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May 28, 2019

French Electric On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

The Besancon track in the eastern part of France hosted round 3 of the French Electric On-road Championship last weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Hugo Ragaut with the overall TQ from Remi Callens and Loic Jasmin in 2nd and 3rd respectively. After the triple A-mains it was still Hugo with the number 1 spot, thanks to winning A1 and A3, while Loic moved up a spot to finish on the runner-up spot. 5th place qualifier, Alexandre Duchet would obtain the 3rd and final podium spot.

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May 28, 2019

Aaron Dexter wins at Challenge Cup

The Western Australian Challenge Cup was held at the MORBC 1/8th Buggy Worlds track recently with Aaron Dexter taking the TQ and in in the Nitro Buggy class. 2nd place qualifier, Harry Simms came in 2nd while 4th place qualifiers, Fabio Silvi completed the top 3 podium result.

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May 28, 2019

Martinelli & Fankhauser win at Swiss IC Track Rd2

The second round of the Swiss IC Track Championship was held at the iconic Lostallo track this past weekend. Saturday’s qualification was held in mixed weather conditions with the day starting off dry but becoming a wet affair during the lunch break. In the 1/8th class it was Luca Martinelli with the TQ from Mattia Pesenti, Ales Haydekr and Jürg Nydegger. The final then saw Mattia Pesenti leading the field in the opening stages, however a crash with another driver at the 12-minute mark disturbed his race as he had to change tyres. A few minutes later Mattia was already chasing Luca Martinelli for the lead but a longer than expected tyre change 18 minutes to the end was another set back for Pesenti. Mattia then tried his best to close in on the leader again but he would run out of tyres and had to settle for 2nd overall behind Luca Martinelli. Rudi Scherrer came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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May 28, 2019

T-Works P12 Evo lightweight turnbuckle & screw sets

Coming from T-Works and made for the Roche P12 Evo 1/12th scale pan car are a lightweight titanium turnbuckle set as well as several screw kits. Starting with the turnbuckle set, the links are made of high-quality 64 grade titanium and the kit consists of toe, camber and servo links that are topped off by a suitable 4mm turnbuckle wrench. Using the lightweight parts will add visual impact while scrubbing overall weight. Also new are a total of four screw sets with the range including a red anodised all-alloy kit, a mixed aluminium and titanium UFO head set, a full UFO head titanium kit as well as a gold colour plated steel screw set. The alloy and titanium sets will greatly reduce overall weight while the gold colour steel screws mainly add visual impact.

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May 28, 2019

Jackson Andres TQs & wins at NCT Rd2

The second round of the 2019 NCT Series was held in Spokane, Washington this past weekend. Jackson Andres (Mugen) would take the TQ in the 1/8th Expert E-Buggy class and he also came out on top after the triple A-main finals by taking wins in A2 and A3. Tekno RC’s Tayler Wonders came in 2nd with A1 winner, Serpent’s Joe Cathey completing the top 3 result. Xray’s Robert Sorjonen finished in 4th, Tekno RC’s Derek Rasheed came in 5th overall.

Image: Jonathan Andres

May 28, 2019

Graham Alsop doubles at Nitro X Cross

This bank holiday weekend saw the popular Nitro X Cross series at East Shrewsbury BRC. On Sunday the top 3 in Nitro Buggy were Graham Alsop (HB Racing), Matt Lewis (Team Associated) and Mike Lewis (Team Associated) and Monday the top 3 were Graham Alsop, Mike Lewis and Lewis Jones (Team Associated). The series returns in a few weeks time at JC Raceway on the 29th and 30th of June.

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May 28, 2019

Exotek RB7 LiPo cups and mount system

Coming from Exotek is an adjustable LiPo cup battery hold system for the Kyosho RB7 and RB6 buggy and trucks. It allows to adjust the battery quickly, forward or way back, with ease as track conditions call for it. The system securely cradles the battery in place for added chassis flex compared to taping the battery to the chassis and it is lightweight, easy yet secure battery hold in and removal. The carbon fibre construction ensures lightness and makes factory looks with machined alloy mounting bases. The set is for experienced hobbyists as it requires a 1/8”/3.25mm drill bit and some DIY to mount the alloy base in the side rails. Included mounting instructions and a drill template help to achieve the best possible results though.

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May 28, 2019

Mayo, Jelin & Westergaard win at JBRL Series Rd2

Round 2 of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California last weekend. The Expert Nitro Buggy class was TQ’d by Mugen’s Adam Drake, however in the 20-minute A-main final it was 9th place qualifier, Xray’s Jake Mayo who would excel, taking the win some 12 seconds in front of Adam while Tekno’s Steve Harris completed the top 3 podium result, another 5.6 seconds down.

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