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June 5, 2018

Exotek introduce new TLR 22 & 22-4 option parts

Coming from Exotek and made for TLR’s 22 and 22-4 range of 1/10th scale buggies are several new option parts. First up is an ultra lightweight LiPo tab and post for the 22-4 wheeler. Usable for the 22-4 2.0 and 1.0 buggies, the carbon fibre tab holds normal height shorty packs securely but thanks to the simple design only weights 2.8g including the hardware. To remove the battery simply loosen the supplied screw and turn the carbon tab 180 degrees. Included in the set are also an alloy post, spacers and an M3 screw and to utilise low-profile shorty packs the spacer and screw can be replaced with self-sourced, shorter pieces. Due to the design, mounting of the body with hook and loop straps is required.

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June 5, 2018

Tyrolean Championship Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Tyrolean Championship was hosted by the RCCÖ club and held in Umhausen. Like the previous round the race was held in four electric on-road classes and in the Touring Modified category, that attracted a total of six entries all of which were in a position to win or at least finish on the podium, it was Thomas Rinner with error-free runs that award him the overall win from Aaron Tursky 2nd and Markus Fleischmann 3rd.

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June 4, 2018

Jiri Mara TQs & wins at Czech Open Rd4

The fourth round of the Czech Open series took place last weekend in Mlada Boleslav. Jiri Mara (SWorkz) and Kaja Novotny (Xray) traded TQs in the Nitro Buggy qualifying and in the end it was Jiri who won the final qualifier by a few tenths of a second for the overall TQ. In the main final it was again Jiri on top of the field while Kaja had problems to follow, mainly because of damages his buggy suffered from after a centre driveshaft pin came loose in his semi final. A quick repair allowed him to take part in the final, starting from P3, however Kaja wasn’t able to push his buggy but after a somewhat chaotic final, he was still able to finish on the runner-up spot and in front of Jiri Benes.

View the final results here

June 4, 2018

Adam Drake trifecta at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

For round 3 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series racers travelled to the Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California. Mugen’s Adam Drake would sweep the Expert Nitro Buggy, Open Truggy and Open E-Buggy classes to make a perfect sweep. Anthony Westergaard (HB Racing) and Carlos Arredondo (Tekno) came in 2nd and 3rd in the Expert Buggy class while Carlos Arredondo and Cole Jenson (HB Racing) rounded out the Open Truggy podium. Finally in the Open E-Buggy class it was Anthony Westergaard on the runner-up spot from Steve Harris (Tekno) 3rd.

View the Truggy and E-Buggy podium here

June 4, 2018

BRCA Formula National Championship Rd3 – Report

Round three of the BRCA 1/10th Formula National Championship was held at the Aldershot track this past weekend. Andy Murray and Ben Cosgrove, the latter being hindered by not be able to show up for Saturday’s practice rounds, battled it out for the overall TQ in qualifying. Ultimately it was Ben with the TQ and pole position thanks to winning the tie-breaker. In the opening A-main Ben made a mistake about three laps in running too low and rolling mid sweeper dropping him back to 4th. He managed to catch and pass Luke Lee in the sweeper the next lap and then Andy and James Wright were tangled together when Cosgrove arrived at the next corner. From then on Ben backed off and took a relaxed leg win. Leg 2 then was a very simple race from the front with a controlled pace so Ben Cosgrove (Xray) took the leg win and with it the overall with Luke Lee (Xray) and Stephen Lander (Capricorn) coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Thanks to Ben Cosgrove for the report.

June 4, 2018

Caroli & Laubscher win at SA 12th Nats Rd3

The third round of the 2018 South-African ORE 1/12th National Championship series was held at the Welkom RC Arena. In the 1/12 Modified class and after missing round 2 due to his host responsibilities at the pre-worlds, local Xray driver Antonio Caroli showed good early pace during practice with Marius van Niekerk, Shaun Schutte, Willie du Plooy and Wayne Joelson also running good fast laps. Ultimately it was Antonio Caroli who managed to secure TQ with Marius van Niekerk and Willie du Plooy starting from 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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June 4, 2018

Bradley Baird wins Paddy Piston Race

The 2018 edition of the Paddy Piston Race was held at Banbridge and District Model Car Club over the weekend. Bradley Baird (JQRacing), who won the Truggy class ten years ago when it was called the GRP Challenge, took a popular TQ and win despite having to start from the pit lane after an engine change before the final. Graham Alsop in 2nd and Milan Dragojlovic in 3rd would round out the podium result for HB Racing as Jon Hazlewood (Agama) lead the best of the rest.

Image: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

June 4, 2018

Mibosport Summer Race – Report

The Mibosport Summer Race was held this past weekend in Blansko with 43 entries for the four classes of Touring Modified, Stock LRP, Formula, Hobby and a Nitro class. The Touring Modified class was held in a Reedy-style system. During all six rounds it was a battle for the overall victory between Michal Bok, Radek Flek and Matěj Šulc. In the end Michal Bok was able to take the day’s win with Matěj and Radek in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

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