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March 18, 2014

John Michael doubles at March Madness race

The March Madness race at The RC Pit saw John Michael taking the win in Pro Buggy following an exciting first part of the race. While being in front he got hung up on a pipe where there was no marshal which allowed the 2nd and 3rd driver to catch up and John fell back to 2nd place. 4 laps later John regained the lead and he was able to take the win. Griffin Hanna finished 2nd. In E-buggy John Michael followed closely to the leader Griffin Hanna for the first 4 minutes of the race. Once the leader made a mistake John Michael got past and stretched out his lead over the next 6 minutes to take the win.

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March 18, 2014

PSM B-Max2 & B-Max4 III carbon option parts

Germany company PSM have new optional parts for Yokomo’s B-Max2 and B-Max4 III buggy available. Made for the 2WD B-Max2 is the 4mm carbon fibre front shock tower. CNC-machined from glossy finish material the part weights in at 4.5g and it comes including two 7075 2mm aluminium spacers. Also new is the front upper brace for the B-Max4 III. Cut from 3mm material the brace weights in at 3g, it reinforces the front steering and bulkhead assembly and comes including two aluminium spacers for the steering posts. Both parts are direct replacements for the respective stock items and are available now.

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March 18, 2014

LRP S10 Twister alloy wheel adapters & servo arms

LRP have new option parts for the S10 Twister line of off-road vehicles as well as alloy servo arms available. Starting with the Twister parts, the aluminium wheel adapters are made from high-quality material and they offer increased rigidity over the stock parts. Included are also four steel drive pins and rubber O-ring to hold the pins in place. Also new are three aluminium servo arms for 23 teeth, 24 teeth and 25 teeth splines. Coming as single arm variant for steering duties and dual arm versions for throttle and brake applications in nitro cars, the arms offer increased rigidity especially when used with high-power servos for increased steering precision and brake holding power. They come blue anodised and with a pre-drilled ballstud mounting hole.

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March 18, 2014

Darren Bloomfield wins at BRCA Truggy nats Rd1

The 1st round of the BRCA National Truggy Championships was held at Herts over the weekend. With the UK once again experiencing clear, sunny weather the competitors for the opening round of the Truggy and E-Buggy Nationals were in for a treat with the track having been rolled and prepared since the previous weekend. In Truggy qualifying Darren Bloomfield spent the time adjusting his car after the previous event in the US where servo issues had prevented a good result, but here he was thankfully able to concentrate on improving the set up and improving his lap times. He would eventually end up qualifying in 2nd place on the grid behind Mugen’s Jack Embling and in a good place to challenge for the main final. Darren’s Agama teammates Ollie Currie and Jon Hazlewood started directly behind Bloomfield in 3rd and 4th respectively on the grid.

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March 17, 2014

Elliott Boots takes BRCA E-Buggy nationals Rd1

The first round of the BRCA Truggy and E-Buggy nationals took place at the Herts Nitro Model Club last weekend. In the E-Buggy class Lee Martin (Mugen) took the TQ from Elliott Boots (Kyosho). Jack Embling (Mugen) came in third while Simon Willetts (Mugen) and Simon Reeves (TLR) completed the top 5. In the A-final Elliott passed Lee after he had a coming together with another driver in the first few laps. Elliott then kept his cool and drove his own race and won by about 10 seconds having to drive smoothly to get to the end due to the long A-main and worrying about battery capacity. Lee Martin came in second, Jack Embling finished third some 20 seconds down.

Source: Elliott Boots [elliott-boots.com]

March 17, 2014

Maifield pulls off 4 in a row at Cactus Classic

Ryan Maifield has pulled off a fourth consecutive 4WD Buggy title at the Pro-Line Cactus Classic, taking second in the deciding third A-Main behind Top Qualifier Joern Neumann securing him the overall win at SRS Raceway in Scottsdale, Arizona. Finishing third in A3, having run ahead of Maifield for 5-laps, HB’s Ty Tessmann claimed the overall runner-up spot with newly crowned 2WD Buggy Champion Dakotah Phend completing the podium on the event’s final visit to the popular location which since 1993 has been home to America’s longest running offroad race.

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March 17, 2014

Mikael Johansson wins VBC indoor cup

Last weekend the final round of the famous Swedish VBC off-road indoor cup took place at Team Associated Sweden’s own track. The cup is based on 5 races, with the best 3 to count. In the 2WD class Mikael Johansson had a very mixed qualifying and finals with A1 being a bit of a disaster followed by a flawless run in the second leg. In the final A-main he got involved in a big start crash and he lost a good amount of time but following some fast laps he started to race Niclas Mansson and with one minute left Niclas did a mistake allowing Mikael to pass and to take the second victory handing him the day’s win. With two round wins and a second place Mikael also took the overall championship in front of Oskar Levin and Niclas Mansson.

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March 17, 2014

Griffin Hanna wins at March Madness

The March Madness race in Lugoff, South Carolina attracted nearly 140 drivers. The race format saw two 5 minute qualifiers followed by a 10 minute main. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Serpent driver Griffin Hanna set TQ in the first round with the only 9 lap run. The track started to really groove up for the second round and Griffin beat his TQ run by 7 seconds. In the main Griffin took off and never looked back taking the win from John Michael McGinty and Chales Yates who completed the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]