Exotek have introduced new carbon fibre battery straps for the TLR 22 3.0 and Yokomo YZ-2 2WD buggies. Starting with the TLR part, the lightweight battery strap is cut from high-quality carbon fibre and it comes with an alloy hinge plate for secure mounting. It was designed to work with the stock clips and posts and also the optional Exotek twist nut post set and the stronger carbon material keeps the stock battery stops from slipping.
After the successful China National Championship race in 2015, the Xiamen ARC International Raceway hosted the Sunpadow Strait Cup last weekend, attracting around 200 entries to race in the two classes of 1/8th EP Buggy and 1/8th GP Buggy. Racers from Hong Kong, Macau, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and Mainland China attended the race with the ARC International Raceway being located inside an industrial park, offering a size of 70×40 metres and a true world-class facility to host high-level races. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class 13-years old Jonathan Yeung from Hong Kong would take the TQ but due to bad weather the finals would be cancelled, handing Jonathan the win based on the qualifying results. Sam Chen from Taiwan would take the runner-up spot while Taiwan’s Ngai would end the 2-day event in third.
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Beside their respective wins in the Modified Truck and 4WD Modified Buggy classes Ryan Cavalieri and Dakotah Phend also came out successful in the Modified Short Course categories. In 2WD Modified Short Course veteran racer Brian Kinwald (Team Associated) would take the TQ position after the qualifiers but in the final Brian’s AE team mate Ryan Cavalieri would take the title from Brian while TLR’s Ryan Maifield rounded out the podium result in third. Elsewhere in the 4WD Modified SC class TQ Dakotah Phend (TLR) came out fastest in the single 7 minute A-main from David Jenson (TLR) and Gregg Taylor.
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T-Pro have announced the soon release of the new Harabite tyre in the ultra soft XR-T5 compound. The tyre’s tread is of a small pin design with double width centre and tied outer portion pins for balanced forward and side bite especially on hard packed dirt surfaces. Moulded using the T5 ultra soft XR compound the tyre comes in handy especially on slick tracks and in cold ambient temperatures while still maintaining a good wear rate. The Harabite will become available in the fourth week of March.
Source: T-Pro [tproracing.com]
The sixth and final round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin over the weekend. The event saw the running of several electric on-road and off-road classes and it had Martin Hudy taking the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class from Austria’s Martin Wollanka in second and Patrick Gollner in third. In the overall championship Martin Hudy took the title from Zdenko Kunak and Oliver Havranek.
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The opening round of the Indonesia Buggy National Championship was held at the MRCC track in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia over the weekend. A total of 50 drivers attended and it was Jason Nugroho who took the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also come out successful in the 45 minute A-main to grab the win from Adrian Wicaksono and John Agus in second and third respectively. Chopin Yusuf and Andre Irawan would round out the top 5 result.
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The International Bütschwil GP was recently held in Switzerland with over 100 drivers from Austria, Germany, Italy, UK and Swiss in attendance. Team Associated driver and multi-time Swiss national champion, Patrick Hofer would dominate the event right from the start of the practice sessions on. Patrick would grab the pole position for the main final after the semis and he also brought home the win to round out a perfect weekend. Behind him, fellow Team Associated driver Ronny Lüber would grab the runner-up spot from Micha Widmeier (SOAR) in third place.
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The city of Montbrison played host to the opening round of the French 1/10th Electric Offroad National Championships. The 2WD class podium was occupied by foreign drivers with Polish front runner Michal Orlowski (Schumacher) taking the win from Japan’s Sigiura Yusuke (Kyosho) and Belgium Xray driver Nico Risser. In the 4WD class Nico Risser lead an Xray 1-2-3 with Lorenzo Crolla and Mathieu Briere completing the podium.
