Coming for Traxxas’ TRX-4 Sport trail truck is the new Camper body shell. Designed to be a direct fit – when combined with the #8215 tall rear body posts – the body is a nice addition to the standard pick-up shell, adding numerous new design possibilities. The pre-cut and pre-trimmed body is made for 312mm wheelbases settings, it comes clear and including window masks and a detailed decal sheet.
The British Off-Road Grand Prix 2019 also known as the MK GP was held in Milton Keynes this past weekend. The race is held in the super-sized MK shopping centre, a superb location with approx. 100,000 visitors per day, and organised by the capable Silverstone RCMCC. With 180 plus entries and several of Europe’s very best professional RC racers in attendance the MK GP was always going to be the ‘must-attend’ event for the major manufacturers for the main 1/10th off-road 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes, making it possibly the biggest off-road event taking place in the UK this year. The track looked relatively simple from the side-lines, but clearly as each heat of drivers took to the track the difficulties became clear – getting a smooth, trouble free 5x minute qualifier would be hard to achieve.
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Round 6 of the Irish Navan Nitro Nuts series was held this past weekend. 1/8th Nitro buggy JQ Racing Ireland driver Bradley Baird took TQ and win. Bradley set off in the 30-minute A-final and never looked back setting fastest lap after fastest lap to take an impressive win. Agama driver Barkley Abernathy would come in 2nd, a lap down on Bradley as Kyosho pilotJimmy Chan rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: JQ Racing [jqracing.com]
SDRC of San Diego, California held round 1 of their SDRC Supercross Series this past weekend with over 120 entries. The race was held in several electric off-road classes and 2WD Expert Open saw Kevin King taking the TQ and also the win in the single 7-minute A-main event, leaving behind Eli Westrup in 2nd and Tito Gonzalez in 3rd. Tyler Hicks and Matt Barksdale would round out the top 5 results.
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Last weekend’s DHI Cup in Odense, Denmark was not only held in 1/10th Buggy off-road classes but also saw the running of Touring Modified and 13.5T Super Stock categories. In the premier Modified class it was Mugen’s Viljami Kutvonen with the TQ from Yokomo’s Ronald Völker in 2nd. After wins in A1 and A2 Viljami took a popular early overall victory, leaving behind Ronald in 2nd and Xray driver, Patrick Hornum in 3rd.
Yeah Racing have introduced a brass upgrade set for the popular Axial SCX10 II trail truck. The set includes parts such as C-hubs, diff covers, rear axle lock-outs as well as knuckle arms all of which are machined from high-quality brass. A polished finish makes the items stand out and using them will improve overall durability compared to the standard composite items while adding valuable weight which will greatly improve climb performance. All of the included parts are also available separately.
Round 2 of the North West Nitro Series was held at the club’s Mythop Road site near Blackpool this past weekend in pretty windy weather conditions. The original plan was to use the club’s dirt track but given the wind direction and openness of the rostrum it was decided to use the astro track instead. The wind never let off all day but this helped dry the wooden section as the day progressed but in the last qualifying round it rained for 5 mins making things interesting again for all. In the end it was Nick Cox (HB Racing/Team Orion) with the win in the Nitro Buggy A-main from Chris Sharpe Simkiss (SWorkz/SPower) in 2nd. Vincenzo Zuccarelli would round out the top 3 with his Novarossi-powered ride.
Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]
Akio Sobue has maintained his perfect record at the 2018/19 OneTen Series presented by Infinity having taken the win in the 8-minute A-main here in Guangzhou. Having already wrapped up the title with the win in round 5 yesterday, the Japanese driver led a mostly processional race as racers drove with battery conservation in mind. In the end, the top 4 finished in the positions they started with Sawada crossing the line in 2nd, while Nicholas Lee and Jan Ratheisky, who had a good battle early on, completed the top 4 with Haoran Ma in 5th. The talk before the race was trying to finish the 8 minutes on this high speed track and Sobue said he drove the race very smoothly, having pushed hard in the first few laps to build a gap. He was able to maintain his lead and in the end had a lot of power left in his 6300mAh cells. Despite having taken the title, the Infinity driver said he will for sure be in Hong Kong for the final two rounds saying he is aiming for a perfect score in the series.
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