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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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June 4, 2018

Maifield, Tessmann & Cavalieri win at Manufacturers Cup

The Amain Hobbies Manufacturers Cup was hosted by Silver Dollar Raceway in Chico, California over the weekend with some of the fastest U.S. racers making their entry to race in the usual array of 1/8th off-road classes. The Manufacturers Cup is always an exciting race that carries a different format much similar to the Reedy Race of Champions, where the Pro drivers compete in a series of heads-up racing and awarded points after finishing results for each round. The lowest point total taken from 3 of the 4 rounds decides the overall finishing order making each round an all-out race rather. Ryan Maifield was on another level in the Pro Nitro Buggy class as he delivered a perfect performance going 4 for 4 to win all rounds and took the overall without question. The Mugen ace was on top of the tire program selecting the right tire at the right time and got good starts to work his way up to the front. Once in the lead, Maifield put it in overdrive and secured his flawless weekend in Nitro Buggy with some amazing driving. Xray’s Ty Tessman secured 2 wins and locked up 2nd as Kyosho’s Jared Tebo finished on the podium in 3rd.

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June 4, 2018

Joe Bornhorst trifecta at Horizon RC Fest

The Horizon RC Fest was held this last weekend in Monticello, Illinois this past weekend with he event caring about everything radio controlled including planes, drones and cars. As part of the festivities Horizon Hobby held their TLR Cup for 1/8th scale off-road classes and it was Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst who would sweep the Pro Buggy, Truggy and E-Buggy classes. Pro Buggy and Truggy were TQ’ed by TLR’s Dakotah Phend, using what appear to be prototype 8ight 5.0 and 8ight-T 5.0 vehicles, however Bornhorst would ultimately walk away with the wins in Pro Buggy, Truggy and E-Buggy to round out a perfect weekend.

View the Truggy and E-Buggy podiums here

June 4, 2018

Jeffrey Rietveld wins at Dutch IC Track Nats Rd3

The third round of the Dutch IC Track National Championship was held at the MAC Heemstede track this past weekend. In the premier NK class it was Jeffrey Rietveld with the TQ after the qualifiers from Joey Sorber 2nd and Arie Manten 3rd. In the 30-minute main final Jeffrey was able to conserve his qualifying performance as he took a dominant win some four laps in front of Arie Manten in 2nd and Martin Zevenhoven in 3rd. Over in the slightly slower Nomac Cup it was Stanley Bauer with the win from Alex Everling 2nd and Ad Arents 3rd.

Image: Jeffrey Rietveld

June 4, 2018

Zacarias Villalba wins Andalusian GP Buggy Champs Rd3

Round three of the Andalusian 1/8th Off-road Championship was held at the technical Club RC Alhaurín de la Torre track over the weekend. The weather was pretty hot, making for challenging conditions and it was Alejandro Perez with the overall TQ from Agustin Illanes and Albert Pelaez in 2nd and 3rd respectively as Zacarias Villalba rounded out the top 4. In the 45-minute main final however it was Zacarias who would prevails after doing some setup adjustments over the day with Alberto finishing on the 2 spot. A lap down Alejandro Daras would complete the top 3 results.

Source: Attack RC [facebook.com]

June 4, 2018

T-Works titanium downstop screws

T-Works have introduced new downstop screw sets for a range of vehicles. The hardware is available in M3x8mm, M4x8mm and M4x10mm dimensions with the M3 screws featuring a 1.5mm hex section while the M4 screws utilise 2.0mm hex tools. The precision machined screws feature a round head for precise droop setting adjustment with the shape ensuring the chassis is not getting damaged and they are available in 4-piece packages.

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