The second round of the TORCH Summer Series saw Serpent’s Tony Evdoka taking the win in the triple A-mains of the 2WD buggy class. Serpent driver Dan Harper Brown came in 2nd while local hero Stephen Brown, driving a Schumacher, finished in 3rd. Craig Maher with his Serpent rounded off the top 4 spots.
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Mugen introduce the new MGT7 nitro and MGT7E electric 1/8th GT car kit. Both are based off of the World Championship winning MBX7 platform and with the addition of purpose-designed parts they are ready for the growing GT racing scene. The cars feature low-profile front and rear shock towers, 16mm diameter shocks and a 2-diff shaft-driven drivetrain with sturdy gear differentials and CVA drive shafts throughout. Specially designed front and rear body mounts offer a wide range of adjustments to allow the use of many aftermarket bodyshells while the large front plastic bumper with foam protector will help keep the front of the body front tucking during hard impact. Tough side guards keep harm away from the electronics and power train in the event of a crash.
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The 2nd round of Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship was held at the Jati Bening track with a total of 45 drivers attending the event. The race format was three rounds of 10 minutes qualifying times with the two best rounds to count followed by bump-up finals. After the qualifying Adrian Sutanto (HongNor) took the TQ honours but in the main final it was Adrian Wicaksono (Kyosho) who came out successful in front of Jason Nugroho (Xray) in 2nd place and John Agus (Kyosho) in 3rd.
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Alberto Picco has concluded his weekend in the best possible way by dominating the 60 minute long final and taking the win at the opening round of the Italian 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals in Bologna. Starting from pole position, he immediately opened a gap on Pirani, who suffered a front quick release failure some three minutes into the race, allowing reigning European Champion Dario Balestri to bump into 2nd position. Behind him, Collari moved his way up through the field after rolling his car in the first lap. 14 minutes into the race the 9-time World Champion manages to get past the Capricorn of Dario, only to be forced to retirement after a couple laps due to a pulley coming off on his car.
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Tamiyablog got their hands on first images of Tamiya’s forthcoming TRF211XM 2WD buggy and TRF102 formula kits. Starting with the buggy, the front and rear section looks pretty close to the successful TRF201XMW, the car that took the vice-championship at the 2013 IFMAR World Championships, but the main feature is the new tub chassis that will be made of a new composite material that, from what is understood, will offer different flex characteristics compared to a standard composite part in that it is more rigid without sacrificing the car’s grip characteristics. More information will become available during this week’s Shizuoka Hobby Show.
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Wild Turbo Fan have introduced the 2015 version of the Mad Max fan mount. Building on the sleek design of the previous version the ’15 fan mount offers a tension adjustment feature that allows to adjust the mount to the motor can as these can slightly vary in diameter from brand to brand. A screw incorporated into the main mount presses against a steel ball to slightly close the clamp for a tighter fit on smaller diameter cans to make sure the whole assembly safely stays in place even in rough racing conditions.
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New from Arrowmax comes a chassis balancing tool. Made from aluminium and coming gun metal anodised and laser etched the tool is made to work with all on-road chassis that offer balancing tool pin holes at the front and rear of the chassis which is a standard at most of today’s touring cars, pan cars and formula kits. Placing the chassis on the 2-piece tool helps to fine-tune the left-right balance of the car using optional weights or on-board weight distribution tools.
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During this weekend’s opening round of the Italian Nitro On-road Nationals Alberto Picco again presented himself in exceptional by taking the overall TQ following his overall 4th place at the ENS season opener held at the same track. Killing the competition taking the TQ honours in the first three rounds, he used the final qualifier to break in a new conrod in his engine. Behind him Dario Balestri suffered a clutch problem in Q1 and got a penalty for missing his marshalling, but managed to get a good Q3 and Q4 to place himself 3rd overall. Engine problems affected Lamberto Collari’s race, with the 9-time World Champion driving safe in Q3 and Q4 to ensure himself a good starting spot in the semifinal and eventually a chance to compete in the Superpole. Andrea Pirani completed the qualifying in 2nd position after snatching the TQ from Balestri in Q4, with the ENS podium finisher being very competitive in the 10 minutes long qualifiers.
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