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November 7, 2016

Burak Kilic sweeps Danish 1/8th Off-road finale

Braming in Denmark played host to the final round of the National 1/8th Off-road Championship. The event kicked off with E-Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes on Saturday with the qualifiers being started right after a single round of practice. Agama’s Burak Kilic would take the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also come out fastest after the triple E-Buggy finals to take the day’s win from TLR driver Jan Larsen in second and Mugen’s Florian Müller in third.

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November 7, 2016

Darren Bloomfield wins HNMC Winter Series Rd2

For the recent second round of the HNMC Winter Series the weather was looking good for the one day event with clear skies and an unusual winter prediction of no rain. There was an open practise session before racing got under way at 10am and with a large entry of over 85 drivers it was set to be a long day. Many drivers opting to wait until the opening round of qualifying to take to the track. Qualifying saw Darren taking the TQ with Ollie Currie and Callum Niblett in the following places showing superb pace hot on the heels of Darren. The A final was run as the sunlight started to go, and Darren got off to an early lead with Ollie Currie in second. A first corner nightmare for both Callum and Jon made for a gap that needed to be closed between them and the front half of the field. Callum did well to get back to 6th place but the gap was too much although he did take home the fastest lap of the race. Ollie and Darren drove flawlessly to take the first two spots on the podium with Jamie Clancy in third.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

November 7, 2016

Maker, De Nardis & Rabot win Australian titles

The 2016 AARCMCC Australian National Titles were held at Templestowe Flat Track Racers this past weekend. The event attracted the country’s fastest on-road drivers and it also saw the attendance of current IFMAR Electric Touring Car World Champion, Ronald Völker. At the end of the day and in the premier Touring Modified class it was Ryan Maker who took the TQ and win from Ronald in second. Super Stock 13.5T was TQ’d and won by Tom De Nardis with Tony William McMahon in second. Finally in Stock 21.5T it was Wayne Rabot who made a clean sweep by TQ-ing and winning the class from Glenn Wilson on the runner-up spot.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

November 7, 2016

Tamiya to re-release the Bigwig?

Rumours have it that Tamiya will issue a re-release of their iconic The Bigwig 1/10th 4WD buggy early next year. Originally released back in 1986 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tamiya’s RC section, the Takuya Yura designed buggy was probably the first RC car that was created with optimised aerodynamics in mid. It’s “wing-type” body created some stir and even today it is one of the more sought-after vintage Tamiya kits. We bring you more information on the subject as soon as they surface.

November 7, 2016

T-Works RC8B3 aluminium radio tray posts

T-Works have introduced aluminium radio tray posts for the Team Associated RC8B3 buggy. Machined from high-quality 7075-T6 material and coming black anodised and with silver chamfered edges for looks, the parts add rigidity and visual impact in the radio tray area of AE’s latest 1/8th buggy, with a set containing two posts.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

November 7, 2016

SWorkz Fox 4×4 1/10th hobby buggy – Coming soon

SWorkz Fox 4x4 1/10th hobby buggy – Coming soon

Coming soon from SWorkz is their Fox 4×4 1/10th scale all-wheel drive MiniCage buggy. Known for competition 1/8th and 1/10th kits, SWorkz will now also enter the hobby market with what they call a MiniCage buggy. We bring you more information on the project as soon as they become available.

Source: SWorkz Europe [mwrccars.at]

November 7, 2016

Hillcoat & Schutte take SARDA Touring Car titles

With the recent fifth round of the SARDA Electric On-road Nationals, held at the TRAP RC venue in Pretoria, the championship concluded and it was Jason Hilcoat that walked away with the overall title in the Touring Modified class from Xray team mate Shaun Schutte and Antonio Caroli.

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November 7, 2016

Cavalieri dominates Team Associated Off-road Champs

The 2016 Team Associated Off-road Championships were held this past weekend at Trackside R/C in Brookfield, Wisconsin. After qualifying was complete, Ryan Cavalieri would got onto TQ 2WD Modified Buggy, Modified Truck, and 2WD Modified Short Course. He would also tie for the overall TQ in 4WD Modified Buggy, but was just edged out by his teammate Spencer Rivkin. Cavaleri would then win A-Main one and two of 2WD Modified Buggy to take home his first championship of the weekend. Cav then would also win A-mains two and three of 4WD Modified Buggy to take home his second championship and to round out a perfect weekend he would also come out fastest in the single A-mains in Modified Truck and 2WD Modified Short Course to complete the sweep for the weekend.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com] | Image: Ryan Cavalieri