Round 3 of the JBRL Winter Indoor Off-road Series was held at Rain-Man’s Hobby & Raceway in Bakersfield, California last weekend. In the 2WD Open Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Mason Eppley with the TQ and win in the single 6-minute A-main event. Kyosho team manager, Zachary Rogers, coming from P5 on the grid, ended the race on the runner-up spot, some 7.6s in front of Yokomo’s Tanner Ashmore in 3rd.
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SWorkz have introduced their new high performance carbon slipper clutch pad set for the S14-3 buggy. The graphite pads feature two different surfaces, one scrubbed, flat side and one machined, vented side, ensuring optimised power supply, greatly reduced fading and less maintenance. The package includes three slipper pads and a slipper plate and it is only usable with the S14-3 buggy.
SWorkz have announced the return of Ryan Lee to their Asia factory team. Running the official SWorkz distribution for Korea, Ryan also is an avid racer and he will campaign SWorkz 1/8th and 1/10th off-road kits at events around Asia. Ryan had the following to say about his comeback:
I am so proud being a part of Team SWorkz. The quality of each part is the best in the market and the chassis performance is amazing. Special thanks to Scott Yang for giving me this good opportunity. My first international race this season will be SGIP Xiamen with S353 and S353E. Can’t wait to start the new season with the SWorkz factory team!
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BMT have introduced their new 801 Pro nitro and 801EP Pro electric buggy kits. Both build on a hard anodised 7075 aluminium chassis for strength and they utilise sturdy drivetrain components including front and rear CV-design driveshafts, steel gears, and the GP car also uses Ferodo-clad brake pads in order to provide fading-free stopping performance. The suspension areas of both the nitro and electric-powered buggy are made up using long travel suspension components with the A-arms being reinforced by detachable carbon fibre plates, the shock absorbers are of a 17mm diameter big bore design for exceptional damping and the front and rear shock towers are made up of 4mm/3mm machined aluminium. Front and rear anti-roll bars round out the suspension package. Dust-proof RC boxes ensure the receiver and receiver battery stay away from the elements and while the EP car comes including a spacious battery compartment, the GP car includes a competition clutch system and air filter. Included with the unassembled kits also come clear body shells.
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Heading into its 11th year, the 2019 Super Cup started off with some great racing, great people and successful return to SS Hobbies & Raceway. The 2019 season kicked off on Saturday, with new announcer, Dave Duncan. Ronnie Setser and his crew at SS Hobbies always goes out of their way to offer the best track layout and conditions and this weekend was no different. A great new layout and perfect conditions along with amazing Florida Winter weather, even after a late start, due to some decoder box issues, everyone seemed to have a great time. The big boys would be up in 2WD Buggy Modified. Lee Setser would set TQ for the day and the top 3 in Mod Buggy would finish where they started, tone to tone. It was Lee Setser in 1st, Daimon Borkowicz in 2nd followed by Jason Ruona in 3rd.
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Coming for Team Associated’s RC8B3.1 and Mugen’s MBX8 buggies are new aluminium centre driveshafts from T-Works. Machined from aircraft-grade quality and coming with a black surface coating for wear, the shafts are substantially lighter than their steel counterparts that can be found in the respective kits. The dogbone driveshafts are available as combo kits including suitable steel couplers and also separately for the front and rear of the buggies.
Coming for Traxxas’ TRX-4 Sport trail truck is the new Camper body shell. Designed to be a direct fit – when combined with the #8215 tall rear body posts – the body is a nice addition to the standard pick-up shell, adding numerous new design possibilities. The pre-cut and pre-trimmed body is made for 312mm wheelbases settings, it comes clear and including window masks and a detailed decal sheet.
The British Off-Road Grand Prix 2019 also known as the MK GP was held in Milton Keynes this past weekend. The race is held in the super-sized MK shopping centre, a superb location with approx. 100,000 visitors per day, and organised by the capable Silverstone RCMCC. With 180 plus entries and several of Europe’s very best professional RC racers in attendance the MK GP was always going to be the ‘must-attend’ event for the major manufacturers for the main 1/10th off-road 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes, making it possibly the biggest off-road event taking place in the UK this year. The track looked relatively simple from the side-lines, but clearly as each heat of drivers took to the track the difficulties became clear – getting a smooth, trouble free 5x minute qualifier would be hard to achieve.
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