July 3, 2011

Aigoin winner of Astra Nitro Cross as finals get rained off

Aigoin winner of Astra Nitro Cross as finals get rained off

Team Losi Racing’s Yannick Aigoin is the 2011 Astra Nitro Cross Champion after heavy rain forced the cancellation of the Semi finals at the annual Czech Republic event and the outcome of yesterday’s dry qualifications was used to determine the result of the fifth running of the 3-day international race.  The former European Champion dominated all six rounds of qualifying to claim TQ honours ahead of Losi/nVision team-mate, and last year’s champion, Martin Bayer and this is how they line up on the podium where they were joined by new Xray signing Ales Bayer who qualified third.

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July 2, 2011

Aigoin is Astra Nitro Cross Top Qualifier

Astra Nitro Cross Top Qualifier

Yannick Aigoin pulled off a clean sweep of Day 2 of the 2011 Astra Nitro Cross as he put his Losi 8ight at the top of the time sheets in all six rounds of qualifying. Having wrapped up the overall TQ honours for the Czech event in the fourth round of heats, watched on by Losi president Bill Jeric, the French star did not let off and completed the perfect day for TLR with Martin Bayer completing a 1-2 for the team.

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July 2, 2011

Aigoin tops opening Qualifier in Czech Republic

Aigoin tops opening Qualifier

Yannick Aigoin has set the pace in the opening round of qualifying at the Astra Nitro Cross in the Czech Republic, the TLR driver topping the time sheets ahead of Xray pairing Ales Bayer and Jiri Mara. Defending champion Martin Bayer failed to start his heat after the screw on his steering servo horn came out during the warm-up laps.

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July 2, 2011

Mugen MBX6T 5mm longer chassis

Mugen MBX6T 5mm longer chassis

Mugen have announced the release of an all new option 5mm longer chassis, with 5mm longer rear center drive shaft, for the MBX6T Truggy. The chassis is extended 5mm on the rear section which will allow for more weight to be placed forward which in turn will increase corner entry speed and stability. This new chassis length will increase high speed stability which will be especially noticed in rough sections. Available the end of July.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]


July 2, 2011

X-Factory E-Speed motor plate

X-Factory E-Speed motor plate

X Factory and Ellis Stafford are proud to announce the new E-Speed motor plate to fit all 4-Gear X-Cars. Fresh from his dominating victory at the TLR Super Cup race, Ellis releases the newly designed motor plate to improve motor cooling and reduce bending. Made of 7075 aluminium, the new plate is stronger than the standard motor plate and has extra material too.  Extra cooling areas make the plate even more efficient than the old one it replaces. The color matches Ellis’s motor plate support bracket and his heatsink/fan mount, so the three parts play very nicely together.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]


July 1, 2011

Aigoin tops opening day at Astra Nitro Cross

Aigoin tops opening day at Astra Nitro Cross

TLR’s Yannick Aigoin has topped the opening day’s action at the 2011 Astra Nitro Cross in the Czech Republic after setting the fastest time in the fourth and final round of practice to get the better of early pace setter and team-mate Martin Bayer.  The final practice run saw few drivers improve with the only other front runner to make an improvement being Xray’s Jiri Mara who ended the day with the sixth best time.

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July 1, 2011

Bayer sets early pace at Astra Nitro Cross

Bayer sets early pace at Astra Nitro Cross

Martin Bayer is setting the early pace at his own race, heading a Losi 1-2 in practice for the 2011 Astra Nitro Cross.  The Czech ace topped all three practice rounds but set the fastest three consecutive laps in the second run to topping the similar nVision powered 8ight of Yannick Aigoin. Describing the track conditions as being very similar to that experienced at the Warm-up race for the up coming European Championships, Bayer said he has been using the track time to try a few new ideas in terms of set-up and is pleased with the response.

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July 1, 2011

TLR Super Cup @ Eden Park Raceway

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Last weekend saw the famous Eden Park Raceway club host the inaugural TLR Super Cup race meeting. Set to run over the weekend with 2WD, SCT and 4WD Buggy classes, the Super Cup format added a subtle twist to the normal race format with all classes running simultaneously over the two days with controlled practice and three rounds of qualifying on the Saturday and two round of qualifying a 3-leg finals for everyone on the Sunday. After a rather wet and slippery start on the Saturday the second race day saw rising temperatures and the usual suspects continued on good form with Ellis Stafford and Danny McGee battling for the overall TQ position in 2WD and 4WD whilst Chris Brooke looked to have sewn up the SCT qualifying after his performance on the Saturday ahead of Nathan Ralls and team mate Andy Carter.

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