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April 4, 2017

Yaniv Sivan successful at Israeli League Rd7

Round 7 of the Israeli League off-road series was recently held at the Negev Speed track. After four rounds of qualifying Ofir Avitan took the TQ honours and he also jumped into the lead at the start of the main final, immediately opening a gap on the field while Aviv Maymon, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, had to retire early with electrical issues. Meanwhile Yaniv Sivan, who had started from 3rd on the grid, was promoted into 2nd. About 30 minutes into the race, two major battles took place with Or Balulu and Ido Carmon fighting for the 3rd place while Yaniv Sivan and Ofir Avitan made it out for the lead. Ultimately Yaniv was able to close the gap to Ofir in the closing stages, eventually passing him on the final lap to take the win from Ofir in second and Or in third.

View the final results here

April 4, 2017

Carlos Duraes wins at Portuguese Buggy opener

The recent opening round of the Portuguese 1/8th Buggy National Championship saw Carlos Duraes walking away with the win in the 1/8th E-Buggy class. Carlos would win the first and second A-main from a hard-charging Ricardo Monteiro to grab the overall win with one leg to spare. Ricardo would grab the overall runner-up spit while Joao Figueirdo completed the top 3 result thanks to a win in the final A-main.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 4, 2017

Serpent F110 SF3 1/10th formula car kit

Serpent have introduced the latest incarnation of their successful F110 platform, the SF3. The car is based on a new, black anodised 2.5mm aluminium main chassis plate that sports carbon fibre extensions for the electronics such as receiver and speed controller. The battery is placed in a longitudinal position that, in combination with the slightly backwards mounted electronics, makes for an agile handling and a responsive car. Up front the previous 2-part lower wishbones have been replaced by a single carbon fibre plate. Included with the kit comes with realistic front and rear wings that have been updated by using a more flexible yet stronger composite material. The kit, that does not include body, tyres, gears and electronics, will hit stores very soon.

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April 4, 2017

Xray X12 & X10 progressive centre shock spring

Xray have introduced a new progressive C=1.4-1.9 centre shock spring for the X12 and X10 series of pan cars. Using the spring will increase overall traction, steering response and also off-power steering and it is made from high-quality spring steel. A black finish and the 1-dot marking make for easy identification of the spring rate.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 4, 2017

Team Magic E5-series aluminium body posts

Coming from HRC Distribution are aluminium body posts for the Team Magic E5 monster truck. Machined from high-quality material and coming red, orange or silver anodised the parts add visual impact and toughness while also allowing to adjust the body height to match both the standard and also optional body shells.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

April 4, 2017

Oliver Havranek wins at Czech Nationals Champs

The Czech National Championship was held in Holešov over the weekend with over 100 entries for the several electric on-road classes. In the Touring Stock class, Ludvik Kurecka (Serpent) set the fastest pace in practice but in the qualifiers he missed out the overall TQ by about a second as Xray’s Oliver Havranek set the fastest time. In the finals Ludvik was missing a bit of speed to catch up fast Oliver and finished second in first two A-mains. By winning the third and final leg he secured the overall runner-up spot behind Oliver while Karel Kratochvil (Xray) rounded out the top 3.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 4, 2017

JC Spring Super Cup Championship Series Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the JConcepts Spring Super Cup Championship Series was held at Coral Springs R/C Track. It was the last instalment of the 4-race Spring Series, which meant make it or break it for some in the overall points chase. With over 200 entries, the final race was ultra competitive and still had the excitement and buzz from round 1. Rising to the challenge in a very competitive 2WD Modified class, Jason Ruona would lay down the best run of the day when it mattered most. Having started 2nd on the grid, Ruona had his eyes on the prize and once the class TQ, Landen Lewis, made his early mistake, the race was over. Ruona would take the lead and checked himself out from the field. With a flawless race performance, Ruona would take the win leaving Daimon Borkowicz and Paul Wynn battling for 2nd. While defending 2nd place, Wynn’s car would get caught by the wind on the backside quad giving Borkowicz the position. Wynn would recover to finish in 3rd for an all Team Associated podium.

Continue reading the report here

April 4, 2017

Tribudiman wins Jakarta Regional Buggy Champ opener

The first round of this year’s Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship was held at the Graha Raya track in Serpong, West Java this past weekend. A total of 41 drivers attended the event and due to heavy rain the night before race day, the race would start delayed and the race director was also forced to change the race format from triple 10-minute qualifiers to a shortened triple 7-minute format with the two best rounds to count. After the qualifiers, John Agus (Kyosho/O.S.) took the TQ honours but in the 45-minute A-main event, Rama Tribudiman (Team Associated/O.S.) would take the win followed by Indra Liono (Xray/SPower) in second and Adrian Sutanto (Kyosho/O.S.) in third while TQ holder John had to settle for fourth overall.

View the final results here