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April 12, 2016

Patrick Fankhauser wins Swiss 200mm Nats Rd1

The opening round of the 6-race Swiss 200mm National Championship was held at the Sitterdorf track. The weekend started off wet but the track dried just in time for the four rounds of qualifying. Traugott Schär, Raphael Wicki and Patrick Fankhauser made up the top 3 after the qualifiers and after a strong semi final Raphael was able to take the pole position for the final. The 30-minute A-main started with a lot of confusion and incidents and Michael Schäfer, coming from the 7 spot on the grid, took maximum benefit of the situation as he was able to take over the lead. Michael’s lead did not last long though as he made a small error that allowed Patrick Fankhauser to take the 1 spot right before the first fuel stops. At around half time Raphael Wicki was able to put a lot of pressure on Patrick but the latter was able to defend his position till the end to take the win from Raphael Wicki in second and Theo Giannakos in third.

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April 12, 2016

Ryan Maifield takes PNB Nitro Buggy win

The ninth annual Psycho Nitro Blast, called “The Nitrozity”, drew over 800 entries to the Walters State Community College Expo Center in Morristown, Tennessee to compete in eleven different classes. In typical PNB fashion, the fast and difficult track layout included large wooden jumps and evolved throughout the weekend, challenging even the best racers in the world to stay clean for long main events. In Pro Nitro Buggy, the race kicked off with a relatively clean start with the Ryan triple of Maifield, Lutz, and Cavalieri leading the pack. Cavalieri and Tebo would tangle a bit early on, allowing Maifield and Lutz to spread their lead out. Cole Ogden would take advantage of the Tebo/Cav collision by working his way into third. At the 10-minute mark, Ryan Maifield (TLR) had a commanding 10-second lead over Ryan Lutz (Tekno), while Cole Ogden (Mugen) lingered in third. Moments later, Jared Tebo (Kyosho) was in the pits for mechanical troubles. He re-entered the track, but only to make a few turns before returning to pit lane for a considerable amount of time, dashing his hopes of a PNB win.

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April 12, 2016

Maifield & Cavalieri win at 2016 Psycho Nitro Blast

The 2016 Psycho Nitro Blast was held this past weekend at the Walters State Expo Center in White Pine, Tennessee. This would be the first time the PNB would be held at this new location and was very well received by all racers. Every year the PNB has grown in popularity because of the great race organization along with the always impressive tracks designed with big air. This year would be the most stacked PNB to date, along with the biggest turnout that reached an incredible 830 total race entries. In the 1/8 Pro Electric Buggy class, it was Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri who dominated qualifying to secure the overall TQ.

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April 11, 2016

Capricorn introduce new Tesla exhaust & jacket

Italian company Capricorn have introduced the new Tesla brand EFRA 2687 exhaust set and a black windproof jacket. Starting with the exhaust, the set, designed for 2.1cc engines, includes the EFRA 2687 tuned pipe as well as a suitable manifold, silicone gaskets and mounting springs. The exhaust is meant to make for improved fuel consumption. Also new is the Capricorn branded windproof jacket. Made from black fabric the jacket helps to stay warm in windy and cold conditions while showing your passion to everything Capricorn thanks to white prints on the front, back and the right sleeve.

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April 11, 2016

Motogo Seiki TRF201XMW MSLowRider V2

Following first images of Motogo Seiki’s MSLowRider conversion for Tamiya’s TRF201XMW buggy, we now have new images available of the updated V2 variant that is being tested at the moment. The current car features a fully CNC-machined aluminium chassis to replace the standard alloy part with the Motogo Seiki chassis offering milled sections underneath the steering servo, electronics, LiPo battery pack and the motor in order to lower the centre of gravity and to allow the use of additional weights. The pockets also lower the motor position with the V2 motor plate placing the motor closer to the chassis from what is understood. Also part of the V2 chassis are incorporated side rails to do away with the kit’s composite parts. The buggy is currently in use by young Japanese driver Kouki Kato and we bring you more information on the conversion as soon as they surface.

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April 11, 2016

Kaja Novotny TQs & wins Czech Open Rd1

Round 1 of the popular Czech Open series was held this past weekend in Radotin. The weather forecast was everything but promising with rain expected for Friday and Saturday but at the end it stayed dry although it was pretty cold. Xray’s Kaja Novotny would dominate the proceedings by winning all three qualifying rounds to grab the overall TQ after the qualifiers. The semis then again were a done deal for young Kaja who secured himself the pole position for the main final in which he then again showed a flawless performance to take the win at round one of the championship. Behind him, Max Gotzel and Lukas Zeman (both Xray) would complete the podium result.

View the final result here

April 11, 2016

Mattia Polito wins F1 category at UISP Champs

The Italian UISP Championships were held at the Barco track this past weekend. In the F1 class main final TLR’s Mattia Polito came out successful from team mate Walter Floris. Mugen driver Davide Tortorici rounded out the top 3 result while Leonardo Valente and Riccardo Rabitti came in fourth and fifth respectively.

View the F1 class main final result here

April 11, 2016

Coelho takes ETS points lead with 2nd in Austria

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Bruno Coelho leaves Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series as the new points leader, 2nd overall in Austria giving him a 1-point advantage over reigning champion Ronald Volker and Marc Rheinard as the championship moves onto asphalt. With Volker wrapping up his first win of the season in A2 at the final carpet race to become the third different winner of Season #9, the third A-Main was all about deciding the podium order behind the Yokomo driver. Leading away the field, Coelho would ultimately take a straight forward win over Rheinard an initially challenge fading over the race. Finishing A3 second ahead of Alexander Hagberg, Rheinard who came into the weekend as joint leader of the championship with Coelho would complete the overall podium.

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