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April 18, 2017

2017 Nitro-West-Masters – Season preview

The 2017 season of the popular German Nitro-West-Masters series is about to start this coming weekend. Round one of the series, that mainly visits tracks in the western part of the country, will take place at the fast track Hamm track, home of last year’s EFRA 40+ European Championships and the German Nationals. Already in its ninth season the Nitro-West-Masters cares about the popular 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes that got some additional swing with the introduction of the Hobby-Cup Stock engine classes some years ago.

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April 18, 2017

Serpent Project 4X hard suspension parts

Coming from Serpent and made for the Project 4X touring car are hard composite suspension parts. Available are the interchangeable front and rear hubs, as well as upper and lower arms all of which are made of a stiffer material that improves overall performance on high-bite asphalt and carpet surfaces and when running in hotter ambient temperatures. All parts are marked with an “H” for easy identification and they are available as separate sets or as 8-piece combo kit.

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April 18, 2017

Shepherd Velox V8 aluminium servo saver upper arm

Shepherd have introduced an aluminium servo saver upper arm for the Velox V8 “WC” and “Simon Kurzbuch Edition” kits. Machined from high-quality aluminium and replacing the standard composite part, the lever improves durability while also giving a more direct steering feedback. The part comes black anodised for wear and it is available now.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 18, 2017

Joel Eaton wins Super Stock Buggy at April Fools Classic

The April Fools Classic hosted by Murf’s Intermountain R/C Raceway for the past 29 years hit a record high 365 entries this year. Super Stock Buggy was a nail biter for Joel Eaton (Xray). Starting from the TQ position lap 1 was perfect for him but entering the infield burm turn on lap 2 his car unexpectedly hit a bump and flipped causing the car to fly end over end onto the straightaway. Luckily for him most of the field also had issues through the 180 degree burm turn and Joel was able to rejoin in 3rd. By lap 3 he was already back in second and had a race long chase to catch leader Charley Cavalier (TLR) with in the closing stages. Pushing Charlie he made a mistake over the huge booter triple that allowed Joel to pass as he crashed. Eaton was able to hit his marks and take home the win from there, taking home the win from Charlie Cavalier 2nd and Tony Newland (Schumacher) 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 18, 2017

Ty Tessmann wins E-Buggy class at Neo17

This past weekend, Neo17 would once again invade Harper Adams Arena in Shropshire, England. Well know as probably the most popular indoor 1/8 off-road race in the World, this year would see one of the most stacked drivers list from the past few years with all the major teams sending out there top drivers to compete for one of the prestigious Neo titles. After all five rounds of qualifying were complete, it was HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk securing the overall TQ honours. The single 10-minute A-main event saw a great battle for the first couple of laps between David Ronnefalk and Xray’s Ty Tessmann. On lap five Tessmann was able to get by Ronnefalk and open up a lead. Tessmann would then control the race for the next couple minutes before coming under pressure from Kyosho’s Elliott Boots. With time running out, Tessmann would run mistake free and be the only driver to make it by for the extra lap to take home yet another Neo 1/8th E-Buggy title.

View the final results here

April 18, 2017

Duratrax 1/16th scale truck tyres

Duratrax are busy adding more new tyres to their already extensive range with the introduction of several types for 1/16th scale trucks. The tyres come mounted on stylish 8-spoke black or black-chrome rims, or unmounted with foam inserts included. All are moulded in soft C2 compound, sold in pairs and packaged in re-usable plastic bags. The pre-mounts are available for kits such as the E-Revo, Summit and Savage XS Flux with the tyres also fitting standard 2.2″ buggy rear rims.

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April 18, 2017

Bowie Ginting wins Indonesian GT Nationals Rd4

Round four of the Indonesian GT National Championship was recently held at Sunter International Speedway. Serpent’s Bowie Ginting would take the overall TQ in front of Serpent teammate Arya to start from pole position into the 30-minute main final. At the start Arya would jump into the lead while polesitter Bowie had to return to the pits to have his engine’s carburettor readjusted. Rejoining the field dead last Bowie soon recovered, taking the 2nd place behind Arya some six minutes into the race. Some time later the latter had to retire with engine problems which left Bowie in the lead with a huge margin on the field. At the end Bowie Ginting (Serpent/O.S.) was able to wrap up the win some 8 laps ahead of Rahmat Futaki (HongNor/O.S.) with Yuri Taruna (Mugen/O.S.) in third. Vavan Mahatma (Mugen/O.S.) and Bernardy (Kyosho/Reds Racing) would round out the top 5 result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 18, 2017

RDRP B6-series alloy steering rack & steering bellcranks

Coming from Revolution Design Racing Products are two aluminium steering option parts for the Team Associated B6 series of 2WD buggies. First up is the aluminium steering rack. Designed to replace the standard part with a more sturdy and durable item, the rack is machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and it comes black or blue anodised for wear and looks. On top of this does a machined silver edge detail let the part stand out while matching its visual appearance with the remainder of RDRP’s Team Associated series option parts. The steering rack is a direct replacement and used solely or in combination with RDRP’s aluminium steering bellcranks, it makes for improved steering response when running in high-bite track conditions.

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