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]
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.
Round 8 of the Answer RC Winter Series was held at the Pendle & District Model Car Club in Nelson, Lancashire, UK this past weekend. The weather forecast was no rain and fresh breeze and thankfully the rain stayed away but there was a slightly strong breeze that was bone chilling. However this did help dry the track out to the point where Allan Ward ventured onto mini pins for his final. The event saw five rounds of 6-minute qualifying dolled by 22-minute bump-up finals. In the end it was Nick Cox (HB Racing) with the win a lap in front of Allan Ward (HB Racing) as Lewis Rushton (Team Associated) came in 3rd, another lap down.
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The fifth and final round of the Astro Winter Series was held at the Brookthorpe Model Car Club in the UK this past weekend. This meeting was a strange one to start with because there was a level of apprehension in the air because no one seemed to know what was going to happen with the weather. Ultimately it was a bit of an on and off affair but the race would mainly go on as planned and with 55 drivers in attendance. As for the racing, the 15-minutes Nitro Buggy A-final was the last race of the day and it was won by Lee Martin (Agama) with an impressive 23 laps. Mitch Booth came in 2nd place with his Tekno. Jake Knight came in 3rd place, 4th place was taken by another Agama driver, Kevin Brunsden.
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The opening round of the Levante Championship was held at the Circuito de Roldan track in Murcia, Spain this past weekend. The single Nitro Buggy class saw Juan Carlos Canas taking the overall TQ from Manuel Iniesta in 2nd and Oscar Baldo in 3rd. The opening stages of the 45-minute A-main event brought some mix ups all over the field with Manuel Iniesta eventually taking the lead but not for long as he dropped back to the end of the field and eventually recovered to 7th overall, while Juan Carlos regained P1 on lap 8 and from there he never looked back to take the win a lap in front of Oscar Baldo while Antonio Manuel Almaida came in 3rd overall to round out the podium another lap down. José Tomás Escudero in 4th and Francisco Garcia Ortiz in 5th completed the top5.
Image: Juan Carlos Canas
Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Traxxas TRX-4 trail truck is a new stainless set suspension link set for 312mm wheelbase chassis. The links are direct replacements for the standard parts and while bringing with them a certain weight, that is helpful when tackling difficult terrain, they are also highly corrosion resistant, ensuring the links look good for longer.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Buri Racer have announced the soon release of their new E2.1 Evo 1/8th 4WD electric pan car kit. The latest incarnation of the popular pan car features several upgrades as standard, such as front carbon fibre aero discs for the steering hubs, body reinforcements for the rear body mount as well as struts that connect the lower front A-arms with the chassis. Full details will become available soon.
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T-Works have introduced their new Tweak Terminator Ver.3 chassis tweak rod specially designed for the use with mid-motor cars. The carbon fibre tool was developed to remove tweak from touring car chassis by allowing to push down both the front and rear bulkheads simultaneously while tightening the upper bulkhead caps. The result is a straighter drivetrain assembly as thus less chassis tweak that can disturb proper car handling. The rod is made of high-quality carbon fibre, it features machined aluminium end caps and a machined hole in the middle section that makes way for the car’s spur gear.
