With the week starting out with 169 drivers only 24 now remain in contention to become the 34th 1:8 Offroad European Champion at Sand am Main with the 1/4 Finals deciding the 8 drivers who will join the 16 direct qualifiers in the Semi Finals.
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Arrowmax introduce this aluminium steering bellcrank set for the Yokomo B-Max2 buggy. The parts, machined from 7075-T6 aluminium, not only offer greater durability and stability than the stock parts, they also incorporate a relocated servo link ballstud position for increased steering travel. The blue anodised parts come including washers.
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Defending Champion David Ronnefalk is Top Qualifier at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships. The Kyosho driver claimed the honour with a third convincing TQ run in the penultimate round of qualifying at the Sand am Main event in Germany this morning. Again the only driver to run a 27-second lap time, the Swede took the round 3.1-seconds up on Mugen’s Robert Batlle with Koysho team-mate Elliott Boots backing up his Q3 performance with another Top 3 time.
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With the upcoming Winter season ahead Vampire Racing introduce a new LiPo battery pack for 1/18th scale micro cars. Coming in a protective hardcase, just like the bigger 1/10th scale counterparts, the 7.4V pack is built from high-performance 2000mAh 50C cells for improved acceleration and higher top speeds compared to other micro packs. Included with the battery comes a pair of 3.5mm bullet-type connectors and a 2mm plug for the balancer port.
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JConcepts introduce the Detonator Worlds bodyshell for the Team Associated RC10 buggy. The spirit of the Detonator lives in the 1990’s, starting with the rear biased, over rear tower, hung cab, super large window detail. The side-pods are simple, yet effectively cover the iconic aluminium tub chassis and skate by the latest in inboard electrical gear. Hard-edge chamfering along the sides of the body provides a current and trimmed look while one large side window, stands out giving that unique 90’s racer style. The front of the body slides just inside the front shock tower and nose brace tubes and gradually rises up to a centre inlet scoop built into the hood. Included in each Detonator package is a 5.5″ wing that is designed to fit flat and sits down and hugs the back of the body. The wing side-dams are finished off with a little inspiration from today with the leading edge angled and already in attack mode. Included with the clear bodyshell, that is usable with the RC10 Classic, RC10 Worlds rel-release as well as vintage RC10’s, come window masks and a decal sheet.
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Schumacher introduce new Core RC accessories such as a camber gauge, an engine stopper and fuel pipe clips. Starting with the camber gauge, the tool is made from lightweight plastic and it offers an adjustment range of ±10 degree while the design allows for simple trackside camber checks in seconds. Also new is the engine stopper tool with handy pocket clip. Used to kill the engine by putting in the exhaust outlet you never burn your fingers again stopping your nitro engine. Last but not least is a set of plastic fuel tube clips that keep the fuel line of nitro cars looking neat and tidy.
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Defending 1:8 Offroad European Champion David Ronnefalk leaves the Sand am Main track in Germany this evening in the best position possible after the Kyosho driver took his second TQ run of the first day of qualifying to hold the overnight TQ. Having taken Q2 by 3 seconds over Robert Batlle, the Swede would again take the third qualifier by an almost identical margin this time from 2012 Champion Darren Bloomfield. It would be a good Q3 for Team Kyosho as Ronnefalk’s team-mate Elliott Boots having not featured in the first two rounds took his Mp9 to the third fastest time. In terms of the overall points standings it is Q1 pace setter Teemu Leino who sits second in the ranking followed by Batlle and Bloomfield.
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Pro-Line announce the 8th running of their European Pro-Line Challenge, this time hosted by the Mini Car Club St. Quentin. Only a short distance from Calais and the boarder of Belgium, St. Quentin is a favourite track with UK and mainland EU racers. The race will see 1/8th nitro and electric buggy classes with the event starting on Friday, 10th of October. Run on Pro-Line Bow Tie 2.0 control tyres each class entered includes one full set of X3 compound tyres. More information and sign-up can be found here.
