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June 15, 2015

BRCA 1/8th Circuit Nationals Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of this year’s BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was hosted by the Halifax circuit in West Yorkshire. The entry list was good, so the competition between drivers in their respective skill levels would be very close. Local driver Tim Wood was the first absentee on Saturday due to racing the Euro B finals in Italy but was due to attend on Sunday after a night flight and travel back Sunday morning. Saturday and the pace was set by Mark Green with his Novarossi-powered Serpent but the gap back to the chasing pack was around 0.1 second per lap with the track evolving and getting quicker throughout the day.

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June 15, 2015

Ultimate M-4R Tuned 3.5cc off-road engine

Modelix Racing introduce the new M-4R Tuned nitro off-road engine which was developed by the Modelix research & development team with the input of international top level drivers such as Yannick Aigoin, Miguel Matias and Robert Batlle. Produced by Novarossi the 4-port engine features a tuned crankshaft and it is meant to be the most powerful and speedy off-road engine so far in the Ultimate range of engines, offering exceptional power through the whole powerband.

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June 15, 2015

BRCA Touring Car National Series Rd2 – Report

Mendip is one of the UK’s oldest and well established tracks, and this past weekend it hosted round two of the BRCA Touring Car series and witnessed a win for Chris Grainger. Chris took the TQ with his Team Associated car and went on to dominate the finals ahead of the Schumacher of Elliott Harper. Starting fourth was Andy Moore and he made his way through a close fought mid field to complete the podium ahead of round winner Olly Jefferies and Capricorn driver Stef Chodzynski. The result for Grainger puts him in the championship hunt and marks his first major win since joining Team Associated at the start of the season.

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June 15, 2015

Christoffer Svensson takes Swedish 4WD Buggy title

Following Oskar Levin’s 2WD Buggy title Christoffer Svensson has taken the 4WD title during last weekend’s Swedish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals. Hosted by the Höörs RC Klub the 4WD race saw Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk taking the TQ but it was Yokomo driver Christoffer who grabbed the winning honours from David while TLR’s Otto Ausfelt rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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June 15, 2015

Yeah Racing M05 graphite & efficiency upgrade kit

Yeah Racing have introduced the graphite and efficiency upgrade kit for the Tamiya M05 car. The company’s third upgrade kit for the M05 addresses possible cooling issues the car can have when racing in high ambient temperatures with three individual aluminium cooling heatsinks with cooling fans and a aluminium fan mount will keeping any motor cool in all racing conditions. The kit also includes a redesigned battery mount with a lightweight, spring loaded aluminium and carbon fibre quick release that does away with any body clips and the like. The design also allows to route the battery leads out of the top for increased safety. The set is rounded out by carbon fibre shock towers and a suitable fan unit and all aluminium parts come in metallic ice blue colour.

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June 15, 2015

Tamiya TRF211XM 1/10th 2WD buggy kit

Tamiya have released official information about their forthcoming TRF211X 1/10th 2WD buggy kit. Information about the vehicle have floated around for some time but now the Japanese manufacturer has issued proper information about the successor of the TRF201 kit. The buggy will come in a mid-motor-only configuration using the TRF201’s suspension components and a resin material main tub chassis that was specially produced to offer a highly-balanced blend of rigidity and flexibility that suits it to any surface. Rear rigidity is further enhanced by fastening the rear stiffener to the carbon fibre battery stiffener. The aluminium gearbox can be fitted with ball or gear diff units to further adapt the chassis to the surface and included in the kit comes a lightweight bodyshell and rear wing.

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June 14, 2015

Oskar Levin takes Swedish 2WD Buggy title

Oskar Lewin takes Swedish 2WD Buggy title

The Swedish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals were held at the Höörs RC Klubb’ multi-surface track this weekend. In the 2WD class Team C’s Oskar Levin came out successful from Yokomo’s Christoffer Svensson. Otto Ausfelt (TLR) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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June 14, 2015

Cody King doubles at JBRL Nitro Series Rd3

Round 3 of this year’s JBRL Nitro Series was held at the Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, AZ. In the 1/8th Nitro Expert Buggy class Kyosho’s Cody King came out successful from Adam Drake (Mugen) and Mike Truhe (Serpent) and Cody also went on to win the Expert Nitro Truggy main, this time in front of Tekno RC’s Billy Fischer and Team Associated driver Tanner Denney. The 1/8th E-Buggy class saw Mugen’s Adam Drake taking the day’s win from Billy Fischer (Tekno RC) in 2nd and Danny Trevino (Serpent) in 3rd.

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