August 6, 2018

2018/19 Schumacher GP Series – Announcement

The 2018/19 Schumacher GP Series is a 3-race series that will be held at the MB Raceway in Leeds, UK and will cater for GT12 and Touring classes. GT12 and Touring 13.5T Blinky will run to BRCA rules, however the GT12 class will run on Contact Green Stripe and the touring class on Sorex XG-28RK control tyres. The dates are all on Saturdays, September 29th, December 29th (Christmas), April 20th (Easter) so not to clash with any Sunday racing. There will be a 100 driver limit, initially 70 GT12 and 30 touring. More information and sign-up can be found here.


August 6, 2018

PR Racing SB401 Type R – Teaser image

PR Racing have released a first of what is expected to be their forthcoming SB401 Type R 1/10th 4WD buggy. The vehicle will add to PR Racing’s line of Type R competition kits and is understood to come with a range of high-performance features right out of the box. Full information will become available in time for the release.

Source: PR Racing [pr-rc.com]


August 6, 2018

Pablo Fernandez wins at Spanish regionals Rd4

The fourth round of the 2018 Castilla y León 1/8th Off-Road Nitro Buggy Regional Champs was hosted by the Pical Club in Valladolid, Spain. Xray’s Pablo Fernández took the 2nd place overall in the qualifiers, however he was able to up his performance in the 45-minutes long main final to bring hime the win in front of young Daniel Pariente (Mugen) as Team Associated’s David Benito rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


August 6, 2018

Callan wins at BRCA 10th Juniors & Veterans meeting

The Bury Metro track was host to this year’s BRCA 1/10th Off-road Juniors & Veterans meeting this past weekend. In the Under 16 4WD Championship it was Josh Holdsworth with the TQ after the qualifiers, however it was 2nd place qualifier, Edward Callan with the overall win after the triple A-main legs as Josh had to settle for 2nd. Jamie Hall was able to conserve his qualifying performance to take 3rd overall.

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August 6, 2018

Atsushi Hara wins O.S. Off-road Challenge

The 2018 O.S. Off-road Challenge was held at the Yoshino-Works track in Shiojiri, Japan this past weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Mugen driver Atsushi Hara with the win from Kyosho’s Yusuke Sugiura on the runner-up spot as Mugen’s Kenji Tsuruta took the final podium spot.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]


August 6, 2018

T-Works BD6.1 series titanium ball end set

T-Works have introduced a 14-piece set of 64 Grade titanium ball ends for the Team Associated B6.1 series of buggies. The set includes high-quality titanium ball ends that reduce both the overall weight and improve corrosion resistance compared to the standard steel items while also adding visual impact. The set fits both the B6.1 and B6.1D and it is available now.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]


August 5, 2018

Bruno Coelho crowned 1/8th Nitro Buggy Euro Champ

The 2018 EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championship was held in Portugal this past week. Qualifying at the Radiomodelismo de Freixedas track was dominated by Davide Ongaro as the Italian phenomenon swept all five rounds of qualifying to put a vice like grip on this 1/8th IC Off Road European Championship. Reigning European Champions Robert Batlle qualified 2nd, and was Davide’s closet challenger though never getting within five seconds of his time. Bruno Coelho was a surprise 3rd overall the versatile Portuguese eliciting the help of Ty and Gord Tessman over from Canada to help set up and run his car, with instant results as when left to just do the stick work there are few Bruno’s equal. Reigning world champion David Ronnefalk had a torrid time in qualification with poor tyre choices and failures leaving him to scrape into 4th overall, still without a decent set-up. Juan Carlos Canas was our 5th qualifier, and left rueing what might have been when a miscommunication in round 2 saw him come in to the pits when he still had another lap to complete, those lost points would have put him 3rd. The one factor none of the drivers could avoid was the oppressive heat, with 38°C all thru Friday and the chance that the finals would be even hotter.

Continue reading the report here


August 5, 2018

Samix TRX-4 adjustable aluminium servo brace

Coming from Samix and made for the Traxxas TRX-4 trail truck is an adjustable aluminium servo brace. The item is machined from high-quality aluminium and its sliding design allows to use the most popular servos without any modifications. While being very versatile the item also greatly improves overall chassis rigidity while protecting the servo case from excessive stress. The servo brace comes in three different colours and it is available now.

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