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June 22, 2016

Indra Liono successful at Bali Fun Race

This past weekend the Bali Fun Race was held at the popular WillSon track in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. A total of 25 drivers attended from Jakarta, Surabaya, Batam, Kendari, Medan and Bali with the race format being four rounds of ten minutes qualifying with the three best rounds to count but due to rain pouring down in time for Q4, the race director decided to count the two best rounds out of three. This would hand Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) the TQ but unfortunately for him, Jason would suffer from two flameouts in the 45-minute A-main, promoting Indra Liono (Xray/SPower) into the lead that he would convert into a win from Jason while Yoko Sumarto (SWorkz/SPower) completed the podium result.

View the final results here

June 22, 2016

Xray XB8 carbon fibre shock towers

Xray have introduced carbon fibre shock towers for the XB8 1/8th off-road buggy. The front shock stay is cut from 4mm material while the rear variant is made using slightly thinner 3.5mm material, adding to the already existing 4mm variant. All offer an extra-strong heavy duty design, they allow the use of multiple inner ballstud positions in the rear and the standard composite inserts in the front and the 3.5mm rear tower is especially recommended for lower traction surfaces due to being softer in flex than the standard shock stay.

View the rear shock tower here

June 22, 2016

Gabriele Berselli takes Italian Outdoor TC Stock title

The 2016 UISP Italian Outdoor Touring Championships were held at the Miniautodromo Ca’ De Mandorli over the weekend with 25 drivers signing in for the 13.5T Stock class and 22 entries for Touring Modified. The Stock class saw 14-years old Gabriele Berselli securing the TQ and the pole position for the triple A-mains of which he would win the opening two to grab the overall title early. Davide Bertuzzi in A1 and Simone Alleotti in A2 gave Gabriele a hard time in the mains but with some clever driving the young man would succeed. Overall Simone Alleotti would finish on the runner-up spot from team mate Nico Catelani in third, making it an all-Yokomo podium.

Source: Framega [framega.com]

June 22, 2016

Dutch 200mm Nitro On-road Champs Rd3 – Report

Round three of the Dutch 1/10th 200mm National Championship was held at the MAC de Baanbrekers club in Rucphen. Saturday’s weather permitted any dry track practice so most drivers used the day to prepare their rain cars and help out others. Luckily Sunday started off dry but with the previous heavy rainfall the grip level was pretty low and it had to build up over the day. Without any practice and with the changing track conditions the three qualifiers would be an interesting affair for all competitors that had to run mandatory Novarossi Sturm engines, Hipex low-noise pipes and Enneti hand-out tyres. In the National class Daan Jacobs took a close TQ, one second in front of Pedro Rombouts (Xray) and Julius Kolf (Serpent). Roy Bakker (Shepherd) would round out the top 4. In the slightly slower Nomac class, Bas Bakker lead Jos Remmerde and Arjan Versteeg for a Kyosho 1-2-3. Jurmin Etnel (Serpent) completed the top 4.

Continue reading the report here

June 22, 2016

Hiro Seiko MP9 TKI4 titanium screw set

Hiro Seiko, know for their extensive range of screw kits for 1/10th scale cars, now also step into the 1/8th scale game with the introduction of their Kyosho MP9 TKI4 titanium screw set. Made from lightweight and highly corrosion-resistant high-quality titanium the screws not only look cool but they also make for a significant weight loss compared to the TKI4’s standard steel fasteners.

Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]

June 22, 2016

Tony Bacon doubles at Karsyn’s Krusader’s Race

Tony Bacon doubles at Karsyn's Krusader's Race

The Karsyn’s Krusader’s Race was held last weekend in Evansdale, Iowa. The cancer benefit race attracted some of the fastest guys in the Midwest to hammer it out at LRT Raceways, a high-bite, fast and technical track. In the Pro Nitro Buggy A-main, Tony Bacon was able to TQ qualifying and take advantage of the pole to break away from the pack and just settle in to clean, consistent laps. Ultimately Tony would bring home the win from Danny Bartholomew who took second place. In the Nitro Truggy A-main, Tony would start third from the grid but he was able to take the lead on the first pit stop and his fellow competitors never caught up.

View the Truggy podium here

June 22, 2016

JConcepts Indoor National Series finals – Date change

JConcepts have announced a date change for their Indoor National Series finals. Held at Speed RC in Mooresville, North Carolina, the date has been moved by one week with the event now taking place on the 10th and 11th of December, a week later than originally planned. The dates for the Summer and Fall events remain unchanged and more information about the series can be found on the event’s website here.

June 22, 2016

Tasos Paparegas wins 5th consecutive Greek buggy title

The third round of the Greek 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held at the Hobbytech track in Serres. Pre-event favourite, Xray’s Tasos Paparegas swept the qualifiers by TQing all three rounds and he would continue to dominate the main final as well by bringing home the win some three laps ahead of Kyosho driver Papanikolaou. Agama’s Zois climbed up from sixth to third to grab the final podium spot. With the win Tasos also cemented the overall victory in the championship, making it his fifth national title in a row.

View the final results here