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July 24, 2017

David Ronnefalk successful at Bubo Race

The Bubo Race was held at the ARCF 42 track in Boisset Saint Priest, France, over the weekend. HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk made a clean sweep in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class by taking all five qualifying rounds to grab the overall TQ. In the 45-minute long A-main final David was able to conserve his qualifying performance to take the win some two laps in front of HB Racing’s Adrien Bertin while Celian Rousset rounded out the podium result in 3rd, only five seconds short of Adrien and making it a HB Racing/Team Orion 1-2-3 finish.

Source: David Ronnefalk [davidronnefalk.com]

July 24, 2017

Akio Sobue takes JMRCA Super Expert Touring title

This past weekend the Japanese JMRCA All Japan Touring Outdoor Championship was held at Keitune Racing Speedway. In the Super Expert class it was Infinity’s Naoto Matsukura with the overall TQ from Infinity teammate Akio Sobue in 2nd. Yokomo’s Ronald Völker, who made an appearance at the race as did fellow Yokomo driver and countryman, Christopher Krapp, came in 3rd after the qualifiers. After the exciting triple A-mains, that saw Naoto taking the win in A1 and Akio coming out fastest in A2, it was Akio with the championship title from Naoto 2nd and Ronald 3rd.

Image: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

July 24, 2017

Yeah Racing Sprint 2 2.0mm carbon fibre upper deck

Following a 2.5mm carbon fibre main chassis for the HPI Racing Sprint 2, Yeah Racing have also released a matching 2.0mm upper deck. Machined from high-quality material the top deck will greatly increase the overall chassis stiffness for optimised car performance and improved looks. The chassis is a direct fit and it can also be used with the standard plastic chassis to achieve the desired overall chassis stiffness.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

July 24, 2017

ROAR 1/8th Electric & 4WD SCT Nationals – Report

The 2017 ROAR 1/8th Off-road and 4WD SCT Nationals were held at Silver Dollar RC Raceway this past weekend. The event drew near 110 entries for the 1/8th E-Buggy, 1/8th E-Truggy and 1/10th 4WD SCT classes and in E-Buggy it was Mugen’s Ryan Maifield who swept the event by TQing all four rounds of qualifying and bringing home the wins in the opening two A-mains to wrap up his third consecutive ROAR 1/8th Electric Buggy National Championship. Xray’s Ty Tessmann would come 2nd place from Team Associated’s Dreighton Stoub in 3rd.

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July 24, 2017

Xray Racing Series Austria – Report

The MRC Wr. Neustadt club played host to the Xray Racing Series Austria this past weekend. The event started off windy and in changing weather conditions on Saturday but this did not keep the 30 drivers from enjoying a full day of practice that was highlighted by racing under floodlights on Saturday evening. Sunday started off wet but after prepping the track everyone was good to go for the first round of qualifiers and in the Touring Modified class it was Patrick Gollner who swept the qualifiers with three round TQs. In the A-main it was Dominik Vogl who held the upper hand on newer tyres with Patrick Gollner coming in 2nd and Sascha Klug rounding out the podium result in 3rd.

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July 24, 2017

Zhang Wai Hong takes Formula class win at MTS Rd2

The second round of the Muchmore Touring Series MTS was recently held in Shanghai and it was Xray driver Zhang Wai Hong with the win in the hotly contested Formula class. Luk Yi Heng (Yokomo) would end the day on the runner-up spot from fellow Yokomo driver Cheng Feng Chau in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 24, 2017

VP-Pro MP9E buggy body shell

Coming from VP-Pro is a new body shell for the Kyosho MP9E 1/8th E-buggy. It is moulded from tough 1.0mm polycarbonate and meant to be a more durable option than the stock body. It comes clear, untrimmed and including window masks.

Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]

July 24, 2017

Rick Hohwart wins Mod Touring class at CTS2 Rd5

Round 5 of the CTS2 was held in Ripon, California this past weekend. As the season is getting closer to the final round, this weekend’s TQ and winner for Modified Touring is Team Associated veteran driver Rick Hohwart as he secures top honors followed by Awesomatix’ latest addition to the team, Brandon Clements and David Jun (Team Associated), a blast from the past, in 3rd. Since coming back to the sport, David Jun qualified mid pack and shows his classic pro driving skills working his way through the competition to podium. This round looks promising for the points chase Hohwart has locked up. The finals will be held August 12th to 13th at Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California.

Source: CTS [facebook.com]