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November 24, 2015

Ryan Lutz wins Nitro Truggy at US Open Fuel Champs

The inaugural US Open Fuel Championships race was held at the Fear Farm Raceway this past weekend. A number of Pro drivers made the journey and it was raced like the “old days” where there was just one class per vehicle. Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz would have a mixed Nitro Truggy qualifier but he would end up with the TQ spot and in the main final and right from the tone Lutz was in front of TLR’s Ryan Maifield as the top four made a breakaway from the pack. Maifield would challenge Lutz early on but he started to fall back as the Tekno driver found his groove and began to pull away. Soon Lutz had a 5 second lead and it continued to grow. His closest competitors mid race both had issues thus allowing him an even greater margin to 2nd. In the end of the 45 min A-main Lutz was able to win by about 1.5 laps over his Tekno teammate Joe Bornhorst. Serpent’s Mike Truhe would round out the top 3.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

November 24, 2015

Intech ER-14 aluminium steering knuckles

New from Intech and made for the ER-14 off-road buggy are aluminium steering knuckles. Machined from 7075-T6 aluminium the parts offer improved rigidity and steering response compared to the standard composite items. The black anodised hubs come laser-etched, including separate steering levers and they are a direct replacement for the stock parts.

Source: Intech [intechracing.com]

November 24, 2015

Keung wins Chinese Alpha Plus Cup

‪Keung‬ wins Chinese Alpha Plus Cup

The first ever Alpha Plus Cup was held at the KRC track in ‪Shenzhen‬, China with local racers and also guests from Taiwan and Hong Kong in attendance. Entries were limited at 70 for the one day event that was run with mandatory Alpha Dragon III engines and Alpha’s own 2130 exhaust. In the 8 minute qualifiers Taiwanese driver Chen took the TQ for the 45 minute main final but he had to retire early in the race due to a servo failure. Ultimately Keung from Hong Kong would take the day’s win from Taiwanese driver Siu on the runner-up spot. Yeung, also from Taiwan, would grab the final podium spot to round out the top 3.

Thanks to John Ho for the report.

November 24, 2015

SoCal RC Scale Series Rd1 – Report

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Round 1 of the SoCal RC Scale Series was held at TQ RC Racing in Chino. With Summer coming to an end, it was time to return to begin the second year of the popular Winter Series. Five race days comprise the series and a drivers’ best four event results count toward the end of series awards for both Sportsman and Expert drivers. The Formula cars were first to set qualifying times for their race heats for the day. The series’ unique system uses a three minute qualifying run to set the five best (non-consecutive) laps averaged together. Josh Tran would hold the initial TQ spot with his qualifying time of 11.320 in the first group but there were some heavy hitters eager to best Josh’s time. When the dust settled, Craig “Cuda” Hammon, after a lot of hard work to get his carpet competitiveness close to his outdoor pace, took the top spot; narrowly besting Aaron Lane with a five lap average of 10.656 to Aaron’s 10.667, just 0.011 second gap. Third qualifier would be Kevin “Panda” Cole with a 10.938 effort. The difference between 3rd to 9th qualifiers was only 0.2 seconds. The change this season from 21.5 to 25.5 motors has closed the overall gap and would make for some very exciting racing.

Continue reading the report here

November 24, 2015

Adam Drake wins at Revelation Raceway Turkey Race

The recent Turkey Race at Revelation Raceway saw Mugen’s Adam Drake walking away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. HB driver Victor Guerrero came in second while Ricky Rodriguez rounded out the podium in third place.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

November 23, 2015

Roche Rapide F1 Formula pan car – Teaser image

Roche Rapide F1 1/10th Formula pan car

Roche have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming Rapide F1 1/10th scale formula pan car kit. The vehicle is in its final development stages and set for a release in January 2016. Nothing is known yet in terms of specifications and features but the image available that shows a somewhat “industry standard” front end, utilising double carbon fibre arms, a single bellcrank steering system and a floating aluminium servo mount. We bring you more details and images as soon as they become available.

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

November 23, 2015

ProjectRC INS-Box & airfilter

ProjectRC have introduced their new INS-Box for 1/10th and 1/8th on-road cars. The EFRA approved box features a special airfilter element designed to ProjectRC’s specifications that offers improved airflow, boosting the engine’s performance without affecting engine life. The box, including airfilter, is available in a black or clear variant and the filters are additionally available as convenient 3-piece packs.

Source: Project [projectrc.net]

November 23, 2015

Stadler doubles at South German regional qualifier

Dionys Stadler doubles at South German regional qualifier

Round 2 of the South German regionals was held in Gottmadingen on a technical yet low-grip track. In the Touring Modified class Dionys Stadler would take the TQ for the triple A-mains that he went on to win with a good margin on the second place driver. Carl Groessel would end the day on the second place while Christian Gerlach completed the top 3 result. In the 1/12th class it was again Dionys, in only his second 1/12th race, who took the TQ and the win in the main finals. As in the Touring class Carl and Christian would come in second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]