The 4th round of Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals took place at the challenging astro turf track in Usti nad Labem. In 2WD Buggy it was Kaja Novotny who TQ’d all three rounds of the mixed wet and dry qualifying. In the finals, Kaja would take tone-to-tone wins to take the day’s win from Marek Schiller 2nd and Ales Bidovsky 3rd.
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Coming soon from Losi is their new 5ive-T 2.0 1/5th scale 4WD short course truck. The gas-powered truck has all of the unrivalled performance of its predecessor and includes Bind-N-Drive technology allowing owners to pick the transmitter that best fits their driving style. The powerful Zenoah G320 32cc engine has been built specifically for the 5IVE-T 2.0. The revised chassis layout reduces the front drive shaft angle for improved durability and increased 4WD balance. Plus, the new rack style bellcrank steering assembly makes for easy Ackermann changes and overall improved steering geometry. Additional advances include an updated front hood, upgraded brakes, and hard anodised bleeder caps and shock bodies for improved shock performance. The truck is available in grey/blue/white or grey/orange/white livery from November.
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Exotek have released a host of new option parts for the Losi LST 3XL monster truck. The range includes new aluminium suspension parts such as front steering blocks, C-hubs and rear hubs all of which add precision and stability. The items are machined from high-quality aluminium and they are available in either blue or gun metal anodising. Also new are front and rear 2.5mm carbon fibre top plates as well as a 5mm carbon fibre LiPo battery strap. The items are direct replacements for the standard parts and they add visual impact for a cool racing look.
Coming from Yeah Racing and made for the Traxxas 1/16 E-Revo and Summit trucks are HD tool steel universal driveshafts. The heavy duty items will greatly improve overall durability as they add maximum strength to the driveline. The driveshafts come in sets of two and they can be used either on the front or the rear of the truck.
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The 2018 EFRA 1/8th E-Buggy European Championships were held at the CARCA track in Noeux-les-Mines, France this past weekend. Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel was in control of things all the time as he took the overall TQ and he also went on to win A1 and A2 for the overall title from Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro 2nd and HB Racing’s Thomas Musso 3rd. HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk and Mugen’s Juan Carlos Canas would complete the top 5 result.
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Michal Orlowski has won the first A-Main of 4WD at the EOS opening round at the Nurburgring. The Schumacher driver came under intense pressure from Xray’s Bruno Coelho, who momentarily took the lead at the end of the straight before coming off worst when the two buggies touched. Giving Orlowski a huge break, the reigning champion would make a mistake half way through the race, which now 2nd placed Joern Neumann emulated, allowing Coelho a second go at his rival. Having just put in the fastest lap of the race, 3/10ths better than that of Orlowski, he would make a mistake at the centre table, allowing Top Qualifier Orlowski to take the win. Behind, Daniel Kobbevik completed the Top 3 just ahead of the recovering Neumann.
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Michal Orlowski is the 4WD Top Qualifier for the opening round of the Euro Offroad Series at the Nurburgring. The Schumacher driver claimed only his second ever 4WD TQ when he topped qualifying for the third time in Germany this morning despite it been a rough 5-minutes by the Pole. With a fastest lap that was 3/10th faster than his closest rival, the reigning champion lost 6-seconds with two significant errors but still had enough in hand to top the times from fellow teenagers Daniel Kobbevik and Joona Haatanen. Behind them Martin Bayer would enjoy his best run so far collecting a P4 for his efforts but for team-mate Bruno Coelho the promising P2 he produced in Q2 last night came to little as he retired after losing a wheel, the same issue hampering him also in Q1. Running in the second fastest heat Kája Novotný posted the fifth fastest time with the Sworkz of Micha Widmaier completing the Top 6 ahead of Lee Martin.
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Michal Orlowski has taken the opening round of 4WD qualifying at the Euro Offroad Series at the Nurburgring, the Schumacher driver just managing to pip Daniel Kobbevik over the final two laps by 0.020 of a seconds. Having topped practice, Orlowski wouldn’t have the best of starts to Q1 suffering a mistake on the second lap due to the steering lock being wrong on his radio but it was his finish to the qualifier that clinched him the TQ. Fifth fastest in practice, Kobbevik had an improved car and looked on target for the TQ but losing more than half a second to Orlowski with a slow penultimate lap he was a 1/10th too slow on his final lap to stay at the top of the timing screen at the finish. Behind, another of the EOS’ young guns completed the Top 3 as fresh from his first EOS career win in 2WD earlier in the day Joona Haatanen surprised even himself with the 3rd fastest time. Joern Neumann was best of championship veterans with a P4 ahead of Lee Martin and Martin Bayer.
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