Coming from T-Works and made for Mugen MBX8 based buggys, cars and trucks as well as the older MBX7 based kits is a POM shock shaft guide set. Machined from blue colour material the shaft guides offer high precision and they are 0.2mm thinner in total compared to the standard parts, making for optimised sealing and overall smoother working shock absorbers.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
Round 2 of the SRS Championship was held in Kent, UK this past weekend. Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy would walk away with the win in the Nitro Buggy class from SWorkz driver Kevin Brunsden on the runner-up spot. Agama’s Jon Hazlewood rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
The second round of the NRW Cup was held at the MACH-One track in Helmond, The Netherlands this past weekend. The event was held in good weather conditions and attracted some of the regions’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers. In the Nitro Top category Jarno Pijpers was the man to beat and after a nice battle with Jeffrey Halsema for the last ten laps of the half-hour long A-main final, he would eventually take the day’s win with Jeffrey coming on the 2 spot. Rene van Schaijk came in 3rd, already two laps down.
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Shay’s RC Park in Burghill, Ohio held their Spring Break Out race this past weekend with nearly 90 entries for the 1/8th off-road and 1/10th 4×4 Mod SCT classes. In the premiere Nitro Buggy category it was HB Racing’s Spencer Heckert with the TQ and win from Paul Ciccarello (Xray) on the 2 spot, a lap behind. A further lap down after the 20-minute A-main event was Serpent’s Adam Johnson in 3rd.
The MARCV track in Vierzon, France played host to round 3 of the 1/8th E-Buggy Championship this past weekend. The overall TQ went to TLR’s Jerome Sartel, however after the A-mains it was Team Associated’s Cyrille Baldini with the overall win from Jerome on the 2 spot. Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel would complete the top 3 podium result coming from 8th on the grid following a somewhat difficult qualifying.
Image: Jean-Pierrick Sartel
T-Works have introduced new aluminium suspension mounts and a steering plate for the Kyosho Inferno MP10 buggy. Starting with the suspension hangers, the parts are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 alloy and they come black anodised and with machined silver edge details for looks. Available are all four suspension mounts for the front and the rear of the buggy. Also new is an aluminium steering plate that offers four different inner steering Ackermann positions to fine-tune the buggy’s steering characteristics. Like the suspension mounts the steering plate is machined from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 alloy.
The third round of the Huge RC Challenge was held at the Huge RC Circuit indoor asphalt track in Bangkok, Thailand this past weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was former IFMAR ISTC World Champion, Surikarn C. with the overall TQ and also the win in the 7-minute main final. Purisek J. came in 2nd, five seconds behind while Tanat Best I. completed the top 3 another three seconds down. Yingyos Y. and Chatgul K. rounded out the top 5 podium result.
Image: Surikarn C.
Round 3 of the Trofeo Ciudad de Alcobendas was held at the ARCA track in Madrid, Spain over the weekend. In the 1/8th Electric Track class it was Jose Alberto Gonzalez with the overall TQ from Carlos Fernandez on the 2 spot. After the triple 4-minute A-mains it was again Jose Alberto who would hold the upper hand, taking the win from Gonzalo Garcia in 2nd and Carlos Fernandez in 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
