The 2019 Coupe de France was held in Meyrargues in four different 1/10th Electric Off-road classes last weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy, attracting 45 entries, it was Armand Lantheaume (Xray) with the overall win from Team Associated’s Clement Boda in 2nd and TLR’s Renaud Savoya in 3rd.
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Round 1 of the DieHard RC Indoor Off-Road Series was held in Snohomish, Washington last weekend, attracting nearly 160 entries that made for some competitive racing. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Jeff Jenkins Jr. with the overall TQ after the double qualifiers, however in the single 6-minute A-main event it was Mikey Brown, coming from P5 on the grid, who would hold the upper hand to bring home the silverware some 2.9 seconds in front of Jeff. Tyler Wilbur would come in 3rd to round out the podium result in front of Travis Harker in 4th.
Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]
After a successful and well backed series in 2018/19, the EssexCarpetClash returned last weekend for their second season located in the south of England. The opening meeting was fully booked with both 4 and 2 wheel-drive classes, 2 wheel-drive being the more popular. Having completed all rounds of qualifying, top dog in 4WD was Stephen Brown who had a perfect qualifier taking all four rounds, showing that he was going to be difficult to beat come the finals. John Painter lined up 2nd on the grid, with Mark Lewis, a top runner from last year in 3rd.
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Coming from JConcepts’ RM2 brand are the black Clover 1/8th scale wing buttons. In the 1/8th off-road world a securely fastened wing is critical during qualifiers, main events and those all-important long practice sessions. RM2 has a new option available for 1/8th buggy racers that like to do a little more beating and banging on the track. When IFMAR World Champion Ryan Maifield was asked about what detail he is looking for in a wing button, he simply stated, it must be durable, and the flange needs to be large. The JConcepts designers went to work utilising some unique “Clover” styling along with the large flange Ryan asked for. The all-aluminium wing button specifically for the screw-in type wing mounts provide additional stability against landings and hard crashes because the large flange spreads out the force. The machined aluminium design with the stealthy black colour durable outer rim and stylish “Clover” design offers a bit more security over traditional plastic and aluminium wing buttons. The design is lightweight but also durable in the correct areas adding to the benefits to the racer. The attachment area has an already built-in countersunk feature which allows for the cleanest assembly possible.
RC Excitement of Fitchburg, Massachusetts hosted the TLR Championship Series Fall Champs this past weekend, attracting nearly 160 entries. In the premier 2WD Mod Buggy class it was TLR’s Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ and he would also dominate the single 10-minute A-main event, taking the win a lap in front of TLR’s Aaron Kothman as Frank Root completed the top 3 podium result, another lap down, for an all-TLR podium. Over in 4WD Modified Buggy it was again Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Frank Root in 2nd, a lap down, while Caleb Jennings (TLR) came in 3rd, a lap short of Frank.
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Thunder Alley Raceway held the 4th and final round of the 2019 RCGP series last weekend. In the RC2 class it was HB Racing’s Camden Lime with the overall TQ from Team Associated’s Ryan Pavidis and Richard Saxton. In the 45-minute A-main final Camden had a bit of a rough start but about 13 minutes into the race he took over the lead from TLR’s Anthony Westergaard and from there he never looked back to bring home the win some 25 seconds in front of Anthony. Team Associated’s Aaron Dexter would complete the top 3 results from Colin Herzig 4th and Kody Watson 5th.
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Round 4 of the Andalusian Regional Championship was held at the Circuito La Jara track in Spain last weekend, attracting 40 entries for the single Nitro Buggy class. Kyosho’s Alejandro Perez would set the pace in the qualifiers to take the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the 45-minute A-main event, however the win didn’t come easy as the lead swapped a couple of times in the first half of the race until things had settled in. Some 25 minutes into the race Alejandro took over the lead from Agustin Illanes (Mugen) and from there he never looked back to take the win a lap in front of Agustin as Alberto Pelaez (HB Racing) came in 3rd to round out the podium result another lap down.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]
Coming from T-Works and made for Tekno RC’s new NB48 2.0 1/8th nitro buggy are a titanium turnbuckle set as well as two screw kits. Starting with the turnbuckles, the set includes a total of seven spanners for the steering, camber and servo links that help to reduce weight while offering higher corrosion resistance than standard steel turnbuckles. Also included are 4mm and 5mm turnbuckle wrenches for easy building and setup. As for the screw sets, coming soon are a 140-piece UFO head titanium and a 156-piece gold-colour steel screw kit. The titanium set will greatly lower the overall weight of the buggy while adding corrosion resistance. The gold-coloured set mainly adds visual impact but the surface coating also prevents the parts from collecting rust over time.
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