Trion have introduced their new TricoRoll V2 JMRCA 13.5T and 17.5T brushless stock motors that come standard with 14mm titanium rotors. The two electric brushless motors offer very high torque values, making them ideal for racing on high-grip carpet and dirt tracks as well as in non-boost touring classes. Highly machined aluminium cans ensure low operation temperatures while adding to the overall looks.
Source: Trion [team-trion.jp]
The first round of the X-Factory UK Winter Series took place last Saturday at the new venue in Aldenham. A fast, but technical track greeted the racers and after the four rounds of qualifying it was Ellis Stafford (Schumacher) who would take the TQ in the 2WD class, followed by William Venebles (Team Associated) in 2nd, Mark Lewis (Team Associated) in 3rd, Richard Miller (Yokomo) in 4th, Joe Renton (Team Associated) in 5th and Lee Hedges (Xray) in 6th, with the remaining A final spots would be filled from the bump ups via the lower finals. In 4WD, TQ went to Darren Boyle (LC Racing) from Sam Breton (Corally) in 2nd and Oliver Szymanksi (Corally) in 3rd.
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T-Works have introduced new stainless steel chassis protectors for the Team Associated B74 buggy. Made from high-quality material the skid plates improve chassis protection when running on highly abrasive surfaces or when racing on tracks with large jumps. The plates come as separate 2-piece sets for the front and rear and the plates also add some weight to the lowest point of the chassis which comes in handy to further lower the overall centre of gravity for high-bite surfaces.
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The 2019 The Dirt Buggyland Challenge will be held November 22nd to 24th at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California. The event brings together two icons of 1/8th off-road racing in the form of Joey Christensen’s The Dirt Racing and the Spanish Buggyland crew and it will see the running of Pro, Sportsman and Intermediate Nitro and Electric Buggy and Truggy classes as well as a single Short Course Truck category. There will be practice on Friday with racing on Saturday and Sunday. Included in the event are fun and challenging “racer games” such as a foot race, mechanics as drivers race along with a few more surprises. Many of USA’s top professionals will be in attendance including Jared Tebo, Cole Ogden, Joe Bornhorst, Adam Drake, Ryan Cavalieri and more. That all is happening on a brand new track designed and built by both The Dirt Racing and the Buggyland creator Miguel. More information and sign-up can be found here.
The Makis/Atlas Arena played host to the opening round of the Xray Racing Series Poland with about 150 drivers attending in the 1/10th off-road classes. The track was built using EOS carpet and was quite a challenge for the drives due to its fast nature and some corner jumps. The Modified Buggy classes were dominated by the two young Xray drivers Bartek Zalewski and Bartek Kramza. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Bartlomiej Kramza with the win as Bartek Zalewski had to settle for 2nd overall. Wojciech Migal came in 3rd to round out the podium.
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The 2019/20 season of the popular Mibosport Cup kicked off in Hrotovice, Czech Republic last weekend. The event saw about 200 entries from the Czech Republic and surrounding countries with prominent guests being Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski and Turkish champion, Xray’s Mustafa Alp. Both the on-road and off-road track were laid out with a new high traction carpet, allowing the cars to go fast from the get go. Also the qualifying received a small update with a new points format being used over the previous FTD format. The new season also brought the addition of two new classes in the form of FWD Touring and GT Stock 17.5T. The latter targets first and foremost hobby pilots due to being slower than the current 17.5T Touring category. In addition the GT bodies make for more visual impact and both classes are great replacements for the now scrubbed pan car classes that suffered shrinking driver fields while also messing with the traction due to their foam tyres.
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The LMC Leonberg track in the south of Germany played host to a round of the LRP Offroad Challenge last weekend. Schumacher’s Moritz Lautenbach was in control of things in the qualifiers, taking the overall TQs in both 2WD and 4WD Buggy. The 2WD A-mains then saw Moritz taking wins in A1 and A3 for the overall while SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier won A2 to make things interesting for the final A-main. However with another win it was Moritz to seal the bag with Florian Kappes (Team Associated) coming in 3rd to round out the podium.
PDX Underground of Portland, Oregon recently held round 4 of the Legends of the Fall series with 60 entries for the six electric off-road classes. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Yokomo’s Joe Pillars with the overall TQ and he also came out on top in the single 5-minute A-main, leaving behind 3rd place qualifier, Andy DiBrino (Yokomo) in 2nd. Travis Harker (Xray), runner-up after the qualifiers, came in 3rd.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
