For the third round of the Swiss 1/10th Buggy Nationals racer travelled to the astro turf track of the Härkingen club. Wet weather made for an unpleasant race day and in the 2WD class it was Philip Jeisy (Yokomo) who made the best out of the conditions with Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) coming in second while Xray’s Nico Schmid completed the top 3 result.
Round three of the BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nationals was held at Eden Park Raceway in mixed weather conditions. The 2WD race started out dry and everyone was running laydown cars but once the rain came out, drivers switched to stand up gearboxes for the last round of qualifier and the finals. Old dude Ellis Stafford (TLR) would make the best out of the conditions, beating young guns Neil Cragg (Team Associated) and Lee Martin (Yokomo).
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
The third round of the popular Weser Ems Cup was held at the Quakenbrück track in the North of Germany. Right from the start the Agama duo of Burak and Berkan Kilic dominated the proceedings, with Burak eventually taking the TQ after the three qualifiers from his brother Berkan. In the A-main Burak and Berkan battled for the lead until the 10 minute mark when Berkan made a mistake, allowing Burkan to open a gap and cruise to the win. Berkan would end the race on the runner-up spot from the Agama of Phillip Gabler, making it an Agama podium lock-out.
This past weekend round two of the Swedish National Cup was held at the nicely prepared “1990’s style” Örebro track. In 4WD Buggy Alexander Landén would take the overall TQ thanks to round TQs in the first and second qualifier, backing the results up with a second and a third place. The opening final then was quite eventful with some tough racing and Alexander was involved in an incident in the beginning of the final, but he recovered to take over the lead again only to get caught out by a rut which flipped the car with less than a minute to go. Alexander eventually finished fourth while the win grabbed by swift Elias Johansson.
Schelle Racing Innovations have introduced two new products in the form of a TLR 22 3.0 rear camber block and 7mm titanium motor screws. Starting with the TLR part, the rear camber block was designed to offer improved durability and make for easier adjustments. The 2-piece design does away with the plastic inserts and over-sized design of the kit parts, replacing them with a sleek base and durable upper 2-piece construction that is adjustable with ballstud shims between the base and upper block. The two clamping screws which secure the mount are easily accessible from above, not obstructed by the shock tower. The block is available in black and hard anodise colour.
The second round of THE Series was held at 710 Raceway in Okemos, Michigan. It was a long day, with racing starting at 9 AM and trophies around 11 PM. The track normally hosts 1/8th scales, and even though the crew had cut out the two big back jumps, a fast lap in Mod Buggy was 30 seconds. The track was bumpy and, as usual for Midwestern outdoor tracks with lots of sun and a nice breeze, watering was necessary. The whoops section was difficult at the beginning, and as the surface began to deteriorate the fast line through it disappeared. Russ Bryant started the day off by TQing all three rounds of Mod Stadium Truck qualifying. He then ran away with the main, leading wire-to-wire.
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The 3rd Annual Québec Classic will be held in Eastern Canada from August 25th to 28th. The organisers have found a new location for the event at Bego Racing RC Raceway right next to the Napierville Dragway and only 20 minutes away from downtown Montréal. It also is only a five hours drive from NYC and Toronto. Track design will be taken care of by Levi Jackson of SikTrack Design and the race schedule will see 12 hours of free practice starting Thursday, followed by 7 minute qualifiers on Friday and Saturday with the mains run on Sunday. Classes are Nitro Buggy and Truggy, E-Buggy and E-Truggy as well as SC 4WD with sign-up being available here. For more questions feel free to contact the organisers at jerome@jtq.ca.
Italian company Reds Racing have introduced their new R5R engine combo packages. Available in two specifications both include the R5R Racer 3.0 engine, Reds Racing 2104 pipe combined with S manifold, as well as 6.5 and 7.0 mm venturi inserts. What separates them is the Quattro clutch system as the combos are available with or without the popular 4-shoe clutch. As for the R5R Racer V3.0 engine, it features the HCX horizontal carburettor, silicon-filled and tuned crankshaft, sleeve with 5 inlet ports and classic exhaust port, high-sealing front bearing, and rear high-quality chrome steel bearing. All parts are matched, measured by Mario Rossi within certain tolerances and hand-built by him personally.
Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]
