The French MBCP club held a Fun Race this past weekend. With the track being both technical and slippery things were pretty challenging for the drivers and ultimately Yannick Aigoin (Xray/Ultimate) would prevail, taking the day’s win in the Nitro Buggy class from Edouard Hugon (Agama/Alpha) while young Eliot Marcon (Mugen/Ultimate) would round out the top 3 result.
Image: Yannick Aigoin
The final round of the Stotfold Winter Series was held this past weekend, attracting over 50 drivers. In 2WD Kit Jones would bring home the day’s win and he would also take the overall title from Ian Buck second and Alex Carter third. In 4WD David Orbell would bring home the day’s win with Joe Howson taking the overall from John Myall second and Simon Overall third.
Muchmore have introduced the new Impact 2700mAh 7.4V LiPo receiver battery pack. The pack sports the industry standard “hump” design and 60x32x31.5mm dimensions, making it usable with a wide range of 1/8th off-road buggies and trucks. The battery is made using high-quality cells, it comes pre-wired with JR-style receiver and XH-type balance connectors and it is usable without an additional voltage regulator when coupled to high-voltage compatible receivers and servos.
Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]
T-Works have introduced two sets of shock cap spacers for the Yokomo BD8/7 and Xray T4 series of touring cars. Available in a 0.3mm or a 0.5mm variant, the spacers were designed to reduce the shock’s rebound pressure by enlarging the distance between the shock body and the upper cap. The spacers come in sets of four and they are a direct fit to both the Yokomo and Xray shock absorbers.
Coming from Kyosho and made for the RB6.6 2WD off-road buggy is a carbon fibre battery plate. Cut from high-quality material and sporting counter sunk holes for optional battery stoppers, the plate is a direct replacement for the kit’s composite plastic part. Due to being less flexible the battery is held in place more securely while the carbon fibre part also adds visual impact.
Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]
In preparation of the forthcoming third round of the 2016/17 ETS, the Asoger club in Madrid, Spain held a warm up race this past weekend. Infinity’s Marc Rheinard would sweep the Touring Modified class qualifying, taking all four rounds from Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who had to settle for second in front of Yokomo team mate Christopher Krapp. The finals were a pretty entertaining affair with the opening leg being won by Marc who had the freight-training Ronald and Christopher in tow. In A2 Marc hit a curb in the opening stages which resulted in a DNF with Christopher taking the win from a chasing Ronald while Javier Alonso would take a third place in A2. The third and decisive main was held under difficult conditions as strong wind made for a dirty track that would lead to a Völker spin on the opening lap and a DNF for both Ronald and Christopher as the latter couldn’t avoid T-boning Ronald’s car. With his main competitors out of the equation, Marc was able to cruise to the win from David Perez in second and Arturo Escarpa in third. Overall and behind inner Marc, Christopher and Ronald would make up the top 3 result.
Image: Marc Rheinard
This past weekend Dialed In Raceway of Victorville, California held round one of the Grass Roots series. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also come out successful in the 20-minute A-main, leaving JQRacing’s Joseph Quagraine a lap behind in second. HB Racing driver Tyler Brown would round out the podium result in third another lap down.
Source: HB Racing [hbracing.com]
The MK Eskil club played host to the sixth and final round of the Swedish Electric On-road Nationals this past weekend. The track offered low to medium grip and due to the technical layout low speed grip and consistency was the key to success. In the Touring Modified class already in practice the field was very close in terms of lap times, showing this would be an exciting race. The qualifiers were swept by Andre Fossto who put his Hobbywing-powered Yokomo on the pole position for the triple A-mains with young Rasmus Karlsson (Schumacher/Muchmore) and Fredrik Loikse (Xray/Hobbywing) coming in second and third. The finals were a pretty intense affair with lots of exciting fights and Andre would continue to dominate, taking wins in A1 and A2 to take the overall victory with one leg to spare. Fredrik would come in second thanks to a win in A3 while Rasmus had to settle for third overall.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.info]
