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March 6, 2017

Kum Yew wins at NOOB Singapore Open 2WD Rd1

The streak of wet weather in Singapore took a temporary break as the sun broke through the dark clouds at last Sunday’s NOOB Singapore Open 2WD electric buggy series round 1 event held at the RaceWorks Arena. The series is the country’s longest running electric off-road event and this race saw a nice spread of racers ranging from some of Singapore’s fastest drivers to newcomers racing for the very first time. After the three qualifiers, Kum Yew took the top qualifier position clocking the only 12-lap run with Mark Lim and Dennis Chiang taking second and third on the grid behind him respectively.

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March 5, 2017

Double TQ for Neumann in Xiamen

Qualifying is complete at the 2017 Guan Kou Sunpadow Offroad GP in Xiamen, China and it is Serpent driver Jorn Neumann who has taken the top spot in both the Nitro and EP classes. With overnight track maintenance not being so well received by drivers, who feel it is now more bumpy than before and lacks traction, it was a day that saw a lot of driving mistakes on what was already a difficult track to race on.

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March 4, 2017

Tekno EB48SL & SCT410 narrow wheel hubs

Tekno RC have introduced narrow wheel hubs for the EB48SL and SCT410 vehicles. The hubs are intended to be used on the EB48SL to narrow the track width and improve handling characteristics. Overall grip is increased when using these hubs, especially on tight indoor tracks. Used on the SCT410 they allow to use standard 1/8th buggy wheels on Tekno’s 1/10th 4WD short course truck for a wider selection of wheels and tyres. The hubs utilise TKR5580 stub axles and convert the SCT410 to use 17mm wheels without changing the overall track width from standard SCT wheels.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

March 4, 2017

Neumann recovers to dominate Qualifying Day 1 in China

The opening day of qualifying got underway at ARC International Raceway in Xiamen, China for the 2017 Guan Kou Sunpadow Offroad GP with 3 rounds for Nitro Buggy followed by 2 rounds for EP Buggy. Round 1 in Nitro Buggy saw first blood go to Atsushi Hara, a number of errors by Serpent driver Joern Neumann, including a costly error on the main straight that lost him 10 seconds, allowing his team mate Shin Adachi to take 2nd spot for the round with Joern having to settle for 3rd.

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March 3, 2017

Helliwell wins at Northeast Indoor Regional Series Rd3

The third and final round of the 2017 Northeast Indoor Regional Series took the local drivers to Batley Buggy Club and the MB Models Raceway near Leeds. The 86 racers that attended the event were greeted with a testing track laid out with EOS carpet, jumps and a difficult 90 degree table top at the end of the straight. In 2WD James Helliwell and Jonathon Skidmore battled it out for TQ with James taking the honours with two 1st places and a 2nd to Jonathon’s 1st and two 2nd places. Unfortunately Jonathon would not feature in the A-final for long as a mechanical failure would take him out of contention early on. The crowd were treat to and exciting final nonetheless as Jack Hirst slowly hunted down James Helliwell for the full five minutes. James hung on though and took the win by only 0.2s in the end.

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March 3, 2017

Ethan Lefebvre wins Thornhill Winter Series

Over the last four month Winter Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas hosted their 7-round Winter Series that attracted some of the state’s fastest drivers. With constant performances Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre was able to bring home the overall from Tekno driver Edwin Hartman while Chris Allison (TLR) would round out the overall top 3 result.

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March 2, 2017

Hara & Neumann top seeds at Guan Kou Sunpadow GP

This weekend ARC International Raceway in Xiamen, China hosts the Guan Kou Sunpadow GP for 1/8th Offroad, the same facility hosted an onroad race of a similar name back in November and which will host the EP Offroad Worlds later this year. Open to 1/8th Nitro Offroad as well as 1/8th EP Offroad, with handout Sunpadow batteries, the race has attracted some big names from around the region thanks in part to the prize pot which sees the winner of each class getting close to USD 3000, with cash payouts for all drivers down to tenth.

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March 2, 2017

Procircuit Sprinter 1/8th buggy tyre

Next in the line of Procircuit’s revamped series of 1/8th buggy tyres is the Sprinter. An evolution of the popular Road Runner, the tyre features a distinctive split block tread that will give a consistent handling on a variety of surfaces including bumpy and loose outdoor tracks. The tyre comes pre-glued on yellow dish rims, including XL inserts and in the three compounds of super soft, soft and medium.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]