The Deerdale Off-road Club in the UK held a round of their Winter Series this past weekend. The event was the penultimate round of the winter series and in Nitro Buggy it was HB Racing’s Graham Alsop with the win from the Team Associated duo of Neil Cragg in 2nd and Freddie Thompson in 3rd. Over in the E-Buggy class Paul Fyfe would walk away with thew in from Rob Beavers in 2nd and Chris Jeffery in 3rd.
Palm Desert Raceway of Palm Desert, California hosted round 3 of the Grass Roots Racing Series this past weekend, attracting over 130 entries. In the Open Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win in the 20-minute A-main event from 10th place qualifier, TLR’s Anthony Westergaard in 2nd. Cole Jenson, also piloting a TLR buggy, came in 3rd overall a lap short of Adam and Anthony.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
Coming from Darkside Designs are several new carbon fibre optionals for the Yokomo YZ4-SF buggy. First up is an O-ring battery hold down that does away with the need for screws and wrenches to change out the battery. Cut out of 3mm carbon fibre the set also includes an O-ring and black hardware. Next up are front and rear flex spines. They are cut out of 3mm carbon with added slots to increase flex. The parts are a direct fit and they are available separately. Last but not least is a floating ESC mount with flex spine that lets the ESC mount float just above the chassis, adding another area for increased flex. The speed controller mounting surface is pocketed to reduce weight and lower the speedo closer to the chassis and the set includes all needed hardware.
Round 10 of the popular HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK this past weekend. New Mugen signing, Jonathan Skidmore took the overall TQ in the Nitro Buggy class and he also lead the 15-minute main final from tone to tone, bringing home the win some four seconds in front of Jamie Clancy (Team Associated) as William Skidmore (Mugen) came in 3rd overall, some 15 seconds behind Jamie. Lee Martin would end the day sitting in 4th from Kevin Brunsden in 5th.
Image: Jonathan Skidmore
The opening round of the Spanish Nitro Buggy national championship was held at the San Jose track this past weekend. The event attracted over 80 entries and it was SWorkz driver, Juan Carlos Canas who would lead the way as he took the overall TQ from Mugen’s Robert Batlle. While the 45-minute main final was pretty much smooth sailing for Juan Carlos, Robert had troublesome first part of the final but he was able to settle down and establish himself in 2nd behind Juan Carlos. In the end JC Canas would bring home the win with a 1-lap margin from Robert in 2nd while Oscar Navarro (Mugen) ended the main final in 3rd, another lap down. Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo and Xray’s Joan Espasa completed the top 5 result in the same lap as Oscar.
Image: InfoRC [inforc.net]
FF Racing from the UK have introduced their new rear hub link mounts for the Team Associated B6.2 and B74 buggies. Featuring the choice between two different ball-stud mount locations the upgrade part allows for more adjustment compared to the standard part that features just one ball stud location. The mounts are compatible with the B6.2 and B74 and are available from now on.
Source: FF Racing [ffracing.co.uk]
The final round of the 2019/20 Mibosport Cup was held recently with the past season drawing nearly 365 different drivers from more than ten countries including Great Britain, The Netherlands and Sweden to compete in the ultra-competitive series that consists of both electric on-road and off-road classes. In the premier electric on-road class of Touring Modified Matej Sulc was one of the top competitors from the first race and he continued in the same manor through the whole series. Oliver Havranek missed one race which resulted in making it harder for him to fight with Matej and so he had to settle for 2nd in the overall championship. Kuba Simurda with some decent runs finished overall 3rd in front of Petr Grof and Karel Kratochvil.
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The final round of the Swedish Indoor Buggy Masters series was held at the HB Racing/Team Orion racetrack this past weekend. Going into the final round teammates David Ronnefalk and Hampus Berg were both tie on points in the 2WD class while the 4WD title was already taken by Hampus. The race was held in a Reedy-style format and going into the final heat Hampus had scored five wins while David had three wins on his belt so far. With the best four rounds to count and the best round being the tie-breaker, David was on a very good pace in his last heat and Hampus started to look nervous. During the leg, David would jump short in a double which caused a quick visit on the roof, however the forecast said it was still possible for him to set the fastest round for the day. However, in the end Hampus managed to keep the fastest round for the day but the final round had no influence in the overall result.
