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September 12, 2023

Ongaro again in Q2 after back & forth battle with Phend

Davide Ongaro has made it 2 from 2 in qualifying at the 4WD Offroad World Championship. The Italian had a back and forth battle with top seed Dakotah Phend for the TQ as the round saw a huge improvement in form from defending champion Bruno Coelho. With an early mistake putting Phend on the back foot in Q1, the TLR driver was a mission to get the job done in Q2 but exiting the whoops he would roll promoting Ongaro to the top of the timing screen. A mistake however from the Team Associated driver on the triple before entering the main straight evened things out until a bad penultimate lap from Phend handed the advantage back to Ongaro. Having topped the second fastest heat, Coelho looked like he might have done enough to TQ the round but in the end he was over a second shy of the time laid down by Ongaro.

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September 11, 2023

Ongaro takes opening qualifier at Worlds

David Ongaro has taken the opening round of qualifying at the World Championship in Arizona. The Team Associated driver, who was second fastest in practice, took the first of the five rounds of qualifying ahead teenagers Tater Sontag and Marcus Kaerup. Leading out the field as Top Seed for qualifying, Dakotah Phend would end up on his roof in the whoops section early in the run forcing Ongaro to go the long way around his TLR as he went to the top of the times sheets. With the drivers super close on pace, a moment would then drop the Italian back off the top as Kaerup, Sontag and Dustin Evans all took turns at setting the TQ pace. In the end a late charge from Ongaro gave him the TQ by just 6/10oths over Sontag with Kaerup 1.9-second further back. Running in the second fastest heat Ty Tessmann would post the fourth fastest time ahead of Evans who gave away a potential TQ run with a late mistake at the end of the main straight.

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September 11, 2023

R1 Wurks B74 Alu Steering Bellcrank Input Arm

R1 Wurks has released an Aluminium Steering Bellcrank Input Arm for the Team Associated B74 1:10 4WD Buggy. Made from a durable 7075 T6 aluminium, this lightweight option provides increased durability and peace of mind. Never lose another race or retire early from a blistering TQ run because your carbon fibre steering arm ripped through the mounting screws. Lightweight at 1.09g, it is a direct fit and stock geometry and specifically sized 1.46mm mounting holes eliminate shifting with a durable black anodised finish with laser etched R1 branding.

Source: R1 Wurks [r1wurks.com]

September 11, 2023

Phend tops final practice from Ongaro

Practice is complete at the IFMAR 1:10 Offroad World Championships with Dakotah Phend capping off controlled practice with the fastest time from 1:8 Buggy World Champion Davide Ongaro. After yesterday’s two controlled practice rounds determined the heat groupings for qualifying, with drivers in their new groups this morning the third & final controlled practice round determined the starting order for Q1. Based off drivers total 5-minute run time, Phend would run 16 laps in 5:01.524 which was over 3-seconds up on Ongaro while Michal Orlowski competed the Top 3 a further 3-seconds off just ahead of Spencer Rivkin. Finding himself demoted to Heat 13 of 14 after yesterday’s performance, defending champion Bruno Coelho did not have a good 5-minutes run this morning but the Xray driver would post the 4th fastest for 3-consecutive laps, lacking half a second over the quickest time set by Ongaro.

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September 11, 2023

Donathen RC Discharge Bank | Power Supply

Two new items from Donathen RC are their new premium 40 amp Discharge Bank and 75 amp power supply w/ 3.1 amp USB. Made in the USA, the Discharge Bank allows for up to 40 amp discharge of your 1s or 2s batteries and is designed & available for icharger’s :308, 406, 4010, Dx6, Dx8, 456, and 458. 12″ power wire (with your icharger’s connector), and 15″ fan wires with 4mm bullet connectors. The fans are powered by any 12v source, such as your DRC power supply. They are wired to a thermal switch which runs if the bank gets over ambient temperature. The fans will continue to run until the unit is at ambient temperature, even after discharging has stopped. Made with dual wall adhesive heat shrink, which molds to your connectors, this increases durability, longevity, and reliability. The 75 amp power supply comes with 3 sets of 4mm female bullet connectors shielded by a black DRC cover. It is wrapped in carbon fiber vinyl for a clean look and includes a 5v 3.1 amp USB port and is supplied with a 3ft extreme duty power supply cable. Both the discharger and power supply come with their own storage box.

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September 11, 2023

Phend heads seeding at 4WD World Championship

Dakotah Phend heads seeding at the 4WD Offroad World Championship at the end of the opening day of action in Arizona. The TLR driver’s opening time remaining the quickest as 1:8 Buggy World Champion David Ongaro set the pace in the second seeding to move up to P2 with one more seeding round in the morning. Despite improving on his second fastest time set in the opening round, Broc Champlin dropped to P3 while Dustin Evans enjoyed a good run to jump up to fourth. Another to make a big improvement was Joern Neumann whose Sworkz means four different manufacturers in the current Top 5 seeding. For defending Champion Bruno Coelho it was a tough first day at Hobby Action with the Xray driver currently set to line up in the second fastest heat for qualifying and in need a good final practice in the morning.

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September 11, 2023

Champlin fastest in 3rd practice

The third round of practice at the 4wD Electric Offroad World Championship saw Broc Champlin set the pace, the Schumacher driver fastest over 3-consecutive laps ahead of Spencer Rivkin. As expected US drivers are featuring strongly. Ryan Maifield completed the Top 3 ahead of Dakotah Phend and Dustin Evans with defending Champion Bruno Coelho the best of the overseas visitors to Hobby Action RC Raceway with the 6th fastest time ahead of newly crowned European 2WD Champion Marcus Kaerup, David Ongaro and Michal Orlowski. Commenting on his latest run Champlin said, ‘We made a lot of improvements that round. I changed back to my testing set-up after making a few changes earlier than were not very good’. Asked how he is getting to grips with the track, he replied, ‘you definitely need to be patient on entry into some of the corners. It will be better with new tyres but I’ll make a small change to get a bit more bite on throttle and go from there’.

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September 11, 2023

Offroad Worlds is GO in Arizona

The IFMAR 1:10 Electric Offroad World Championships are finally underway in Arizona, USA. With Hobby Action RC Raceway rising to the occasion of hosting the 19th running of the Championships with its brilliant presentation of the track and pits, drivers would find themselves having to wait a further 3-hours than originally scheduled for the first buggies to hit the track. A Championship for which the slick tyres have been the big talking point it was the black rubber rings that would cause the delay. With no limit on the number of front tyres for 4WD and an open tyre in 2WD, some drivers stocked up on the front AKA tyre leading other drivers short. After meetings the decision was made to limit all drivers to 5 sets of front tyres. Those who purchased more based on the no limit rule forced to return tyres for re-distribution for those in need. While some drivers still only ended up with 3-sets, AKA are having extra tyres delivered to the track tomorrow and to ensure fairness all drivers are limited to running a maximum of three sets today. With the first buggies taking to the green track at midday it would be Dakotah Phend, running in the 14th and top heat, who would top the timing screens over 3-consecutive laps from Ryan Maifield and Dustin Evans but with the track expected to change considerably over the next 3 rounds of practice little can be read into the times.

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