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September 19, 2018

Ed Callan wins at Autumn Cup

The Autumn Cup was Robin Hood Raceway and YORCC club’s final outdoor race event of this year’s off-road season and it was held last weekend. 2WD Buggy qualifying was a showdown between Edward Callan and Ben Smith with each driver taking two rounds a piece. Coming down to countback on the fastest time, Edward missed out by just 0.1 second. In a change from the normal, traditional five minutes, the finals were run over six. Managing to get past Ben on the first lap due to a small mistake, Ed stayed out in front despite pressure from Ben to win and secure the Autumn Cup 2WD class.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

September 19, 2018

SWorkz S14-3 1/10th 4WD Buggy – Coming soon

SWorkz have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming S14-3 1/10th scale 4WD buggy. No other information about the follow-up model of the popular S14-2 is available yet but we expect more details and images to surface very soon.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

September 18, 2018

Yeah Racing TRX-4 alloy rear C-hubs

Coming from Yeah Racing and made for Traxxas’ TRX-4 trail truck are aluminium rear C-hubs. Machined from aluminium and sporting a black surface coating, the hubs add strength and precision to the rear end of the truck without adding too much weight, making them the ideal choice over optional brass items.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

September 17, 2018

JConcepts orange Satellite tyre rubber bands

JConcepts have introduced their Satellite tyre rubber bands in a new orange colour option. Specifically developed for tyre mounting, the rubber bands are produced in a high-elasticity material capable of stretching to a full assortment of different sized tyres. Finely detailed array of handles are designed to ergonomically conform to your fingers so the user can deftly adjust the rubber band to the sidewall of each tyre to apply the pressure where it is needed. The Satellite rubber bands are usable for 1/10th, SCT and 1/8th buggy tyres and a set includes four bands per package.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

September 17, 2018

ArndtCraft 30mm motor cooling fan brace

Coming from ArndtCraft is a 30mm motor cooling fan brace that was designed to prevent fan breakage in extreme off-road conditions. The brace is ideal for all WTF-style fans and it attaches from the bottom, air flow outlet side of the unit. The 1mm carbon fibre plate is very light of weight and it will improve the fan’s life when running on carpet or astro turf tracks with wood or concrete base. It supports the fan’s centre section, as well as fan housing structure, to prevent fan centre section, and housing, from deflecting under hard impact, which can result in fan breakage.

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September 17, 2018

Orlowski ‘makes up for 2WD’ with 4WD victory at Nurburgring

Reigning double Euro Offroad Series Champion Michal Orlowski has won 4WD at the season opener at the Nurburgring in Germany, the Schumacher driver saying ‘this makes up for 2WD’ in which he finished 3rd yesterday. Orlowski secured his 5th EOS career win of 4WD when he again managed to stay ahead of second place qualifier Bruno Coelho, the Xray driver only coming into contention in the final round of qualifying. Top Qualifier, after taking 3 of the four rounds of qualifying, Orlowski again came under pressure from Coelho in A2 but got a break when his rival got caught up on the wall. Handing the Pole a comfortable lead, two laps later he would have his own mistake allowing Schumacher team-mate Joern Neumann to close right in for a challenge on the lead but the tight track would catch the German out allowing the recovering Coelho back into 2nd. From there he was closing down the leader but another error gave enough breathing space for Orlowski to take the final by more than a second & a half, his first 4WD victory from the TQ starting position. Winning A3, new rules for Season #8 prevented Orlowski from racing the third A-Main, Coelho would finish 2nd with Daniel Kobbevik, 2nd in A3, rewarded for a great performance with the final step on the podium.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

September 17, 2018

Drake & Bornhorst win at Southern Indoor Nationals

The 2018 Southern Indoor Nationals were held in West Monroe, Luisiana this past weekend. The event was held in several 1/8th Nitro and Electric as well as a single 1/10th Open SCT class and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Cole Ogden with the TQ from Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz. Pro Nitro Truggy was TQ’s by Tekno’s Ryan Lutz with teammate, Joe Bornhorst in 2nd. Over in Pro Electric Buggy the top 2 again were taken by Ryan Lutz and Joe Bornhorst. Onto the finals and in Pro Nitro Buggy it was Mugen’s Adam Drake with the win in the 45-minute main final, some 5.6s in front of Joe Bornhorst while TQ Cole Ogden had to settle for 3rd overall, a lap down.

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September 17, 2018

Sebastian Winterstein wins at Bavarian Champs

The Bavarian Championship was held at the Buggy Club Mitterkreith this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen’s Sebastian Winterstein with the win from SWorkz driver Tim Kraus in 2nd and HB Racing’s Guido Erler in 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]