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October 7, 2015

Belgian SCT Cup Rd6 – Report

Round six of the 2015 Belgian SCT Cup was held on the dirt track in Seraing. Despite being quite late in the year the race could be run on a dry track, making for good racing conditions for the several drivers present. In Pro2 qualification, Nicolas Evens (TLR) took round TQ in the first and third qualifier to grab the overall TQ from Martin Vierin (Team Associated) who started from the 2 spot after winning Q2. Laurent Halluin (Team Associated) completed the top 3.

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October 7, 2015

Intech ER-14 12 degree aluminium C-hubs

Coming from Intech and made for the ER-14 buggy are 12 degree aluminium C-hubs. The parts are machined from Swiss 7075-T6 aluminium and they are made to increase durability and stability even in the most extreme racing conditions. The black anodised hubs come laser-etched for easy identification and they are direct replacements for the stock parts.

Source: Intech [intechracing.com]

October 7, 2015

Miguel Leiva takes Spanish Nitro Touring B title

The final round of the Spanish Nitro Touring B Championships would decide over the overall title with Miguel Leiva, Antonio J. Gonzalez, and Jonathan Carrillo all having the chance to grab the championship title. Jonathan would run into problems in the main final and was ruled out for the fight for the championship, while Miguel Leiva lead the race with Antonio J, Gonzalez and Agustin Rodriguez behind him. Antonio would lead at some point but a mistake cost him several positions and so Miguel Leiva would come in first to take the championship with Antonio J. Gonzalez taking the vice-championship title.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 7, 2015

Oscar Navarro takes Madrid Buggy regional title

The final round of the Madrid Nitro Buggy regional championship was held at the Tarancon track. Oscar Navarro would take the TQ after the qualifiers but it was Javier Pombo who came out fastest after the semifinals to start from pole position into the main final. The A-main would then see Oscar Navarro taking an early lead and he would keep it until the end to take the win from Javier Pombo and Ignacio Gutierrez in second and third respectively. With the win Oscar also secured himself the overall regional championship.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 7, 2015

Kyle Klingforth sweeps 2015 Halloween Classic

This past weekend NORCAR R/C Racing at The Gate hosted their 21st edition of the Halloween Classic. This year proved to be the largest Halloween Classic ever with IIC not happening in 2015. In the largest class, 17.5 Touring, Xray’s Sam Issacs would take TQ in round 1 and re-set TQ in round 3. At the start of the main, a mini failnado would mix things up and out of the carnage, Sam Issacs lead Kyle Klingforth (Awesomatix) for the first few laps with Xray’s Eric Anderson in 3rd. Early on Kyle and Eric would swap places once, and then give them back the lap later. On the 25th lap Sam would tap out allowing the hard charging Kyle to take over the lead. The rest of the podium would be decided with just four laps to go when Eric fell victim of team mate Dan Hamann which allowed last year’s winner, Michael Hanulec (Awesomatix) to promote himself into 3rd after starting 9th.

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October 7, 2015

Alexander Hagberg wins at ORCA Cup Malaysia

The ORCA Cup Malaysia was recently held at the Kota Raja track in Klang, just outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2-day event saw the running of four different classes and the attendance of Sweden’s Alexander Hagberg as a special guest. The current EFRA Touring Car European Champion would attend in the Modified Touring class and he was facing some difficulties at first as the bumpy and low-grip track took the better of him, allowing local Azri Amri to take the TQ. In the finals Alex was then able to fight for the win after some drastic setup changes. A1 though didn’t went to plan but the Swede was fighting back in A2 after a mid-race mistake of Azri allowed Alexander to take the win. In the third and decisive final leg Alex was again able to profit of a mistake by Azri, allowing Alexander to take the overall win in the Modified class.

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October 7, 2015

French Electric On-road Nationals Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Reding. In the premier class of Touring Car Modified Loic Jasmin (Yokomo) took the day’s win from Team Magic driver Cyril N’Diaye and Xray’s Hugo Ragaut. Jérémy Limoges and Rémi Callens in fourth and fifth respectively rounded out the top 5 result.

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October 7, 2015

Avid B5-series titanium steering system screws

New from Avid and made for Team Associated’s 5th generation 1/10th off-road vehicles are the titanium steering system screws. The fasteners are shouldered to remove the slop out of the steering rack while also dropping 3g of weight. Also the kit screws measure in at 2.91mm where Avid’s titanium shouldered screws come in at 2.99mm for a much tighter bearing fit. The screws are machined from billet 6Al-4V titanium, each package includes two 3-12mm and two 3-22mm fasteners and they fit the B5, B5M, T5M, and SC5M.

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