December 10, 2019

Mibosport Cup Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2019/20 Mibosport Cup was held last weekend at its usual venue, the Hotel Sport in Hrotovice, Czech Republic. The event marked the season climax and the final round of this year with everyone being in Christmas mood already. Getting to the venue was less of a fun affair due to icy road conditions on Friday, this however did not affect action on the track as more than 200 drivers from as far as the UK and Denmark found their way to the Czech Republic. Both the on-road and off-road tracks were ready on Friday so the free practice starting at 4 o’clock in the afternoon would kick off with no issues. The grip level was enormous so there was some room to improve setup somehow to adapt to conditions. In the premier on-road class of Touring Car Modified Matej Sulc cemented his role as the pre-event favourite and showed just the rear part of his car. Mads Koue, coming all the way from Denmark, ended up with a nice 2nd place right in front of Kuba Simurda. Brano Panak was another surprise as he finished 4th and Petr Grof completed the top 5.

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December 10, 2019

STRC Racing Concepts roll out new Enduro optionals

Coming from ST Racing Concepts and made for the Element RC Enduro trail trucks are several new optional parts. First up is the CNC machined brass diff cover that adds almost 34 grams of weight to the lowest part of the truck’s drive axles for more stability and durability. The cover sports a black surface treatment with a laser-engraved logo for a great look. For those that are looking for a more brilliant look on the drive axles while improving the precision and durability, anodised aluminium versions are also available.

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December 10, 2019

Vision Racing introduce new TLR 22 & AE 6.1 parts

Available now from Vision Racing are new carbon fibre optionals for the TLR 22 and Team Associated B6.1 series vehicles. First up is the Version 2 4mm carbon fibre motor plate for the TLR 22 5.0 buggy and TLR 22T 4.0 truck. It is 1mm thicker than stock which gives it more rigidity while still coming in a couple grams lighter. All edges have a nice chamfer for improved looks and quicker parts prepping. The second new item is the 2.5mm carbon fibre front wing brace. This part will work on the TLR 22 5.0 or Team Associated B6.1 using a lower wing mount. Lastly is the Version 2 carbon fibre rear wing brace for the TLR 22 5.0, again featuring a nice chamfer for cool looks and better part protection in the event of a crash.

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December 10, 2019

Samix Enduro 8mm offset aluminium hex adapters

Samix have introduced their new 8mm offset aluminium hex adapters for the Element RC Enduro trail trucks. The wheel adapters are machined from high-quality aluminium and they are available in gun metal, blue or black anodising all of which feature machined silver edge details. The hex adapters are a direct fit, allow to adjust the truck’s overall track width and they come in sets of four including pre-installed set screws.

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December 10, 2019

Maclan Racing 2020 Graphene V3 LiPo batteries

Coming from Maclan Racing are their new 2020 Graphene V3 LiPo batteries. The series offers different dimension profiles for both on and off-road with new ULCG case design packs of 19.5mm height for competitive on-road racing and an all-new 20mm height shorty for off-road competitions. All packs offer improved cell formulas with better weight/capacity ratio over the previous versions and available will be standard packs of 8500mAh (25.1mm/318g), 6800mAh (22.5mm/270g) and 5500mAh (19.5mm/230g). As for the shorty packs, these come as 6100mAh (25.1mm/225g), 4500mAh (20mm/165g) and 4000mAh (18.5mm/155g) variants. All are built using high-performance LiHV cells for a lower internal resistance, further improved overall performance and even greater durability.

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December 9, 2019

Gonzales & Ashmore win at Top Gun Shootout

SDRC Raceway of San Diego, California held the 2019 Top Gun Shootout this past weekend, attracting nearly 270 entries. In the 13.5T Wheeler class it was Matthew Gonzales with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-main, leaving behind Antonio Counsil in 2nd, some 9.4 seconds behind. Nolan Whitley would round out the top 3 some 2.7 seconds back. In 17.5T Expert 2WD Buggy Antonio Counsil took the overall TQ but it was 2nd place qualifier, Tanner Ashmore with the win in the 10-minute A-main event from Shane Borden in 2nd, some 1.8 seconds behind. Nolan Whitley came in 3rd to complete the podium result a lap behind.

View the 17.5T Expert 2WD Buggy podium here

December 9, 2019

Melo & Figueiredo win weather-affected Portuguese Cup

The Portuguese Cup was held in Torres Vedras this past weekend, attracting some of the country’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers. In 1/8th Nitro Buggy qualifying it was TLR’s Goncalo Melo with the overall TQ in front of  Kyosho’s Joao Figueiredo in 2nd with former EFRA 1/8th Buggy European Champion, Miguel Matias (Mugen) rounding out the top 3. Unfortunately the weather made it impossible to run the main final due to safety reasons and thus the qualifying result would also be the overall result for the day with Goncalo taking the win from Joao and Miguel. Over in E-Buggy it was Joao Figueiredo with the overall win from Goncalo Melo in 2nd and Ricardo Monteiro in 3rd.

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