The Bring the Heat race was held in Flowood, MS over the weekend. In the Pro Truck class Mugen’s Adam Drake would take the win in the main final from from Ryan Lutz (Tekno) and Cole Ogden (TLR) while in the Open Buggy class Kale Kelly came out successful.
View the Open Buggy podium here
JConcepts have introduced a special servo mount for Team Associated’s fifth generation off-road vehicles. Constructed of billet aluminium and available in either blue or black colors, the part offers benefits over the stock mount configuration. First, the mount fits snug inside the chassis servo mounting area increasing the support across while the two screw mounting locations are beefy in design and zeroed in for a direct mount to that chassis. Second, the bracket has locations on each side for included 3x6mm setscrews to help align and maintain servo position during racing conditions, crashes and hard hits. The set screws are intended to touch-off against the servo case and provide additional support keeping the servo in the intended position which helps maintain consistent steering trim. The servo mount bracket can be installed without any modifications or additional equipment in the 5-series of vehicles, such as the B5, T5 and SC5, and immediately brings peace of mind to the detail-oriented racer.
Graupner have introduced two new brushless speed controllers for 1/10th and 1/10th scale applications. Starting with the Genius Ultra, the 1/8th scale speedo offers a telemetry function to monitor parameters such as input voltage, current temperature, maximum temperate, maximum current, maximum and average speed on compatible HoTT transmitters such as the X-8N. It also sports an adjustable high-voltage BEC for 5V to 8V output and the controller is highly adjustable using an optional programming box or compatible HoTT transmitters.
Team Orion have introduced the Vortex VST2 Pro XLW electric brushless motors. They are based off of the successful VST2 Pro motors and feature a smaller outer diameter of only 34mm which, combined with repositioned mounting holes, allows to mount the motor lower in the chassis for a lower centre of gravity and thus faster cornering. High-quality stator material and a high efficiency design makes them as powerful as standard diameter motors, making them ideal for virtually all 1/10th classes. The motors will become available as 4.5T to 9.5T modified and 10.5T to 21.5T stock variants.
This year’s German 1/10th scale 4WD Electro Off-road Nationals were held at the iconic MAC Burgdorf track near Hanover. Saturday started off with good weather, three practice rounds and the first qualifiers and it was the triple of Björn Prümper, Jörn Neumann and Tom Maquel that battled for the TQ spot. Overnight rain made the astro turf track slippery and the drivers had to adjust their buggy’s setup for the remaining two qualifiers and the finals. At the end Björn took the pole position for the triple A-mains from Jörn who in turn made a clean sweep in the finals by winning A1 and A2 to take the overall title early. Tom Maquel came in second while Luca Rau rounded out the top 3 result in the 4WD Buggy class.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The Bali Fun Race was held at the dusty and medium-grip Willson Track in Denpasar, Bali. After the triple qualifiers Jason Nugroho (Xray) took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he would start from the 1 spot into the main final. A bit of traffic let Jason fall back in the early stages of the A-main but he was able to get back into the lead around the 5 minute mark and he would be able to retain the top spot till the end to take the win in the 60-minute final from Dimas Soenarto (Kyosho) and track owner Willy Santana (Xray), who came from 9th on the grid.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 7 of this year’s JBRL Electric Series was held at Rainman’s Hobby & Raceway in Bakersfield, California. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Jake Mayo came out successful in front of runner-up Kevin Motter. Shawn Blackwell Sr. would round out the podium in third place.
The French National Cup was held this past weekend at the very technical Gargenville track near Paris. The weather, with some heavy rain on Sunday, was not great at all but thanks to the tremendous work done by the club Sunday’s finals would go ahead despite a delay to dry and clean the track. In the finals of the 2WD Buggy class Nico Risser (Team C) took the win from Olivier de Montfumat (Schumacher) in second and Ludovic Valtier (Team Associated) in third. Nico then also swept the 4WD finals by coming out successful again from Olivier de Montfumat (Schumacher) in second. Julian Ferrandis (Xray) would round out the top 3 result.
