The 11th annual Rhein Main Warm Up race was held in Bischofsheim near Frankfurt, Germany this past weekend. Considered the unofficial season opener the race once again attracted both national and international drivers and in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Carsten Keller who walked away with the win after the 40-minutes main final from JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine in 2nd and Serpent’s Jörn Neumann 3rd.
Round 2 of the BRCA 1/8th Track National Championship was held at the super fast Halifax track with the weather being dry and sunny for both Saturday’s practice and the race on Sunday. The entry was 36 nitro cars and 21 electric cars and by the end of the practice day Mark Green was the quickest with his XRD-powered Serpent in the nitro class while Alex Thurston with his Arrowmax-powered Serpent, was the quickest electric class driver. The two would also come out on top after Sunday’s qualifiers and they would again excel in the finals, with Mark Green taking the nitro win from Andrew Hastings (Shepard/O.S./Matrix) in 2nd and Richard Hicklin (Serpent/O.S./Contact) 3rd. In the electric class Alex Thurston was sidelined on the podium by Adam Catchpole (ARC) and Joe Hawnt (Serpent).
View the electric class podium here
The 2017 Argentinian On-road Championships were recently held in Buenos Aires in several nitro on-road categories. In the premier 1/8th Free class Sebastian Recio took the title from Agustin Cutini in 2nd and Flavio Elias 3rd. In the 1/8th “3 Transfer” class, understood to be a stock engine category, it was Agusto Quinteros who came out fastest from Frank Delepiane on the runner-up spot while Martin Mazzeo rounded out the podium in 3rd. In 1/8th GT Sebastian Recio took his second title this weekend with Flavio Elias and Carlos Fernando Lima coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Finally in the 1/10th 200mm touring class Marcos Corbani came out fastest to grab the title from Enzo Branciforte and Lucas Lemes.
Watch all the action from the 60 minute Buggy Main Final at the 2017 Philippine Masters in Manila, with an epic battle between former HB team mates Ty Tessmann and David Ronnefalk. With commentary from Scotty Ernst.
Following a first teaser image Mugen Seiki have released more information on their forthcoming MTC1 1/10th 4WD electric touring car kit. The company’s first electric on-road kit was developed for more than a year and it features a class-standard dual belt drive train, an “intelligent” caster adjustment system, zero tweak flex system, adjustable body positioning, ultra low profile big bore shocks, front double joint drive shafts, hard coated aluminium rear drive shafts, low friction pulleys, ball raced sway bars, one piece motor mount, fully adjustable narrow steering system, aerodynamic front bumper, and a fully adjustable suspension in terms of camber, toe, caster, wheelbase, track width, roll centre, diff/spool height, and steering angle. No additional images are available yet but as the car looks pretty much production ready the official presentation shouldn’t be too far away. In addition to Mugen’s original teaser image you can view above we tried to get more out of the photo so you can find a slightly brightened up image after the break.
Avid have introduced a set of titanium FastTune shock standoffs for Xray’s XB2 and XB4 line of 1/10th off-road kits. The FastTune feature allows to use a common 1.5mm Allen wrench to prevent the standoff from spinning while using a 5.5mm socket wrench on the other side, doing away with the need to use a 7.0mm nut driver or 7.0mm open-ended socket wrench to hold the standoff. The parts also scrub a certain amount of weight as each weighs in at about 1.25g. The set includes four standoffs that come in a reusable doodad container.
Source: Avid [avidrc.com]
Round 1 of the Danish 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held at the Modelbilklubben SOS in Bjæverskov. Saturday was washed away due to bad weather and the wet track meant that the available practice was limited, making for a tough time for all drivers especially as the track started to dry up during race day. In the end Pelle Culmsee (HB Racing, Team Orion, AKA) came out on top after the main final from Magnus Frandsen (SWorkz, SPower, TPro) in 2nd while Nikolai Lamberts (TLR, Ultimate, Pro-Line) had to settle for 3rd on the podium.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
The annual Spring Shootout was held at the French ARCF42 club this past weekend. More than 90 drivers attended in several classes and good weather made for perfect racing conditions. In the 1/8th E-Buggy category, held on Saturday, Renaud Savoya would bring home the win after the triple A-mains from Julien Surget in 2nd and Celian Rousset in 3rd.
Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]
