The 2017 APPA Championship was held in São Paulo, Brazil last weekend, attracting some of the country’s fastest nitro and electric on-road drivers. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road category it was Roberto Nunes with the win from Marcio Lopez in 2nd and Hamilton Santos, who rounded out the top 3 podium result.
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Coming from Italian company BMT is the Evo aluminium main chassis plate for the 701 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road car. The chassis is 1mm longer and it features a stiffer rear area and smaller openings under the engine section for optimised flex characteristics. The updates will result in improved stability and increased corner speeds.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
Coming from Samix and made for Traxxas’ TRX-4 trail truck is a brass lower shock and suspension link mount set. The parts are machined from high-quality aluminium and they are black coated to avoid oxidation and improve overall looks. The mounts add 45g of weight to the axles for improved climb performance while making for increased durability at the same time. The set includes four mounts and it will hit stores very soon.
The opening round of the 2017/18 Rug Racers series was held this past weekend at Wodson Park in Ware, Hertfordshire. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Paul Pinkney and his Schumacher taking the win from Yokomo’s Harley Eldridge. It was Harley who locked down the pole position with FTQ, but a mistake in leg 1 moved her down to 3rd and Paul was able to capitalise. In 3rd Aaron Rose and his Schumacher completed the podium.
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The Romacross track in Rome, Italy played host to the Oktoberfest Race this past weekend. The event attracted Italy’s fastest off-road drivers and also guests from abroad such as Elliott Boots and Robert Batlle. A super-dry and bumpy track made for very dusty conditions but come Saturday evening the time were getting faster and at the end of qualifying it was Robert Batlle with the TQ from Marco Natale while Elliott Boots had to settle for 3rd overall after scoring one TQ run. After the semifinals it was still Robert on the top spot while Elliott had grooved in to take the P2 spot on the main final grid. At the start of the 30-minutes main final Elliott would follow Robert for a few laps, gaining in some places and losing in others. Finally Boots would close right up on Batlle and when the latter made a mistake, Elliott would take the lead and never look back. In the end Elliott was able to take the win by two laps and both Robert and Marco would suffer problems towards the end of the race, making way for Marco Ravaglia in 2nd and Dario Gabrielli 3rd.
Source: Elliott Boots [facebook.com]
Coming from Muchmore is the Quick LiPo voltage checker, a handy device to check the voltage of 2S to 8S LiPo battery packs. Featuring a blue LC display and 4mm Euro-style bullet connectors, the voltage checker allows to quickly check the battery’s voltage inside and outside of the car, and it features reverse voltage protection so it will not get damaged when accidentally mixing up the terminals.
The 2017 TQ Carpet Championship Summer Series concluded this past weekend, attracting 83 racers and a total of 559 entries during the ten rounds of racing this summer. In the Sportsman Sedan class it was Gino Kwan with the overall from William Yip Sam Ip who ended the series tie on points with the better tie-breaker handing William the overall runner-up spot.
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Schelle Racing Innovations have introduced a bunch of option and maintenance parts for the Team Associated B64 and TLR 22 series of 1/10th electric off-road buggies. First up is a front top deck for the B64. Cut from carbon fibre the part was designed to replace the standard composite brace and the new flex characteristics make the front end more predictable and consistent. According to Schelle, in testing, drivers were able to do more fast laps and less crashes. The 2.5mm carbon top deck fits both the B64 and B64D and it comes including a set of stainless steel mounting screws.
