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June 15, 2015

Jason Nugroho wins Batam RC Speedway opening race

The Batam RC Speedway grand opening race was held this past weekend with racers from Singapore, Batam Jakarta, Semarang, Kendari and Medan attended the event that was held in the two classes of Pro and Semi Pro Nitro Buggy. The Pro class main final had Jason Nugroho, who only flew in at the morning of the main day, taking the win coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Jason took over the lead around the 25 minute mark and never looked back from that moment on. TQ holder Adrian Wicaksono finished the 45 minute main race in 2nd, John Agus rounded out the top 3 result.

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June 15, 2015

Yardy & Cragg win at BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nats Rd4

Eden Park Raceway played host of round 4 of this year’s BRCA 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals this past weekend. In the 2WD class Tom Yardy took the TQ position from Richard Lowe and Simon Moss. Ellis Stafford and Neil Cragg rounded out the top 5 result. The 4WD category saw Ellis Stafford coming on the top spot with Lee Martin and Neil Cragg in tow. Tom Yardy in 4th and Kevin Lee in 5th rounded out the top 5 qualifying result.

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June 15, 2015

Ultimate M-4R Tuned 3.5cc off-road engine

Modelix Racing introduce the new M-4R Tuned nitro off-road engine which was developed by the Modelix research & development team with the input of international top level drivers such as Yannick Aigoin, Miguel Matias and Robert Batlle. Produced by Novarossi the 4-port engine features a tuned crankshaft and it is meant to be the most powerful and speedy off-road engine so far in the Ultimate range of engines, offering exceptional power through the whole powerband.

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June 15, 2015

Christoffer Svensson takes Swedish 4WD Buggy title

Following Oskar Levin’s 2WD Buggy title Christoffer Svensson has taken the 4WD title during last weekend’s Swedish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals. Hosted by the Höörs RC Klub the 4WD race saw Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk taking the TQ but it was Yokomo driver Christoffer who grabbed the winning honours from David while TLR’s Otto Ausfelt rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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June 15, 2015

Tamiya TRF211XM 1/10th 2WD buggy kit

Tamiya have released official information about their forthcoming TRF211X 1/10th 2WD buggy kit. Information about the vehicle have floated around for some time but now the Japanese manufacturer has issued proper information about the successor of the TRF201 kit. The buggy will come in a mid-motor-only configuration using the TRF201’s suspension components and a resin material main tub chassis that was specially produced to offer a highly-balanced blend of rigidity and flexibility that suits it to any surface. Rear rigidity is further enhanced by fastening the rear stiffener to the carbon fibre battery stiffener. The aluminium gearbox can be fitted with ball or gear diff units to further adapt the chassis to the surface and included in the kit comes a lightweight bodyshell and rear wing.

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June 14, 2015

Oskar Levin takes Swedish 2WD Buggy title

Oskar Lewin takes Swedish 2WD Buggy title

The Swedish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals were held at the Höörs RC Klubb’ multi-surface track this weekend. In the 2WD class Team C’s Oskar Levin came out successful from Yokomo’s Christoffer Svensson. Otto Ausfelt (TLR) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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June 14, 2015

Cody King doubles at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

Round 3 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at the Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, AZ. In the 1/8th Nitro Expert Buggy class Kyosho’s Cody King came out successful from Adam Drake (Mugen) and Mike Truhe (Serpent) and Cody also went on to win the Expert Nitro Truggy main, this time in front of Tekno RC’s Billy Fischer and Team Associated driver Tanner Denney. The 1/8th E-Buggy class saw Mugen’s Adam Drake taking the day’s win from Billy Fischer (Tekno RC) in 2nd and Danny Trevino (Serpent) in 3rd.

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June 13, 2015

Jake Mayo sweeps Pro-Line Mid Summer Shootout

The 5th annual Pro-Line Mid Summer Shootout was held at Coyote Hobbies with the one day event having more than 260 entries. In the Expert Stock 2WD qualifying it was a dogfight for the TQ honors between Brendan Wheatley and Kamryn Ayers. They went back and forth throughout qualifying as Brendan got the TQ in round one only to have it taken by a dominating run by Kamryn in round two. Brendan went on to the Expert Stock Truck class to take the TQ overall with his round one time. In the Modified 2WD division, Cody Turner took the TQ and last but not least was rising star Jake Mayo. He nearly had the TQ in 2WD but was edged out by Turner in the final round of qualifying. That wasn’t the case in the Modified Truck and 4WD divisions though, as he dominated Modified Truck qualifying and went to take the top spot in 4WD Modified with a perfect run in round two.

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