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May 21, 2018

2nd Annual Pan Car Masters – Report

The 2nd Annual Pan Car Masters was held at the MRTM Lostallo track in Switzerland over the weekend. The event is also known as the unofficial Pro10 World Championship with this year’s race attracting entries from Austria, Italy, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, the Czech Republic and the hosting country Switzerland. The weather forecast for the weekend wasn’t the best, however nearly 50 drivers made the trip to race at the iconic Swiss track. The event was held in several 1/10th and 1/8th Electric classes and although free practice was held in dry conditions, things turned to the worse for the timed practice, qualifiers and finals that were all run in the wet.

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May 21, 2018

Nick Sublette doubles at 452 Raceway opening race

452 Raceway of Lindale, Texas held their grand track opening race this past weekend. Texas native Nick Sublette swept the 1/8th scale Buggy classes as he drove his buggy to the win in the 30-minute Expert Nitro Buggy A-main final in front of Pablo Tejada and Myk Willis. Over in the Expert E-Buggy mains it was again Nick Sublette with a comfortable win from Mark Santa Maria 2nd and Stewart Holmes 3rd.

View the Expert E-Buggy podium here

May 21, 2018

Xray NT1 low-friction graphite composite belt pulleys

Xray have introduced new low-friction graphite composite belt pulleys for the NT1 nitro on-road kit. The pulleys are moulded from a specially-formulated graphite composite mix for reduced friction and increased performance and durability. The lightweight parts stand out due to their bright orange colour and they are available separately as 20T 2-speed centre, 18T 2-speed side, 19T mid-centre as well as 25T and 26T mid-side pulley and also as a complete 5-pulley set.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 21, 2018

Jessica Palsson wins at MSC Rd2

Round 2 of the Middle Swedish Cup was held in Mjölby this past weekend with some of the country’s fastest drivers in attendance. Serpent’s Pontus Larsson took the TQ courtesy of winning two qualifying rounds and he also won his semifinal, however it was Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson with the pole position for the 30-minute A-main event. In the opening stages of the race both Jessica and Pontus were pretty equal in terms of pace but once Pontus got into a tangle with another car, Jessica was able to open a 10-seconds gap and that would increase to 30 seconds at the end of the main, allowing her to bring home a solid win from Pontus Larsson 2nd as Andreas Edvinsson rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 21, 2018

Toni Gruber double TQs & wins EFRA GP Series Rd2

Round two of the EFRA GP Series was held at the RACG track in Montbonnot, France this past weekend. Germany’s Toni Gruber was in control of things all weekend as he was able to take a double TQ in 1/8th IC Track and 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring and he would also come out successful in both A-main events. Carmine Raiola would come in 2nd in the 1/8th class from Alberto Picco 3rd as Brice Turco and Ludovic Long rounded out the top 3 results in the Nitro Touring class.

View the 200mm podium here

May 21, 2018

Hobbywing XeRun Axe brushless power system

Hobbywing have introduced their new XeRun series Axe brushless power system for crawlers and trail trucks. Featuring the new FOC Field-oriented Control technology, that is understood to match the motor RPM with the throttle position, the system allows for greatly improved car control especially on downhill sections while making the system more silent, higher performing and more reliable. The motor, with a newly developed staggered pole design, ensures consistent deceleration, smoother power supply, smoother brake control and an overall greatly improved throttle feeling. The whole system is IP-67 waterproof for go-everywhere capabilities right out of the package and the controller is programmable using Hobbywing’s iOS or Android apps and using the speedo’s build-in Bluetooth module.

View lists of the specifications and more images here

May 21, 2018

Bloomfield & Embling win at BRCA E-Buggy & Truggy Nats Rd2

Round two of the BRCA 1/8th E-Buggy and Truggy National Championship was held at the North West Nitro track this past weekend. Agama’s Darren Bloomfield would take the TQ in the E-Buggy class and he would also come out fastest after the A-mains to take the win, however he was challenged all the way by Agama teammate, Joni Skidmore who had to settle for 2nd ultimately. Team Associated’s Mike Lewis would round out the top 3 podium result.

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May 21, 2018

Ty Tessmann doubles at JConcepts Spring INS

This weekend the JConcepts Spring Indoor National Series series was held at the TRCR track in Tacoma, Washington. The tight and technical track layout made for fun and challenging racing conditions. Racing kicked off with a seeding practice round on Friday evening and after the qualifiers on Sunday morning it was Ryan Maifield (Yokomo) with the TQ in 2WD Mod Buggy from Team Associated’s Dustin Evans 2nd and Ty Tessmann (Xray) in 3rd. 4WD Mod Buggy had Ty Tessmann taking the TQ from Dustin Evans 2nd and Ryan Maifield 3rd.

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