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March 2, 2020

Booth & Howells take Astro Winter Series titles

The fifth and final round of the Astro Winter Series was held at the Brookthorpe Model Car Club in the UK this past weekend. This meeting was a strange one to start with because there was a level of apprehension in the air because no one seemed to know what was going to happen with the weather. Ultimately it was a bit of an on and off affair but the race would mainly go on as planned and with 55 drivers in attendance. As for the racing, the 15-minutes Nitro Buggy A-final was the last race of the day and it was won by Lee Martin (Agama) with an impressive 23 laps. Mitch Booth came in 2nd place with his Tekno. Jake Knight came in 3rd place, 4th place was taken by another Agama driver, Kevin Brunsden.

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March 2, 2020

Juan Carlos Canas wins at Levante Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Levante Championship was held at the Circuito de Roldan track in Murcia, Spain this past weekend. The single Nitro Buggy class saw Juan Carlos Canas taking the overall TQ from Manuel Iniesta in 2nd and Oscar Baldo in 3rd. The opening stages of the 45-minute A-main event brought some mix ups all over the field with Manuel Iniesta eventually taking the lead but not for long as he dropped back to the end of the field and eventually recovered to 7th overall, while Juan Carlos regained P1 on lap 8 and from there he never looked back to take the win a lap in front of Oscar Baldo while Antonio Manuel Almaida came in 3rd overall to round out the podium another lap down. José Tomás Escudero in 4th and Francisco Garcia Ortiz in 5th completed the top5.

Image: Juan Carlos Canas

March 2, 2020

Yeah Racing TRX-4 312mm wheelbase stainless steel links

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Traxxas TRX-4 trail truck is a new stainless set suspension link set for 312mm wheelbase chassis. The links are direct replacements for the standard parts and while bringing with them a certain weight, that is helpful when tackling difficult terrain, they are also highly corrosion resistant, ensuring the links look good for longer.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

March 2, 2020

Tsuruta & Sugiura win at Mugen Off-road Cup Rd1

The opening round of the Japanese 2020 Mugen Off-road Cup was held this past weekend in 1/8th Buggy Open and Sports classes. In the Open class A main TQ holder Kenji Osaka took the lead with Tsuruta, Kajiwara, and Noguchi in tow. On lap four Tsuruta was able to get by Osaka for the lead and he gradually pulled away, extending the gap. Ultimately Aya Tsuruta was able to bring home the win at the end of the 30-minute main final, leaving behind Kenji Osaka in 2nd while Juriya Kajiwara rounded out the top 3 result another lap down. Over in the Sports class A-main and after an entertaining race it was Kiyohiko Sugiura with the win some 5.7 seconds in front of Daisuke Horii in 2nd as Kobayashi Hiroshi came in 3rd, some 6.4 seconds back.

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March 2, 2020

Carsten Keller TQs & wins at 2020 Bütschwil GP

The annual Bütschwil GP was hosted by the Buggy Club Hornets this past weekend in Bütschwil, Switzerland, attracting nearly 100 entries. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy, a class that attracted 73 entries alone, it was Team Associated’s Carsten Keller with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds as Xray’s Aaron Münster came on the runner-up spot with a single round TQ. The 45-minute main final again had Carsten holding the upper hand as Aaron came in 2nd, some two laps behind. Felix Koegler (JQRacing) would end the day on the 3 spot, another lap down as Christoph Affolter and Sven Zünd came in 4th and 5th respectively. Over in the E-Buggy class it was again Carsten with the overall TQ and in the single 10-minute A-main event he would take the win with a lap margin from Noah Kaufmann in 2nd and Christoph Affolter in 3rd.

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March 2, 2020

Tyler Hooks doubles at RC Pro Series opener

The opening round of the RC Pro Series was held at Mike’s Gulf Coast RC Raceway in Porter, Texas this past weekend, drawing close to 260 entries. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Brandon Rose with the overall TQ, however it was Tekno RC’s Tyler Hooks who came out on top in the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre in 2nd, a lap down. Another lap down it was Agama’s Jake French who would complete the top 3 while HB Racing’s Dillon Caldwell and Agama’s Robbie Darby rounded out the top 5. Top qualifier, Brandon Rose had to settle for 13th overall due to a DNF.

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March 2, 2020

Willspeed YZ2 Cal 3 & XB2 Take One D arm mounts

Following their B6.1/B6.2 Take One D arm mount Willspeed now also roll out D arm mounts for the Yokomo YZ2 and the Xray XB2 2020 and 2019 kits. Designed for carpet racers, The TakeOne D hangers remove 1 degree of in-board toe-in, racers to achieve 0.5 and even 0 degrees in-board toe. The capable in-board toe-in range is 0 to 3 degrees with no change to anti-squat adjustment. Removing toe allows the rear axle to act more efficiently, reducing tyre scrub, increasing mid corner rotation and increased on power steering. The parts come machined from high-quality aluminium and the are anodised clear for a shiny silver look.

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March 2, 2020

SWorkz release full S12-2 details

Following a couple of teasers and first images of the production-ready kit, SWorkz finally unveiled all details of their forthcoming all-new S12-2 1/10th scale 2WD buggy kit. The car builds on a lightened and hard-anodised 7075 aluminium main chassis whose layout allows for up to six different battery positions while the overall chassis flex can be changed by adjusting the sideguards. In the suspension department the car sports an updated geometry that was developed to provide optimised corner speeds and an easy handling on carpet or very high-bite tracks. The S12-2 uses a 4mm carbon fibre front shock tower and a completely new designed front C-Hub geometry. An adjustable Ackermann plate and carbon fibre steering plates come as a kit standard as do the new gullwing lower arms that provide a lower shock position which leads to a lower centre of gravity.

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