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July 24, 2018

Schumacher BTCC Rd4 – Report

The Fourth and penultimate BTCC 2018 took place this weekend at the super-fast Halifax track in the north of England. With the hot UK weather continuing drivers were trying to get the most out of their packages in these testing conditions. Once again in Modified the battle between Olly Jefferies and Elliott Harper continued, with some super close and exciting racing, it is awesome to watch two of the best drivers in Europe battle it out at our races. Elliott took first blood in qualifying but Olly clawed it back to take TQ honours overall, followed by Elliott and Matt White. Olly managed to hold station by just 0.255 of a second over Elliott with Matt third. Olly pulled a little gap in the second final beating Elliott by two seconds with again Matt third.

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July 24, 2018

Corally SSX-8X 1/8th Stock pan car kit – Teaser image

Corally have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming SSX-8X 1/8th scale electric pan car kit. Designed for the damper-less 1/8th electric Stock classes the kit builds on the SSX-8 with several updates making the car faster and better handling in a variety of track conditions. The kit is set for a release at the beginning of August and full information should become available soon.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

July 24, 2018

Hampus Berg wins at Swedish Cup Rd2

The second round of the Swedish Cup was held at the Gotland RC Club last weekend. The track offered a fun and challenging layout and ultimately it was HB Racing’s Hampus Berg with the win in the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main. Serpent’s Pontus Larssen came in 2nd from Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson 3rd – all ending the race in the same lap. Emil Edlung and Oskar Levin would round out the top 5 results.

Image: Jessica Palsson

July 24, 2018

Rebellion-RC F110SF3 carbon fibre option parts

Coming from RC-Carbonstore’s Rebellion-RC brand are several carbon fibre option parts for the popular Serpent F110SF3 formula car. The range includes a full chassis kit as well as a multi-position rear wing mount, a +5/7.5/10/12/14mm front arm set and also a dual side-tube mount set. All parts are made from highest-grade resin transfer moulding process carbon fibre and they are available in a total of twelve colours including two black carbon specifications. While releasing drop-fit option parts for several brands, RC-Carbonstore also offers a machining service for customer designs.

View the other new parts here

July 24, 2018

JJ Wang wins at Sanwa Grand Prix

Steel City Raceway of Fontana, California played host to the 2018 Sanwa Grand Prix last weekend. The race was held in several electric and nitro classes and it was Mugen’s JJ Wang who would lead the way in 1/10th 200m Nitro Sedan. JJ took the top qualifier honours and he also came out successful in the 30-minutes A-main, leaving behind Serpent’s Ralph Burch in 2nd, a lap down. Brian Thomas would round out the top 3 podium result for Mugen. Over in 1/8th Sportsman it was JJ’s father Rick Wang with the win as Bill Jianis and William Yip rounded out the podium for a Mugen sweep.

View the 1/8th Sportsman podium here

July 24, 2018

Yeah Racing Top Force carbon fibre shock towers

Yeah Racing have released a set of carbon fibre shock towers for Tamiya’s Top Force original and re-release buggies. Cut from high-quality carbon fibre and offering an updated design the towers will increase stability and durability over the standard items. The shock stays come as complete set for the front and rear of the buggy and they are available now.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

July 24, 2018

T-Works MRX6R titanium turnbuckles & screw sets

T-Works have introduced three new option parts specific to the Mugen MBX6R 1/8th nitro on-road kit. Available now are an 11-piece titanium turnbuckle set as well as a 141-piece titanium screw set, the latter using UFO head fasteners for the usual round head screws. Also new is a 144-piece set of gold-colour steel screws. All items are direct replacements for the stock parts with the titanium goodies scrubbing a good amount of weight while the gold-colour screws mainly add visual impact.

View the screw sets here

July 24, 2018

The West Coast Buggy Nationals – Report

Last weekend San Diego RC Raceway set out to do something different in 1/10th scale electric RC racing. Racers were invited from around the country to attend the inaugural running of The West Coast Buggy Nationals which was hosted by SDRC Raceway. This event differed from others as there were no motor limits or minimum weights placed on any classes. It was separated simply by driver skill and which sponsors those drivers were representing. Three Divisions were offered at the West Coast Buggy Nationals; Sportsman, a Class for drivers who do not have any sponsors at all. Intermediate, a class for drivers who may be running for a tire or electronics company, and Expert, a class for those drivers representing a chassis sponsor or just wanting to run with the fast guys to see what they had to make it happen. Each Division was required to run both 2WD and 4WD buggy to be eligible to win the overall title for the Division they entered. SDRC also offered a beginner class where newer drivers could run a 2WD or 4WD buggy.

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