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November 17, 2017

World Champion Coelho delivers first TQ run

Reigning World Champion Bruno Coelho ‘finally’ delivered his first TQ run in China as he became the first driver to run 13-laps at Xiamen ARC International Raceway. With a P4 for the opening round and a P5 in Q2, the Xray driver produced his cleanest run on his third attempt to top the times from David Ronnefalk and Ryan Maifield – the consistent duo of qualifying so far switching their Top 3 order of the previous two rounds. With Coelho the third different driver to top the times in qualifying, Q2 pace setter Ty Tessmann would back it up with a P4 while Spencer Rivkin managed a much improved performance on his previous qualifier to end up 7th for the round.

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November 17, 2017

3-hour 1/8th On-road Endurance Race – Announcement

The Deportivo de Automodelismo de Sevilla club will hold a season-ending 3-hour 1/8th on-road endurance race on the 16th of December in Sevilla, Spain. Teams will consist of two pilots and spots available are limited. More information about the event can be found on the club’s website here.

November 17, 2017

Bittydesign 2018 design anti-slip pit mat

Italian company Bittydesign has introduced their 2018 design anti-slip pit mat. It measures 510x410mm, is made of 2mm thick high-quality material and comes with an anti-scratch PVC coat on top to ensure durability, no matter if used for on-road or off-road wrenching. The all-new 2018 graphics make it stand out and the pit mat is available now.

Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]

November 17, 2017

TLR 8ight-series carbon fibre shock towers

Coming from Team Losi Racing are new heavy duty carbon fibre shock towers for the 8ight 4.0 nitro and 8ight-E 4.0 E-buggy as well as the 8ight-T 4.0 nitro truck. The buggy front shock stay is machined from thick 5mm carbon fibre while the buggy rear tower and the two truck-specific items are cut from 4mm carbon fibre. They save about seven to 14 grams of weight compared to the stock parts and the buggy rear and truck front tower also offer additional tuning options for use on different track surfaces. The buggy-specific parts are usable on both the 8ight 4.0 and 8ight-E 4.0 while the truck parts are exclusive to the 8ight-T 4.0.

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November 17, 2017

Izzah & Ginting win at Jakarta GP finale

The final round of the Jakarta Grand Prix was held at Sunter International Speedway with around 45 racers attending in the 1/10 GP, 1/8 GP and 1/8 GT classes. The 1/8 GP category saw Muhammad Izzah walking away with the win from Dimas Ardian and Teddy Syach. Arya Wiriadipoera and Ignatius Ryan would round out the top 5 result.

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November 17, 2017

Tessmann takes Q2 in China

Ty Tessmann has TQ’d the second round of qualifying at the 1:10 Offroad World Championships in China. Having opened 4WD qualifying with a P5 run, the Xray driver found 7-seconds to top Q2 by a 1.4-second margin from Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield who posted another P2 run. Despite a number of mistakes over the 5-minutes, David Ronnefalk would have the pace to again complete the Top 3, the HB Racing driver posting the fastest lap on his penultimate lap to finish a further 1.1-seconds off Maifield. Having failed to finish Q1, Ryan Cavalieri would recover with a fourth for the round while Associated team-mate and Q1 pace setter Spencer Rivkin had a messy round ending up 19th fastest.

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November 17, 2017

T-Works D817 & RGT8 aluminium centre shafts

T-Works have introduced new aluminium centre driveshafts for the HB Racing D817 and RGT8 vehicles. Machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and coming with a black surface coating for wear and looks, the driveshaft dogbones are available as front variant for the D817 and RGT8, as rear variant for the RGT8 exclusively or as combo set, again exclusively for the RGT8.

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November 17, 2017

Rivkin surprises to TQ opening qualifier

Spencer Rivkin has taken a surprise TQ in the opening round of 4WD qualifying at the World Championships in China. Seeding 8th in the fastest heat after a disappointing 2WD campaign, the former champion took the first of the 5-scheduled rounds of qualifying from his 2WD World Champion successor Ryan Maifield, the American duo separated by half a second. Behind them, David Ronnefalk would recover from an early mistake to complete the Top 3 ahead of reigning champion Bruno Coelho, Ty Tessmann and Naoto Matsukura. Having topped yesterday’s seeding in Xiamen, Joern Neumann have a costly mistake that cost him 6-seconds as he waited on marshals leaving the German with a P12 for the opening round.

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