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October 17, 2019

Pelle Culmsee teams up with SWorkz

SWorkz have announced the addition of multi-time Danish National Champion, Pelle Culmsee to their team. The former HB Racing pilot will campaign SWorkz’s 1/8th nitro and electric platforms at both national and international events while also relying on Picco engines and TPro tyres. This is what Pelle has to say:

I am really looking forward to working with my mechanic Michael Marcussen together with the SWORKz factory team and the big Danish SWorkz team! I appreciate this new experience and the new challenge!

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

October 16, 2019

2019 RCGP World Series finale – Report

The final rounds of the RCGP World Series were held last weekend at Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, California. Saturday saw round 7 of the series take place, the penultimate round of this year’s championship. In Friday’s Seeding Practice it was Davide Ongaro, the six-time winner and 2019 champion, who emerged on top – however, HB Racing star David Ronnefalk had an equally strong showing, leading the way for most of the day and displaying impressive one-lap pace. Seen for the first time in Q1 was the “drop” start system, which featured an evenly split grid across two rows, adding an extra challenge in the fight to the first corner. Come the race, it would be American Cole Ogden leading a 1-2 for HB Racing, with teammate Ronnefalk finishing 6.7 seconds down. Infinity’s Kyle McBride took the holeshot and gapped the field early on along with Ogden and Ronnefalk, but a small mistake would drop him to third, whilst Ronnefalk’s chances of closing down his teammate were dashed in a similar fashion. Davide Ongaro would take fifth, with Max Mört fifth and Juan Carlos Canas in sixth.

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October 16, 2019

2019 Coupe de France – Report

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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October 16, 2019

Mikey Brown wins at DieHard RC Indoor Series Rd1

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]

October 16, 2019

2019/20 EssexCarpetClash Rd1 – Report

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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October 15, 2019

JConcepts RM2 Clover 1/8th scale wing buttons

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.

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October 15, 2019

Phend sweeps TLR Championship Series Fall Champs

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.

Image: Aaron Kothman

October 15, 2019

Camden Lime TQs & wins at RCGP Rd4

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.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]