wins on both days for yet another perfect weekend. Juan Carlos Canas (SWorkz) and David Ronnefalk (HB Racing) came in 2nd and 3rd in Saturday’s qualifying but after the double A-mains it was Elliott Boots (SWorkz) with the overall runner-up spot as Juan Carlos Canas came in 3rd to round out the podium. Sunday’s round 6 then saw Marco Baruffolo (Xray) snatching the P2 spot after the qualifiers from Elliott Boots in 3rd. The single A-main then saw the dominator of the weekend bringing home the win with a 10-seconds margin as Juan Carlos and Elliott came in 2nd and 3rd, albeit still on the same lap as winner Davide who now made it six wins out of six rounds.
Source: RCGP [rc-gp.com]
Tamiya have announced the soon release of their GF-01TR based Monster Beetle Trail kit. The 1/14th scale truck is based on the GF-01TR monocoque chassis that features a centrally placed motor, double wishbone suspension components with portal axles and gum-filled gear differentials. The vehicle is decked out by a moulded plastic body shell with separate window inserts and chrome details such as fog lamps, engine and exhausts. Yellow wheels and grippy chevron/pin tread tyres round out the package. The kit will hit stores in September.
T-Works have announced the release of a new aluminium wing stay mount for the Kyosho Inferno MP10 buggy. Machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and coming black anodised for wear and looks, the wing stay mount replaces the original part for a more sturdy construction that can improve overall downforce. Includes with the mount comes gold-coloured mounting hardware.
Coming from HB Racing and made for the D819 buggy is a wide C arm mount. The suspension hanger is wider than stock and allows racers to run less than 2 degrees of toe-in. It can be used with D-Mounts with less than 3 degrees of toe-in to ensure proper fitment of the drive shafts. HB Racing’s team drivers report that the new setup helps with car rotation and corner speed. The arm mount comes machined from aluminium , it features a black anodised surface and is compatible with the D819, D817, D817T, E819, E817, D815, and D812 kits.
Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]
