The 3rd round of the SRS series was held at the relatively unknown ARC venue near Colchester. The Nitro Buggy class was dominated by Tony Truman taking the TQ and win, with Mark Rumble 2nd and Mark Everitt 3rd. The Truggy class saw an excellent win by James Tatlow, who drove an excellent final to take top honours after placing his truggy on pole. Backing up James were fellow Agama racers Allan Bridgeman and Martin Hart to complete the podium.
ST Racing Concepts have introduced new option parts for the Axial SCX10 truck in the form of a front bumper mount and two rear chassis braces. CNC machined from high-quality aluminium, the heavy-duty chassis rail brace and bumper mounts will add great strength while adding visual impact. The parts allow for various combinations of builds, like mounting a Honcho style front bumper, eliminating the rear bumper all together, or allowing the addition of tail lights to the SCX10. The front chassis brace/bumper mount is machined specifically for the SCX10 Honcho bumper while the rear chassis brace is for SCX10 vehicles that does not require an installation of a rear bumper and adds increase in durability and looks to the rear of the vehicle. The third new part, the light bucket rear chassis brace is for those SCX10 owners that have forward mounted batteries and wish to also install rear tail lights on their SCX10. The parts are available in black, gun metal, green or silver anodising.
This Sunday saw round 2 of the Deerdale Summer Series and the weather had treated the drivers to the hottest day of the year so far. In Nitro Buggy, Carlo De Marco took TQ with teammate Dan Austin qualifying 2nd. The final went pretty much the same way with Carlo converting the TQ position into a comfortable victory and Dan Austin coming in 2nd. Only a last lap wobble costing Wes Jolly the final podium spot.
Yeah Racing have introduced their new Hackslider gyro unit tailor-made for drift cars. Housed in an aluminium heatsink case the gyro is usable with both standard and digital servos and it allows for easy setting changes using +3 channel transmitters or the on-board gain/sensitivity adjustment feature. Measuring 25.6×24.5x10mm and weighing in at 13.5g the compact unit is easy to install and it is available in pink, gun metal or black colour.
Round two of the Greek Speedhunters series was held at the Zorri RC track in Athens. After the qualifiers Doukakis placed his car on the 1 spot in front of Batas and Isakides. In the opening A-main things mixed up a bit with Isakides taking the win from Batas and Doukakis. A2 then saw Batas coming out fastest from Isakides in second and Velaoras in third and in the third and final A-main things again mixed up heavily with Velaoras taking the win following a crash of Isakides and Batas. Ultimately Tasos Batas would take the win in the tie-breaker after being tie on points with Isakides. Velaoras had to settle for third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The second round of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Odense RC Minirace club on a super bumpy and high-grip astroturf track. The qualification of the 2WD class was a super close affair between Jesper Rasmussen, Frederik Hovgaard, Mike Gosvig and Jonas Kærup. Ultimately Jesper took the overall TQ after winning the first and third round while Jonas lined up in second thanks to winning Q2. The triple A-mains also had a lot of close racing to offer and a change in weather let the track significantly drop in traction due to a lot of rain. Jesper would be able to conserve his qualifying performance for an easy win in A1 but after a mistake in the opening stages of A2 he had to recover but after a good fight with Jonas he was able to win the leg and with it the 2WD class ahead of Frederik and Jonas.
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The second round of the Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals took place at the world famous MRTM Track in Lostallo. In the strong 1/8th class Simon Kurzbuch TQ’s three out of the four rounds to secure the overall TQ spot in front of Silvio Hächler. The 45-minute main final started under damp conditions but after 15 minutes the track had dried up and in the end it was again Simon Kurzbuch who came out on top, one lap in ahead of Luca Martinelli and Claudio Pasquin in second and third 3rd respectively.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Last weekend’s Korean Sweep Challenge saw new Serpent Korea recruit, Wonseok Jang walking away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. In a field of 120 drivers Wonseok Jang took the TQ after the qualifiers and he went on to win the A-main from Kyosho’s Dani Choi while Bumkyu Kim (Tekno) rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
