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September 28, 2016

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd1 – Report

The first round of the Worksop Series took place this past weekend with a huge entry of 153 drivers across the two classes of Buggy 2WD and 4WD. There was huge demand to try and get a race entry for this event, one of the biggest race series currently in the UK. As always round by round qualifying was the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. In 2WD Craig Collinson was trying to help his Championship get off to the best start by being on pole position for the A-final and he would come out fastest in the main too, taking the win from Richard Lowe and Greg Williams.

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September 28, 2016

Ryan Cavalieri wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd6

Round six of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League was held at Channel Islands R/C in Santa Barbara, California. The forthcoming IFMAR Worlds made for an illustrious entry field with drivers trying to put finishing touches on their worlds packages. In the Expert Buggy class Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri took the win from AE teammate, Spencer Rivkin while Japan’s Atsushi Hara (Kyosho) completed the podium result in third.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

September 28, 2016

Boy Witsarut sweeps Malaysian National League Rd5

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia played host to round five of the Malaysia National League. Saturday was qualifying day, with five 10-minute long races on the schedule, drivers had to deal with a very dusty track under incredibly hot and humid weather conditions. In the Pro Buggy class Danny K would TQ three of the five rounds to take the overall TQ but it was 6-times national champion, David Lim who would start into the A-main from the pole position followed by Boy Witsarut and Danny K. In the 60-minute long Pro A-main, Boy then managed to lap the entire field on the 20-minute mark, finishing up three laps ahead of the second-place driver, Kenny Chin. Didier Perin would obtain the final podium spot with TQ, Danny K had to settle for a sixth place overall after an incident with a marshal that stopped his engine.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

September 28, 2016

Schumacher Mini Dart 1/10th carpet & astro turf tyre

Schumacher have introduced the all-new Mini Dart 1/10th buggy tyre for carpet and astro turf tracks. The tyre features a new low-profile design to improve bump handling and reduce traction rolling tendencies on high-grip tracks. Midway in terms of the Mini Pin and Mini Spike the tread offers great versatility on both carpet and astro tracks while offering exceptional tread life and a BRCA legal width. The Mini Dart is available as 2WD front, 4WD front and general rear tyre in blue long life, yellow dry and silver wet compound and also as yellow compound pre-mounts.

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September 28, 2016

TLR/Horizon Hobby sweep NDOR NDORance Masters

This past weekend saw the NDOR Notts and Derby Off Road revive a classic race platform, the endurance race NDORance Masters 2016 in support of the Heart Link Children’s Charity. The race took place on the club’s varied and challenging astro track. Saturday had the teams home in their setup and all generally have a good time. Sunday saw the race itself and TLR UK’s three teams set to battle it out, with a number of others including two teams from RC PitBox. Two stick teams from TLR and one steering wheel team were raring to go Sunday morning. After an eventful sprint down the straight to collect engine and pipes, it was straight into the race with engine fitting and running-in part of the race itself. The 6 hours 45 minutes of racing saw all three top TLR cars complete over 500 laps each and reach the end of the race taking home all three steps of the podium with team TLR Horizon 1 taking the win from TLR Horizon 2 and TLR Horizon 3.

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September 28, 2016

Ales Bidovsky doubles at RC-Hobby Racing Cup Rd5

The fifth round of RC-Hobby Racing Cup was held in Skripov, Czech Republic. In the premier 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Xray’s Ales Bidovsky who took the win from Xray teammates Ondrej Kulhanek and Jakub Mader in second and third respectively. Krystof Prasil (Mugen) and Jaroslav Valder (Xray) completed the top 5 result. Elsewhere in 1/8th E-buggy, it was again Ales Bidovsky (Xray) who came out on top after the final. Roman Pudich (Xray) in second and Jaroslav Valder (Xray) in third completed the podium result while Radim Siska (Xray) and Tony Hybler (Serpent) had to settle for fourth and fifth respectively.

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September 28, 2016

Nicolas Bregante wins at Metropolitan Race Rd3

The third round of the Argentinian Metropolitan racing series took place at the Speed Paradise track with the competition being on a very high level. In the Buggy Pro class it was Nicolas Bregante to take the day’s win from Sebastian Recio and Lucas Pons in second and third respectively.

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September 28, 2016

RC Concept MC5R Team limited edition engine

With the 2016 IFMAR Nitro Buggy World Championships around the corner, RC Concept have introduced their latest MC5R Team limited edition engine. Made to the exact same specifications as the all-out factory team engines that the likes of Reno Savoya and Lee Martin will campaign in Las Vegas, the Team spec power plants will feature a lighter and DLC-coated crankshaft, a high-performance ceramic rear bearing and they come factory run-in by RC Concept. The engine comes including RC Concept’s 2133 pipe set, with an updated cooling head design compared to the images shown and it is limited to 100 pieces world-wide.

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