The Portuguese 1/8th buggy nationals round 5 were held at the Ortigosa track and with the championship being in its closing stages this was going to be an important race for some of the drivers. At the end of a challenging final it was TLR’s Miguel Matias who took the winning honours in front of teammate Ricardo Monteiro and Xray’s Bruno Coelho. Carlos Duraes came in fourth with Nuno Rebelo rounding out the top 5.
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After two years of development and testing Matrix announce their new line of 1/8th buggy tyres. Available in four different threads and coming in soft and super soft compounds the tyres cover a wide range of applications from loose dirt up to hard-packed clay. The tyres are available pre-mounted on yellow disc rims and closed cell inserts or as tyre with inserts only. Also new is a radically shaped 1/8th off-road wing that suits buggies and truggies alike. Available in white, yellow or black colour it is a two-stage design and sports a grid on the lower wing part to make for easy and convenient mounting.
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Yaiba Racing now offers special option parts packages for the Team Associated B4 and Kyosho RB6 buggy. Starting with the B4 Base Set, included are several red anodised and laser-etched aluminium parts such as big bore shock mounts, front kingpin brace, front bulkhead, steering bellcranks, battery trap thumb screws, rear chassis brace and a motor plate. The RB6 Complete set is available for mid and rear motor cars and includes steering bellcranks, a steering rack, the graphite battery plate set with alloy posts and thumb screws, RF and RR wide suspension mounts, the specific rear bulkheads and a motor plate. The packages are ideal for everyone wishing to upgrade without having to buy the parts separately. All three packages are available very soon.
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The annual 1/8th off-road Nordic Championships were held in sunny and hot Finland. This year the race was more international than normal with drivers from Finland and Sweden, but also Estonia, France, Italy and Germany. The race was incredibly close, with the fastest drivers being Joseph Quagraine, Ari Heinonen and Teemu Leino. In qualifying all but one round was decided with mere tenths of a second, often with all three drivers separated with less than 1 second after the 5 minute qualifying rounds. In the end Joseph Quagraine managed to TQ from Ari in 2nd and Teemu in 3rd. Throughout qualifying the top Swedish drivers, Christoffer Svensson and Andreas Edvinsson found their speed, and were looking stronger for the mains.
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Avid introduce these titanium lower shock screws for 1/8th off-road vehicles like the ones from Mugen, Xray, Agama, or Tekno. The screw set offers two left and two right hand threaded screws with a 5.5mm socket head which makes taking the shocks off a breeze. A centre-drilled hole for easy docking of callipers while measuring shock lengths is also incorporated. The special design of the screws makes sure the fasteners do not come loose in long mains as they are constantly fastened by the up and down travel of the arm and the shock’s ball cup.
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Another round of JBRL is in the books, and it was a good weekend for Kyosho/Reds’ Cody King. He would get the critical TQ point in the buggy class, and win both truggy and buggy main events. The truggy class win allowed Cody to make up some ground on TLR/Novarossi’s Adam Drake in that class, and put more distance between himself and the rest of the field in the buggy class. Cody has won the expert buggy final in each of the four rounds he has attended, and also collected some TQ points. This gives him firm control of the buggy class after 5 of the 8 rounds have been completed.
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New from Xray come two shock tower reinforcement parts for the XB4 buggy. First up is the rear shock tower protector that is designed to save the upper part of the shock stay from becoming damaged in upside down landings. The part not only protects the carbon layers from de-laminating but also minimises the chances of cracking the shock mounting holes. The second new part is the roll centre brace that protects the inner camber rod mounting positions during hard impacts. Both parts are available separately and are made from high quality hardened steel.
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The fourth round of the Belgian SCT Cup took place in the city of Enghien as part of a modelling fair. The temporary track was build in front of the Enghien castle and made with the support of MCM Racing, MC-Events and the city of Enghien. The race, directed by Jean-Paul Voumard and Edouard-Benoît Michez, attracted a lot of visitors who enjoyed the show. Nearly 40 drivers attended in the 2WD and 4WD class with the rear wheel class especially attracting younger drivers. In 2WD qualification, Nicolas Evens (TLR 22SCT) TQ’ed all rounds followed by Philippe Hautecoeur, Martin Vierin and Cédric Vandeginste, all running AE SC10’s, and all of which ended up equal on points after qualification. Jean-François Renard (TLR 22SCT) rounded out the top 5, trying to find the speed on this track after his win in Merchtem.
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