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February 11, 2020

MOD 5th Scale Championship Rd1 – Report

The Fear Farm RC Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona played host for the first instalment of the MOD 5th Scale Championship Series of 2020. The event attracted nearly 75 entires for the 4WD and 2WD Truck and Buggy classes and in 4WD Truck Pro it was Matt Olson with the overall TQ. The 30-minute A-main event then again saw Matt up front, taking the win some two laps in front of Chris Higa in 2nd. Aaron Brown came in 3rd, some twelve seconds behind Chris.

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February 11, 2020

Danielius Staliunas wins at Lithuanian Nationals Rd2

The second round of the Lithuanian Electric Off-road Nationals was held recently and in 4WD Buggy it was Danielius Staliunas with the overall TQ after the qualifiers. A1 then saw Danielius building a gap on the field right away, however a mishap and a bent turnbuckle as a result made things interesting again. Nevertheless he brought home the win in the opening A-main. A2 was a bit of a disaster for the pole-sitter as worn-out tyres meant his buggy’s pace would drop significantly and after a few mishaps Danielius found himself dead last. He tried to fight back but over-pushed his car and after another mistake he broke his car and scored a DNF. For A3 Danielius put on a new set of tyres and with a fast and controlled pace he brought home the win and with it the overall victory from I. Vilcinskas in 2nd and L. Grigas in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 11, 2020

Ronald Völker victorious at ETS Daun

Ronald Völker took a spectacular victory at the ETS in Daun, Germany this weekend, as the Yokomo driver made advantage of his pole position to hold off two intense challenges from the second place starting Marc Rheinard. The first A Final was one of the closest races in Touring Car for many years, as Marc sat glued to the rear bumper of Ronald for the first half of the race. Marc, now racing for Tonisport following his departure from the Infinity team at the end of 2019, was using an Awesomatix chassis and showed to be evenly matched on pace with Ronald. Twice Marc managed to get his car alongside his long-time rivals, but both times, Ronald was able to fight back and narrowly hold the lead. Into the second half of the race, Ronald seemed to settle into a better rhythm and was able to open a small gap to Marc. Bruno Coelho, starting fourth on the grid for Xray, got past third place qualifier Yannic Prumper as the attention of the crows was focussed on the top two.

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February 10, 2020

Xray XB8’20 nitro buggy kit – Coming soon

Xray have announced the soon release of their forthcoming new XB8 2020 1/8th scale nitro off-road buggy. As usual no official images or details are available prior to the release, but with the teaser already circulating on social media, full information about the latest incarnation of Xray‘s EFRA European and ROAR US National Championship winning platform should surface very soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 10, 2020

Valtier & Guerbois win at Gargenville Indoor race

The Team Electric Buggy Club of Gargenville, France held their Indoor Electric Off-road Race this past weekend. In the 2WD Open Buggy class it was Team Associated driver, Ludovic Valtier with the overall win, courtesy of winning the opening two A-mains as A3 winner, Francois Guerbois (Xray) came in 2nd overall. Thomas Roland (Kyosho) would end the day on the 3 spot and in front of Cedric Devillers. In 4WD Open it was Francois Guerbois with the overall win from Thomas Roland in 2nd and Emmanuel Da Cruz in 3rd.

Image: Francois Guerbois

February 10, 2020

Jason Nugroho wins at West Java Open Race Rd1

The West Java Open Race round 1 was held at the Maxspin Offroad Raceway this past weekend. The event was held in 1/8th Nitro Buggy and 1/10th Electric Buggy classes and in Nitro Buggy it was HB Racing’s Jason Nugroho with the overall win, a lap in front of Kyosho’s Ray Timothy. HB Racing driver, Reza R. would complete the podium some nine seconds behind Ray as Ibe and Yoko completed the top 5 result.

Image: Arief R.

February 10, 2020

X-Grip Dynamic body lever V2

Coming soon from X-Grip is their new Dynamic body lever V2, an accessory that attaches to the front suspension of electric touring cars such as the WRC STX.6 and Xray T4 and that helps to make body movement independent from chassis movement. The body lever is 3-D-printed from high-quality material, it weighs in at only 1.6g and it was designed to attach between the suspension C-hub and upper camber link ball. A special plastic screw adjusts the distance between the platform and the body shell so the body is resting on the platform, ensuring the front body height and ground clearance maintains constant even under chassis rolling and suspension compression. It is required to allow the front of the body to float on the body mounts which can be achieved by simply attaching the retaining body clip one or two positions higher than usual. The new V2 variant is of an updated design that allows to remove the lever part quicker if needed and it is usable with the WRC Racing STX.6, the Xray T4 and many other classic suspension touring cars.

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February 10, 2020

Amirul Rafiq wins at KL City Day race

The KLIRCC track of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia played host to the KL City Day race this past weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track class Shepherd’s Amirul Rafiq took the overall TQ after winning all three rounds of qualifying and he also went on to win the 40-minute A-main event with a controlled pace and despite dropping the warm-up to the final due to transmitter issues. Xray’s KK Lim came in 2nd, some 17 laps behind as ARC’s Yong Kok Lun completed the top 3 podium result in 3rd, another five laps down.

Image: Amirul Rafiq