The Vedum Spring Indoor race was held this past weekend and it was Pontus Larsson who swept the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. The race was held in a large indoor facility laid out with astro turf and Pontus was able to take the TQ, semifinal win and also the overall, leaving behind Alexander Castlind in 2nd and Micke Svensson in 3rd. The top 5 result was rounded out by Kristian Johansson and Per Carlsson.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The final round of the Swedish Winter Indoor series was held at Sundsvall RC Klubb this past weekend. Elias Johansson was in control of things all weekend in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes as he took a double TQ from Viktor Östling (Xray) in both categories. In the triple 2WD finals Elias brought home the wins for a clean sweep from Viktor while Sebastian Johansson (Schumacher) completed the top 3 results. Over in 4WD it was again Elias with three solid wins to leave behind Viktor Östling (Xray) and Felix Angseryd (Xray) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. With the wins, Elias would also snatch the overall titles in both classes.
This past weekend the annual Desert Classic was held at Hobby Action RC Raceway in Arizona. The track has a very unique type of dirt that provides extremely high traction, that even increased during the weekend, and then the surface breaks up a little bit which can make it edgy and very challenging. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin with the win from AE teammate, Dustin Evans in 2nd. Xray’s Ty Tessmann, who started from 6th on the grid, made some good progress thanks to various setup adaptions and he would ultimately bring home the final podium spot.
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RC Cars Cavalieri from Germany have expanded their range of carbon fibre option parts for the Kyosho MP9 TKI4 with the introduction of front and rear shock towers. The front tower is machined from 5mm material while the rear tower uses 4mm carbon fibre. The towers will reduce overall weight compared to the stock aluminium items, they fit both the TKI4 and older spec TKI3 and they are available separately or as a complete set.
Coming from Samix and made for the Axial SCX10 II trail truck is a brass rear brake adapter set with mock-up brake discs and brake callipers. The adapters are designed for the use with he Samix rear lock outs and attach to the rear axle, adding 61g of weight per side for greater stability and improved climb performance. A black surface coating and gold-colour edge details round out the visual appearance. To up the scale looks the adapters can be equipped with the included fake brake discs and callipers.
Schelle Racing Innovations have introduced new option parts for the Team Associated B6.1 buggy in the form of alloy rear hubs and a low front wing mount. Starting with the rear hubs, the proven 2-piece design allows fine-adjustment and increases durability as the upper cap design can space away from the main hub with ballstud shims, allowing racers fine in-between adjustments for the rear upper link location. The upper caps are shared with the B6 and B64s design, with the same parts used both left and right. The upper cap design with a shorter washer stack reduces leverage on the outer ballstud, as well as increasing shock clearance for the turnbuckle. The hubs are available for the 67mm driveshaft setup in the B6.1 and B6.1D kits, they come in black or blue finish and they are also available as the B6.1 Carpet Hub Set, a black version which comes with -2mm upper caps and ballstuds specifically for carpet racing.
Coming soon from Schelle Racing Innovations is the limited edition Starter Kit for the Team Associated B6.1 buggy. The set contains the essentials that Schelle would bolt onto a fresh B6.1 kit to take it up a notch, such as the B6 Extreme battery strap, blue aluminium steering rack, carbon fibre wire caddy, tungsten carbide diff balls and ceramic caged thrust race as well as the B6.1 low front wing mount. The set is available for pre-order now and will be up for grabs soon.
Source: Schelle Racing Innovations [schelleracing.com]
Following the introduction of HB Racing’s new 1/8th buggy pre-mounts comes a new tyre, the Gridlock V2. Based on the original Gridlock tread, the V2 design features staggered blocks for more lateral grip compared to the original tyre. New sidewall blocks help on bumpy tracks and make the Gridlock V2 easier to drive and not as edgy for the driver. The V2 is a durable design with longer life than HB Megabite tyre and it is mounted on HB Racing’s version 2 dish wheels, available in yellow and white, that are 20 percent lighter than the original version. The pre-mounts are built using black closed cell inserts and they are available in Pink super soft, Red soft and White medium compound.
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