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August 20, 2018

Neil Cragg takes double BRCA Buggy titles

The sixth and final round of the BRCA 1/10th Off-road National Championship was held at the Boughton track this past weekend. In the 2WD class Team Associated’s Neil Cragg secured his 22nd national championship title by bringing home the win from Yokomo’s Lee Martin 2nd and Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski 3rd. Overall in the Championship Lee Martin and Tom Yardy would round out the top 3 results. Over in the 4WD class, run on Sunday, it was Lee Martin with the win from Michal Orlowski 2nd and Neil Cragg in 3rd. The final podium spot however was enough for Neil to bring home national championship number 23 as Lee Martin and Tom Cockerill came in 2nd and 3rd overall.

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August 20, 2018

Bowie Ginting wins East Touring Series finale

The final round of the 2018 East Touring Series was held at East RC Speedway in Jakarta over the weekend. A technical layout combined with a high traction surface and a bright, sunny day make for perfect racing conditions. It was Bowie Ginting who took all four qualifiers to take the TQ in the Open Brushless class with team-mates Arya Seta and Christian Mamesah lining up 2nd and 3rd respectively. The main final saw a close fight in the front row, which featured Bowie who took all final legs followed by Arya and Christian.

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August 20, 2018

Schelle B6.1 & T6.1 Nova slipper clutch sets

Coming from Schelle Racing Innovations are the Nova Slipper clutch sets for the Team Associated B6.1 and T6.1 kits. The 3-plate compact slipper clutch offers improved driving feel, greater duality and a lower mass. The weight is reduced by over 6g while offering 20 percent more torque capacity in a compact package that helps to put more power to the ground. The sets include two slipper pads of each type , white and red, and a tuning guide to help racers learn how to tune the clutch for different conditions from slick dirt to astro-turf. The B6.1 buggy Set includes 72 and 78 tooth spur gears for either spec of modified racing while the T6.1 set, that is also compatible with the SC6.1, comes with two 81T spur gears.

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August 20, 2018

Jack Embling crowned BRCA Nitro Truggy champ

Round 5 of the BRCA Truggy and E8 Buggy Nationals was held at the Slough track over the weekend. SWorkz’s Jack Embling brought home the win in the 30-minute Nitro Truggy A-main final to take this year’s overall title from Agama’s Jon Hazlewood on the runner-up spot. Team Associated’s Matt Lewis would round out the overall top 3.

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August 20, 2018

Arrowmax grey colour V2 touring car setup system

Coming from Arrowmax is their new V2 setup system for 1/10th touring cars. Using customer feedback Arrowmax have updated the faceplates of the tool to allow for finer adjustments with the base being now wider to provide more stability. The setup system comes in a neutral, grey colour and it sports Arrowmax’s signature honeycomb design. Included beside the toe, caster and camber measuring plates are four wheel thumb nuts and a transparent toe measuring plate as well as a zipped bag for easy transportation and storage.

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August 19, 2018

Coelho takes first A-Main in South Africa

Bruno Coelho has taken the opening A-Main at the Electric Touring Car World Championship in South Africa. Qualifying second on the grid, the Xray driver immediately put the pressure on Top Qualifier Ronald Volker weaving left and right to try and find a way passed the reigning champion. A side by side drag down the straight was the first warning from Coelho but Volker had the inside line but just after the halfway mark Coelho got the inside in the corner before the chicane with the two cars touching. Once in front Coelho quickly established a comfortable lead eventually crossing the line 1.4-seconds clear. Behind, contact between Viktor Wilck and Freddy Sudhoff in the middle of the race played into the hands of 6th place starter Christopher Krapp. Getting by Alexander Hagberg in the opening corners, the Yokomo driver took advantage of a mistake from Wilck which resulted in him giving Sudhoff’s Awesomatix a body tuck for which the Serpent driver waited to give back position. Sudhoff would finish 4th with Wilck fifth.

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August 19, 2018

Coelho takes final qualifier as grid is set in South Africa

The concluding round of qualifying at the Touring Car World Championships in South Africa saw Bruno Coelho take a confidence boosting TQ run ahead of today’s title deciding triple A-Mains. With the overall TQ already decided yesterday in Q5, with reigning champion Ronald Volker securing his first Worlds TQ, and Coelho already locked into 2nd on the grid, the sixth & final qualifier was about deciding the rest of the grid in particular 3rd place. A battle between 2016 Podium finisher Viktor Wilck and Freddy Sudhoff, it was Wilck who would keep the position he held overnight taking third for the round once again behind Coelho and Volker. Fifth in Q6, Sudhoff’s fourth on the grid means four different manufacturers will be represented at the front of the grid for this the 10th running of the IFMAR World Championships. Completing the top half of the grid at Welkom RC Arena will be newly crowned 1:12 World Champion Alexander Hagberg ahead of Christopher Krapp. The 2018 line-up will be completed by Loic Jasmin, Meen Vejrak, Jan Ratheisky and Nicholas Lee with Yokomo having the bragging rights of the most cars in the final.

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August 18, 2018

Volker is Worlds Top Qualifier

Ronald Volker can finally add World Championship Top Qualifier to his list of achievements after the perfect day at Welkom RC Arena in South Africa today. Having qualified second for the last three World Championships, the Yokomo driver wrapped up pole position in style with his fourth TQ run of the day in the penultimate round of qualifying. With 2016 Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho the only driver with a chance of denying Volker, the Portuguese driver’s quest to take the final two qualifiers came undone early as contact with the the corner flipper at the end of the straight caused him a body tuck which after a few laps he was forced to stop and have marshalled. With Coelho out of contention, Volker no longer had any pressure but he did still have a battle with both Freddy Sudhoff and Viktor Wilck taking turns at the top of the time screen. In the end Volker crossed the line with 0.486 of an advantage over Wilck with Sudhoff another 1/10th back. With Coelho pulling off, Alexander Hagberg would be the top Xray with another P4 run ahead of Christopher Krapp with Meen Vejrak completing the Top 6.

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