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October 15, 2013

Martin Bayer wins Czech nats Rd6

The 6th round of the Czech 1/8th buggy nationals took place in Dolni Bukovsko. Although missing one round of the championship Xray’s Martin Bayer had good chances to win the overall championship on home soil after wrapping up this year’s German championship. The practice rounds had to be cancelled due to a water soaked track so everyone had to jump directly into qualifying and at the end it was Martin Bayer who took the overall TQ. At the start of the final Martin went out in front but soon got hit by backmarkers which cost him around half a lap and he was down to third position. He then soon recovered and was able to take the lead again. At he end he not only took the win in front of Xray teammates David Kukla and Jiří Mára but also the overall 2013 championship title.

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October 15, 2013

Adrian W successful at Jakarta Regional champs Rd5

The 5th round of the Jakarta Regional Buggy championship was held at the Boya Racing Track in Tajur, Indonesia. The schedule saw three 10 minute qualifying rounds with the best two to count. Malik Hakinen (Kyosho/Novarossi) took TQ but at the end of the 45 minute final it was Kyosho/Novarossi driver Adrian W who took the winning honours in front of Malik Hakinen and Yusuf Chopin (HongNor/Novarossi).

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October 15, 2013

Much More Perfect Diff Oil

Much More introduce their Perfect Diff Oil line of gear differential fluids. Developed with the help of 3-times Touring Car World Champion Marc Rheinard the fluids are ideal for all on-road and off-road vehicles with gear differentials. They come in handy bottles with easy application tip and are available as light #1000 to heavy #10000 variant with the 1000 to 6000 oils coming in 500 increments for an even finer adjustment of the diff action.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.com]

October 15, 2013

Xray announce the XB4 2WD buggy

Xray announce XB4 2WD

Xray announce the soon release of the XB4 2WD off-road buggy. Prototypes of the buggy have been seen in the hands of Xray’s factory drivers like Martin Bayer for some time now and giving its name – XB4 – the buggy is based on Xray’s successful 4WD buggy. This means the vehicle will very likely feature a rear mounted LiPo saddle or shorty pack with a mid or even front motor configuration – ideal for the upcoming indoor carpet racing season. The kit will also see the introduction of a new cab forward body shell with a radical cabin design and a low rear end section. More information about the XB4 2WD will become available very soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 15, 2013

Alberto Garcia wins Spanish Truggy nationals

Last weekend the Spanish 1/8th Truggy nationals tool place. After not being able to participate in the practice rounds Serpent’s Alberto Garcia made the maximum out of the limited track time and TQ’d qualifying round 1 and 3 to take the overall TQ for the 60 minute final. In the first part of the A-main Alberto was in a hard battle with Javier Pombo but a mistake of the Mugen driver made way for Alberto who was then able to cruise to the overall victory. The runner-up spot went to Javier (Mugen) with Daniel Vega (Agama) completing the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 14, 2013

Vampire Racing even turn Type AB+ V2 motors

Vampire Racing is proud to announce the release of the new even turn Type AB+ V2 brushless motor series. Building on the winning heritage of the conventional half turn motor the new .0 series offers a fully rebuildable EFRA-legal design with separate stator unit, duo-balanced and Titanium-Nitride coated ‘black shaft’ rotor, replaceable rubber-sealed precision sensor unit and oversized high-quality ball bearings. The motors are equipped with the recently introduced updated endbells and are available as 4.0T, 5.0T, 6.0T, 7.0T and 8.0T variant.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]

October 14, 2013

Robert Batlle wins Spanish 2WD buggy championship

The Spanish 2WD Electric Buggy nationals took place at the RC Hobby Garden track in Sant Cugat. Qualifying on the challenging clay track saw Robert Battle taking the TQ honours from Juanma Lerma who TQ’s two of the five rounds. Carlos Pineda was in third position after the qualifiers and one of the few drivers who could really challenge Robert and Juanma. In the finals Robert made a clean sweep by winning A-final 1 and 2 handing him the 2013 2WD Buggy title early. Juanma Lerma only came in fifth position in A1 but recovered in A2 and A3 taking the runner-up spot in front of Carlos Pineda who completed the podium.

Image: RC Hobby Garden

October 14, 2013

Team C TM4 – Preview photos

German Team C Racing distributors Absima have first preview images of the forthcoming TM4 4WD electric off-road buggy available. Previously only seen on somewhat blurry teaser photos the company now released detail pictures of the buggy that made a first public appearance at the recent IFMAR World Championships in Chico, California. The buggy makes use of a design that becomes more and more popular in the 4WD class and that uses 2S shorty LiPo battery packs in favour of the 2S saddle packs that dominated the all-wheel class for decades. The buggy is based on a hard anodised aluminium chassis, features aluminium suspension mounts with plastic inserts to adjust toe and anti-squat settings and the drivetrain is equipped with CV-style driveshafts all-round. A carbon fibre upper deck, carbon shock towers and aluminium big bore shock absorbers round out the package. The chassis is topped-off by a sleek cab forward body shell.

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