Round 5 of the OEOSS Series was held at Jax Trax in Union City, Indiana this past weekend. The event attracted over 80 entries and in 1/8th Nitro Buggy it was TLR’s Tyler Jones with the overall TQ and win from Mugen’s Collin Weatherholt on the 2 spot, the latter ending the 20-minute A-main event some 40 second behind the winner. Team Associated’s Matt Cline came in 3rd, another 6.6 seconds down.
The 2019 German 2WD Buggy Nationals were held at the Arena33 in Andernach over the weekend. The event saw 43 entries for the 2WD Modified Buggy class that was top qualified by Marcel Schneider with Jörn Neumann coming in 2nd after the tie-breaker. Tom Maquel ended the qualifiers on the 3 spot from Moritz Lautenbach in 4th. The opening of the three A-main event then again saw Marcel and Jörn on the top 2 spots but it was Jörn who sealed the bag with wins in A2 and A3, leaving behind Marcel Schneider in 2nd while 5th place qualifier, Luca Rau came in 3rd to round out the podium.
Image: Jörn Neumann
Maxima Mx have announced the soon release of their new B4S and B4R nitro off-road engines. Available as low profile heatsink “S” and standard heatsink “R” variant, the engines will be based on the latest O.S. Speed power plants for quality and they come built using matched and factory-tuned components. The pre-run engines are available for pre-order now and they will be up for grabs very soon.
Source: Maxima Mx [facebook.com]
Round 3 of the Italian ACI 1/8th Buggy Championship was held at the Ongaro Ring this past weekend. The event was cut short a day due to the weather forecast and in the end it was Team Associated’s 1/8th Buggy World Champion, Davide Ongaro with the TQ and win in the Expert class, leaving behind Xray’s Marco Baruffolo in 2nd. Kyosho’s Mattia Polito came in 3rd to round out the Expert class podium result.
Image: Davide Ongaro
The fifth and final round of the BRCA 1/8th Rally X Nationals was held at the Slough track this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots was in control of things all weekend, taking the TQ, win and with it the overall championship in style. Infinity’s Lee Martin came in 2nd at the season finale from Team Associated’s Jamie Clancy in 3rd. Overall in the championship and behind Elliott it was Jamie Clancy with the vice-championship from Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore, who suffered clutch issues in the A-main final but with an 11th place he still was able to secure an overall top 3 result.
Image: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
PSM have announced the release of their new DTC Delta Traction Characteristics aluminium main chassis plate for the Team Associated B74 buggy. Developed to improve the B74’s performance, especially in medium to low grip track conditions, the DTC chassis features delta shaped pockets to provide soft torsional flex characteristics along with consistent performance. The soft flex allows the buggy to generate more mechanical grip, which is very helpful in low grip conditions and/or when running on tight and technical tracks. A special coating process provides a stealth black look along with super smooth surface finish. An additional PTFE coating makes for optimised surface gliding characteristics. The chassis features a unique LCG weight distribution system, which allows the owner to add up to 24 optional weight inlays, a total of 34g, at predefined locations with out modifying the torsional characteristics of the chassis or adding up to its original thickness. Thanks to this the driver can fine-tune the balance the chassis pretty easily. The additional brass weights are available in gold or silver colour, depending on the driver’s colour taste.
Samix have announced the release of three different titanium suspension link sets for the Element RC Enduro trail trucks. Available are a 2-piece long and short steering link set, an 8-piece high-clearance front and rear lower link kit, as well as a 10-piece set containing all of the above. The links are machined from high-quality titanium material for a low weight and exceptional stability and they come with etched markings for easy identification. The parts fit the standard Enduro rod ends and the suspension links make for a 313mm wheelbase configuration.
Tekno RC have announced the soon release of their new NB48 2.0 1/8th scale nitro off-road buggy. Utilising a completely new platform compared to the previous .4 kit, the 2.0 prototype was tested extensively by Tekno RC’s world wide team of factory drivers and it will be based on a new 3mm CNC-machined 7075 aluminium hard-anodised and lightened chassis. Other features include independent servo mounts with decoupled battery and radio boxes, CNC 7075 shock towers, pivot blocks, and motor mounts, rear hub and arm inserts for adjustable roll centre and toe, a long arm, narrow pivot suspension geometry, 1-piece wing mount and ultra-lightweight wing as well as a 2nd generation quick fuelling body. More details about the new design will become available soon.
Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]
