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July 1, 2019

Daniel Kobbevik sweeps Norwegian Buggy Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Norwegian 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held at the Racingland factility in Sandefjord this past weekend. The track was nicely prepared by Eddy Pedersen, Robin Houmb and all of the club’s crew and it developed some nice character during the weekend, making it pretty challenging for the drivers and every mistake very costly. Saturday was qualifying day for the Nitro class and Daniel took the overall TQ after winning round 1, 3 and 4 as Rune Karlsen won round 2. So Daniel was overnight TQ and already overall while Sunday came and this was going to be a little bit more busy day, since it was also Electric at same day with both qualifiers and finals between. Daniel TQ’d the final qualifier in Nitro as well, and he also TQ’d in the Electric class.

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July 1, 2019

T-Works 16mm shock diaphragm sets

T-Works have introduced two new shock diaphragm sets for 16mm big bore shock absorbers. Available in a softer hollow and a harder honeycomb design variant, the diaphragms fit many of today’s 16mm 1/8th scale shock absorbers and they help to adjust rebound to the driver’s liking. The hollow “A” variants will make for smoother rebound characteristics as the honeycomb “B” volume compensators will make for a harder rebound, the latter being a good choice especially for smoother track conditions. The A and B variants are available as separate 4-piece sets.

View the Type B diaphragms here

July 1, 2019

BRCA Truggy & E-Buggy Nationals Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the BRCA Truggy and E8 Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the Brookthorpe astro turf track with a somewhat low turn out of only 29 drivers. The day started off with two rounds of timed practice in heat order followed by three rounds of qualifying on the bone dry and very fast track with thhe faster drivers were getting mid 30 second laps. During the day Matt Lewis would take the TQ spot in Truggy with Jon Howells come in 2nd place overall, and Mitchell Booth taking 3rd place overall. In the E-Buggy class it was Mike Lewis with the TQ with Michell Booth in 2nd overall and local driver Simon Hamblett taking 3rd place overall. Starting with the Truggy A-final, the race ran for 30 minutes and there were some amazing battles throughout the race. 1st and 2nd was up and gone from the get go. But 3rd and 4th were battling it out until the very end. The top 4 were Matt Lewis who drives for Associated, Mitchell Booth who drivers for Tekno, Jon Howells who also drives for Associated and finally Wez Jolly a driver for Tekno.

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July 1, 2019

Micha Widmaier takes double German Truggy title

The MCC Laupheim track played host to the German Truggy Nationals this past weekend. SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier was in control of things in the Nitro and Electric classes, ultimately taking the titles in both categories. Mugen’s Tim Hinderer and Johannes Klett would complete the Nitro podium while Team Associated driver, Alex Schmitt and Mugen pilot, Stefan Matas rounded out the Electric podium.

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July 1, 2019

Juan Carlos Canas wins at Spanish Nitro Buggy Nationals

Round 3 of the Spanish Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the popular CARTT Fuencarral track in Madrid this past weekend. Juan Carlos Canas (SWorkz/Reds Racing/6Mik) took the win with almost a lap margin from Robert Batlle (Mugen/Maxima/Hot Race) while Alberto Garcia (Mugen/Ultimate/JConcepts).

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

June 30, 2019

Neil Cragg doubles at BRCA Buggy Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the 2019 BRCA 1/10th Off-road Nationals was held at the challenging TORCH track this past weekend. Team Associated’s Neil Cragg was in control of things all weekend with double TQs and wins in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. Lee Martin came in 2nd at Saturday’s 2WD event and he would copy the result on Sunday while SWorkz’s Elliott Boots completed Sunday’s 4WD podium and Schumacher’s Danny McGee came in 3rd in 2WD.

Source: Ruddog Distribution [ruddog.eu]

June 30, 2019

Xpress XM1 239mm WB conversion kit

Coming from Xpress and made for the XM1 and XM1S M-class touring cars is a 239mm wheelbase chassis conversion kit. Designed for high speed tracks or in situations where stability is required, the long wheelbase conversion will help gain more stability by having a car less willing to rotate in the corners. The result is an easier to drive car that is also good on very high grip carpet. The kit includes new upper and lower carbon fibre decks as well as longer belts.

Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]

June 30, 2019

Krapp secures first podium at Apeldoorn with A3 win

Christopher Krapp has secured his first podium of the current ETS season after taking the win in the concluding final of a hot weekend of racing at the beautiful Apeldoorn track in the Netherlands. Having challenged Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho for a time in A2 but unable to find a way by the reigning Champion, allowing him to celebrate his third win of the season early, Krapp came good in A3. Getting by second place starter Freddy Sudhoff early on as the Awesomatix driver struggled with a lack of traction, Krapp would pulled clear before coming under the attention of a very racy looking Alexander Hagberg in the closing stages. Setting down almost identical lap times, 1/1000th separating them, Krapp kept control of the race crossing the line 3/10th in front of Hagberg with Ronald Volker only 2/10 off him. The win with the P2 from the previous final would see the German equal his best ETS result with Yokomo with Sudhoff completing the podium. Having come into the weekend as the Championship leader, unfortunately 5th overall behind Hagberg means Volker relinquishes that lead to Coelho with one round to go.

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