The Phil Hurd Raceway of Savannah, Georgia played host to round 5 of the Force Series this past weekend. In the Expert Nitro Buggy A-main it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win, after qualifying on the 5th spot, as Serpent’s Billy Easton came in 2nd overall, some 15s back. Rob Lupo would round out the top 3 some three laps down.
Source: Flash Point [flashpointrc.com]
The Ohio RC Factory of Jeffersonville, Ohio held their Xmas Charity Race this past weekend. TLR’s Tyler Jones would be in control of things in the 4WD Modified Buggy class, taking the TQ and win in front of the Team Associated duo of Aydin and Austin Horne as Gary Studt and Todd Christian rounded out the top 5 results.
Image: Tyler Jones
Round 4 of the RC Kongen Winter Series was held this past weekend and it was Team Associated’s Jesper Rasmussen with the TQ and win in the 2WD Modified Buggy class. Team Associated’s up and coming Marcus Kaerup came in 2nd overall as Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard rounded out the podium result in 3rd. Over in the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Pelle Culmsee with the overall TQ, however after the triple A-mains it was Marcus Kaerup with the win from Pelle in 2nd and Daniel Rose in 3rd.
View the 4WD Mod Buggy podium here
The French MCCD Dammartin club hosted their annual Christmas race near Paris this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Julien Formentin with the win from Team Associated’s Julien Parnot. The latter won the opening A-main but Formentin would hold the upper hand for the overall. Kevin Seysen would complete the top 3 podium result for Yokomo.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Coming from Vigor is a new narrow carbon fibre top deck for the Yokomo BD9 touring car. CNC-machined from high-quality carbon fibre the top deck is 9mm wide, making for softer flex characteristics than the standard item, which comes in handy especially in lower grip track surfaces. The upper deck is available in 1.6mm and 2.0mm thickness to further widen the range of possible chassis flex settings.
Source: Vigor [vigorrc.com]
Schumacher have announced the release of several new carbon fibre reinforced option parts for the Cougar KC/KD and CAT L1 models. All are made of carbon fibre reinforced composite material as a direct replacement for the standard kit parts. Available are Cougar KC and KD front wishbones that are 4.8g lighter than kit wishbones while the Cat L1 specific items include 5.8g lighter front arms, 6.5g lighter rear arms as well as a 2g lighter front bumper. The parts are giving a lower overall weight and more precise feeling in high-grip track conditions.
View the Cat L1 specific parts here
The Swiss Indoor Championship was held in Pfäffikon this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Serpent’s Dionys Stadler with a clean sweep, taking the TQ, win and fastest lap in the process. Yokomo’s Michele Manzo had to settle for 2nd overall in front of Mugen’s Simon Kurzbuch in 3rd. Marco Kaufmann and Oliver Krähemann ended the race in 4th and 5th respectively.
Image: David Ehrbar
The French Modelisme XtremeRace club held its traditional Christmas race this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest 1/10th off-road drivers in attendance. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Armand Lantheaume with the TQ and win from Noha Benmohamed in 2nd. In the 4WD class it was Patrick Jr Auvinet from Arnaud Matohanza and Armand Lantheaume.
