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June 17, 2015

WA EP Interclub Series final round – Report

WA EP Interclub Series final round - Report

After a brief hiatus, due to many major events taking place in Western Australia during the last few months, the final round of the WA EP Interclub series was only held recently at the RRC track in Belmont, WA on a quirky little astroturf circuit built on an unused bowling green, with some great features. The initial date for the event was abandoned and the club had the event re-run just last weekend. Many battles which had been shaping up at the front of the fields would come down to the final races. In 4WD Modified it was Josh Pain showing his usual style, dominating qualifying without challenge, with Steve Smith and Jarrod Smith following suit into the finals. The series long battle between Jarrod Smith and Chris Mitchell seemingly swinging in favour of Smith, with Mitchell staring down in 7th. In the finals it was once again Josh Pain dominating each leg, with Steve Smith in 2nd and Jarrod Smith in 3rd, rounding out the podium and allowing Jarrod Smith to jump to 3rd in the series standings on an equal points tie with Chris Mitchell. Steve Smith would end the series in 2nd and Josh Pain took the trill.

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June 17, 2015

Sweep 2.4″ 1/10th buggy wheels & inserts

Sweep 2.4" 1/10th buggy wheels & inserts

Sweep have introduced new 2.4″ rims and inserts for 1/10th electric buggies. The rims are made of a special nylon mixture that will offer optimised strength to make for improved traction and easy handling over the rough parts of the track. They utilise 12mm wheel hex adapters and are usable with most new generation 2.4″ tyres. As for the inserts, they are designed to perfectly match with the new wheels and latest generation of low profile 2.4″ tyres and like the wheels they are available as 2WD front, 4WD front and 2WD/4WD rear variants.

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June 17, 2015

Finnish 1/10th Off-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

Finnish 1/10th Off-road nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Finnish 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Vaasa track, home of the 2011 IFMAR Worlds. The 2WD class would be run on Saturday while the 4WD buggies would be used on Sunday. On Saturday morning the track was pretty wet, but Joel Valander was immediately on pace, setting the fastest time in the controlled practice session. The first qualifying round saw a really close battle for the top three positions with the round TQ going to Petri Ström, Karri Salmela finishing 2nd and Joel Valander 3rd. From that moment on Joel started dominating. He TQ’ed the remaining three rounds to take the pole position for the finals in front of Petri Ström and Karri Salmela. Joel was then able to cruise to the win in A1 and A2 to take the overall win in the 2WD class. Petri and Karri were battling behind him for the runner-up spot with the better end for Karri while Petri rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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June 17, 2015

Mike Gosvig wins at Danish 1/8 Off-road Nationals Rd4

Round four of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the ENB-RC track in Holstebro on a technical dirt track. In the Nitro Truggy class Mike Gosvig took the overall TQ after winning the third and fourth qualifying round. Rain before the finals and even at the start of the main made for a muddy track that saw Mike starting from the pole position and building a gap on the field within the first couple of minutes. Around halfway into the race Mike had build a 5-lap lead as many other drivers struggled with flameouts but his car started to become heavier with every lap and so his pit crew decided to take an extra stop to clean the rims and body. Mike rejoined the action with a 3-lap margin on the runner-up spot and in the final stages of the race his truggy again had collected a lot of dirt so that he was hardly able to jump the obstacles, but Gosvig took it easy and brought home a secure win in front of 2nd placed Jesper Lund and Christian Willams who rounded out the podium in 3rd. Behind the trio Henrik Fihl, Tim Culmsee and Dennis Frandsen completed the top 6 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 17, 2015

International 40+ EP Buggy Race – Announcement

The Motorsport Club of Vaasa in Finland will hold the International Electric Buggy Race for 40+ drivers on their IFMAR World Championship proven track in Vaasa. The 1/10th 2WD and 4WD event will take place from the 21st to 23rd of August and it is recognised as international event by the EFRA. The race will see some one-of-a-kind specialities such as overnight car impound, closed pits from 7 pm on as well as tyre gluing services to help with social aspects of a race meeting and avoiding drivers from wrenching on their cars all night long. As a compensation the organisers will offer special programs every night. More information and sign-up can be found on the official website here.

June 17, 2015

Loran Whiting TQs & wins at US Midwest Series Rd2

The second round of the US Midwest Series was held in Portage, Indiana with 64 entries spread out among 1/8th GT, Pan Car, 1/8th 4WD, 1/10th Modified Electric Sedan, and 1/10th Nitro Sedan. In 1/10th Nitro Sedan it was Loran Whiting who was able to TQ and win the A-main. Loran also TQ’d and won round 1 back in May and with her second win in the series she is leading the point standings for 1/10 scale.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

June 17, 2015

Carlos Pineda wins at Catalonia Championship Rd3

The third round of the Catalonia Electric Off-road Championship was held at the Costa Brava club in Spain. In the 4WD Buggy class Carlos Pineda took the TQ and win with Max Ricca and Juanma Lerma coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Carlos also came out successful in the 2WD class to round out a perfect weekend.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 17, 2015

T-Works Natrix 748 aluminium servo saver lever

Coming from T-Works and made for the Serpent Natrix 748 is an aluminium servo saver lever. Designed to replace the standard composite part the lever offers higher rigidity for improved steering precision on high-traction tracks and improved durability when using a high servo saver spring tension. The part is machined from high-quality aluminium and it comes black anodised and laser-etched for easy identification.

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