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July 26, 2018

David Ronnefalk crowned 2018 2WD European Champion

The 2018 EFRA 1/10th Electric Buggy European Championship are held in Reims, France this week. On the FFVRC club’s slippery clay indoor track the 2WD portion of the event saw a great qualifying battle between Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen and Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski who would be trading TQs each of the first four qualifying rounds until Yokomo’s Lee Martin made himself only the third TQ driver with a win in round 5. However it was still Haatanen with the overall from Orlowski 2nd. Lee would grab the 3 spot on the grid thanks to his TQ, promoting HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk, who looked to be fast all week, into 4th on the grid.

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July 25, 2018

Motiv MC8 1/8th scale electric brushless motor

Coming from Motiv is their new MC8 electric brushless motor for 1/8th scale applications. Of a 4-pole rotor and 12-slot stator design the 1950kV motor is ideal for both indoor and outdoor use and it features sensored operation, dual precision ball bearings as well as adjustable timing. The ROAR-compliant MC8 is 74mm long, has a 40mm diameter and it is available from now on.

Source: Motiv [motivrc.com]

July 25, 2018

Reds Racing WR7 2.0 7-port engine

Reds Racing have introduced their new WR7 2.0 7-port nitro off-road engine. It is a 7 special porting extreme power engine based on the WR7 Diamond edition and the power plant comes with the same sleeve and piston, crankshaft, crankcase, etc. as the first generation of the WR7, in order to keep its power characteristics unchanged. However, Reds Racing decided to update the previous version with improved idle stability and tuning options thanks to a new 3-needle setting carburettor, an improved mid to top range power curve and feeling thanks to a special low speed needle and mid range spray bar as well as an improved cooling system specifically developed to widen the operating range so that the engine can work well in extremely hot conditions. Furthermore, the new cooling system has been created to guarantee a more consistent tuning in every track condition. The engine is available with a DLC coated or with standard steel crankshaft and also as pre-broken-in and Racy Ready by EB variants.

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July 25, 2018

Rob Sorjonen trifecta at WORS Rd4

The fourth round of this year’s WORS series was held in Nanaimo, BC. The track that was completely rebuilt only three weeks prior so only locals had a couple races on it with the surface being hard packed with slight bumps, large jump sections and off camber turns, making it a challenging layout than the average track in the series. In 1/10th 4WD Mod Buggy Rob Sorjonen would take the overall TQ and he would also come out fastest in Pro E-Buggy and E-Truggy. Rob then also went on to wrap up all three classes by A2 sealing up a solid weekend. With Paul Moria and Jason Mardon coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively in 1/10th 4WD Mod Buggy.

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July 25, 2018

Joe Bornhorst takes maiden ROAR National title

This year’s ROAR 1/8th Electric Nationals race was held at the HobbyTown Hobbyplex indoor track in Omaha, Nebraska. Practice started on Thursday morning and with a little bit of a light turnout everyone was getting a lot of track time. Friday would be two seeding rounds and then two qualifiers and in 1/10th 4WD Short Course it was Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst with the overnight TQ following two round wins. Saturday saw four more qualifiers but Joe missed to get some runs together, allowing Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz and TLR’s Tanner Denney score TQs. Going into the last round, basically whoever won would take overall TQ. Fortunately for Joe he had his head on straight and put a solid run together to take the round and overall TQ for the class. Sunday was main day and in A1 Joe brought home the win despite being chased by a storming Ryan Lutz. This time Lutz wanted to grab the lead early and went for a move but tagged Joe and spun him around. He waited and that handed Denney the lead, Joe 2nd and Lutz 3rd. Denney made a mistake a few laps later giving Bornhorst back the lead. Then he made another mistake a few laps later but was able to hold onto the lead with Lutz right behind him. Then Lutz made a couple mistakes allowing Joe to sneak away and bring home the A2 win and with it his first National Championship. Ryan Lutz would take the vice-championship from Tanner Denney 3rd.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

July 25, 2018

VSR Products TLR 22 front pivot shim

Coming from VSR Products and made for the TLR 22 series of 2WD buggies is a 1mm front pivot shim. The part allows to get the latest SLRC super low roll center setup straight from the TLR factory team without having to glue washers and axle shims. The 1mm shim is simply added to the stock 2mm front pivot shim to get 3mm of spacing. The super low roll center makes the car more forgiving especially in high grip conditions while also greatly reducing traction rolling.

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July 25, 2018

ProStar R/C 22-4 series Kevlar shock tower kit

Coming from ProStar R/C and made for TLR’s 22-4 series of 1/10th scale 4WD buggies is a Kevlar shock tower kit. Made to replace the standard composite shock towers the set includes a rear glass-reinforced nylon bulkhead as well as 4mm Kevlar front and rear shock towers. Using the items will lower the overall weight and centre of gravity while making for improved stability. The towers are available in several colours including custom tones and they fit both the 22-4 and 22-4 2.0.

Source: ProStar R/C [prostarrc.com]

July 24, 2018

Hampus Berg wins at Swedish Cup Rd2

The second round of the Swedish Cup was held at the Gotland RC Club last weekend. The track offered a fun and challenging layout and ultimately it was HB Racing’s Hampus Berg with the win in the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main. Serpent’s Pontus Larssen came in 2nd from Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson 3rd – all ending the race in the same lap. Emil Edlung and Oskar Levin would round out the top 5 results.

Image: Jessica Palsson