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August 10, 2020

Nikko Haheim takes Norwegian EP On-road title

The Norwegian Electric On-road Nationals were held at the Stavanger Modellbilklubb club this past weekend. In the Touring Modified class, that attracted nearly 30 entries, it was Nikko Haheim with the overall TQ after winning four of the five qualifying rounds. Mathias Nedrebo, who took a single round TQ came in 2nd overall. The opening A-main saw Nikko with a DNF while Mathias walked away with the win from Oskar Fjeld in 2nd, however with wins in A2 and A3 Nikko put things straight and grabbed the overall title from Mathias Nedrebo in 2nd and Oskar Fjeld in 3rd, making it an Xray podium lock-out.

Image: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 10, 2020

Marcus Kaerup doubles at DRCMU EP Off-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the Danish DRCMU 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Black Track Nysum facilities this past weekend. In the 2WD Mod Buggy class it was Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup with the overall TQ from Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard in 2nd. The triple A-mains saw young Marcus walking away with the wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory as Jonas Kaerup (Team Associated) cemented his overall runner-up position with a win in A3. Frederik Hovgaard had to settle for 3rd overall.

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August 10, 2020

Kevin Nielsen wins at DASU On-road Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the Danish DASU On-road Nationals was hosted by the Midtsjællands Mini Racing Club this past weekend in Touring Super Stock, Stock and FWD classes. Kevin Nielsen would take the TQ in the Super Stock class from Frederik Broløs Mikkelsen and Søren Boy Holst. In the finals Kevin would take the win from Frederik in A1 and A2 as the two swapped positions in A3 meaning Kevin would walk away with the overall victory from Frederik in 2nd while Patrick Danielsen came in 3rd overall to round out the podium result.

Image: Kevin Nielsen

August 10, 2020

Elliott Boots wins Nemo Raceway Race Three

The third Nemo Raceway Race was held this past weekend with once again some of the UK’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers in attendance. In the Nitro Buggy class it was SWorkz’s Elliott Boots with the overall TQ and he also came out swinging in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind HB Racing’s Graham Alsop in 2nd, some 19 seconds behind. Agama’s Lee Martin would round out the top 3 result another five seconds back as Lewis Jones and Jack Hirst came in 4th and 5th respectively. Jamie Hall, Kevin Brunsden and Richard Barton completed the 8-car main result.

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August 10, 2020

T-Works roll out new T4F’21 optionals

Made for Xray’s new T4F’21 front-wheel driven T4F’21 touring car are several new optionals from T-Works. The range includes aluminium and titanium ball end sets, a titanium turnbuckle kit, as well as several screw sets including orange anodised aluminium, natural colour titanium, mixed aluminium and titanium as well as full steel screw kit – the latter are available with UFO or standard-style heads. As usual all aluminium parts will greatly lower the overall weight while the titanium items will ensure a low weight coupled with exceptional stability. The gold-colour screw kits will add visual impact while offering exceptional corrosion resistance.

View the other new parts here

August 10, 2020

JJ Wang wins KO Propo Nitro Sedan Race

With the 200mm worlds championship cancelled due to the global pandemic, Steel City Raceway hosted the KO Propi Race in Fontana, California last weekend. Mugen Seiki’s JJ Wang would win the nitro sedan class. Due to travel restrictions, JJ’s long-time mechanic Ai was not able to travel to assist at this major nitro event in America. Mugen USA team manager Brian Thomas stepped up and assisted JJ to take the win over Capricorn’s Paolo Morganti. Serpent’s Bryce Butterfield completed the podium in third place.

Thanks to Garrick Wang for the update.

August 10, 2020

Kieran Cox wins at NWN Summer Series Rd4

Round 4 of the North West Nitro Summer Series was held in Blackpool, UK this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Keiran Cox (Xray) with the win in the A-final, a lap in front of Nick Cox (HB Racing). Chris Sharpe-Simkiss (SWorkz) came in 3rd overall, while Colin Brennan and Callum Akerody-Bench rounded out the top 5 result.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

August 10, 2020

VP-Pro 13-45mm ride height gauge

Coming from VP-Pro is their new 13mm to 45mm off-road ride height gauge. The tool is machined from high-quality aluminium, it comes black anodised for looks and features a double-sided laser-engraved scale to allow for easy ride height value reading.

Source: VP-Pro [vp-racing.com]