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May 7, 2018

Ongaro & Hara win at 2018 Philippine Masters

The 2018 Philippine Masters was held at the Circulo Verde Race Track in Quezon City, Philippines over the weekend, attracting many World-class 1/8th off-road drivers from all over the planet. The nitro 1/8-scale event contests only buggies and truggies – no Sportsman, or other classes. In the one-hour Buggy final, it was Mugen Seiki’s Robert Batlle who put up a fierce early battle with Ronnefalk who was battling for the lead from his P3 position. The two drove clean and changed places often, but Batlle didn’t seem to have the same speed that carried him to TQ. Whether it was engine power, tire choice or other variable, Batlle just couldn’t hold his earlier lines and mistakes started to plague him sending him down the list of drivers.

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May 7, 2018

Yeah Racing YD2 series adjustable suspension mounts

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for Yokomo’s YD2 series of RWD drift cars is an adjustable suspension mount set. Included are 1-piece front and rear suspension mounts that utilise composite inserts to adjust the height and angle of the suspension pins in order to fine-tune the suspension settings. The mounts are machined from quality aluminium, they come black anodised and with machined silver edge details. The included composite inserts are conveniently marked for easy identification and the set is available now.

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May 7, 2018

Orlowski & Savoya win at EFRA 1/10 Buggy warm-up

The Reims Enduro Model Car club in France hosted the EFRA 1/10 Buggy Euros warm-up race this past weekend at their indoor dirt track facility. The event was well attended, attracting many of Europe’s fast electric off-road drivers. The 2WD Modified Buggy class saw Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski sweeping the qualifiers to take the TQ from TLR’s Renaud Savoya 2nd and Yokomo’s Lee Martin 3rd. In the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Renaud who excelled, TQing five of the six rounds gave him the pole for the A-mains from Michal Orlowski 2nd and Lee Martin 3rd.

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May 7, 2018

Power HD sign Thilo Tödtmann

Power HD have announced the signing of German nitro front runner Thilo Tödtmann to their factory team. Specialised in nitro racing, Thilo is a multiple European Championship finalist as well as multi-time US Nitro World Cup winner, ENS podium finisher and reigning international 1/10th Nitro FEMCA Champion. Thilo will be using Power HD’s Storm-7 servos in his rides and he has the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank everyone at Power HD to let me join their factory Team for the 2018 season and beyond. After my first test this decision was very easy to make as their products perform awesome. I am looking forward to a great collaborate and i am sure together we can achieve great results.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

May 7, 2018

Exotek MIP hex wrenches collar set

Exotek have introduced a set of collars for the popular MIP hex wrenches. The identification collars complete the wrenches with easy to see colour-coded polished and anodised alloy collars. The items are also laser etched with matching metric size labels for the most popular sized 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm. wrenches. The set includes four direct fit collars but no wrenches.

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May 7, 2018

Reds Racing EFRA 2143 X-One exhaust

Coming from Reds Racing’s new X-One series of off-road exhausts is the latest EFRA 2143 Smooth pipe. Developed for the use with Reds Racing’s WR7 engine, the exhaust will improve runtime while also offering increased torque and precise throttle response on the low to mid RPM range. All that is combines with a smooth and linear power supply up to the high RPM range. The 1-piece pipe and manifold assembly will improve overall reliability and performance and the exhaust system is available now.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com] | Image: RMV [rmv-deutschland.de]

May 6, 2018

Schelle B6.1 Nova lockout set

Schelle Racing Innovations have introduced their new Nova buggy lockout set for the Team Associated B6.1 buggy. The slipper eliminator replaces the standard slipper assembly for a direct drive system with screw-on main gears in order to reduce rotation mass for improved acceleration. The B6.1 version is a new V2 design with its screw-on spur gears and it is easier to assemble, and works with both the B6.1 kit topshaft or the short direct drive topshaft. The lockout set sheds weight down to a bare minimum 2.3g and to weighs in at 4.6g total including the spur gear and the set includes a 69 tooth and a 72 tooth Nova Spur gear.

Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]

May 5, 2018

Mazzeo claims first TQ at Dutch ENS

Alessio Mazzeo has claimed his first ever TQ start of the ENS. The Xray driver secured pole position for tomorrow’s season opener by taking two of the four rounds of qualifying in the Netherlands today. He will start ahead of the day’s other two TQ runners, Jilles Groskamp and Teemu Leino. With Mazzeo backing up his ‘rocket round’ Q1 TQ with another fastest time in Q3, it was then only Groskamp who could challenge him for the top spot in the final qualifier. A slower track however prevented this and while Groskamp would finish ahead of Mazzeo it was Leino who would register the TQ time, albeit it the slowest of the day. This would secure Leino third on the grid ahead of Shepherd’s Eduardo Escandon. For title favourite Dominic Greiner, an unlucky day will see him line up 5th but given how closely matched everyone is, the Serpent driver knows it is still all to play for for the win.

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