This past weekend was the 5th Annual Canadian Indoor Championships for 1/8th nitro buggies and truggies in Tillsonburg, Ont, Canada. In the pro buggy class it was a TLR sweep of the top three with Dave Henry taking the win with teammates Daniel Yachnin 2nd and Frank Calandra 3rd. In pro truggy TLR would take to top two spots with Jimbo Kvidera taking TQ and the overall win with teammate Daniel Yachnin taking 2nd.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
The new lightweight locking wheel nuts from Answer RC are now available. Designed to offer the best of both worlds, security and performance, the security aspect is two fold. Firstly the have a knurled section machined into the back of the nut to allow it to lock onto the wheel and secondly the nuts come with O Rings that seat into the back of the nut to secure the nut against the wheel stub axle and prevent vibration loosening. The nuts come with 8 o-rings giving you a complete spare set. The nuts are machined away on the faces and drilled into to save weight and as with any closed cap wheel nut, knowing that the stub axle will not get mangled up is always a welcome benefit. Available in red and black in both 1.0mm and 1.25mm threads.
Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]
Last weekend was the first round of the I-20 series in Monroe, Louisiana. Racers from all over the area came to a freshly built track at Full Throttle Raceway. With the rain during the week the Track crew had some work ahead of them. By the time qualifiers started the track was in great shape. The Battle for TQ was close but TLR driver Matt “Puddin” Sistrunk took the top spot in buggy followed closely by TLR privateer Denver Houghton. Following the start of the main it was a three car battle with Denver taking the early lead followed by Matt and Allen McCoy. Matt and Denver battled for the lead the entire race with Allen in the shadows waiting for them to mess up. Matt passed Denver on the last lap of the race and they crossed the line .05 apart with Matt taking the win, Denver in 2nd and HB driver Allen McCoy in 3rd. In Truggy Matt started 3rd with Steve Traxler taking TQ. Matt took the lead in early going and never looked back, winning from the HB pairing of Jeff Gray in 2nd and Steve Traxler in 3rd.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
The Punisher body by JConcepts for the TLR 22 is the meanest, nastiest thing out for 1/10th buggy racing. The slight cab-forward treatment is amongst the most aggressive in class giving the Punisher top notch performance. Blended wing / body design gives additional down-force to the side-pods and windshield which increases driveability, corner speed and jump control. The rear base of the cab area represents the latest offering for 1/10th buggy racing featuring a rear scoop allowing additional tune-ability and cooling for high-performance racing. The Punisher body includes both cut-lines so the user can trim to either rear or mid motor chassis configurations. In addition to the newly designed body JConcepts has included 2 of the popular 6.5″ wide high down force V-wings that are commonly used around the world.
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Following the success of the hard case packs developed specifically for the 1/10th scale Traxxas E-Revo & Summit as well as the 1/16th scale Traxxas E-Revo, Summit and Slash platforms, Team Orion has designed a hardcase pack to maximize the capacity and overall performance of the HPI Savage Flux. It provides a perfect fit and combines LiPo technology with maximum capacity to help push the Savage Flux to its limits. Featuring a carbon look special hard case, up to 45C discharge rate and it comes in 2S and 3S Versions with Deans connector fitted, so it can go into any HPI cars without modifications. Available in 4000mAh, 6000mAh, 8000mAh 2S and 4000mAh and 6000mAh 3S versions.
Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]
Kyosho/Orion factory driver Jared Tebo has won the Neo11 this past weekend, his 3rd win from 3 attempts. Racing at this annual indoor off road event began last Friday and ran through to Monday, a bank holiday in the UK and most of Europe, and attracted the usual gathering of the best international racers from around the World. Qualifying would be a close run thing but in the end it was Jared Tebo that would take the top spot ahead of the three Ryans – Lutz, Maifield and Cavalieri. Following the Semis, in which we saw Atsushi Hara and Simon Willets bump up from low qualifying positions to move into the main and lost 9th place qualifier David Ronnefalk, it was Tebo who would start on pole ahead of Losi driver Darren Bloomfield and Mugen driver Robert Batlle in 3rd. The challenge never materialized in the final and Tebo could pull away and take the win comfortably, finishing a lap up on 2nd place Robert Batlle who had had a race long battle with Ryan Cavalieri, the American finishing in 3rd.
Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]
The newly formed Taiwan Radio Control Car Association (T.R.C.C.A.) held the first round of the first Taiwanese 1/8 Off Road National Championships last weekend. This Association is approved by the Taiwanese government and organized by most of the Taiwanese RC brands and factories including Team Titan, HongNor, S-Workz, GS Racing, GO engines, PR Racing, Force engine, IN-tech racing, RC Tech magazine and KingStar Racing. The race itself saw a total of 92 drivers attend this race and after qualifying in the expert class, the TQ went to HongNor driver Yu-Yuan Chen. Chen would also go on to win the A final followed by Agama driver Hou-Cai Liu in 2nd and Team C driver Sheng-Jie Huang 3rd.
Source: TRCCA [trcca.org.tw]
The Australian electric buggy Nationals were held the previous weekend at the WCMRC facility in Perth, Western Australia. In the 2wd modified class it was Josh Pain that took his Kyosho Ultima RB5 to the TQ spot and proceeded to win the first 2 A-mains to claim the National title ahead of Darren Johnston in 2nd and Michael McDonnell in 3rd. In the 4wd modified class it was Josh Pain once again, who top all qualifiers to start from the pole position. He had to work harder for the win this time and needed to go to the 3rd leg to claim to title ahead of Josh Taylor in 2nd, with Chris Bowich in 3rd.
Read the full report here.
Source: Keilor RC [keilorrc.org.au]
