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]
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.
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.
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.
RPM have introduced coloured front bulkheads for most Traxxas 1/10th 2WD vehicles. Made from RPM’s renown nylon blend the bulkheads are not only much stronger but also about 15 percent lighter than stock. RPM also include a handy dust plate to cover the bottom of the bulkhead on vehicles such as the Rustler, Stampede and Bandit that leave the bottom exposed. The bulkhead is a direct replacement for the stock 2530 and 2530A parts, it fits the Slash 2WD, Nitro Slash, Bandit, electric Rustler, nitro Rustler, nitro Stampede and electric Stampede 2WD and it is available in the four colours of blue, green, red and black.
The MRG Genk track in Belgium played host to the fifth round of the 2016 RC Lemans Series this past weekend. With Europe’s weather playing havoc this Summer, Saturday’s practice only allowed for very limited running and most of the drivers tried to make up lost time early Sunday morning. In the LMP1 Modified class, Tim Altmann was the pre-event favourite thanks to three wins and a third place finish with a second place at round three would be enough to earn him the overall championship early. Another fun fact of the weekend was first time RC Lemans starter, Markus Mobers. The 1/12th scale specialist and former national and European Pro10 champion made his maiden outing with a brushless and LiPo-powered Pro10.
The Zealand-based Næstved RC track in Denmark played host to the second round of the Danish Nitro On-road Nationals. The battle of the weekend in the 1/10th 200mm class would be between Martin NO Hansen and Claus Ryeskov with both being separated by only about 0.2 seconds while behind the two Rene, Tom and Bo Morten would be in their own league. Ultimately the TQ would went to Martin and he would hold onto that position in the opening stages of the main final while Claus made a small mistake that cost him about 10 seconds. Just before the third round of pitstops Martin ran out of fuel, allowing Claus to take the lead by about one and a half laps. Martin tried to recover and he was even in a distance to attack Claus but after a while the second gear of Martin’s car broke, allowing Claus to take it a bit easier and to bring home the win from Martin on the runner-up spot. Clean Kjellerup would round out the podium while Tom Limkilde and Bo Morten Larsen came in fourth and fifth respectively.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round two of the Croatian Championship was held at the Krapina track with drivers from Slovenia and Croatia in attendance. Very warm weather made things a bit unpleasant at times but overall it was a nice racing day. In the Touring Stock 13.5T class Patrik Pozgaj would grab round TQs in Q1 and Q2, handing him the overall TQ and the pole position for the triple A-mains. To save tyres Patrik then opted to sit out the third and final qualifier. In the opening A-main, Patrik was chased by Zeljko Selman with whom he raced nose to tail for about two minutes until Zeljko made a mistake, allowing Patrik some room to breathe and to cruise to the win. A2 then saw a hard pushing Patrik who was able to open a gap of about 5 seconds to the second placed driver and from there he again was able to take it easy and to bring home the day’s win.
