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July 16, 2018

Jörn Neumann doubles at German 2WD Nationals warm-up

The warm-up to the German 2WD Nationals was held at the MAC Eifel Elos club this past weekend. The event was a double feature as it was a regional qualifying race combined with the German Nationals warm-up. In the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes it was multi-time German National Champion, Schumacher’s Jörn Neumann who lead the way by taking the TQ in both classes and also bringing home the overall victories. Luca Rau (Kyosho) and Michael Leupuschitz (Schumacher) would round out the 2WD Mod Buggy top 3 as Luca Rau (Kyosho) and Jens Becker (Xray) completed the Mod Wheeler podium.

View the 4WD podium here

July 16, 2018

Tim Wood wins at BRCA 1/8th Track Nats Rd6

The BRCA 1/8th Track Nationals took place at the popular Halifax track this past weekend. Shepherd’s Andy Hastings took the TQ honours and was pretty much on pace with eventual race winner, Tim Wood (Shepherd), however Andrew unfortunately scored a DNF, allowing Mark Green (Serpent) to take the runner-up spot as Serpent’s Richard Hicklin rounded out the top 3 results.

View the final results here

July 16, 2018

Ielasi Tuned Raptor.21 3.5cc nitro on-road engine

Ielasi Tuned have announced the release of their latest 3.5cc nitro on-road engine, the Raptor.21. The power plant is of an extra long stroke design and it utilises a 9-port sleeve, DLC-treated crankshaft and the R4/18 conrod, combining high performance with significantly improved reliability. The engine will become available in two variants, as standard bearing Raptor.21ON and also as Raptor.21ON/C, equipped with a Swiss-made ceramic rear bearing.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

July 16, 2018

Muchmore Hybrid Touch Duo voltmeter charging lead

Muchmore have introduced their new voltmeter 2S balance charging leads for the Hybrid Touch Duo charger. The harnesses include a built-in voltmeter that allows to check the battery voltage without having to look on the display while also working as a stand-alone item to check battery pack voltage without the charger. The all-black wires make for a factory look and the leads are available for the left and the right charger output, ensuring good readability of the display. While being made for the Muchmore Hybrid Touch Duo charger the leads also work with other devices that use XH balancer ports and XT60 charge lead connectors.

View more images here

July 16, 2018

T-Works MBX8 series Ver.2 carbon fibre shock towers

T-Works have introduced their new Ver.2 carbon fibre shock towers for the Mugen MBX8 and MBX8 Eco series of 1/8th off-road buggies. Coming as separate front or rear tower both are cut from high-quality 4mm carbon fibre with the rear tower offering additional mounting positions for the rear wing in order to adjust the overall centre of gravity or downforce.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

July 16, 2018

Cameron Zammit wins at Nitro Drivers Series Rd3

The Melbourne Off Road Radio Car Club held round 3 of their drivers series this past weekend. In the 1/8th Pro Nitro and 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Cameron Zammit who would take the wins coming from the 2 spot on the grid. In the 30-minute Pro Buggy A-main Cameron would bring home a dominant win some three laps in front of Gavin White, who qualified in 7th and John Watkins rounded out the top 3 another lap down. In the E-Buggy class things didn’t went that flawless as after coming in 1st in A1, Cameron had to retire in A2, allowing Ben Sterling to take the leg win. A3 then again saw Cameron Zammit coming out on top for the overall win from Ben Sterling 2nd and Sam Papas 3rd.

Thanks to Cameron Zammit for the report.

July 16, 2018

Coelho caps off ETS title season with win No. 4

Bruno Coelho has capped off his title winning Yokomo Euro Touring Series campaign with a fourth win, the Xray driver wrapping up victory at the season finale at Hudy Arena with another tone to tone win in A2. Top qualifier at the Xray team’s home event, Coelho led home team-mate Alexander Hagberg with Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski the only one able to run with the Xray pairing. With the Top 3 finishing in the same order they started, the gaps between them evenly stretched out. Behind it was Ronald Völker who was the top mover of the race taking fourth ahead of Yokomo team-mate Christopher Krapp at the finish from 6th on the grid.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

July 16, 2018

2018 Nitro World Cup – Announcement

Full Throttle RC Raceway of Kissimmee, Florida has announced the return of the Nitro World Cup for November 28th to December 2nd. The annual event will see 1/10th Sedan, 1/8th Open, 1/8th Masters, GT 5-Port Spec and a Promoters class in 2018 with the latter will be 2WD Pan Car and entries will be taken at the track for this class. Full information as well as sign-up can be found of the official event website here.