Round 1 of the Team Losi Racing Winter Series took place this past weekend at Revelation Raceway. TLR driver Adam Drake TQ’ed both rounds of qualifying in 1/8th expert buggy and truck. Drake checked out in the 25 minute buggy final and won by two laps. In the 20 minute truck final Drake powered away from the competition again to take the win.
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Sweep Racing are currently working on a new bodyshell for the Mugen MBX7 1/8th buggy. The shell makes use of Sweep’s distinctive “Birdie” design that incorporates an extreme cabin shape with a steep angled and quite narrow windshield while the cab itself sits in a very forward position. Pronounced and heavily angled sidepods and loads of free space around the engine’s cooling head are other features of the body. Sweep does has not given a release date yet but expect the body to hit the stores soon.
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The inaugural 110% RC Racing clinic is in the books and it was a huge success. Ty and Gord Tessmann sent us the following report. ‘There were 9 teams (one team couldn’t make it at the last minute) consisting of a driver and a mechanic. The ages of the participants ranged from 9 to 47 yrs old, and as it turned out we had a lot of father and son duos participating. The participants were very receptive to what we had to say and we were impressed by their willingness to learn. Over the four days there were a lot of questions and the occasional debate. We did see noticeable improvement in the participants driving from the first time on the track to the last time, they worked very hard. The youngest driver, Peyton at 9 yrs old, reminded me of Ty when he was that age, very smooth and consistent on the track and very quiet, it was awesome to see a huge improvement in him.
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This past weekend was the 4th round of the Winter Racing League held at The Loft R/C Raceway located in Columbus, Ohio. This event brought in 160+ entries with some of the top talent in the region. In 2WD TLR’s JP Richards TQ’ed by four seconds over the rest of the field with his 22 2.0 buggy. In the main JP started 1st on the grid and led tone to tone unchallenged. In 4WD JP was able to qualify in second position challenging the leader but was unable to unseat him finishing 2nd in the end.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
New from RDRP come two new battery positioner sets for the Kyosho RB6 buggy and RT6 stadium truck. First up is the aluminium variant that is only slightly heavier compared to the kit’s plastic parts. They are designed to enhance the look while offering higher rigidity at the same time. Made from 7075-T6 aluminium the C-shaped parts sport laser-etched graphics and are usable for standard length, shorty and saddle pack battery configurations alike.
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The SC Winter Cup is the most competitive SC race series in Finland, fought out in a total of 6 races all over Finland. The classes run are 2WD and 4WD SC. Last weekend the series travelled to Helsinki where one of Europe’s biggest RC centres is located. 3700 square meters of racing space host four permanent tracks. PKSRCA is also the biggest club in Finland with over 300 members. The race schedule sees two rounds of practice and three rounds of qualifying of which two count while the finals are run in a 2-out-of-4 format. This has let the racing class to grow rapidly as it offers plenty of track time. The 4WD class had a very exciting qualification to offer with Max Mört and Max Söderlund both having first and second place finishes and in the end Max Mört took the TQ by just 0.5 seconds. The grid was completed with Tom Thusberg and Lauri Ruotsalainen for the 4 first spots.
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Mugen Seiki Europe welcomes young and talented Philipp Guschl as the latest entry to the Mugen Seiki Europe race team. The multiple German Champion will use Mugen’s MBX7 at all national and international events he is attending. Earlier today Philipp was also confirmed to have joined Maxima to use their line of OS based engines and fuel.
Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]
Following a semi-official announcement some days ago Italian engine manufacturer Novarossi now officially welcomes US super star Ryan Maifield to their factory team. Having used Reedy and LRP engines in the past, the winner of last year’s Dirt Nitro Challenge has now chosen Novarossi engines as his weapon of choice and he has the following to say about the deal:
I want to thank both companies for the past successes we’ve had together. I wish both companies luck in the future with there nitro racing programs. I chose Novarossi because the engine line offers everything I need to be successful. A broad range of engines with different power bands and speed, great gas mileage, reliability, and a great team backing.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
