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September 14, 2017

Maclan Racing MRR Team Edition V2 motor

Coming from Maclan Racing is the new MRR Team Edition V2 brushless motor. The newly-developed power plant was designed with the latest stock racing rules in mind and it features an all-new design stator, sensor unit, motor case, and realigned rotor and sensor position for maximum performance. The motor will become available in 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T variants, it weighs in at a lightweight 150g, is 100-percent hand-built and will hit stores in late September.

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September 13, 2017

3rd annual JConcepts Turf Nationals – Report

The 3rd annual JConcepts Turf Nationals was held at RC Madness in Enfield, Connecticut this past weekend. The event is ever gaining traction – literally, and within just two short years has evolved into the nation’s biggest race on astro with entries now nearing 300. Without a doubt, the North Eastern drivers have embraced astro racing with both arms wide open and with it, has created the first of the “Astro Classics” type races here in the United States.

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September 13, 2017

Armand Lantheaume wins at French EP Buggy finale

The final round of the French 1/10th Electric Off-road Championship was held in Grenoble over the weekend. The full astro turf track had a fast and flowing layout but the weather would be difficult. Ultimately it was Xray’s Armand Lantheaume with the win in the 4WD class from TLR’s Renaud Savoya while Mathieu Briere (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result.

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September 13, 2017

Adam Drake doubles at Brazilian 1/8th Off-road Nats

RC Guacu track of Sao Paulo played host to the Brazilian 1/8th Off-road Nationals with the 4-day event having over 100 entries. Mugen’s Adam Drake was the top qualifier in all four rounds of qualifying for nitro buggy and nitro truck. Adam then went on to win both the 30-minutes semi final and also the 60-minutes nitro buggy main final and he would also come out on top of the 20-minute truck semi and 40-minute main to round out a perfect weekend. However, as Adam was a guest driver and the Brazilian championship standard does not allow a foreign driver to win, Drake wasn’t rewarded with the respective titles and it was Marco Roseria Amaral (TLR) who took the 2017 championship titles in both the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

September 12, 2017

Philip Jeisy sweeps Swiss 1/10th Off-road Nats Rd6

Round 6 of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held this past weekend at the Dielsdorf dirt track. One of the last real dirt tracks of the country with a challenging layout, technical sections and also lots of elevation changes the track offered a level playing field for all competitors. Unfortunately bad weather on Saturday meant all qualifiers and mains had to take place on Sunday and in the Stadium Truck class it was Philip Jeisy (Xray) with the TQ and a sixth win in a row, meaning he would take the Swiss national champion title with one round to spare. Behind him, Jan Dissler (Team Associated) would come in 2nd from Martin Weidmann (Xray) 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 12, 2017

Anthony Westergaard wins at JBRL Nitro Series Rd6

Central Valley R/C in Madera, California played host to round 6 of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Series this past weekend. In the Expert Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Anthony Westergaard with the TQ after the two qualifiers with Cody King (HB Racing) coming in 2nd, tie on points with Anthony but with the slower tie-breaker time. In the following 15-minutes A-main it was again Anthony with the fastest run and he took the win some six seconds in front of Austin Blair (SWorkz) on the runner-up spot while AJ Schumacher (Team Associated), who qualified 7th, grabbed the final possum spot as Cody King had to settle for 6th overall.

Image: Joe Pillars

September 11, 2017

Ofir Avitan wins Israeli League Rd1

The opening round of the 2017/18 Israeli League was held the Omer Ring track in hot weather conditions. After the four qualifying rounds it was Yaniv Sivan with the TQ and he would start into the A-main from pole position with a hard-charging Ofir Avitan behind. Both were changing positions and meanwhile Ido Carmon, Gil Harush, Aviv Maymon and Tal Siles were battling for 3rd position. Tal Siles had a damper issue but kept going as Gil Harush ran into mechanical issues, causing him to finish the race early. Up front Yaniv Sivan had engine troubles but he was able to finish the race on the 2 spot while Ofir Avitan, after some flawless driving, brought home the win as Ido Carmon secured the final podium spot. Also 9-years old Harel Senderov in 5th and 11-years old Ofik David in 8th place really excelled in the final.

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September 11, 2017

Kaja Novotny trifecta at Czech 1/10th Off-road Nats

The final round of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Usti nad Labem. The organisers had created a new layout for the huge astro turf track and in the 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy classes it was Xray’s Kaja Novotny who managed to TQ all round of qualifying to take the pole positions in the respective classes. In the opening 2WD A-main Kaja suffered bad luck as a piece of astro turf caused havoc to his car which allowed Ales Bidovsky to take the win. A2 then was a done deal for Kaja which meant the final A-main would decide over the race win and also the overall title. For three minutes Kaja and Ales would have a great fight until the latter made a mistake and so Kaja would cruise to the win and the overall championship. Another fight was on for the overall 3rd place between Marek Schiller and Milan Mudra. Ultimately Milan would prevail to take the final podium spot.

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