The Novarossi Trophy was held in Guassago, Italy over the weekend with the event attracting some of the fastest Italian drivers to race against guests from abroad, such as Adam and Ronda Drake. In the F1 Nitro Buggy class newly crowned European Champion B Riccardo Berton (Kyosho) brought home the win from Kyosho teammate Marco Natale with TLR driver Walter Floris coming in 3rd.
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Last weekend the German Nitro Truggy Nationals would take place in the South of Germany at the challenging track of the MCC Laupheim club. Qualifying saw a dominating performance for Hannes Käufler who TQ’d all five rounds to take the overall TQ in front of Alexander Schmitt, Maximilian Cordts and Andreas Ruepp. The “Senior” final Saturday night was an exciting affair with Guido Erler taking the 40+ national title in front of Andreas Ruepp. Sunday was equally hot both on an off the track. Hannes Käufler and Alexander Schmitt battled for the title with Hannes Käufler eventually taking the 2015 Truggy Championship from Alexander Schmitt and Fabian Hinderer.
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New from Picco is a high-quality after run oil for nitro engines. The oils is made to prevent corrosion and other harm that can occur when storing engines without proper internal protection. Simply apply a couple of drops into the carburettor once you are done with the day and turn the crankshaft a couple of times to let the fluid spread within the crankcase and the carburettor.
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Round four of the BRCA 1/8th Truggy and E8 Nationals was held this past weekend at the Herts Nitro Model Car Club. Kyosho’s Elliott Boots was able to grab the TQ and win in the E-Buggy class and with it he also secured himself the 2015 National Championship title with one round to go.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]
The 2015 JMRCA 1/12th Electric On-road Championship was held this past weekend in Fukuoka in the two categories of Modified and Stock. In the Modified class Toto Ebukuro (Yokomo/Yokomo) took the TQ from Yugo Nagashima (CRC/Trinity) and Hideo Kitazawa (Morotech/Trinity). The finals Toto was a bit unlucky as Yugo was able to secure the win in A1 and A2 to take the championship from 4th placed after the qualifiers, Hayato Ishioka (CRC/Trinity). Naoki Akiyama (Yokomo/Yokomo) rounded out the Modified class podium in 3rd.
Source: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.jp]| Images: Crest Speedway
Exotek have introduced the Exo-Five chassis conversion kit for the Tamiya Evo5 and Evo5MS. Although a bit outdated the Evo5 is still a desirable platform for Stock and VTA racers and with the help of the Exotek conversion the car will be 2015 ready. This chassis set is designed for stock type motors and has the opening in the top plate to work correctly with the smaller spur gears and large pinions used in 13.5T to 21.5T type blinky classes and because of this, the largest spur gear that can be used must be 34mm diameter or smaller. The conversion utilises key features such as a stiffer and ultra narrow 2.25mm chassis, a redesigned motor mount that sits on the left side of the chassis to counter torque steering, and the new one piece, hard anodised spur mount/input shaft eliminates the play and vibration of the stock unit. The new hard anodised centre shaft drive cup uses a Tamiya CVD puck for reduced wear and a quieter drive line. Also included is a new 1-piece servo mount and a trick battery mounting system that accepts standard or shorty 2S LiPo battery pack. The limited edition kit is available for pre-order now.
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Tamiya soon have a new bodyshell variant of their versatile TT-02 4WD entry-level chassis available in the form of the Petronas Tom’s RC F. The 1/10th kit features a highly detailed bodyshell with comprehensive decal sheet, a black plastic rear wing and black multi-spoke rims to make for a scale appearance. As for the chassis underneath, the TT-02 is a 4WD shaft-driven vehicle with simple yet sturdy suspension components, a plastic tub chassis and sealed gear differentials. The Petronas Tom’s RC F will become available by end of August.
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The annual Byron Fuels Challenge was held at Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois in the the three classes of 1/8th Nitro On-road, 1/10th 200mm Sedan and 1/8th GT. The event officially kicked off on Friday but the day had to cut short due to bad weather. Qualifying got underway in a very similar format to an IFMAR race with 10 minute qualifiers, points system and one hour mains. In the opening round of the 1/8th class Paolo Morganti had a nice clean run and he was able to TQ that round by a large margin. After a heats of the second round, water started to come up making the track slippery. The track crew was trying to keep it dry but at some point it got really bad and they decided to stop. They came up with the solution to change the layout and since in the process they lost some time sorting this out, they decided to go to a 5 minute qualifying program. The interesting part was that the whole left of the track was different, with really narrow sections and chicanes – a typical EP sedan layout.
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