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March 26, 2018

Kyle McBride takes 8th Australian Nats title

The 2018 Australian 1/8th Off-road Titles were held this past weekend and it was Kyle McBride who secured himself an 8th National Championship title. The TQ holder would take the win in the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main some 22 seconds in front of Aaron Stringer while Mitchell Steer completed the podium two laps down. Over in the Truggy class it was again Kyle with the TQ and win, leaving behind Mitchell Steer and Craig Laughton in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Kyle McBride

March 26, 2018

Xray T4 -0.5mm suspension mounts

Xray have introduced new lowered RF and RR suspension mounts for the T4 series of touring cars. Available as split RF hangers, that also support the ARS system, and as single-piece RR mount, the parts are machined from high-quality aluminium and they make for a 0.5mm lower suspension pin position. The new roll centre setting will create more side-bite in low to medium bite conditions such as “green” asphalt. The all mounts are available separately.

View the RR mount here

March 26, 2018

Stafford & Hunt win X-Factory UK Winter Series

The final round of the X-Factory UK Winter Series was held this past weekend and it was Ellis Stafford and Kevin Hunt who sealed the overall championship in the 2WD and 4WD class respectively. Ellis steered the new Carisma Racing 2WD prototype to the overall title with TLR’s Kevin Hunt and Team Associated’s Joe Renton rounding out the 2WD podium. Over in 4WD it was Ashley Wiffen and Darren Boyle who completed a Carisma Racing podium sweep.

View the 4WD podium here

March 26, 2018

PSM Evo7 carbon fibre shock towers

Coming from PSM and made for the Tamiya Evo7 touring car are front and rear carbon fibre shock towers. Both are cut from 4mm carbon composite material and designed to reinforce the vehicle’s shock area, providing minimum flex characteristics and straight shock alignment for a more linear performance under all conditions. The shock towers are a direct fit and they are available separately for the front and the rear of the car.

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March 26, 2018

Bowie Ginting sweeps East Touring Series Rd1

The opening round of the East Touring Series was held at East RC Speedway, east Jakarta this past weekend. The 3-race series is supporting the primary Open Brushless 13.5 class and the top 2 drivers of the overall standings will receive a free trip to Thailand’s 2018 BIRC race in Bangkok. Racing-wise it was Bowie Ginting who secured the pole, almost two seconds ahead of Arya Seta while Peter Anthonijsz lined up in 3rd. The opening two mains were won by Bowie for an early overall victory while the race for the remaining two podium spots was on between several drivers as Christian Mamesah and Teddy Syach, who lined up 4th and 5th respectively, joined the podium battle. In the end, Syach took 2nd and Mamesah snatched the 3rd spot.

View the final results here

March 25, 2018

Neumann wins A2, all to play for in A3

Joern Neumann has won the second A-Main of 4WD at the Euro Offroad Series in Austria, the Schumacher driver managing to prevent A1 winner Bruno Coelho from snatching an early win at the penultimate round of the championship. Top Qualifier Michal Orlowski, who had issues in A1, led away the field but on the first run through the triple landed his car on its roof. Afterwards it turned out Orlowski’s view of his car had been blocked for a second time today by a marshal attending a car causing his bad landing. This moved Neumann to the front but he was under pressure from Coelho. Holding the Xray driver at bay for 6-laps, Coelho would manage a mistake in his quest to get by, allowing the German to then control the race and win ahead of Daniel Kobbevik who actually leads the points going into A3 with a pair of second places. Also benefiting from the mistakes up front Martin Wollanka completed the Top 3 ahead of Orlowski and Coelho, leaving the race wide open in terms of who can take the overall win.

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March 25, 2018

Coelho leads unexpected Xray 1-2 in A1

Bruno Coelho led a somewhat unexpected Xray 1-2 in the opening A-Main of 4WD at the penultimate round of the Euro Offroad Series. Starting behind the Schumachers of Michal Orlowski and Joern Neumann, the pair gifted Coelho the win with both drivers making early mistakes. While Orlowski would come back at the reigning champion, contact in the air between them would see Orlowski damage his car with the Pole limping home in third, his car down to three wheels as a result of a broken hub. Behind Coelho a clean drive from Daniel Kobbevik would see him get second, it looking like an Xray 1-2-3 at one point until Martin Bayer made a late mistake allowing Orlowski to slip back through for third.

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March 25, 2018

Orlowski on pole at EOS Austria

In what became a foregone conclusion after practice, Michal Orlowski is the 4WD Top Qualifier at the Euro Offroad Series in Austria. The championship leader claimed his first 4WD pole position of the season with another TQ run in the fourth & final qualifier, his unsighting by a marshal in Q2 the only reason he hadn’t wrapped things up earlier. Making it the perfect qualifying for Schumacher and their new CAT L1, Joern Neumann made it a 1-2 adding a P2 in the final qualifier to his TQ in the second round to jump ahead of reigning champion Bruno Coelho who starts 3rd. Despite problems in the final qualifier, Daniel Kobbevik will start 4th, a career best for the promising young Norwegian. Completing the top half of the grid, the weekend has marked an impressive Sworkz debut for Martin Wollanka who starts ahead his former team-manager Martin Bayer and former champion Lee Martin.

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