The opening round of the 2018 Santa Perpetua Championship for 1/8 Electric Buggies was held this past weekend and it was Agama driver Alex García Aguilera with the TQ and win. Martí Prat (Mugen) came in 2nd from David Tonijuan (Team Associated) in 3rd.
Thanks to Alejandro García Aguilera for the report.
Round 3 of the Thornhill Championship Series was held this past weekend. In the very competitive Expert E-Buggy class it was Justin Coral with the TQ from Quincy Hughes 2nd and Jerry Dean Junior 3rd. With P2 to P6 all finishing within some 2.5 seconds the stage was set for entertaining A-mains with Quincy Hughes ultimately coming out on top after the double mains, courtesy of two wins, from Smiley Henn 2nd and Rocco Margiotta 3rd.
Source: VRP [visionracingproducts.com]
The final round of the North West Nitro Winter series was held recently and it was Chris Simkiss who would walk away with the overall title in the Nitro Truggy class. Andy Beaumont would end the series on the runner-up spot from Mick Fallows who rounded out the top 3.
Source: Answer RC [answer-rc.com]
RC Concept have released first images of their new ECR10 540-class electric brushless motor. Compared to the previous motor, the ECR features a high airflow can in 2-tone red and black finish, redesigned end plates, new heavy duty solder taps, and several other refinements. The motor will hit stores in several modified windings by end of March.
The final round of the Danish RC Kongen Winterseries was held this past weekend and it was 10-years old Marcus Kaerup (Team Associated) who walked away with the double TQ, double win and double championship titles. At the final round Marcus would leave behind Frederik Hovgaard (Yokomo) and Pelle Culmsee (HB Racing) in 4WD as well as Jonas Kaerup (Team Associated) and Frederik Hovgaard (Yokomo) in 2WD to seal the championship title sweep.
Image: Jonas Kaerup
SWorkz have introduced two new Turbo-style glow plugs made by O.S. Engines. Coming under the SWorkz brand is the ST3, an off-road glow plug similar to the O.S. R3, while the SPower brand ST7 on-road plug is comparable to the O.S. PR7. Both are available in several packing formats from now on.
Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]
Modelix Racing from Spain have announced the signing of Germany’s off-road frontrunners Burak and Berkan Kilic to their team. The two will be using Nitrolux fuel and Ultimate Racing accessories and in addition they will be supported by German Modelix Racing distributor JSB Modellsport.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
The annual 1/10th Electric Off-road race in Leonberg, Germany was held recently and it was SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier with the double TQ in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. Winning all six A-main events secured Micha a double win for a clean sweep with Yokomo’s Aaron Münster taking the runner-up spots in both classes. Team C’s Sven Zünd would round out the 2WD podium while Xray’s Ales Schmitt completed the 4WD top 3.
