The recent Lunar New Year Cup was held at the Guangzhou Soar Speedway in China. In the Touring Modified class Xray driver Liu Rong would take the overall win from young Alfred Lao (Xray), who came from the 3 spot on the grid and who was able to put a lot of pressure on Liu in the finals. Yokomo driver Chen would round out the podium result in third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Serpent have released a teaser image of their forthcoming Cobra GT 3.0 1/8th scale GT car. Being in its fifth year of production the Cobra GT only received minor updates for the 2016 season with the 3.0 kit having already proven its performance by winning the prestigious Winternats race in Florida. More information on the 3.0 updates for both the nitro and electric-powered GT will become available soon.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The Euro Offroad Series is set to finish where it started with the organisers forced to find a replacement venue for the fourth & final round in Austria after issues arose regarding the preparations of the temporary Mattsee venue. Having opened Season #5 with a very popular first visit to the famous Nurburgring racing circuit last September, the EOS will now return to the German venue where the 4WD Buggy Champion will be crowned. Able to retain the original April 29 – May 1 date, the season finale perfectly coincides with Round 2 of the the full size VLN Endurance Championship which will host a 4-hour race on the legendary 20.8km Nordschleife circuit.
Continue reading the announcement here
The annual Chi-Towin Shootout was held this past weekend at Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. As usual the event attracted both local talent as well as nationally and internationally experienced racers, such as Ty Tessmann, Travis Amezcua, JP Richards and others. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class HB/HPI’s Ty Tessmann would take the win in the A-main some four seconds in front of Cole Tollard (Team Associated) and Corey Liebherr (Team Associated). The 4WD Modified Buggy class then again saw Ty taking the win, this time in front of JP Richards (Team Durango) with Brad Shearer rounding out the top 3 result.
View the 4WD Modified Buggy podium here
Marka Racing have introduced an aluminium side damper piston for the MD Racing MDF14 formula car. The piston is made from Ergal 7075-T6 material and is meant to make for a smoother, more precise damper action while offering higher strength at the same time. Included comes a suitable grub screw for the damper eyelet.
Source: Marka Racing [markaracing.com]
The opening round of the Asian Serpent GT Cup was held at the TRC track in Hong Kong. The event attracted some 65 drivers, most of which signed in for the highly competitive RTR class and it was Sui Ming who would grab the TQ honours in this respective category. The 40 minute main final was a different affair though as Kwok Wai was able to open a gap on the field to take a commanding win. Behind him, Yuk Ming, Chun and TQ Siu Ming battled for the runner-up spot with the better end for Chun who managed to bring home a second place finish some 5 seconds in front of Sui Ming who rounded out the top 3 result.
The third round of the Luxembourg Cup was held in Mertzig, Luxembourg, attracting both local racers and guest drivers from Germany. In the Touring Modified class the day’s win went to Xray driver Marc Schilling from Patrick Beltrallo (Team C) in second. Joe Streff (Xray) would round out the top 3 result.
Thanks to Eric Schaal for the report.
The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the RBR36 Arena in Barcelona. Home soil for Robert and Dani Batlle the event would see the two brothers in a fight for the overall win. Dani Batlle (Mugen/Hobbywing) held the upper hand after the qualifiers when he was tie on points with Robert Batlle (Mugen/LRP) and a better tie-breaker handed him the pole position for the triple 10-minute A-mains. Robert though would strike back by taking A1 and A2 in style to grab the overall win early. With a second place in A1 and a win in A3 Bryan Baldo (Mugen/LRP) would secure himself the runner-up spot in front of Dani Batlle who scored two third places. Oscar Baldo (Mugen/LRP), coming from the 7 spot on the grid, would round the “family affair” top 4.
Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]
