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May 12, 2014

Thilo Alexander Toedtmann claims Euro-B title

The 1/10 200mm EFRA European B Championship was held in the last week at the ARCA RC Track in Alcobendas near Madrid. The race showed some strong competition with practice started on Monday running on controlled tires and the race officially kicked off on Thursday with controlled practice rounds. Right from the start Xray’s Thilo Alexander Toedtmann showed a strong pace that he was able to conserve for the timed practice and also the qualifying rounds handing him the provisional TQ on Friday with two rounds to go on Saturday. Cooler temperatures on the weekend meant Thilo’s TQ would be in danger and a mistake in the final lap of the final qualifying round let the German drop to 3rd place overall.

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May 12, 2014

Pedro Rombouts wins at Dutch nitro on-road nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the Dutch nitro on-road nationals was run at the track of the MAC de Baanbrekers track in Rucphen. The weather was nice all weekend making for good racing conditions. During the 200mm class qualifying Daan Stuiver set a strong pace followed by Pedro Rombouts. Ricardo Hofmeijer and Milan Holthuis completed the top 4. In the main final Dann was able to open a gap on Pedro and he pulled away from the field. While an intense battle for the 3rd place arose, Pedro was able to start closing the gap on Daan after the first fuel stop. Just before the second round of pit stops Pedro was hot on the tail of Daan and with 12 minutes into the race Pedro ultimately found a way past. Rombouts then was able to pull away from the field allowing him to cruise to the victory in the 30 minute final. Daan Stuiver came in 2nd a lap down on Pedro while Ricardo completed the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 12, 2014

Bayer doubles at Czech 1/8th off-road nationals Rd1

The first round of the Czech Republic 1/8th off-road national championship took place this past weekend in Horni Jeleni. The race format saw four qualifying rounds on Saturday with the fifth and final qualifier being run on Sunday, followed by the finals. The weekend started out wet but the weather on Saturday cleared up and in the improving conditions it was Xray’s Martin Bayer who took the TQ in both the Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes. On Sunday, right before the semifinals, heavy rain poured down meaning the finals had to be cancelled. This handed Martin Bayer the win in the Nitro Buggy class from David Kukla and Jan Zamis.

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May 12, 2014

Javi Pompo wins Euro-B warm up

The 1/8th Buggy EFRA European B Championship warm-up was run last weekend on the CARTT track in Madrid, Spain. Javi Pombo (Mugen/Ultimate) came out first followed by Mugen teammate Borja Hernandez and Kyosho driver Alvaro Mardones.

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]

May 12, 2014

Spec-R XB4 series aluminium rear hubs

Spec-R introduce these aluminium rear hubs for Xray’s XB4 line of buggies. The parts are CNC-machined from 7075 aluminium and come with a hard-coated finish for durability and looks. The hubs are a direct fit on all XB4 buggies including the 4WD and 2WD variants.

Source: Spec-R [spec-r.com]

May 12, 2014

Anthony Abisset wins at French nitro on-road nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the French nitro on-road nationals saw Anthony Abisset taking the win in the 1/8th class. Serpent teammate Christophe Louis took 2nd place with Romain Baehrel taking 3rd to complete the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 12, 2014

TLR 22 series bellcrank steering system

Team Losi Racing have released first official information on a bellcrank steering system for the 22 series of 2WD buggies and trucks. Testing has shown that a bellcrank steering can have advantages over the kit’s rail-type steering assembly as the reduced Ackermann geometry of the bellcrank steering making the vehicle less aggressive off-centre while adding low speed steering at the same time. The kit includes all needed parts to convert the TLR 22, 22 2.0, 22T or 22SCT and comes with ball-raced bellcranks, a new steering link, ball cups and ball joints as well as new steering spindles. The kit will become available by mid-August.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

May 12, 2014

David Ronnefalk wins rain-hit Swedish Cup Rd 1

The first round of the Swedish 1/8th off-road cup was run in Skövde this past weekend. Due to constant rain during the week the track was flooded when the drivers arrived on Friday evening and the organisers quickly tried to dry the track on Saturday morning, but come the first practice round it was still very wet and only a few drivers opted to run on the saw dust covered track. When the second round started things became better and most of the drivers tried to get some laps in before the qualifying.

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