The Indoor Arena Kostendorf near Salzburg in Austria played host to round 2 of the Ruddog Cup last weekend. The event was held in several electric off-road and on-road classes and in the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes it was Stefan Pfeifhofer who brought home the silverware.
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Round 4 of the Czech Open Challenge was held in Prague with over 80 entries for the four electric on-road classes. In the premier Touring Modified category Matěj Šulc led the opening two qualifiers to secure the TQ spot in front of Michal Blahovský and Jiří Mára. the finals Matej scored wins in all three A-mains to take the overall victory in front of Michal and Jirka, the latter two being in a close fight for the runner-up spot.
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Coming from HRC Distribution as part of their HRC Racing brand are three new hex wheel adapter sets for 1/10th on-road cars. They are of the standard 12mm hex design and fit many cars with 5mm wheel axle shafts. The adapters are of a clamping design, come in sets of four and are available in 5mm, 6mm and 7mm offset to help adjust the overall width of touring, rally and drift cars.
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Coming from Shepherd and made for the Velox V10 series of 1/10th 200mm nitro touring cars is an updated rear anti-roll bar kit. Already part of the car’s 2018 variant, the updated set includes all needed hardware as well as three different thickness rear swaybars to upgrade pre-2018 cars to the current specification. In addition Shepherd will soon also issue a full 2018 spec upgrade set for the Velox V10 2017 kit.
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For round 3 of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia racers again travelled to the Pik hala Maribor track. The penultimate round of the championship attracted drivers from three countries to fight for the important championship points and in the Touring Stock 13.5T class it was Rok Rudl who took the TQ from young Bjan Mikložič as Stefan Hois grabbed the P3 spot on the grid. In the 21.5T Formula class it was Herfried Pucher with the pole position from Matej Dobnikar and Alojzij Osvald. Finally in 1/12th Pan Car Nejc Mihelič came out fastest after the qualifiers from Jernej Vuga Štendler 2nd and Goran Vignjevič 3rd.
The second round of the Islikon Masters was held in Islikon, Switzerland this past weekend. Philipp Huber took the pole position in the Touring Pro Stock class and he also came out on top after the A-mains, taking the day’s win from Nuno Huber 2nd and Roland Kupper 3rd.
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Last weekend saw the running of the New Years Cup, hosted by the German MAC Lingen club. In the strong Formula class it was Shepherd driver Jarno Holtman who took home the win. Starting from the 2 spot behind TQ holder Joey Sorber, who was also running a Shepherd car, the finals saw some close but fair battles between both drivers. Ending the day on the 3rd spot was Marco Kruse who significantly improved his car, rewarding himself with a top 3 finish and completing an all-Shepherd podium.
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Teamsaxo have introduced a carbon fibre chassis and top deck for Yokomo’s BD8-2018 touring car. It is understood that the 2.25mm chassis and 2.0mm top plate match the standard kit specifications in terms of outer shape, making them a direct replacement for the kit items.
