The Snap Hard Racing League Rd6 race was hosted by Beach RC in South Carolina last weekend. Yokomo’s Max Flurer TQ’ed 2WD Modified Buggy and 4WD Modified Buggy and then went onto win both classes. Yokomo USA’s Rob Meyer Jr. finished 2nd overall in both classes as Shon Harding (Yokomo) completed the 2WD podium. Over in 4WD Mod it was Shawn Johnson (TLR) with who would round out the top 3.
Coming from Traxxas and made for their ground-breaking Unlimited Desert Racer are new satin black chrome chassis parts. A direct replacement for the standard black items the satin black chrome chassis and suspension parts add a cool new look the the truck as do the alternative colour silver, red or blue inner panels. All parts can be mixed and matched as needed and some of the sets also include the required hardware.
A round to the UK SRS Championship was held at the Herts track over the weekend. Sunny weather made for a nice day of racing and at the end of the Nitro Buggy final it was SWorkz’s Kevin Brunsden with the win. Jon Hazlewood came on a fine 2nd place with his Agama buggy and Taro Cradock finished in 3rd with his Kyosho.
Source: BRCA [brca.org]
The 2018/19 Schumacher GP Series is a 3-race series that will be held at the MB Raceway in Leeds, UK and will cater for GT12 and Touring classes. GT12 and Touring 13.5T Blinky will run to BRCA rules, however the GT12 class will run on Contact Green Stripe and the touring class on Sorex XG-28RK control tyres. The dates are all on Saturdays, September 29th, December 29th (Christmas), April 20th (Easter) so not to clash with any Sunday racing. There will be a 100 driver limit, initially 70 GT12 and 30 touring. More information and sign-up can be found here.
PR Racing have released a first of what is expected to be their forthcoming SB401 Type R 1/10th 4WD buggy. The vehicle will add to PR Racing’s line of Type R competition kits and is understood to come with a range of high-performance features right out of the box. Full information will become available in time for the release.
Source: PR Racing [pr-rc.com]
The fourth round of the 2018 Castilla y León 1/8th Off-Road Nitro Buggy Regional Champs was hosted by the Pical Club in Valladolid, Spain. Xray’s Pablo Fernández took the 2nd place overall in the qualifiers, however he was able to up his performance in the 45-minutes long main final to bring hime the win in front of young Daniel Pariente (Mugen) as Team Associated’s David Benito rounded out the top 3 results.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Bury Metro track was host to this year’s BRCA 1/10th Off-road Juniors & Veterans meeting this past weekend. In the Under 16 4WD Championship it was Josh Holdsworth with the TQ after the qualifiers, however it was 2nd place qualifier, Edward Callan with the overall win after the triple A-main legs as Josh had to settle for 2nd. Jamie Hall was able to conserve his qualifying performance to take 3rd overall.
The 2018 O.S. Off-road Challenge was held at the Yoshino-Works track in Shiojiri, Japan this past weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen driver Atsushi Hara with the win from Kyosho’s Yusuke Sugiura on the runner-up spot as Mugen’s Kenji Tsuruta took the final podium spot.
Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]
