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November 4, 2016

7th Annual Northwest Invitational – Announcement

The 7th Annual Northwest Invitational will be held November 19th to 20th at Cottage Grove R/C Raceway in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Over the past six years, The Northwest Invitational has brought in some of the best factory drivers in the World including 4-time IFMAR World Champion Ryan Cavalieri, 2-time World Champion Jared Tebo, and ROAR National Champion Dustin Evans. The event will see triple bump-up A-mains and it is held in an Invitational 2WD Mod Buggy class as well as 2WD Mod Buggy Open, 4WD Mod Buggy, Super Stock 13.5T Truck, Stock 17.5T Buggy, and also 2WD Mod SCT. More information can be found here and you can also email the organiser Joe Pillars at joepillars@hotmail.com.

November 4, 2016

Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship finale – Report

The final round of the Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track in Serpong, West Java. A total of 38 drivers attended the event that saw three rounds of 10-minutes qualifying with the two best rounds to count. The finals were then run with five drivers bumping up into the 45-minute main final. John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) grabbed the TQ but in the final, that was run in wet and muddy conditions, it would be Indra Liono (Xray/SPower) to take the win from Adrian Wicaksono (Mugen/Reds Racing) second and John Agus in third.

View the final results here

November 4, 2016

Shepherd Velox V8 WC 1/8th nitro on-road kit

After an extensive development and testing phase Shepherd have announced the release the Velox V8 WC 1/8th nitro on-road car kit. Made to honour the 2015 World Championship title of Simon Kurzbuch the Velox V8 WC features state-of-the-art technologies as well as proven design features. The included 0.8 module gearbox Simon used in prototype stages at the Worlds in Brazil is now available in a refined version and it saves about 20 percent of weight compared to its predecessor, improving the car’s acceleration significantly.

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November 4, 2016

Joni Skidmore teams up with Yokomo

Yokomo have announced the signing of UK’s Joni Skidmore to their electric off-road team. The young man will race the company’s YZ-2 and YZ-4 buggies in the country’s major series and also at select EOS events and he has the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank Yokomo, Yokomo Europe and MB Models for giving me the opportunity to race the superb YZ-2 and YZ-4 electric buggies. I am looking forward to hitting the track this winter and hope to succeed at the UK’s premier race series and some EOS events. Once again I would like to thank all my sponsors for helping me further my RC career.

Source: Yokomo Europe [teamyokomo.eu]

November 4, 2016

Hobbywing QuicRun WP Crawler Brushed ESC

Hobbywing have introduced the QuicRun WP Crawler Brushed electronic speed controller for 1/10th and 1/8th scale crawlers. The compact unit features adjustable PWM frequency and advanced DEO/freewheeling technology for a very linear throttle and driving feel. Fine-tuneable settings such as drag brake and brake force allow for improved vehicle control with a total of 15 different parameters being user-adjustable. On top of this the controller is waterproof for go-everywhere capabilities and it sports a powerful 6V/7.4V BEC system. It comes pre-wired with an XT60 input connector and is adjustable using the incorporated set button or the included LED programming box.

View the features and another image here

November 4, 2016

Yeah Racing aluminium shock holder

Coming from Yeah Racing is an aluminium shock holder for 1/10th scale on-road dampers. Machined from aluminium and offering a lightweight design the holder takes standard and big bore shock absorbers during building, maintenance and setup with the centre hole also able to take a gear differential. The holder can be disassembled by undoing four screws and it is available in orange, black and blue anodising.

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November 4, 2016

Xray Racing Series Netherlands – Announcement

The Model Indoor Oss Arena will hold a round of the Xray Racing Series Netherlands on the 17th and 18th of December. The race will be held in 2WD and 4WD off-road classes with more event information available here while sign-up can be done here.

November 4, 2016

Kostas Katsadonis successful at Tour of Champions

The second Tour of Champions race was recently held at the newly built RC Pylaros track in Kefalonia, Greece. In the 60-minute Nitro Buggy main final, Kostas Katsadonis (Xray) came out fastest from his brother Harris Katsadonis, who set the TQ and also the fastest lap. Mugen racer Thanos Pagonis ended the race on the final podium spot from Christofer Pliatsikas (Mugen) and Andreas Stellatos (SWorks).

View the final results here