Yannick Aigoin has set the pace in the opening round of qualifying at the Astra Nitro Cross in the Czech Republic, the TLR driver topping the time sheets ahead of Xray pairing Ales Bayer and Jiri Mara. Defending champion Martin Bayer failed to start his heat after the screw on his steering servo horn came out during the warm-up laps.
View our complete event coverage here.
Mugen have announced the release of an all new option 5mm longer chassis, with 5mm longer rear center drive shaft, for the MBX6T Truggy. The chassis is extended 5mm on the rear section which will allow for more weight to be placed forward which in turn will increase corner entry speed and stability. This new chassis length will increase high speed stability which will be especially noticed in rough sections. Available the end of July.
Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]
X Factory and Ellis Stafford are proud to announce the new E-Speed motor plate to fit all 4-Gear X-Cars. Fresh from his dominating victory at the TLR Super Cup race, Ellis releases the newly designed motor plate to improve motor cooling and reduce bending. Made of 7075 aluminium, the new plate is stronger than the standard motor plate and has extra material too. Extra cooling areas make the plate even more efficient than the old one it replaces. The color matches Ellis’s motor plate support bracket and his heatsink/fan mount, so the three parts play very nicely together.
Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]
TLR’s Yannick Aigoin has topped the opening day’s action at the 2011 Astra Nitro Cross in the Czech Republic after setting the fastest time in the fourth and final round of practice to get the better of early pace setter and team-mate Martin Bayer. The final practice run saw few drivers improve with the only other front runner to make an improvement being Xray’s Jiri Mara who ended the day with the sixth best time.
View our complete event coverage here
Martin Bayer is setting the early pace at his own race, heading a Losi 1-2 in practice for the 2011 Astra Nitro Cross. The Czech ace topped all three practice rounds but set the fastest three consecutive laps in the second run to topping the similar nVision powered 8ight of Yannick Aigoin. Describing the track conditions as being very similar to that experienced at the Warm-up race for the up coming European Championships, Bayer said he has been using the track time to try a few new ideas in terms of set-up and is pleased with the response.
View our complete event coverage here
Last weekend saw the famous Eden Park Raceway club host the inaugural TLR Super Cup race meeting. Set to run over the weekend with 2WD, SCT and 4WD Buggy classes, the Super Cup format added a subtle twist to the normal race format with all classes running simultaneously over the two days with controlled practice and three rounds of qualifying on the Saturday and two round of qualifying a 3-leg finals for everyone on the Sunday. After a rather wet and slippery start on the Saturday the second race day saw rising temperatures and the usual suspects continued on good form with Ellis Stafford and Danny McGee battling for the overall TQ position in 2WD and 4WD whilst Chris Brooke looked to have sewn up the SCT qualifying after his performance on the Saturday ahead of Nathan Ralls and team mate Andy Carter.
Click here to continue reading the report
Bittydesign are pleased to announce the Force cabforward body shell for the Losi 8ight buggy. Designed with the help of TLR team driver Riccardo Rabitti the new body helps to cure the buggy’s corner-entry understeer characteristics and also provides a more aggressive off-power steering. The body was tested for the first time two weeks ago at the 3rd round of the Italian national championships by several TLR drivers with positive results on European style tracks. The body also features a special cab design that allows for an additional venting hole to help with engine cooling in very hot racing conditions. The body will be available mid July and is sold with window masks, decal sheet and overspray film.
Click here to view more images of the body
This past weekend round three of the Midwest Nitro series made its stop at Raceworld Raceway in Griffith Indiana to a new series record of 150 entries. Raceworld’s track featured a technical layout with many elevation changes. Horizon’s Sonny Ochoa was the man to beat, taking his Losi cars to TQ spot in all three classes he entered. The win though, did not come without a fight in the pro buggy main, as local fast-shoe Randy Carthart put the challenge to Sonny in the first half, only to break a shock and limp, albeit competitively, on three shocks to a 4th place. Second qualifier John Tomljenovic struggled with poor tire choice on his privateer Mugen to salvage a third place after frequent challenges from Scott Shinn’s Mugen. It was Mugen Seiki/JConcepts racer Kevin Bronner with the drive of the day: salvaging his bump-up starting spot to drive a very smart race all the way to 2nd.
