Round 4 of the Maltese 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Truggy National Championship was held at the MMORRC track in hot ambient temperatures and on a partly dusty track. The fight for the win in the F1 class was on between 2014 champion Kyle Spiteri and Dillon Cassar. Kyle took the TQ but finished 2nd in a main that had Dillon walking away with the win. Chris Zahra came in 3rd in the F1 class final.
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New from Arrowmax and made for 1/8th off-road vehicles is the quick camber gauge. Designed for quick and easy camber angle checks the 1-piece gauge allows to measure angles of 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 degree by simply placing the gauge alongside the wheel. The tool is made from CNC-machined aluminium and it comes laser-engraved for easy identification while milled-out sections make way for the wheel nuts.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
The second round of the Belgian 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals was held at clay track of Bauffe near the French boarder. Unfortunately the race had to be cancelled after the qualifiers due to heavy rain. This meant the qualifying result would determine the day’s winner and this handed Team C’s Nicolas Risser the win from the Kyosho duo of Sebastian Wartelle and Cedric Nickel.
Thanks to Jean-Michel for the report.
Coming from Tekno RC and made for their range of 1/8th and 1/10th off-road vehicles are the Full Option shock kits. Included are hard anodised, threaded shock bodies, TiNi-coated shock shafts, aluminium vented shock caps, cartridge caps, spring collars, and pivot balls, as well as delrin shock guides, the latest locking spring perch and captured shock boots. Also included are bladders and necessary O-rings for silky smooth builds. The only things not included are the springs and pistons of your choice. Available are three different shock lengths of 107mm (SCT and 1/8th buggy front), 122mm (SCT and 1/8th buggy rear, 1/8th truck front) and 137mm (1/8th truck rear).
Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
The opening round of the Austrian 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held at the MRC Oberaich club and despite adverse weather forecasts, 55 starters found their way to Styria. At the end the weather held up fine with almost an entire weekend of mostly sunshine and perfect conditions making for ideal conditions at this first ever 1/8th E-Buggy national event on Austrian soil. After six qualifying rounds Hupo Hönigl set TQ for the finals. In the sub-finals Martin Wollanka secured himself the pole position for the A-finals in which Hupo and Martin were in a league of their own. After the triple A-mains Hupo secured the day’s win just ahead of Martin.
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The first round of the DRCMU Danish National Series was held at the RC Kongen hobby shop. Jonas Kaerup and Jesper Rasmussen set the early race pace. A hot and sunny race day on the large carpet track provided great conditions for all the drivers. It was a fantastic day to kickstart the outdoor summer racing and the start of the Danish Nationals. Jonas Kaerup was off to a flying start in qualifying and took TQ at his home track, just managing to hold off his junior teammate Jesper in qualifying. In the finals it was youth that prevailed and the more consistent Jesper Rasmussen took the victory in front of Jonas Kaerup.
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Heritage RC Park in Chula Vista, CA hosted round 2 of the Pro-Line Championship Series. Like round 1, round 2 had over 70 entries and the race format saw 7 minute qualifiers with the track being watered every other heat. The competition for this round would include J.D. Mora of LRP, TLR’s Don Vinkemulder, Mugen drivers Robert Wickham, Jaime Boquiren and Felipe Martinez, Darin Rogers of Tekno RC and some very fast local racers. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class Lucas Sanford would be on top of the game after taking the TQ for the 10-minute A-final. He got a great start into the main and pulled out to an early lead over the field. At the end of a flawless run Lucas came out successful in front of J.D. Mora and Darin Rogers.
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
The 1/18th scale range of iON vehicles from Maverick has been expanded with two brand new models in the form of the iON RX rallycross car and iON DT desert truck. The two new vehicles join the already available iON XB buggy, iON XT truck, iON MT monster truck and iON SC short course truck, which have also been updated with new paint designs, wheels, electronics and more. The new iON RX and iON DT kits share the same spare parts list as the existing models and also come with new top-spec features such as a Maverick Element 1200mAh Ni-MH battery, MTX-248 2.GHz radio and a 2-in-1 waterproof MSRS-248 receiver/speed controller. Also new for all the Maverick iON vehicles is a complete set of gold-coloured shock caps for the oil-filled shock absorbers.
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