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July 29, 2015

Yokomo YZ-2 graphite front suspension parts

New from Yokomo come graphite suspension parts for the YZ-2 1/10th 2WD buggy. Available are front suspension arms in flat and gullwing specification, C-hubs as well as steering blocks all of which are made in a harder graphite-reinforced composite that was developed with this year’s IFMAR World Championships at the Japanese Yatabe Arena in mind. As for the different design front arms the flat type was developed to offer maximum stability while the gullwing arm gives more steering.

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July 29, 2015

Milan Mudra wins Czech IC Buggy Championship Rd2

The second round of the Czech Nitro Buggy Championship was held on the astro turf track in Opatovice. Young Milan Mudra took the win in the Junior category and also the overall victory, leaving Petr Katovsky and Kaja Novotny behind in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: FX Engines [fx-engines.com]

July 29, 2015

JBRL Electric Series Rd5 – Results

Round five of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Electric Series was held at Pegasus Hobbies in Montclair, California over the weekend. In the premier class of 2WD Modified Buggy Shawn Blackwell Sr. took the win from Jake Mayo in 2nd and Jeremy Hase Jr. in 3rd.

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July 28, 2015

T-Works D812 & Cobra lower shock mount pins

T-Works have new lower shock mount pins for the HB D812 and Serpent Cobra buggies available. Cut from titanium the parts offer a low weight and a high rigidity and the D812 pins also act as anti-roll bar mounts. The shafts come in sets of four pieces.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

July 28, 2015

Kyle McBride takes Queensland State Championships

Last weekend Pine Hills Dirt Racing held the 2015 Queensland State Championships on a large and extremely high speed, and when dried out, very high grip track. The event started off with two rounds of practice and two rounds of qualifying on Friday. The weather wasn’t kind to the drivers on the first day and they ended up with a few rain showers, which dropped the grip on the track and made it quite slimy. Kyle McBride TQ’d both of the qualifiers for that day and he would went on to take the overall TQ following four more qualifiers on Sunday. The top 10 qualifiers went straight into the A-final, and following one 10-minute practice they went straight into the 45-minute final. Kyle started off the main with a clean start and went on to have a smooth race with no mistakes over the 45 minutes and he took the championship by over two laps of the entire field.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

July 28, 2015

Vasiliadis wins at Greek Xray Off-road Challenge Rd2

The second round of the Greek Xray Off-road Challenge was again held at the Fanatix Racing Track with a good number of entries and in very hot weather conditions. Nikos Vasiliadis took the pole position for the main final that as a pretty easy affair for the Xray driver due to an unlucky start of Vagelis Ntelbe (Xray) who made mistakes in the opening laps. These allowed Nikos to built a good lead on Panis Dokos (Xray) and George Vasiliadis (Xray) and to ultimately take the win of the second round.

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July 28, 2015

Riccardo Berton takes Italian 1/8th Buggy Champs

Riccardo Berton takes Italian 1/8th Buggy Championship

Riccardo Berton’s 2015 season goes on in the best possible of ways, with the young Kyosho driver winning the third round of the Italian Nationals and with it the overall Championship following his victory at the EFRA European Championships B earlier this Summer. The main final would see 14 drivers at the start after the unanimous decision to skip the semifinals, due to only having 14 entries in the Expert class. Top Qualifier Alex Zanchettin led the race for the opening five minutes, but before the first fuel pit stops a flame out would drop him mid-pack. The Worlds finalist and Euros podium finisher’s race ended some minutes later with a broken steering servo. With Alex out of the mix, the lead was taken by Baruffolo and Ongaro, who would fight for the lead for about 30 minutes. With 10 minutes to go all of Baruffolo’s tyres would come unglued and with this leading to a broken body shell that forced the TLR driver to a long pit stop to replace it. This opened the way for Ongaro, who could now benefit from the lead over Berton. Riccardo had been playing the patience game for the whole length of the final, but his car seemed to be easier to drive than Ongaro’s and he was able to put pressure on Davide. The strategy paid off with Berton managing to force Ongaro into a couple of mistakes to take the race and with it the championship.

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July 28, 2015

Exotek Exo22 TLR 22 mid motor chassis sets

Coming from Exotek and made for the TLR 22 and 22 2.0 are two new mid motor chassis sets. Available in an aluminium and a carbon fibre variant the chassis allows for a range of battery layouts including the standard inline and a new lateral shorty position with the latter making the car easy to drive fast. The 3mm 7075 aluminium chassis variant will offer the most stability, traction and the lowest centre of gravity while the carbon fibre variant is very light of weight and very responsive. Both sets make use of new 5mm carbon side rails, they utilise a special easy access carbon fibre LiPo battery mount and the alloy gearbox brace is positioned further back to allow improved rearward battery positioning. The included, machined 7075 alloy nose plate is used for durability reasons and allows inexpensive chassis swaps between alloy and carbon fibre. Due to the larger footprint chassis the conversion requires a Kyosho RB6 compatible bodyshell for better battery clearance.

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