RC Madness of Enfield, Connecticut recently held their 30 Years of Madness Turf Opener race with over 150 entries. The weather was in the driver’s favor with a cloudy yet hot day with brief rays of sun. In 2WD Buggy it was Keith Smart who led flag to flag with the win from Cameron Dopp and Tyler McCormack.
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Coming from Yeah Racing is a carbon fibre bumper support for the Tamiya FF03 and XV01 kits. Machined from high-quality carbon fibre the support plates offer improved structural integrity of the bumper for added chassis and motor protection. The set includes two plates that are a direct fit with the above kits.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Xray have introduced new graphite composite PB steering blocks and rear uprights for the XB8’19 buggy. The lightweight yet strong parts utilise a new graphite composite material that ensures free suspension movement in dusty conditions while also offering increased stability and corner speed on high to very high bite tracks. Both parts are designed for the use with larger 8x16x5mm outer ball bearings for increased reliability and life-span with the front pivot ball steering block being usable for the XB8’19 while the rear upright also fits the GTX8 and GTXE. The parts are non-directional meaning hey are usable both on the left and right hand side of the car and they are available separately.
The second round of the Herts Nitro Model Club Summer Series was held last weekend with almost 50 racers in attendance. In the best three from four rounds qualifying the TQs went to Dylan Saunders in Buggy, Erik Lykke in E-Buggy and Pano Vasipoulos in Truggy. The 20-minute Buggy final then saw Dylan Saunders conserving his qualifying performance, bringing home the win some 24 seconds in front of Tommy Chung as Torben Lundberg rounded out the top 3 a lap down. Over in the 12-minute E-Buggy main it was Erik Lykke with the win from Russ Brown and Holger Lykke. Finally in the Truggy class it was George Miller with the win from Pano Vasipoulos.
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RC-Project from Italy have introduced new option parts for the TLR 8ight-X 1/8th off-road buggy. First up is a set of titanium shock standoffs that are made of high-quality Grade 5 6Al4V material and that features rolled threads that guarantee a perfect coupling with the shock nuts and increase the resistance of the Titanium by 35 percent. Weighing in at 4.8g for the pair, the standoffs will lower the overall centre of gravity while adding rigidity and visual impact at the same time.
Xray have announced the soon release of their new XT8 1/8th nitro truggy kit. No official details about the 2019 variant are available yet, but as usual they will surface in time for the official release which will take place very soon.
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The 2019 Quebec Indoor Nationals were hosted by the Bego Racing RC Raceway this past weekend. The event was held in a variety of 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes and it would be Sam Langer who would sweep the Nitro Buggy, E-Buggy and E-Truggy categories. Jerome Treignier took the TQ in Nitro Buggy, however in the 30-minute main final it was Sam Langer with the win some two laps in front of David Lecuyer in 2nd and Jerome Treignier in 3rd.
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Round 5 of the 2019 Grassroots Race Series was held at the Pro-Line track in Banning, California. The event attracted nearly 120 entries and in Open Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the TQ and win from HB Racing’s Cole Jenson 2nd and TLR’s Anthony Westergaard in 3rd.
