Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Traxxas TRX-4 is a low centre of gravity battery plate. By sitting the battery lower the truck gets a lower centre of gravity which helps the rig deal with off camber sections better and reduces the chance of rolling over. The battery retention system is changed to using hook and loop straps and with the integrated braces it keeps all sorts of sizes of 3S batteries in place no matter the thickness.
Round 3 of the Finnish 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held at Fullspeed RC in Vantaa, Finland this past weekend. Ari Heinonen took the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifying rounds from Lauri Ruotsalainen, who also took a round TQ. In the 45-minute A-main event it was again Ari who would prevail, taking the win some twelve seconds in front of Markku Honkanen on the runner-up spot. A lap down Simo Ahoniemi would complete the top 3 result, finishing on the same lap as 4th placed Tomi Salonen and 5th placed Lauri Ruotsalainen.
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Barnstormers Raceway of Chester, New York recently played host to the Hot Race Challenge, attracting a total of 200 entries. In 1/8th E-Buggy it was HB Racing’s Jason Schreffler with the overall win from Xray’s Jared Phair on the 2 spot. Mugen’s Bryan Kata came in 3rd to round out the podium. Over in E-Truggy it was Mugen’s Anthony Mazzara with the overall from Jared Phair 2nd and Bryan Kata 3rd.
The third round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the ERT Steyregg club, host of the recent EOS round a couple of weeks ago. Wet weather greatly affected the weekend, however thanks to racing on astro turf the drivers would still be able to get some practice and the qualifiers in until the organisers decided to call it a day due to really heavy rain that made running the finals impossible.
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The 2019 ROAR 1/8th Electric Off-road & 4WD Short Course Nationals were held at Adrenaline RC Raceway in Winchester, Virginia this past weekend. The ROAR National Championships is the biggest race of the year and just having wrapped up the 1/8th Fuel Nationals earlier in Hutto, Texas, it was time for the 2019 ROAR E-Nationals featuring most of the same top drivers competing for E-Buggy, E-Truggy, 4×4 SCT, and Masters E-Buggy National championships. Of course, the heavy hitters were in attendance which is always going to make for a good show. This year’s track was hosted by Adrenaline R/C. The layout made use of the track space and was a very nicely put together layout that mixed fun and challenge. The racing was going to be very close on a tight layout like this and the mains definitely showed that. Regardless, the fastest drivers seem to always find another gear when they need it and at this race, the usual suspects were still there.
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The iconic Bischofsheim track played host to the German 1/8th Electric Buggy Nationals this past weekend. When the dust had settled after the triple A-main events it was multi-time German National Champion, SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann with the overall win thanks to coming out on top in A1 and A3 for the overall title from Agama’s Burak Kilic, who took the win in A2. Mugen driver Aaron Rönick came in 3rd to round out the podium in front of Agama’s Berkan Kilic in 4th and SWorkz driver Micha Widmaier in 5th.
Image: Markus Reise
Bezerk RC have announced the release of a new option part for the Team Associated B6.1 2WD buggy in the form of a battery hook system. Made from glossy 2.5mm carbon fibre, these hooks offer secure fore and aft adjustment of the LiPo shorty battery pack. Unlike slotted systems that can slide forward in a crash, these stay secure with a range of different positions including flipping them over to get the full range of adjustment. An O-ring holds the pack in place secure enough to keep it in place but also flexible enough to allow for the chassis to flex underneath. The O-ring hooks are centrally located to the battery hooks, so the retaining ring is always centrally located to the battery pack.
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Round 2 of the Swedish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Älvsbyn this past weekend. Lucas Westerlund lead the Nitro Buggy class after the qualifiers from Hampus Berg and Jessica Palsson, and in the 45-minute main final it were the latter two that would lead the proceedings with Hampus taking the win some nine seconds in front of Jessica. P4 qualifier, David Hassel came in 3rd, already some two laps don as Lucas Westerlund rounded out the top 4 results another lap down.
Image: Hampus Berg
