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August 19, 2020

Jarno Siltanen takes Finnish E-Buggy title

Last weekend’s Finnish 1/8th Off-road Nationals were held at the Vaasa track in nitro and electric classes. While Joona Haatanen walked away with the win in the Nitro Buggy class, it was Jarno Siltanen (Mugen) with the TQ and win in the E-Buggy category. The opening A-main would see Karri Salmela (Team Associated) taking the win with a 3-seconds margin from Mikko Luopajärvi (Team Associated), however the pole position holder stroke back in A2 and A3 to seal the title from Karri in 2nd and local hero Mikko in 3rd.

Image: Karri Salmela

August 19, 2020

Tom Yardy wins at Telford Reedy Race

The Telford Reedy Race was held in the UK last weekend with the event format being based on the famous Reedy Race style of heads up racing – no qualifiers against the clock. 32 drivers were split into groups of four cars and each driver raced against each other driver at least once over four rounds of four minute racing. Tom Yardy was able to take comfortable wins in all of his races on the bumpy astroturf surface. Unlike the normal Reedy race, the format was adapted slightly from this point, with the top eight drivers based on their combined best race results going into two semi-finals and the top two from each race would then contest the main final. Tom started his semi from pole and quickly gapped the field to take the win and with the fastest time from both semis, he would start the main final from the front of the grid. In the final, Tom set the fastest time of the day to take a comfortable overall win from Mathew Dodd and Tony Bishop.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 19, 2020

Cavalieri & Phend win at The Wicked Weekend

The 2020 The Wicked Weekend event was held at S&B RC Raceway in Piedmont, South Carolina last weekend, attracting nearly 260 entries including many of the country’s Pro 1/8th off-road racers. In the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was TLR’s Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ from SWorkz’s Ryan Cavalieri in 2nd. The 30-minute A-main event saw Ryan taking over the lead 18 laps in to the race and from there he never looked back to take the win some 2.9 seconds in front of Dakotah while Mugen’s Ryan Maifield came in 3rd overall, another 7.8 seconds behind. HB Racing’s Cole Ogden would come in 4th, while Spencer Rivkin (Team Associated) ended the day in 5th, and still on the same lap as the winner.

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August 19, 2020

Klinik RC Cougar 5 deg vertical ballstud caster blocks

Coming soon from Klinik RC are new 5 degree vertical ballstud caster blocks for the Schumacher Cougar Laydown and the forthcoming all-new Storm ST 2020 truck. Klink RC designed the caster blocks with the option of increasing front end grip, mechanical traction and steering response. With 0 washers these have the same geometry as a stock upright, adding washers will add initial steering response and increase corner speed. The parts will fit the Cougar Laydown, KC, KD and 2020 Storm racing truck kit.

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August 18, 2020

Team Associated B74.1 series Team kits

Team Associated have introduced their new B74.1 and B74.1D Team Kit 1/10th scale 4WD buggies. The off-road RC car racing scene has changed over the past few years, with turf and carpet racing becoming more popular and grip levels at an all-time high. The engineers inside Team Associated’s Area 51 were quick to answer the 4WD class with the RC10B74 Team Kit, a completely new chassis configuration equipped with a long list of features designed to give you the winning edge. The B74.1 platform introduces the use of two separate chassis configurations. The B74.1 is the buggy of choice for high-grip carpet or turf track surfaces with its next-generation Octalock 2-Pad high-load, high-capacity, centre slipper clutch and optimised carpet kit setup. The B74.1D includes a centre differential with 200,000 cSt silicone fluid and an optimised dirt kit setup.

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August 18, 2020

Schumacher tease Storm ST stadium truck

Schumacher have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming all-new Storm ST 1/10th 2WD stadium truck. The vehicle is understood to be based on their popular and successful Cougar 2WD buggy line however official details aren’t available at this time. We bring you more details as soon as they surface.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

August 18, 2020

Pelle Culmsee sweeps Danish Off-road Nats Rd3

The third round of this year’s Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the RC Center Skive last weekend. Sunday’s Nitro Buggy race was TQ’d and won by Pelle Culmsee (SWorkz) who had some issues in the semifinal and only started from P4 on the grid. However some ten laps into the 45-minute main final he was able to grab the lead and from there he never looked back to take the win some three laps in front of Magnus Frandsen (JQRacing) in 2nd. Nikolai Lamberts (Serpent) came in 3rd overall to round out the podium some 24 seconds back.

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August 18, 2020

Sousa & Morrow double at Nitro Blast race

Otterville RC Raceway hosted the Nitro Blast race last weekend with over 170 entries making for busy days. Mark Sousa would be the top seed in in the Nitro Buggy class and he continued to stay on top throughout qualifying to take the overall TQ and pole position for the 45-minute A-main event. The main race on Sunday would be held in rainy conditions despite the track crew trying their best to get through the day’s programme as fast as possible in order to avoid the weather. The rain made the track super slick but Mark was able to conserve his qualifying performance as he took the win by quite some margin with Douglas Shewfelt and George Stilliadis coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Barrett Morrow with the win from Andrew Bucar in 2nd and David Reime in 3rd.

View the E-Buggy podium here