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August 5, 2014

Rain affects Day 1 final practice at 1:8 Euros

After a damp start to Day 1 of the 34th running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships, the inclement weather would affect the days final round of practice arriving just as some of the title favourites took to the track for last and extended practice round at the German event. With Darren Bloomfield having just posted the fastest time for the 9-minute run in Group 8 of 15, as group 9 headed by defending champion David Ronnefalk took to the track the rain which had been dodged all day arrived leaving the Kyosho driver to pull up after just one full lap. With the track wet no one from Group 10, which included Mugen team-mates Robert Batlle and Lee Martin, would take to the track. Also setting the fastest lap of the round albeit 2/10ths slower than his fastest lap of P3, the closest on pace to Bloomfield’s Agama was Xray’s Martin Bayer who was only 13/1000ths off.

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August 5, 2014

Thomas Musso wins Belgian 1/8th BL nats Rd4

The 4th round of the Belgian 1/8th brushless buggy nationals was held in Enghien during the Week-end Du Modelisme show. The race was run on a purpose-built grass track and the changeable weather conditions made tyre choice critical. Some guest drivers such as Frenchman Thomas Musso (HongNor) or Belgian 1/10th champion Nicolas Risser (Team C) joined the race and after the qualifying it was Thomas Musso who made a perfect sweep for TQ by winning all 3 qualifying rounds. French ace Sebastian Wartelle (Kyosho) took the runner-up spot after the qualifiers. In the final Thomas again excelled and three wins got him the overall victory from Nicolas Risser and Sebastian Wartelle who suffered from bad tyre choices in the finals.

Thanks to Jean-Michel for sending the report.

August 5, 2014

Serpent Cobra-E 1/8th electric truggy kit

Serpent introduce the Cobra-E 1/8th electric truggy kit. Based off the race-proven nitro version the electric-powered variant, previously only available as a conversion kit, features a narrow 7075-T6 aluminium chassis with carbon fibre shock towers, 3-diff drivetrain, and spring steel transmission parts. Big bore aluminium shock absorbers, rigid suspension parts and an angled steering system make for superior on-track performance while being easy to adjust at the same time. Longitudinally mounted 2S LiPo battery mounts and special chassis stiffeners round out the chassis package. Included with the kit comes an aerodynamically shaped truck bodyshell.

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August 5, 2014

Honigl goes fastest in Germany

Hupo Honigl topped the third round of practice at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Germany to set a new fastest time over 5-minutes at the Sand am Main track. The Team C driver was just shy of completing a 10-lap run with a very similarly paced Yannic Aigoin posting the second fastest time with his prototype Team Associated buggy. In terms of outright pace former Champion Darren Bloomfield set a new fastest lap taking his Bullitt powered Agama around the track in a time of 28.365 seconds.

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August 5, 2014

Reds Racing Quattro clutch steel flywheel

Reds Racing have a steel flywheel for the Quattro off-road clutch system available. The flywheel has been specifically developed to provide smoother acceleration out of the corner while improving handling on rough and loose conditions for more consistent lap times. Furthermore the flywheel slightly increases fuel mileage and it makes for a more consistent idle and thus easier carburettor tuning.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

August 5, 2014

Boots sets early pace at 1:8 Offroad Euros

Elliott Boots has set the early pace on the opening day of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships at Sand am Main in Germany. The Kyosho driver set the fastest time both in terms of overall time and single fastest lap in the second of two opening 5-minute practice runs. Behind the British driver it was 2013 podium finisher Martin Bayer who was second fastest around the unique hill side track, the Xray driver only 1 second off on the completion of 9-laps.

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August 5, 2014

MIP Cougar KF Pucks shiny drive systems

MIP have two new Pucks shiny drive systems for the Schumacher Cougar KF buggy available. Coming in two specific sets for gear or ball diff equipped buggies, both sets make use of MIP’s “shiny” C-CVD drive shafts that are ideal for modified racing thanks to their durable design. Included in the sets are also ball diff or gear diff specific aluminium outdrives for the use with MIP’s Pucks drive pin cushions as well as steel wheel axles and small parts.

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August 5, 2014

Jesse Davis wins at Asian On-Road Series Melbourne

Leading in to the Melbourne round of this year’s AOC event, everyone’s pick was former World Champion Andy Moore, who made the trip from the UK to battle it out with Australia’s best. Practice on the Thursday left everyone speechless when Australia’s newest edition to Xray, Jesse Davis was 0.4s a lap faster than the World Champ Andy Moore. Come Friday, the competition got tougher, and VBC Star Ryan Maker was in full contention to take on the WC, and let Jesse Davis know this is his track and he is here to stamp his authority. Qualifying commenced on the Friday night and Ryan Maker was to TQ the first round.

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