Round 2 of the UK Northern Regionals series was held at the North West Nitro track near Blackpool. Xray’s Paul Crompton took the win in the Nitro Buggy main final from Stuart Mahon (Mugen) in 2nd and Graeme Miller (Agama) 3rd. Kiernan Cox (Kyosho) and Dom Nun (Xray) would round out the top 5 result.
Source: RC Pit Box [rc-pitbox.com]
Coming from Serpent and made for the company’s Cobra SRX8E electric buggy is a saddle pack battery conversion kit. Using the set converts the standard brick battery mount into a rearward mounted saddle pack configuration that makes for near perfect weight distribution. The set includes composite parts such as the battery retainers, a new centre diff cover, rear stiffener as well as new 85mm and 105.5mm centre driveshafts and mounting hardware.
French brand Rusti Design has introduced a set of differential oil stickers for the Team Associated B64 buggy. Designed to take the guesswork out of tuning and maintaining the buggy’s gear differentials the stickers fit snuggly into the recesses of the diff gear where they are kept safe and secure, reminding on the fluid viscosity inside. The set includes four each of the most used oil viscosities, some blank stickers for custom oils and the stockers are also usable for a range of other cars and brands.
VRC have announced the launch of the Italian BarcoOff track, home of the Euro Contest, for the VRC Pro RC car simulator software. Included is the 310m long 2014 layout that is ideal for 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggies as well as Short Course Trucks. As with most VRC tracks, the track has been optimised to be raced in both directions and with this latest addition the number of full-size off-road tracks has now reached 18. The BarcoOff track will be released on June 1st and will be available to all VRC members with an All-inclusive membership. Free2Play members can obtain the track in-game with vEuros which can be purchased in the eshop. More impressions of the track can be found here.
Source: VRC Pro [vrcworld.com]
Schwendt in the eastern part of Germany recently held their Father’s Day race attracting nearly 100 entries from Germany and nearby Poland. Agama’s Burak Kilic would be the driver to beat as he took the TQ after the three qualifiers and he would also take the pole position for the 30-minute Nitro Buggy main from brother Berkan. The latter would put some serious pressure on his older brother and he eventually found a way past but towards the end of the main the tyres on Berkan’s Agama buggy started to wear away meaning Burak would be able to bring home the win from Mugen racer Florian Müller while Berkan had to settle for 3rd overall.
Thanks to Abdullah Kilic for the report.
Schumacher have announce the addition of Burak and Berkan Kilic to the off-road team. Both have chosen Schumacher cars for their 1/10th off-road program for 2017/18 and they will compete at major races across Europe, including the EOS series and the German nationals.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Singen in Germany played host to round two of this year’s Alpencup series. Michel Buschor (Xray) would take a double win in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes with Elias Ehrmann/Schiller (Xray) coming in 2nd and Roger Frei (Team Associated) completing the podium in 2WD. The 4WD class top 3 result was rounded out by Yokomo driver Philippe Weber and Silvio Pietroboni in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
The Rocky Mountain Meltdown was held in Calgary, AB recently and it saw Robert Bowers walking away with the TQ and win in the E-Buggy class. Following some entertaining qualifiers Robert would lock up the TQ and pole position for the final that saw him dropping to 2nd after some early lap mistakes. This meant he would be in a battle with Jordan Anderson and Byron Brown but Robert settled down again and he worked on getting back to leader Carter. Bowers came closer but had a handful to really get to Carter’s bumper until disaster stroke for the leader with one minute to go. With a lucky break Robert got past Carter for that extra lap and to take the win from Jordan Anderson and Byron Mackenzie.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
