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March 3, 2020

Indoor Baltic Championship Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Indoor Baltic Championship was hosted by RC Mulk and held in the Poltsamaa Felixhall facility. The three day event saw drivers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland and the 2WD Buggy class saw Karl Kasekamp topping the practice sessions, followed closely by Hendrik Lainemae, Rainer Ressar and Robin Ilus. Qualifying would see quite a few winners on top, with Kasekamp taking Q1 and Q5, Ressar winning Q3 and Q4 and Lainemae taking Q2. That’s also how they would line up on the grid for the finals. All three legs would be full of exciting overtakes and lots of tight racing, but Kasekamp would show his speed pulling away from the field after the first few laps. 2nd spot would be obtained by Rainer Ressar, and newcomer Karl Martinson showed great pace to come in 3rd in the end.

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March 3, 2020

2019/20 Mibosport Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend, once again attracting a very healthy field of over 200 drivers for the electric on-road and off-road classes. The event was a special one for the overall championships as to make things more interesting, the organisers decided to serve more points than usual on the final encounter, ensuring all drivers were pushing really hard as nothing was set in stone in the overall rankings going into the final round. Beside the usual suspects the final round attracted some special names, mainly in the off-road classes, such as Jörn Neumann, who found the way to the Czech Republick after a long time as did young and very talented Jessica Palsson from Sweden. However, starting with the on-road classes and in Touring Modified, Oliver Havranek was the man to beat. But it was not smooth sailing for him. Matej Sulc held the TQ spot after the qualifiers but in the end Matej wasn’t able to fend off Oliver who brought home the win from Matej in 2nd. Petr Grof secured P3, Kuba Simurda came in 4th and Martin Kratochvil finished in 5th.

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March 2, 2020

JConcepts Finnisher Mini-T 2.0 body shell

Coming from JConcepts and made for the Losi Mini-T 2.0 is the new Finnisher truck body shell. The clear body has a slight cab forward, raked windshield and aggressive stance that highlight a performance-oriented core. The front hood scoop allows plenty of clearance for mini front-end geometry and body mounts while smoothing out the front down force area. Front chin spoiler, headlight and grill protect the front-end from unwanted up-drafts during flight while the supplied decals stand-out like an 18-wheeler. Just like the larger trucks, the Mini-T body has all the performance-based features like air-escape passages which can be trimmed by the customer for better “in-flight” characteristics. Recessed windows look heavy and adds to the depth of the Finnisher styling. Heavy bracing between the back of the cab and rear shock tower humps connect the features and add some rigidness to the design. The rear spoiler is included as part of the rear of complete body assembly mould and the package is complete with window masks and a decal sheet.

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March 2, 2020

Schumacher Atom 2 carbon fibre chassis

Schumacher have introduced a new carbon fibre chassis for the Atom 2 GT12 car. The main plate offers more flex and durability compared to the standard steel chassis, making it a great tuning option for low and medium grip tracks. At 65g, the carbon fibre chassis is also 138g lighter than the standard steel chassis.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

March 2, 2020

Marcus & Jonas Kaerup win at RC Kongen Winter Series

Round 5 of the popular Danish RC Kongen Winter Series was held in four electric off-road classes this past weekend. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was Team Associated driver, Marcus Kaerup with the overall TQ from his father Jonas Kaerup (Team Associated) as Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard came in 3rd after the qualifiers. The single 5-minute A-main then brought an unchanged top 3 result with Marcus taking the win some seven seconds in front of Jonas as Frederik completed the top 3, a lap down. Over in the Stadium Truck class it was Jonas Kaerup with the TQ and win as Tobias Baungaard and Jonas Kristensen ended the day in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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March 2, 2020

Alex Bernadzik wins at Brisbane Classic Rd2

The second round of the Brisbane Classic was held at the Pine Hills Dirt Racing track in Bunya, Queensland, Australia this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class Team Associated’s Alex Bernadzik made a clean sweep as he took the overall TQ and also the win in the 30-minute main final, leaving behind Darren Perry (Tekno RC) in 2nd, some two laps behind as Jak Parsey (Team Associated) ended the day in 3rd, another lap down.

Image: Alex Bernadzik

March 2, 2020

Carsten Keller back with Team Associated

Team Associated and Ruddog Distribution have announced the return of German 1/8th off-road frontrunner, Carsten Keller to their team. Carsten already used Team Associated machinery before switching to Mugen for the 2017 to 2019 seasons and he is now back with AE gear, with his first race already being a great success as he took a double win in Nitro and Electric Buggy at last weekend’s Bütschwil GP in Switzerland.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

March 2, 2020

Fuller & Horne win at Chi-Town Shootout

Impact RC Raceway of Morris, Illinois played host to the Chi-Town Shootout this past weekend with the annual event drawing over 260 entires. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was TLR driver, Mason Fuller with the overall TQ and he would also sweep the triple A-mains as he sealed the bag already after A2 as Mason took wins in the opening two A-mains, allowing him to sit out A3. 2nd overall went to Austin Wick (Team Associated) who scored three 2nd place finishes as Aydin Horne (Team Associated) came in 3rd overall despite winning the final A-main.

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