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May 8, 2018

Maxi Vogl wins at South German regionals Rd1

The opening round of the South German Nitro On-road regionals, qualifying races for the German Nationals, was held at the Minidrom Köditz MCC Hof track over the weekend. In the 1/8 nitro class it was Maxi Vogl who set the pace, setting the only 12-second lap time at the difficult track and just missing the lap record by three hundredths of a second. At the start of the final Maxi easily pulled away and he originally planing to do a tyre change mid-race, but decided to save his tyres and as a result, he took the win with a two-lap margin in front of Bastian Gramlich and Armin Baier.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 8, 2018

Arrowmax 14.8V 6750mAh hardcase LiPo pack

Arrowmax have introduced their new 14.8V 6750mAh LiPo battery pack for 1/8th off-road applications. The use of high-capacity 110C burst cells ensures maximised run-time, allowing to easily manage +8 minute mains, while the low resistance of the cells ensures exceptional power supply even with high kV motors. The hardcase battery weighs in at 534g and offers a standard dual 2S pack footprint, making it usable with most 1/8th electric off-road kits. Included in the package is a suitable balance harness with 5mm bullet-type connectors and a high-impact resistant 10mm foam pad that protects the battery when when the going gets tough.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

May 8, 2018

Kieran Cox wins at Summer NRS Series Rd1

This past weekend saw the opening round of the Summer Northern Regional Series at NDOR in Nottingham, UK. Young Kieran Cox took the TQ and the win in Nitro Buggy in front of Jack Hirst 2nd and Ash Owen 3rd. The next round will be held on the 17th of June at the Deerdale astro track.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

May 8, 2018

Hiro Seiko XeRun V10 G2 alloy screw kit

Coming from Hiro Seiko is a new aluminium screw kit for the Hobbywing XeRun V10 G2 electric brushless motors. Usable on the V10 G2 and Bandit motors the fasteners will not interfere with the rotor’s magnetic field, as the standard steel screws do, for overall higher RPM and improved performance. The set contains can and endbell screws machined from high-quality material and it is available in blue, light blue, purple, red, orange and silver colour.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]

May 8, 2018

Micha Widmaier doubles at BAWÜ Cup

The BAWÜ Cup was held at the Nufringen track in southern Germany recently, attracting a good amount of drivers to compete in several 1/8th off-road classes. In Nitro Buggy it was Micha Widmaier (SWorkz) with the day’s win in front of Fabian Hinderer (Mugen) and Tobias Nagel (SWorkz) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Luca Schmid (SWorkz) lead the best of the rest in 4th place.

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May 7, 2018

Joe Pillars dominates 2018 Northwest Stock Champs

The 2018 Northwest Stock Championships were held this past weekend at PDX RC Underground in Portland, Oregon. The race schedule saw open practice on Friday and three rounds of qualifying and triple A-main events on Saturday. In the 2WD Pro Stock Buggy class, Yokomo’s Joe Pillars would dominate qualifying by TQ’ing all three rounds and secure the overall TQ. Pillars then went onto take the commanding Wins in A-main 1 and 2, to take his first Championship of the weekend from Team Associated’s Jack Leighan 2nd and newly-signed Yokomo driver, Wes Cipriotti in 3rd.

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May 7, 2018

PSM T4’18 front & rear shock towers

PSM have introduced their new front and rear carbon fibre shock towers for the Xray T4’18 touring car. Both are cut from 4mm carbon fibre with the stronger material making for a more rigid construction while the +1mm shock alignment improves the linear shock performance under all track conditions. The towers are cut from high-quality carbon fibre and they are available separately from now on.

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May 7, 2018

JConcepts B6.1 pre-cut protective chassis decal

Coming from JConcepts is a chassis protective decal for the Team Associated B6.1 buggy. The pre-cut sticker will protect the chassis bottom from wear and tear when running on abrasive surfaces while also adding visual impact when the buggy is upside down. Sporting JConcepts’ black, grey, blue and white signature colours the decal come pre-cut for easy application, including spare rear skid stickers and in sets of two.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]