Available now from PSM are lightweight aluminium double joint cases in electric blue colour. Designed for Tamiya’s #42216 44mm double joint driveshafts and made to replace the standard steel items the parts greatly reduce overall weight and thus rotation mass while maintaining great strength and wear resistance. The cases come in sets of four and they are a direct fit.
The EFRA 40+ 1/8th Buggy European Championships were held in Fehring, Austria this past weekend. Sweden’s Robert Gustafsson took the overall TQ from UK’s Simon Reeves and France’s Stephane Deroch and Robert, racing an Agama prototype, would also score a near flag-to-flag win in the 45-minute A-main final to bring home the win from HB Racing’s Simon Reeves, who snatched the vice-championship some 32 seconds down on Robert. A lap behind the top 2 drivers it was Switzerland’s Marc Heim (Xray) with the 3rd place to round out the podium.
View the complete results here
The inaugural season of the Essex Carpet Clash off-road series will take off on the 23rd of December in Hornchurch, Essex. Classes run will be 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy according to BRCA general rules and with Schumacher Cactus control tyres. The 30x16m track will be laid out using EOS carpet and four of the six rounds will count towards the overall championship. Full information can be found on the series’ official website here.
The annual Hot Rod Shootout is always a racer’s favorite and attracts some of the fastest pros in the nation for one final mega outdoor showdown in Santa Clarita, California, home of the world famous Hot Rod Hobbies and the 21st running of the Hot Rod Shootout. In 2WD Modified and for those who thought Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri was slowing down because fatherhood stepping in was proven wrong over the course of the weekend as Cavalieri went head to head with current WC and took a resilient bounce back wing after losing A1. It would be easy to give in and just settle for 2nd, but Cavalieri’s inner fire wouldn’t allow that to happen. After stepping up the pace and winning A2, Cav Mode was in full sync and carried the momentum in A3 to seal up the overall in the 2WD Modified class. Ryan Maifield (Yokomo) had to settle for 2nd as Team Associated’s Jake Mayo rounded out the podium result.
The inaugural Buggy Summer Cup was held at the Italian Gli Archi track this past weekend with some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers in attendance. In the Nitro Buggy Invitational class it was HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk with the overall TQ while the E-Buggy class was lead by Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro. After the Nitro Buggy main final however it was Davide Ongaro who walked away with another high-class win this season as Mugen’s Robert Batlle and David Ronnefalk came in 2nd and 3rd overall.
The 2019 German Electric On-road Nationals were held at the Arena33 indoor track in Andernach over the weekend. The race was held in three Electric Touring and a single Formula class with the Touring Modified title being snatched by multiple German national champion, Ronald Völker (Yokomo). Awesomatix’s Frederick Südhoff came in 2nd as Thimo Weissbauer rounded out the podium result for Awesomatix.
Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Yokomo YD-2S RWD drift car is the aluminium performance upgrade kit. It includes a host of upgrades in order to extract more performance from the car, such as a high centre of gravity aluminium motor mount, an aluminium gearbox, a high-flex graphite side guards set as well as an aluminium top deck mount and an aluminium battery mount – the latter ensuring reliable battery positioning and thus more predictable cornering. The parts are a direct fit and the alloy parts come machined from high-quality material and black anodised and laser-engraved for cool looks.
The 2018/19 edition of the Xray Racing Series PLMS Poland will kick off on the 20th of October. The 6-race series is held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, and Formula 21.5T classes in Scinawka Srednia with the season final held on the 16th of March. More information can soon be found here.
