Made for Serpent’s Eryx 411 and 411 RTR touring cars are the company’s new pre-cut and pre-painted Lex-IS v2 body shells. Made from high-quality polycarbonate the EFR 4030 homologated bodies are available in orange, red, blue and green pre-painted versions and they include rear wing and light/grill decals. The bodies are also available in lightweight semi-painted and clear variants for those who seek the ultimate in weight-saving.
The opening round of the Norwegian Nitro Touring Series was hosted by the Lier MBK club and held at the Hverven Raceway in Oslo. In the 45-minute 200mm Nitro Touring A-main Anders Mikkelsen, coming from P2 and Trygve Bull, coming from the 8 spot on the grid, would swap the lead several times until Trygve eventually suffered engine issues and had to retire in lap 138. Back in the lead Anders kept things easy until the checkered flag to cross the finishing line in 1st position with Anders Roine and Brede Isaksen rounding out the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Coming from Roche and made for the Rapide F1 formula car kit is an aluminium front body post mount. Compatible with most formula front wings the mount separated the front body post from the wing, keeping it at the exact same place even when swapping the front wing for a different type. This allows to use the body with multiple wings without having to worry about the body’s position on the chassis. The alloy mount is cut from high-quality material, it comes red or black anodised and including mounting hardware.
The second round of the Czech Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Janovice over the weekend. The super low traction conditions made things interesting especially in the 2WD classes and after the qualifying it was Xray’s Martin Bayer who swept the 2WD Buggy class by winning all qualifying rounds ahead of team mates Novotny, Gotzl, Bidovsky, Miksovsky and Mudra. The 4WD qualifiers were pretty much a blueprint of the 2WD class with Martin taking the overall TQ from Novotny, Miksovsky, Bidovsky, Gotzl and Mudra while the Stadium Truck class was TQ’d by Kaja Novotny.
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The third round of the FBA Belgian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the fast track of Roeselare in the western part of the country. For the organising club RCR it was a special event as it would be the last national electric race at the current track as the circuit will be relocated near the motorway in time for the 2018 season. The long 4-day weekend meant that most drivers had plenty of time to find the right setup on the bumpy track with its long 90m straight line. Many drivers tested a PSS system in order to find the perfect handling but the traditional four classes of Rookie, Touring 13.5, Formula and Touring Modified were run on a single day.
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HRC Distribution have introduced their new HRC Racing Star Charger V3.0. The device now features a LiHV mode that allows to unleash the full potential of the new high voltage Lithium-Polymer batteries with its 80W power supply allowing to use up to 6A charge current. The charger is good for the use with up to 6S LiXX or 15-cell NiXX battery packs with the Multi Security System constantly checking parameters such as voltage, capacity, time, temperature and peak current to ensure swift yet secure charging and discharging.
The second round of the Swiss Nitro Buggy National Championship was held in Oberbüren on a unique track laid out with astroturf and paving stones. High temperatures of nearly 35 degree Celsius made for very high grip the drivers needed to adapt to. Ultimately it was Jeremy Pittet who took the overall TQ from Patrick Hofer 2nd and Roman Kummer 3rd. The semifinals then saw Patrick Hofer (Team Associated/Reedy) coming out with the fastest time to put himself on the pole position for the A-main that he would win after some nice and clean fights with Jeremy Pittet (HB Racing/Team Orion) in 2nd while Ronny Lüber (Team Associated/LRP) would take the final podium spot in 3rd.
Thanks to Patrick Hofer for the report.
The Summer Shootout 2.0 was held at SouthSide Raceway in Florida over the weekend with over 340 entries for the several 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes. In the 35-minute Expert Nitro Buggy A-main TQ holder Cole Ogden (Mugen) would bring home the win with a 1-lap margin over runner-up, Evan Vail (Team Associated). In 3rd Griffin Hanna (Serpent), who struggled in qualifying but was able to work his way up through the field, would round out the podium result.
