Cube Racing have introduced their line of 1/10 rubber tires. Reference rubber tires are newly developed for high competition carpet & asphalt tracks providing consistence traction. Available loose, they are also available as pre-mounts, perfect for control tire races. Sold in 35R and 40R versions.
Source: Cube Racing [cuberacing.net]
This year’s Coupe de France 1/8th buggy race was held in Viglain, south of Paris, close to Orléans. European Championship top qualifier Yannick Aigoin was to sit on the TQ spot following qualifying and he would carry forward that speed to the semi finals, to line up on pole position for the main final. In the 45 minute final Losi race Yannick would cruise to victory by 3 laps at the end from brother Jerome Aigoin with his Kyosho, with Julien Lattanzio driving a Mugen taking 3rd spot some seconds further back.
Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]
The other big electric buggy race being run this week was the JMRCA Japanese nationals, held at the Yatabe Arena indoor track. The race was open to both 2wd and 4wd and in the 2wd class it was Keisuke Enomoto that took the pole position ahead of multiple National buggy champion and 2-time World 1/12th scale Champion Naoto Matsukura. In the 4wd class it was Naoto up front with Hirosho Akimoto in 2nd spot. In the 2wd finals it was a close battle at the sharp end with Enomoto taking the win in the first main, but in leg 2 it was Naoto that took the win, setting up a show down in the final leg. This again went to Naoto, who took the overall title from Enomoto in 2nd and Hirosho Akimoto in 3rd spot. In the 4wd finals it was more straight forward with Naoto Matsukura winning the first 2 legs to clinch the 4wd title, while Hirosho Akimoto won the final leg to secure 2nd with Shin Sugiura finishing in 3rd spot.
Source: Yatabe Arena [ameblo.jp/yatabe-arena]
Losi have announced the September release of their all new Ultra Digit thread pattern. No information is available on the Losi site regarding the characteristics of this new thread but we do know that they have been in testing for quite a while and are based on the company’s previously available Digit pattern but with a more dense spread of pin clusters. Losi have also announced that their King Pin G2 and Digits G2 tires are now available for trucks in green compound, and also that the same threads are also available in green for buggies.
View the Ultra Digit thread here
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Having won the 2wd class at the EFRA European electric buggy championships in Vienna, Austria earlier in the week, the Tamiya Speed Passion driver carried that form through to the 4wd event. Winning all heats and finals, the current British National Champion stamped his authority on the event, winning ahead of Joern Neumann in 2nd and last year’s Champion Marc Rheinard in 3rd.
Source: EFRA [efra.ws]
The past weekend saw the 6th round of the Hungarian 1/10th Scale Championship run at the Modellcentrum Track in Budapest. Last years champion Simon Ciudan joined the Hungarian Shepherd Team just before the race and was pleased with the performance of the Velox V10. After taking TQ with the fastest laptime of the weekend he also dominated the 30 minute final leading from the start to the end and crossing the finishing line with a 3 laps gap over Zsolt Bajusz followed by László Kiss-Orbán.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
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Last weekend saw a group of German drivers of the Race-Center-Munzig take up the invitation from their Polish friends to attend a race called the GP of Pacanòw. The race features a nice mixture of nitro an electric classes from 1/10 to 1/8 scale so visitors could get a good impression of what racing is all about. Although the track was very bumpy it featured a very nice layout with fast sweepers and tight corners and a quite long straight which made for it very demanding to set-up. In 1/8 scale Rafal Zeljas took the TQ honours with his Novarossi powered Shepherd Velox and a clear win on his home track finishing first in front of Norbert Omelanczuk and Marcin Marczyky, both also with Shepherd cars. In 1/10 200mm it was the German Capricorn LAB-C01 driver Frank Pudewell, coming from 5th position, that took the win setting the fastest lap of the race, ahead of young Polish talents Jakub Rozycki (TQ) and Filip Zaremba, both having a strong qualification and great race performance with their Kyosho chassis’.
