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May 16, 2017

Western German regional Championship Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Western German Nitro On-road Championship was held at Bad Breisig, located between Bonn and Koblenz at the river Rhine. The Rhein-Ahr-Motodrom will see the German 1/8th scale Nationals to be held at the end of August for the second time since 2011. For practice on Saturday lots of rain was predicted but finally 54 drivers enjoyed a day full of dry practice with a huge amount of laps on the fluent 254-meter circuit. Also the race day started out dry but at the end of the second round of heats the first rain drops hit the track. Round three was dry again for some heats but round four was completely lost due to rain. During lunch break, heavy rain with thunder and lightning flooded the track but finally the event would with changing conditions during the afternoon.

Continue reading the report here

May 16, 2017

Elias Johansson wins at Swedish 1/10th Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Swedish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was recently held at the Green Hill track in Stockholm. The weather was quite cold and windy but a good turnout of racers made for fun and tight racing. The qualifying was a 3-horse race between Team Associated’s Elias Johansson, Wilhelm Sköldebrand and Niclas Månsson, the later ending up taking the overall TQ. In the opening A-main, Elias Johansson was able to grab the win after having a mixed first part of the leg but with about 50 seconds on the clock the leader made a mistake which promoted Elias into the lead. A2 again saw the leader making a mistake, this time at about halftime. Elias would benefit and he was able to bring home the win and with it the overall victory from Niclas Månsson 2nd and Wilhelm Sköldebrand 3rd.

Thanks to Elias Johansson for the report.

May 16, 2017

4theTop XB8 2017 carbon fibre brake conversion kit

Coming from 4theTop and made for Xray’s XB8 2017 buggy is a carbon fibre brake conversion kit. It includes a ball-raced carbon fibre centre differential plate for better and more consistent braking as well as a set of carbon fibre brake discs. Their design in combination with the material used will make for less centre diff fading as the diff case and thus the diff oil will stay cooler even during long finals, resulting in improved overall performance. On top of this will the brake action fade less, again making for a more consistent car over the run.

Source: 4theTop [facebook.com]

May 16, 2017

RDRP B6-series C & D aluminium arm mounts

Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced their new C and D aluminium arm mounts for the Team Associated B6 and B6D 2WD buggies. The suspension hangers are direct replacements for the kit’s aluminium C and composite D parts and they add valuable toughness especially when running in demanding track conditions or when competing in modified classes. Machined from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 aluminium and coming in either black or blue anodising the parts also add visual impact. With their lightweight yet sturdy construction the mounts, which are available separately, hardly add any weight meaning the buggy’s weight bias does not change and they are a direct fit on both the B6 and B6D when using Team Associated’s #92014 suspension inserts.

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May 16, 2017

Gabriele Paloschi wins F1 class at Italian GT Champs Rd2

Round two of the Italian AMSCI GT national championship was held at the Circuito Lamberto Collari this past weekend. In the F1 category it was young Gabriele Paloschi who took a commanding win in the 45-minute main final, finishing the race some three laps ahead of Diego Pizzagalli on the runner-up spot while Kevin Polimeni completed the podium result in 3rd.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

May 16, 2017

Quentin Leroux wins French 200mm Nationals Rd3

This past weekend the third round of the French 200mm national championship was held at the Limoges track. The event started off on Friday with pleasant weather, but come Saturday things got complicated as heavy rain interrupted the qualifying and only one dry round could be completed although under totally different grip conditions compared to Friday. The last two qualifying rounds were then postponed to Sunday morning but they were still ran in low grip conditions. The qualifying results would see Kevin Rasquin taking the TQ honours with his Capricorn, followed by the other Capricorns of Quentin Leroux and Guillon Thomas, with Shepherd’s Concialdi Basile in fourth. For the main final the track offered improved grip conditions thanks to the running of the lower finals. In the opening stages of the 45-minute main final Quentin Leroux took over the lead and he never looked back to take the win some three laps ahead of Kevin Rasquin who was in a fight with Michael Derderian (Xray). Thomas Guillon as also in the mix for the 2nd place but a broken engine meant a DNF for him.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

May 16, 2017

Dominic Quek wins Urban Touring Series Rd5

Round 5 of Singapore’s Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend. During qualifying Dominic Quek (Xray) set the pace in the 17.5T Touring class when he twice put in the only 27-lap runs, narrowly missing a 28-lapper in Q2 to take the Top Qualifier honours. Allister Lim (Xray) qualified 2nd, while Leonard Sim (Xray) came in 3rd. In the finals, Dominic secured the early overall victory with convincing wins in both legs 1 and 2. With Dominic sitting out leg 3, four drivers were in with a shot to secure the remaining two podium spots. Despite a twin body tuck incident between Allister and Leonard early in the final leg, dropping them to the back of the field, both were able to fight back to the front. Ultimately, Leonard claimed the win in the final main and overall 2nd, while Allister had to settle for 3rd overall.

View the final results here

May 16, 2017

Team Magic E5-series 17mm hex wheel adapters

Coming from Team Magic and made for the E5 series of monster trucks are new 17mm hex wheel adapters. They are machined from aluminium and the clamping design ensures they stay in place even when the wheels are taken off. Included in the set are also 17mm wheel nuts as well as mounting hardware and the adapters are available in black or silver colour.

View the silver hex adapters here