New from Vision Racing and made for the TLR 22-4 is a 5mm carbon fibre front shock tower. It incorporates micro tune shock positioning by adding two in between holes to the three stock positions. The smaller centre section allows more undisturbed air to the body and for all the weight conscious stock racers out there the part is 1.4 grams lighter than the stock tower.
Source: Vision Racing [vision-racing.net]
The Labour Day Shootout was held at A-Main’s Silver Dollar Raceway with a good turnout of drivers from the West Coast in attendance. The track sported some sections left over from the ROAR Nationals and yet a few changes to make it feel completely different. The traction was a bit higher than at the Nationals with no real glossy slick areas. Saturday was qualifying proceedings and in E-Buggy and Nitro Truggy it was Ryan Lutz who would take the overall TQs early by taking round TQs in the first and second qualifier. Nitro Buggy was a different affair though and it would come down to the third qualifier between Curtis Door and Ryan. Curtis had a bad first lap and Ryan just got caught in traffic and made a mistake which allowed Atondo to take the round. Overall though based on the tie-breaker Ryan would TQ over Door.
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This past weekend the fifth and final round of the BRCA 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the Slough track. Kyosho’s Elliott Boots would come out successful with his Reds Racing powered ride in front of team mate Jack Embling (Mugen/Reds Racing) to take the overall title. Darren Bloomfield (Agama/Bullitt), who had an outside change to take the title, would round out the top 3 result.
Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]
The recent Italian 1/8th Buggy Championship warm-up race saw Marco Natale walking away with the win in the main final. Alessandro Remia ended the event on the runner-up spot, Patrizio Pistolesi would round out the top 3 result.
With a second place at the recent fifth round of the Portuguese 1/8th Nitro Buggy Championship Ricardo Monteiro has secured himself his first national title. Miguel Matias would take the win at round 5 while Carlos Duraes rounded out the podium in third.
August Bank Holiday usually has a 3-day race of one form or another over it, and this year was no different. However the Herts club tried something different and rather than have a race dedicated to one tyre manufacture, they created an event where the three most prominent tyre brands in the UK, Beta, Proline and AKA were able to nominate one of their patterns to be eligible to race in whatever compound the competitor liked, thus not alienating drivers with allegiances to one particular brand. The track as ever was in immaculate condition and everyone was looking forward to a great weekends racing, with the hope that the weather would hold off and not come and spoil the proceedings.
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Round six of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held near the lake of Geneva in the beautiful city of Morges, Vaud, Switzerland. In the 45-minute main final Patrick Hofer came out successful despite being dead last in the opening stages due to an early crash. Patrick then shifted into second gear, catching position by position to grab the lead around the 30 minute mark. He then never looked back to take the win from team mate Ronny Lüber in second place.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
Arrowmax have further extended their line of LiPo battery packs with the introduction of the 7.4V 2800mAh super shorty pack. Sporting the size of a single saddle pack the item is much small and lighter than a conventional shorty battery, allowing for super-light vehicle setups. Made from low-capacity yet lightweight high-performance 55C/110C cells the pack is ideal for 2WD vehicles. The hardcase is equipped with through-type 4mm connector tubes and 2mm balancer ports.
