April 8, 2019

Kilic & Nelson win at Anglühen race

The German NitroManiacs club hosted their Anglühen season warm-up race this past weekend. The event was held in Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes and in the Buggy class it was the Agama duo of Burak and Berkan Kilic who would hold the top 2 positions after the qualifiers. The two would then also battle it out in the 30-minute main final, crossing the line only 1.1 seconds apart. Mugen’s Carsten Keller, sitting in 3rd place after the qualifiers, would round out the top 3 results. Over in the Truggy class it was Sascha Nelson with the overall TQ and he would also bring home the win in the half hour long A-main event. Sascha Häßner came in 2nd, some two laps down as Ingo Wanning completed the top 3 another lap down.

View the Truggy podium here

April 8, 2019

Dani Choi wins at Kyosho Masters Korea

The Kyosho Master Korea were held at Banwol Raceway in Ansan, South Korea over the weekend. Kyosho’s Dani Choi would walk away with the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, leaving behind Kyosho’s Hwang Sunyoung who suffered engine issues at times, in 2nd place. Kevin Lee (Agama) would round out the podium result.

Image: Dani Choi

April 8, 2019

Andrew Knapp wins at U.S. Buggy Championship

Trackside Hobbies and Raceway of Brookfield, Wisconsin, held the U.S. Buggy Championship this past weekend. The event attracted nearly 190 entries and in the 13.5T Wheeler class it was Andrew Knapp with the overall TQ. In the single 10-minute A-main event it was again Andrew who would be in control of things, taking the win some two laps in front of Kyle Holberg and Matt Wilbert. Mark Smith, coming from the 9 spot on the grid, would snatch the 4th place overall from P8 qualifier, Blair Tischaefer.

Image: Andrew Knapp

April 8, 2019

Jerome Sartel doubles at French 1/8th EP off-road champs

The second round of the French 1/8th Electric Off-road Championship was held in Noeux-les-Mines, France over the weekend. Jean-Pierrick Sartel would take an undefeated TQ in the E-Buggy class in front of Jerome Sartel and Stephane Deroch. After the four A-mains, of which three would count towards the overall, it was Jerome Sartel with the most consistent results to grab the overall win from Vincent Martens 2nd and Cyril Baldini 3rd. Jean-Pierrick Sartel suffered from two bad results and only achieved the 6th place overall.

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April 8, 2019

Schneider & Becker win at Longfield Triple Days Rd3

Round 3 of the Longfield Triple Days series was held in Langenfeld recently with over 90 entries for the several electric off-road classes. The schedule saw controlled practice on Saturday followed by the opening qualifier with the final two being held on Sunday. The 4WD Buggy class was won by Marcel Schneider who was fighting with Jens Becker for the overall. Marcel however win A2 and A3 for the overall from Jens in 2nd. Thorsten Schmitz came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Continue reading the report here

April 8, 2019

Boots & Martin win at BRCA 1/10th Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the BRCA 1/10th Off-road Nationals was held at the Robin Hood Raceway this past weekend. SWorkz’s Elliott Boots took the win for his new 2019 chassis sponsor while Yokomo’s Lee Martin and Team Associated’s Neil Cragg had to settle for 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 2WD Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Lee Martin with the win from TQ holder, Neil Cragg (Team Associated). Yokomo’s Tom Cockerill rounded out the top 3 podium result.

Image: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

April 7, 2019

Dash 30mm black & golden ultra high speed fan

Dash have added a 30mm ultra high speed fan to their line-up. The double ball-raced fan is housed in a machined aluminium case with black and golden anodising for strength and looks and it was developed for the use in high temperature environments. The motor fan comes with a black receiver wire lead and it adds to the already existing variant for the use with speed controllers.

Source: Dash [dash-rc.com]

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