February 3, 2020

Hovgaard & Douglas win at RC Kongen Winter Series Rd4

The Danish RC Kongen track held round 4 of their Winter Race series this past weekend. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard who would walk away with the day’s win from Xray’s Michael Hovgaard in 2nd. Team Associated’s Mathias Douglas came in 3rd to complete the top 3 results. Over in the 4WD Buggy class it was Michael Douglas with the win as Pelle Martin and Oliver Nielsen came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Frederik Hovgaard

February 3, 2020

Kyosho RB7 series LDW aluminium rear bulkhead

Coming soon from Kyosho is their new LDW aluminium rear bulkhead for the Ultima RB7 and RB7SS kits. Machined from high-quality alloy and coming in a dark anodised surface finish the part increases the overall stability and durability of the buggy’s rear end while offering three different inner camber link positions and a sturdy base to mount a rear anti-roll bar to. A white Kyosho logo makes for a professional appearance.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.com]

February 3, 2020

RSRC Treatme traction compound

Coming from Renaud Savoya’s RSRC brand is the are Treatme off-road tyre traction compound. Developed to improve overall grip and traction in low-bite conditions, as they can occur in wet weather, cold temperatures or on an oiled track, the tyre sauce comes in handy on tracks such as the ones in Padova, Reims or Montpellier. The chemical easily penetrated the tyre rubber and lasts for several runs, doing away with the need to soak the tyre before each run. It comes in a handy 150ml spray-on bottle and it is of a low-odour formula.

Source: RSRC [rsrc.biz]

February 3, 2020

Rivkin & Denney successful at TNC Madness

The Nitro Compound of Maricopa, Arizona played host to the TNC Madness season warm-up race this past weekend, attracting over 80 entries including some of country’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Ryan Maifield with the overall TQ, however Ryan wasn’t able to start the main, making way for 2nd place qualifier, Spencer Rivkin (Team Associated) as Mugen’s Tanner Denney came in 2nd overall in the 30-minute A-main, some twelve seconds behind. TLR’s Anthony Westergaard retained his qualifying spot, a lap behind. Over in Open Nitro Truggy it was Tanner Denney with the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main, leaving behind 12th place qualifier, Anthony Westergaard in 2nd from 2nd place qualifier, Chris Wheeler (TLR) in 3rd.

View the Open Nitro Truggy podium here

February 3, 2020

Michal Orlowski doubles at 2020 EOS opener

The opening round of the 2020 Euro Offroad Series was held in Daun, Germany this past weekend, attracting nearly 460 entries. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds as single round TQ, Lee Martin (Yokomo) came in 2nd on the grid. SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier, Schumacher’s Jörn Neumann and Xray’s Bruno Coelho completed the top 5 result. The triple A-mains again saw Michal again leading the way and with wins in A1 and A2 he took the overall victory early, allowing him to sit out A3 that was won by Lee Martin who would cement his overall runner-up spot from Bruno Coelho in 3rd. Micha Widmaier had to settle for 4th overall from Xray’s Martin Bayer in 5th. HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk, Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen, Schumacher’s Jörn Neumann, Team Associated’s Marcel Schneider and HB Racing’s Elias Johansson would complete the A-main result.

Continue reading the report here

February 3, 2020

Lewis Jones wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd8

Round 8 of the popular HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Lewis Jones with the overall win some four seconds in front of HB Racing’s Simon Reeves, who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers. Xray’s Callum Niblett came in 3rd, a lap behind as Dylan Saunders and Kevin Brunsden completed the top 5 results.

Image: Callum Niblett

February 1, 2020

Bach & Sousa win at Race for Ron

Makintraxx RC of Rush, New York played host to the 2nd Race for Ron event. The weekend kicked off with open practice on Friday, followed by three rounds of qualifying on Saturday. Mark Sousa was able to TQ both 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy to start from P1 in both mains. Unfortunately in the 2WD main Mark had a small mechanical in the warm-up but still decided to race but he would only be able to finish 3rd behind runner-up, Tony Meintel and winner Kyra Bach. In the 4 wheel main Mark was able to open up a gap early and slowly pulled away to take the win from Kevin Siller in 2nd and Travis Harrington in 3rd.

View the 4WD podium here

February 1, 2020

Agama A319E E-buggy kit – Teaser image

Nemo Racing from the UK have released a first teaser image of the forthcoming new Agama A319E 1/8th scale E-buggy kit. The kit is expected to be released mid-March and more images will be released closer to the release date. The buggy will sport a couple of new and neat features as well as the forward mount ESC and multiple battery configurations Agama have had for a few years now. Some colouring in the rendering is for presentation purposes only and may not reflect the actual colours of the parts in the production kit. We bring you more details on the buggy as they surface.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

Mibosport
VP Racing
T-Works