The 2018 Independence Day Race was held at Jackson RC Raceway in Jackson, New Jersey this past weekend. In the premier Touring Modified class to was Mike Gee with the overall TQ, however it was Sam Isaacs that would walk away with the win from Mike Gee 2nd and Robbie Dodge 3rd.
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The South Coast RC Club in Clanfield held their Memorial Race Meeting this past weekend. In the 20-minute Nitro Buggy main final it was Jack Embling with the win from Jon Hazlewood, who had the pace to bring home the win, however a tricky final quarter of the race, due to backmarkers, meant he had to settle for 2nd overall. Behind the two it was Graham Alsop on the 3 spot, only four seconds down on Jon. Elsewhere in the Truck class it was James Tatlow with the win.
T-Works have introduced their new large surface M4 wheel nuts with serrated back section. The fasteners are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and their design with an increased diameter, that acts like an additional shim, ensures improved wheel fitment on the hub as the rims are less prone to wobble during hard cornering or when running on high-bite surfaces. The non-directional serration on the back side ensures the nuts stay on place and will not coming loose during normal operation. The wheels nuts come in packs of four, in the five colours of light blue, black, red, orange and gun metal and they are usable with a wide range of on-road and off-road rims.
The second edition of the Nitrocross Cup will be held on the MAC Brombachsee track on the 8th and 9th of September. Formerly planned to taking place at the RCC Coesfeld club the race had to look for a new home because of organisational reasons, with the Brombachsee club happy to step in. The race will be held in 1/8th Buggy and Truggy classes and more information can be found here.
Coming from Vigor and made for the Yokomo BD8 is a range of new carbon fibre shock towers including “half-hole” variants for more precise shock angle adjustment. The items are cut from thinner 3mm carbon fibre compared to the standard 3.5mm material for increased torsional flex and thus improved traction on lower bite surfaces. The front tower is available as a 2-5 position option, lacking the 1 position, and also as 1.5 to 4.5 “half-hole” variant. The rear tower, that allows for front or rear body post mounting, comes in a 4-hole 1-4 or 3-hole 1.5 to 3.5 variant. All are cut from high-quality carbon fibre and they are a direct fit.
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The 2018 EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championships B were held at the Barcooff track in Barco, Italy over the weekend. Marco Ravaglia secured himself the overall TQ after the qualifiers with Mattia Polito taking 2nd. Behind the two Andrea Trevisan came in 3rd from Eliot Marcon, who also had the pace to snatch the overall TQ, having to settle for 4th. In the 45-minute main final however it was Mattia Polito who would score a popular win some 26 seconds in front ofGiuseppe Tescione on the runner-up spot. Patrick Auvinet Jr. lead a strong group of drivers that was only a lap behind the top 2 with Joachim Kallen, Niko Flamini, Marco Orlando and Eliot Marcon all scoring 72-laps runs. Alessandro Castoldi, Maxime Noble and Dario Gabrielli came in 8th to 10th respectively only two laps down on the leader. Gianmarco Franzolini and Giovanni Camamo rounded out the top 12 with 70 laps, highlighting the very high qualify of the field. In 13th, Alexander Schmitt scored the only DNF of the A-main.
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Coming from SWorkz is a blue colour suspension insert set for all S35-3 based vehicles. The set includes all front and rear upper and lower inserts as well as caster clips and a range of other plastics that help to add visual impact to the chassis, ensuring cool looks and especially when matched with blue-toned body shell designs.
The second round of the Finnish 1/8th Off-road Championship was held in Vantaa recently. The race was held at the Fullspeed RC track that recently received a new layout and it attracted many fast drivers such as Joona Haatanen, Ari Heinonen, Joseph Quagraine, Max Mört, Pekko Iivonen and many more. The track will host the 2018 Nordic Championships later this year and its layout was praised by many of the drivers for its required precision and car setup. In the 1/8th Nitro class the race for the TQ was on between Ari Heinonen, Lauri Ruotsalainen and Joseph Quagraine with the better end for Ari who ultimately managed to take the TQ.
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