Re-scheduled due to rain, the opening round of the Australian Pro-Line Challenge was recently held in perfect weather conditions. About 80 entries made for a full day and in the end it was Xray’s Ari Bakla with the win in the Nitro Buggy A-main from Kyosho’s Kev Lewis and TLR driver Ronan Thomson. Darren Prior (Agama) and Scott Jones (TLR) rounded out the top 5 result.
The annual Xcampus Challenge recently took place at the Giant Arena Circuit located in Banjarmasin City, South Borneo, Indonesia. 60 entries for the Touring Modified and Super Stock classes made for competitive racing. In the Touring Modified category it was Bowie Ginting who took the TQ ahead of Christian Mamesah and Suwardi Suliandy after three rounds of qualifying, while in the Super Stock class, Ronald Kasengkang secured the pole ahead Peter Anthonijsz and Donnie Pangemanan.
Continue reading the report here
Following the release of their all-new VTA tyres, Protoform will soon also step into the wheels game with the release of what appear to be suitable VTA rims. No information are given yet but it is understood that the wheels will become available in two colour to start. We bring you more information as soon as they surface.
Source: Protoform [racepf.com]
Round 5 of the 2017 JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway in Beaumont, California with about 170 entries. Mugen’s Adam Drake was the top qualifier for the Expert Nitro Buggy A-main and he would take a tone-to-tone win in the 15-minute long encounter with Anthony Westergaard (Kyosho) and Austin Pannone (Team Associated) coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Round 8 of the Swiss McBest Series was held recently and in the premier 1/8th Nitro On-road class it was Iso Huonder with the win in the main final from Martin Wenger 2nd and Stefan Graber 3rd. Cosimo Sandro Horber and Stefan Kohler would complete the top 5 result.
Coming from LRP is the all-new USB Bridge V3 that allows to change firmware versions on the FlowX speed controller. The device comes including an USB cable, 200mm sensor wire as well as a manual and along with the V3 version of the USB Bridge, LRP also have the updated v2.2 firmware tool available for download to support the FlowX series speed controller. In addition to the FlowX the USB interface also supports the original Flow speedo as well as the iX8 and Spin controllers.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
The Tilted Worlds were held this past weekend and it was Austin Woodyard who made a clean sweep by TQing and winning all three classes he attended. In the Nitro Buggy main Austin would make a couple of mistakes but he would work his way back up to the 1st spot to take the win. The Nitro Truggy main saw Austin taking the win from tone to tone and finally in 1/8th E-Buggy he came out fastest in A1 only to suffer a big crash in A2. Coming back from P8 Austin would end the second main on the runner-up spot which was enough for him to take the overall win and with it his third title of the weekend.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
All the action from the exciting 45 minute Main Final at the 2017 EFRA 1/8th Offroad European Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden. With commentary in English & Spanish from EFRA’s own Carlos Gomez.
