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August 14, 2018

Rinderknecht wins closest 3-way finish in VRC history

The recent round 2 of the VRC 2018 Season 2 Nitro Buggies Series, run at the at the 2012 Psycho Nitro Blast track, saw the closest 3-way finish ever recorded in VRC history. Tom Rinderknecht (USA) came out on top just 0.031 seconds ahead of Marshal Kirkholm (USA), and 0.071 seconds ahead of Robert Hillman from Sweden. Hillman led most of the race but was passed in the final stretch from the Works wall to the finish line. View all the action from this exciting final here.

Source: VRC [vrcworld.com]

August 14, 2018

Daniel Blake scores maiden BRCA IC track win

Round 7 of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was held at the Cotswold track over the weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro class and after qualifying on P6, Daniel Blake could finally bring home his first win at a 1/8 Circuit National race. Overtaking many of the top-class drivers during the rain affected final, Daniel took the win with a comfortable lead of three laps in front of teammate Tim Wood while Chris Snell completed the podium in 3rd place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 14, 2018

Adam Drake trifecta at JBRL Nitro Series Rd5

Round 5 of the 2018 JBRL Nitro Series was held at Empire RC in Brentwood, California this past weekend. The event had a great turnout with 160 entries and Mugen’s Adam Drake was in control all day as he took the overall TQs in Nitro Buggy, Electric Buggy and Open Truggy. Drake then also went on to sweep the A-mains as in Expert Buggy Adam would take the win with a lap margin over Team Associated’s Kyle Layton in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Carlos Arredondo rounded out the top 3.

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August 14, 2018

Schumacher BTCC Rd5 – Report

The final round of the 2018 Schumacher BTCC took place at the weekend at the fabulous new Bedworth venue. Unfortunately the UK weather was not the kindest with a damp track all day on the Sunday. In the Modified class Olly Jefferies showed us why he is BRCA Champion with a comfortable victory from Elliott Harper and Matt White.

Continue reading the report here

August 14, 2018

Reds Racing Z8 1/8 scale speed controller

Available now from Reds Racing is their new Z8 brushless speed controller for 1/8th scale applications. Built from high-quality components the 6S LiPo-capable speed controller has a 220A rating, allowing to use it with down to 2400kV 4274-size motors at 6S input. The ESC is housed in a 3-piece lightweight aluminium case for exceptional heat dissipation, it offers advanced Turbo timing control and utilises a 6V/7.4V BEC system to make use of the latest generation of high-voltage servos. Other features include optimised throttle and brake algorithms for improved power control, programmability using an optional LCD programming card, and the included high speed fan ensures the controller stays cooler for longer.

View lists of the features and specifications and more images here

August 14, 2018

T-Works Inferno GT3 carbon radio & transponder plate

Coming from T-Works and made for Kyosho’s Inferno GT3 1/8th scale on-road kit are carbon fibre radio and transponder plates. The parts are available separately and they are designed to replace the standard kit items with cool looking high-quality carbon fibre parts. The transponder plate has multiple options to utilise the old-stile brick-type transponders as well as modern personal transponders.

View the transponder plate here

August 14, 2018

Daniel Kobbevik sweeps Norwegian Buggy Nats Rd4

The fourth round of the Norwegian Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the SAS Club’s Racingland track in Midgard near Sandefjord. The up and coming club in the land of the Vikings offered a rough and challenging dirt track and although the weather forecast didn’t look too promising it would stay dry all the time. In 2WD, Xray driver Daniel Kobbevik was over 2.2 sec faster on his best lap, and he would be the only driver to score a 9-laps run in the qualifiers. The track was bumpy, slippery and challenging, so it was a great challenge for all drivers. The wind made also some of the jumps pretty difficult to handle. After the qualification was done, Daniel had TQ´d all rounds with the 2nd place going to Thorbjørn Døhler with his Xray while Øystein Døhler put his Team Associated in 3rd.

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August 14, 2018

Danish Electric Off-road Champs Rd5 – Report

Round 5 of the Danish Electric Off-road Championship was held at the TiMo Tinglev Moedelklub track, close to the Danish-German border. The track is a small high-grip Astro tuft track with super low lap times of around 16 seconds. The 2WD race was a close affair right from start. With the weather forecast promising sun the whole day, it still started to rain just before the start of race but thankfully stopped again. In the dry Q1 it was Jesper Rasmussen who topped round 1 in front of Marcus Kærup, with Jesper scoring the only 19-lap run. Q2 was a tricky round with rain in heat 1 but it dried up for the top heat and the grip level was super high. Jesper Rasmussen traction-rolled his buggy a bit too much which let Marcus TQ Q2, meaning an open battle for round 3. Marcus and Jesper showed great pace again but the previous heat saw a short rain shower so Jesper was on wet tyres while Marcus and rest of the field was on dry tyres. Jesper was a little bit slower on the dry track, allowing the other drivers to catch up as Marcus topped the timing board but lost it after a crash, promoting Jesper into the lead to take the round TQ and with it the overall TQ in front of Marcus and Frederik Hovgaard.

Continue reading the report here