Round 3 of the 4WD South East Regional Series was held at the Barham track last weekend. In the en it was Ed Karry with the wins in A2 and A3 for the overall from Nathan Ralls with 1-3-7 finishes in 2nd. David Poulter scored three straight 2nd place finishes but had to settle for 3rd overall after the tie-breaker with Nathan.
Image: David Poulter
TMG Speed have announced the release of a low rear shock tower for the Team Associated B74 buggy. Machined from high-quality carbon fibre the tower has more adjustability than the stock part and it makes for slightly increased droop which will improve bump handling. The shock stay is available now.
Source: TMG Speed [tmgspeeduk.com]
Coming from T-Works is a universal 34mm 4-shoe clutch set for 1/8th buggy, truggy and GT kits. It contains a machined aluminium 34mm diameter flywheel, alloy clutch shoes as well as 4-piece sets of 0.9mm and 1.0mm clutch springs to fine-tune the clutch’s behaviour. Also included are the clutch nut, drive cone and clutch screws. All parts are also available separately for spares or repair.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
Round 3 and 4 of this year’s Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals were held in Zidlochovice recently with round 3 taking place on Saturday and round 4 being held on Sunday. On Saturday Max Götzl would start strong with TQ runs in both Nitro and Electric Buggy and he would be able to keep his pace for the second round of qualifiers too. For round 3 he tried different tyres, however he was still able to come away with the TQ for the overall TQ in both classes. Jiri Mara and Ales Bidovsky came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in Nitro Buggy while Marek Schiller and Ales rounded out the E-Buggy top 3.
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Schumacher have announced the signing of former long-time Kyosho team member, Jessica Palsson to their electric off-road team. Although only 16 Jessica has established herself as a top racer in Sweden and around Europe and Schumacher are extremely delighted to have her on board. The Swedish Champion and EOS A-finalist will race the CAT L1 and Cougar Laydown buggies around Sweden and Europe including the IFMAR World Championships in Slovakia later this year.
Super happy to announce my new 1:10 buggy chassis – Schumacher! I believe combination Schumacher – LRP – Sanwa in 1:10 buggy will work good for me. I think it’s perfect mix and I feel that I’m ready for new chapter in my life. Our first race together will be at WC in Slovakia and then focus on future races. Big THANKS to Robin, Trish, Harvey and all in #schumacherfamily to take me into your racing team. Will be so fun to work with you guys at races!
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Joern Neumann has made it back to back wins in the EOS taking the 4WD win today in Austria in A2, but the biggest prize goes to Bruno Coelho as he wraps up the season with the 4WD Championship title. Having taken the TQ and then the A1 win after an exciting battle with Coelho, Neumann had a much easier A2 after an early mistake from the number 2 starter that effectively dropped him to last. With Coelho out of the equation, Neumann was chased by his team-mate Michal Orlowski. Needing to win today to retain his 4WD title, a mistake from the 2WD Champion on the penultimate lap allowed Neumann to cruise to the finish for the overall win on the championship’s first visit ERT Steyregg. The result also meant that irrespective of the A3 outcome, Coelho was champion again for a third time and Orlowski’s quest for a repeat title double where over. With a rain shower that arrived during the third B-Main delaying A3, the astro surface meaning the track was ready to go back racing once the rain had passed, Coelho went on to cap off his title winning season with the win over Orlowski. Overall this meant Coelho split the Schumacher drivers to claim 2nd on the podium.
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The 2019 Euro Contest X took place at the Ospyteam track in Gussago, Italy this weekend, attracting some of Europe’s fastest 1/8 off-road racers. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Robert Batlle with the overall TQ and also the win in the A-main final, leaving behind SWorkz’s Juan Carlos Canas in 2nd while Xray’s Marco Baruffolo completed the podium result in 3rd.
A round of the SH-Cup was held at the BIG Hamburg track this past weekend. Mugen’s Carsten Keller took the overall TQ, however in the 35-minute A-main event it was Berkan Kilic with the win some 17 seconds in front of his brother Burak, making it an Agama 1-2. Carsten had to settle for 3rd, a lap short of the Kilic brothers.
Image: Abdullah Kilic
