Coming from Teamsaxo are a replacement 2.2mm carbon fibre main chassis and a 2.0mm top deck. Both are cut from high-quality carbon fibre and is understood that the parts match the Xray stock geometry, making them a direct replacement. Both the chassis and top deck are available separately from now on.
Source: Teamsaxo [saxoracing.com]
The JMRCA All-Japan 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals were held this past weekend at the Sagami-do Racing Track in the Kanagawa prefecture. 46 drivers attended the event that also attracted guest driver Lamberto Collari (Infinity). Defending champion, Takaaki Shimo (Infinity/O.S.) took the TQ by winning three of the five qualifiers but in the main final it was Shoki Takahata (Mugen/O.S.), 3rd place finisher at this year’s IFMAR 1/8th On-road World Championship, who took over the lead some ten minutes into the race and from there he never looked back to take the win after the 45-minute encounter. In 3rd Takehiro Terauchi (Mugen/Picco) rounded out the podium result.
Source: O.S. Engines [os-engines.co.jp]
Diggity Designs have released their new product line for the Tekno RC EB410 1/10th 4WD off-road buggy. First up are front and rear shock towers made from 4mm carbon fibre. The parts match the stock geometry and are a direct replacement for the standard aluminium items.
The XRS Austria Off-road event will take place on the weekend of the 3rd of December in Leopoldsdorf im Marchfelde. The event will see 2WD Modified, 4WD Modified and 2WD Modified Truck racing and more information as well as sign-up is available here.
River Rat Raceway in Palatka, Florida recently held an 1/8th Buggy race and in the E-Buggy class it was Kayla Espinel with the win in the A-main. Blake Raulerson, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, came in 2nd as Earl Bersamin finished the day in 3rd place.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 3-race Swedish National 1/10th Off-road Cup concluded recently and it was Xray’s Alexander Landen who walked away with the overall win in the 4WD class. With the fourth and final round had to be cancelled due to the weather, Alex had wrapped up a back-to-back championship already after round two as the series saw one drop-out round. Team Associated’s Elias Johansson ended the series on the 2 spot from Wilhelm Skjöldebrand (Team Associated) 3rd.
HotRace Tyres have announced the inaugural HotRace Buggy Cup for the 1st to 3rd of June 2018. The race will be held at the Balocco track and it goes in the tradition of the famous HotRace on-road event, thus offering a lot to do and make besides just racing. The race will be held in Nitro Buggy Invitational, Nitro Buggy and Electric Buggy classes and it kicks off on Friday with free practice and a happy hour on Friday evening and it concludes on Sunday with the final qualifiers and finals. More information can be found of the official event website here.
The final round of the Singapore-based Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend. Championship points leader, Dominic Quek (Xray), returned to the action, and he would be challenged by a larger turnout for the highly anticipated final round of the year-long 10-round series. While many were anticipating Dominic to dominate the event, the results of the controlled practice indicated the possibility of an upset. Running a new set of tyres, Dominic struggled to put in three fast laps, losing out the top seed position to Xray team-mate, Hasron Robana, who was faster by two-tenths over three laps. When qualifying started however, Dominic showed that he had resolved his early troubles by sweeping Q1 and Q2 by a lap each over his competitors to wrap up an early TQ. Qualifying 2nd was Hasron, with Joe Hwee (Schumacher) in 3rd.
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