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April 10, 2017

Kaja Novotny sweeps Lestr Cup Rd8

Round 8 of the Lestr Cup was held this past weekend in Dubec. The series’ finale was held on a challenging track with three long straights and a series of double jumps and a table top. In the 2WD Buggy class Xray’s Kaja Novotny would take a dominant overall TQ from his team mates Milan Mudra and Zdenek Miksovsky. In the 4WD Buggy class Kaja would take Q1 and Q2 but a collision with a backmarker in the final qualifier would only mean a second place finish, however Kaja would still take the pole position for the triple A-mains.

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April 10, 2017

Lantheaume doubles at French 1/10th Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the French 1/10th Electric Buggy National Championship was held in Meyrargues in the south of the country. In the 2WD Modified class Armand Lantheaume would take the overall TQ from Clement Boda in the tie breaker, while Renaud Savoya put his car on P3, tie on points with Sylvain Gallo Selva. In the 4WD Modified class it was again Armand that lead the way with a clean sweep after the qualifiers, taking all five rounds with Renaud Savoya in second and Arnaud Matohaza in third.

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April 10, 2017

Balestri & Strano win at CIC2017 Rd1

The opening round of the Campionato Italiano Costruttori was held at the Miniautodromo Jody Scheckter in Fiorano, Italy over the weekend. In the premier 1/8th nitro on-road class, Dario Balestri took his first win for his new chassis sponsors Infinity ahead of his team-mate Alberto Picco and Alessio Mazzeo. The final saw an early domination of Andrea Pirani who started out from pole after TQing three of the four qualifying rounds, although a problem at the tyre stop moved the ARC driver back in the order, with Balestri ready to capitalise after having waited patiently for the right moment to attack.

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April 10, 2017

Darren Bloomfield wins BRCA E-Buggy opener

The opening round of the BRCA E-Buggy and Nitro Truggy Nationals was held at the Kent Model Car Club over the weekend. In the E-Buggy class Agama’s Darren Bloomfield would take the TQ and he would also come out fastest in the A-main, taking a commanding victory, leading from lights to flag. Behind him Infinity’s Lee Martin and Team Associated’s Tom Clancy would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

April 10, 2017

Musso & Sartel successful at French Brushless Champs

Round two of the French Brushless Championship was held at the RC94 track in Sucy-en-Brie over the weekend. Thomas Musso (HB Racing) would snatch a dominant overall TQ in the E-Buggy class by taking round TQs in all of the three rounds, leaving Jerome Sartel (TLR) and Vincent Meertens (TLR) behind in second and third respectively. In the E-Truggy class things looked pretty similar up front with Thomas, Jerome and Vincent making up the top 3 after the qualifiers.

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April 10, 2017

VP Pro 1/8th buggy rubber shock boots

Coming from VP Pro are two shock boots sets for 1/8th off-road buggies. Available for the front or the rear the boots attach to the lower parts of the shock body and slip over the shock shaft to prevent them for becoming excessively dirty in dusty, wet or even muddy track conditions. The universal design works with a wide range of brands and the boots come in sets of four for the front or the rear of the buggy.

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April 10, 2017

Techra D09 split/1-piece suspension mounts set

Techra’s recently introduced interchangeable split/1-piece suspension mount set is soon also available for the VBC Racing D09 touring car. The kit will include two CNC-machined 7075-T6 aluminium split mounts and also one aluminium and one brass 1-piece connection bride that couples and reinforces the assembly, making it in fact as rigid as a 1-piece mount. The system allows to adapt the chassis twist to various track conditions and thanks to including a lightweight 3.1g alloy and a heavy 9.8g brass bridge, users can also fine-tune the car’s weight distribution. The split mounts were designed to accept the original suspension inserts and the set also includes four red anodised 1mm aluminium shims.

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April 9, 2017

Rheinard wins A3 to claim 2nd in Madrid

Marc Rheinard has wrapped up the first ETS race in mainland Spain with a win in A3 that would see the Infinity driver leave Madrid with a 2nd place. With Xray’s Bruno Coelho wrapping up his second win of the season in A2, the third A-Main was a showdown between Rheinard and ETS Round 2 winner Ronald Volker for the runners-up spot. With Rheinard leading away the field as Coelho watched on, the German was untouchable winning with ease from Volker who had to work hard to fend off Akio Sobue for the early part of the race. Also third in A2, Sobue would end up 4th overall ahead of Infinity team-mate Jilles Groskamp.

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