At the 6th round of the Dutch Buggy Cup 13 year old Jarno Pijpers took the win in the Hobby class, handing him the overall Hobby category championship title. Jarno also grabbed the win in the Sportman class while Jordi Velder ended the race on the runner-up spot. Jasper van Duppen rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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Serpent have new optional parts for the Natrix 748 and Eryx 411 1/10th on-road cars available. First up is an aluminium servo saver lever for the 748. The CNC-machined part is made from 7075-T6 material and offers improved rigidity over the stock composite lever. The composite Ackermann inserts of the standard part are usable with the alloy servo saver in order to help adjust the steering characteristics of the car.
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As things start to get official at the 1:8 Offroad World Championship in Sicily defending Champion Robert Batlle topped the times for the opening round of controlled practice. The 10-minute run of which the drivers’ 3-fastest consecutive laps over the final 5-minutes are counted saw the order of the Top 3 from yesterday’s open practice reversed with David Ronnefalk second fastest and Ty Tessmann third.
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The final of the German 1/8th E-Buggy nationals was held at the RC Racing Club Eisenach track this past weekend. The weather made for mixed conditions the whole weekend and especially the 40+ A-main was run in pretty severe rain. The man to beat during the weekend was Steven Schöniger who not only took TQ but also dominated the 15 minute final. In 2nd place seasoned racer, Daniel Reckward finished the main some 10 seconds behind Steven while Marvin Fritschler completed the top 3 result. Stefan Scheuenplug in 4th and Luca Jost in 5th position rounded out the top 5.
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Two new aluminium option parts for the Yokomo B-Max2 2WD buggy come from Arrowmax. Available now are front bulkheads to replace the original composite A-arm mount with a stronger and slightly heavier part. Cut from high-quality aluminium the bulkheads also add rigidity to the front end while the blue anodising matches the remainder of Arrowmax’ Yokomo option parts. The bulkheads are available in standard and narrow version.
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Cedric Nickell came out successful at the League 4 race in Matigny, France this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy Open category Cedric ended the final with a 10 second gap on Pierre Descamps. A lap down Maxime Bulliot rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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An extended World Championship open practice, due to the fact there was no Warm-up Race, is finally complete with Ty Tessmann the fastest man in Sicily at the end of four hot days of practice. Topping the final round of practice, it was the US National Champion’s time from the 2nd of the day’s three 10-minute runs that gives him the early bragging rights over European Champion David Ronnefalk and the defending World Champion Robert Batlle. The highest placed improvement for the final practice came from Ryan Maifield, the US driver ending up fourth ahead of former team-mate Yannick Aigoin.
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Ty Tessmann jumped back to the top of the practice time sheets at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Sicily, the HB driver almost equalling his outright fastest time set yesterday. After making a wrong tyre choice for the day’s opening run, the Canadian improved on his morning pace by over 3 seconds with David Ronnefalk closest over 3-consecutive laps from the 10-minute run. Fastest first time round and bettering that time, defending World Champion Robert Batlle completed the Top 3 with a pace that was just 0 .005 off that of Ronnefalk.
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