Available now from Yokomo is a front swaybar set for the YZ-2 2WD buggy. Included is all needed mounting hardware as well as three different diameter swaybar wires of 1.0mm, 1.1mm and 1.2mm. The anti-roll bar allows to adapt the buggy to a range of surfaces with the set coming in handy especially on high-grip tracks.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
The BIG Return Race was held at the newly built BIG Hamburg track in Hamburg-Stapelfeld this past weekend. The race was highly anticipated as the traditional club was left without a track for several years due to loosing their old location for various reasons. The event was held in 1/8th Nitro and Electric classes and in the Nitro Buggy category it was Kyosho’s Timo Engelstätter (Kyosho/AKA) who came out successful from Lujas Strothmann (Mugen/AKA) and young Burak Kilic (TLR/Beta). Jan Sievert (Mugen/AKA) and Marcel Paul (SOAR/AKA) rounded out the top 5 result.
The final round of the Greek 1/8th Buggy National Championship was held at the Hobbytech track in Serres. Kyosho driver Papanikolaou took the pole position for the main final in front of Tasos Paparegas (Xray) and Makropoulos (Radiosistemi) and in the main final Tasos brought home the win with a 5 lap margin on Makropoulos. Tasos’ brother John (Xray) would round out the top 3 result. With the win Tasos secured himself another Greek National title in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class.
The final round of the Czech National 1/8th Off-road Championship was held this past weekend at the Horni Jeleni tack. In the Nitro Buggy class Serpent’s Jiri Mara made a clean sweep by taking the TQ after the qualifiers and winning the 30 minute main final in front of Max Gotzl (Xray) in second and Kaja Novotny (Team Durango) in third. The win also handed Jiri the overall championship title from Kaja on the runner-up spot and Max, who rounded out the podium in third place.
View the podium of the final round here
Fantom Racing have introduced their all-new FR-1 540-size brushless motors. Developed on the USA, the motors feature purpose-designed stators made from premium Japanese Kawasaki steel to cover different wind motors and their intended uses. Despite just varying stack heights, Fantom uses different designs with the Type T being used in the 10.5T spec motor as well as the 2.5T to 9.5T modified variants while the Type R rotor comes into play for the 21.5T and 25.5T motors. The 13.5T and 17.5T variants are available either with the Type T or Type R configurations. All motors are built using premium grade Neodymium magnets and they come engraved with the Fantom logo and specifications.
Having won last weekend’s opening round of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany in the hands of Lee Martin, Yokomo have released the first information on the new YZ-4 4wd buggy. A big focus has been placed on the transmission of the YZ-4 with a new type of drive-train that offers benefits over the conventional belt and shaft drive configurations. We expect to receive full details on the new buggy in early October, coinciding with the IFMAR Worlds at the Yatabe Arena, while the first shipment is expected to be in early November.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
DE Racing have announced the release of blue colour Speedline wheels following many customer demands. Available as Speedline and Speedline Plus, the range includes 2.2″ and 2.4″ buggy, stadium truck, short course, 1/8th buggy, and 1/8th truggy wheels.
Source: DE Racing [deracing.net]
The final round of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in Courgenay Jura, Switzerland with 120 drivers in attendance. The multi surface track made for some spectacular racing with the championship being still open until the final round. Both Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) and Jeremy Pittet (HB) had a change to grab the title and the fight was on right from the first qualifier. Beside Jeremy and Patrick also Ronny Lüber (Team Associated) was in the mix for the day’s win. At the end Patrick put his car on the pole position for the finals followed by Ronny and Jeremy. At the start of the 45-minute A-main Patrick jumped into the lead followed by Jeremy and Ronny. In the closing stages Jeremy attacked Patrick who decided to bring home a secure second place which was enough to win him the overall title from Jeremy. Behind Jeremy and Patrick David Naldini (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result. In the overall championship Ronny Lüber came in third behind Patrick and Jeremy.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
