Available now from Team C is the TC02C Evo Team Edition 2WD mid-motor buggy kit. The vehicle features some orange anodised aluminium upgrades such as the servo saver posts, steering arms, rear suspension mounts with inserts and the rear shock tower mount.
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The third round of the 2015 South-African ORE national championship were held at the Krugersdorp Model Racers track, home of the 2002 World Championships. Free practise started on Thursday with a little bit of early Winter rain and the technical but fast track challenged all driving skills. The current Touring Modified championship leader Jason Hillcoat continued his good form by taking the TQ and win. Jason did not have it all his way after a 6th place in the first of the triple mains due to a technical failure. He was also challenged by the young and fast Alex Ribeiro and Antonio Caroli. The win for Jason Hillcoat also hands him the Modified National Championship title this year, making it three in a row.
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The first round of the Finnish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Jyrkkälä track in Turku in the two categories of nitro and electric. Before the start of the 45 minute Nitro Buggy main final Joseph Quagraine broke his buggy’s engine due to radio problems and a servo that jammed at full throttle. Having called for a 10 minute delay to fix the problem Joseph and his mechanics rushed into the pits, changed the radio tray and engine, made it back on time, tuned the engine and started the race from the last position. With 7 minutes to go Joseph grabbed the lead and he kept it until the end of the race, handing him the win.
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UK’s Simon Moss has announced his departure from long-time sponsors Schumacher. Being with the British manufacturer for a good part of his racing career Simon now decided that it is time to look for something new. This is what Simon has to say about his decision:
After racing for Schumacher for the best part of two decades, I’ve decided that it is now time to start a new chapter in my racing career. I want to take the time to especially thank Phil Booth and Mark Musgrove for their unwavering support during my Schumacher career and wish them all the best in the future.
Xray have new optional rear anti-roll bars for the NT1’15 200mm nitro on-road car available. To the standard 2.0mm variant add harder 2.2mm, 2.4mm and 2.6mm wires that help to fine-tune the roll characteristics of the car. The black wires come laser-etched for easy identification.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 3 of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals was held this past weekend in Neuville le Poitou with 66 drivers in attendance on a short track with high tyre wear. The weather wasn’t pleasant with rain on all three days. The Elite class qualifying started on a dry track, allowing three rounds to be run. Stephane Bouche set the early pace in front of Anthony Abisset by 0.35 seconds but with a cooler track in round three this would be the rocket round for everyone and at the end it was Adrien Bertin who took the TQ by 0.07 seconds over Anthony Abisset. Stephane Bouche wasn’t able to improve but remained 3rd. The National class drivers were only able to complete two rounds of qualifying until the rain kicked in and it was local driver Faisal Affejee who took the TQ some 4 seconds ahead of Micheal Fouin who in turn was 9 seconds clear of championship leader Nicola Miramont.
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Schumacher Racing have announced the signing of top German Stock driver Tobias Seidl. Tobias will compete at the ETS and many races around Germany. Tobias has the following to say about the deal:
I am very excited to join Team Schumacher. I think that Schumacher is one of the most professional companies in the business and also with a great team at the racetrack. I want to thank everyone at the company for this opportunity and hope to give the deal a worthy start at the ETS final in the Hudy Arena.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
New from Exotek and made for several Team Associated 1/10th off-road cars are aluminium spring perch sets. Coming as +5 variant for the B5M and B44 and in +9 specification for the T5 the spring cups sport extra milling for a lightweight design with reinforced strength of CNC-cut aluminium and a snug fit to reduce the chance of losing a perch. Milled holes also help reduce debris from collecting inside. The perches come blue anodised, laser-etched in in sets of four.
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