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September 21, 2016

Swedish 1/10th Buggy National Cup Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Swedish 1/10th Buggy National Cup series was held at Green Hill race track in Stockholm. The weather was great all weekend and in 4WD Alexander Landén started off quick by TQing the first three rounds and in the process putting in the only 12-lap qualifying round of the event. The first final was at long times a very tight affair between Alexander, local driver Niclas Månsson and Elias Johansson. In the end Alexander stood victorious in front of Niclas.

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September 21, 2016

VS Racing VS-B01 .21 nitro off-road engine

VS Racing, the new brand of engine master Rody Roem, have introduced the O.S. based VS-B01 3.5cc off-road engine. It is understood that the power plant builds on O.S. Engines’s B2101 engine and it features a long-stroke design and a Rody Roem-tuned and a Tungsten-balanced 14mm crankshaft. Furthermore the 3-port engine utilises a VS spec carburettor with 6.5mm venturi, a VS spec combustion camber insert and comes with high-quality high-speed ball bearings front and rear. The specifications list is topped off by a 60mm 10-rib cooling head.

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September 21, 2016

Claus Ryeskov takes Danish 200mm title

The final round of the Danish 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Championship was held in Greve. With the championship title already decided some drivers opted not to attend but veteran racer, Thomas Mortensen decided to participate and he instantly was in a fight with Claus Ryeskov for the overall TQ. Thomas pulled some very swift laps but ultimately the TQ went to Claus who was more consistent in terms of lap times.

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September 21, 2016

Active Hobby introduce new TA07 Pro option parts

Active Hobby introduce new TA07 Pro option parts-1

Coming from Active Hobby and made for the TA07 Pro club-level touring car are several aluminium and carbon fibre option parts. First up is a transversal aluminium chassis stiffener that connects the outer chassis side rails for improved torsional stiffness. The part comes machined from high-quality aluminium, in blue or black colour and it includes mounting hardware.

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September 21, 2016

Maxim Laverychev crowned Moscow 1/8th Buggy Champ

Maxim Laverychev crowned Moscow 1/8th Buggy Champ
The Moscow 1/8th Buggy Championship was held at the RCRacer track this past weekend. The open championship attracted racers from all over the country and due to the weather conditions a lot of track maintenance was needed. This meant the race would finish under floodlights with TQ holder Maxim Laverychev (Xray), who started from the 2 spot into the finals, would take the win after getting into the lead at about the 20-minute mark. Dmitry Gribov (Team Associated) came in second, Nikita Pomogaev (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 21, 2016

Urban Touring Series Rd9 – Report

Singapore’s Urban Touring Series returned this past weekend with round 9, which was concurrently a national championship points scoring round. In Touring Open only a small grid registered and it was decided that a Reedy Race format would be run over five legs. Both Esmail Apandi and Dominic Quek had two wins and one second place but it was Esmail who would secure the top step of the podium by virtue of a faster winning time in the last leg, which was run in much cooler conditions. Hasron Robana would round out the podium in third.

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September 21, 2016

Salemi & Canton take 2016 Italian 1/8th on-road titles

The Italian 1/8th Nitro On-road Championships were held over the weekend at the Pista Miniautodromo di Leno a Leno track and in the Expert class it was 2005 Worlds finalist, Walter Salemi who walked away with the win in the main final. Claudio Codazzi took the runner-up spot while Marco Vanni completed the top 3 podium result in third. Elsewhere in the F1 class it was Michele Canton who snatched the 2016 title from vice-champion, Cristiano Sartor.

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September 21, 2016

Arrowmax black/golden 1/10th on-road car stand

Arrowmax’s previously released limited edition “ISTC World Championship” car stand is now also available in a standard variant, keeping its signature black and golden colour scheme but coming with Arrowmax logos over the previously used Worlds graphics. Made from anodised aluminium and machined carbon fibre the car stand measures 200 x 108 x 30mm and thanks to its compact dimensions and light weight it is easy to store and transport. Foam strips do away with scratching issues on both the chassis plate table surface and they also keep the car stand from sliding all over the place.

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