The Big Apple OS Speed Challenge was held at Barnstormers Raceway in New York this past weekend. The track was blown out and dusty but after a heavy rain shower the track was flooded, forcing the organisers to call it a day meaning the finishing order would be based on qualifying, handing the 1/8 Nitro Buggy win to top qualifier, Mark Sousa (Xray). HB Racing’s Cole Ogden came in 2nd from Serpent racer, Adam Johnson in 3rd.
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Now available from Leadfinger Racing is the newly updated A2 Tactic body for the Kyosho Inferno TKI4 nitro buggy. The A2 body design for the MP9 TKI4 is the second generation to the original Assassin. Track conditions can have a drastic change over long race weekends, making the A2 the perfect choice for added tuning as the sleek and aggressive styling gives an all around balanced feel.The windshield has been given less rake then that of the original Assassin, easing steering slightly. Additional height has been taken out of the cab and widened front to rear, helping to lower the centre of gravity, and giving the car a more planted feel. The rear swoop behind the cab has also been lowered, with additional down force added to the top of the side pods. Bump outs have been added for throttle linkage and fuel tank clearance. The A2 body for the Kyosho TKI4 is made of thicker lexan, comes clear and ready for paint with window masks and stickers provided.
Carlos Sikora has taken the win in the E-Buggy class at Los CoCos RC in the a Dominican Republic this past weekend. Sikora would drive his JQRacing buggy to victory in the hot, rough and challenging conditions as Francis Ortiz (TLR) would claim 2nd and Luis Garcia (Kyosho) came in 3rd.
Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]
Round 9 of the Nitro X Cross series was geld at the East Shrewsbury club this past weekend. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was HB Racing’s Graham Alsop with the win a lap in front of runner-up, Agama’s Jonathan Skidmore. Mike Lewis (Team Associated) in 3rd would round out the podium result as Matt Lewis and Jon Howells completed the top 5 result.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
Racing action returned to the Singapore-based Urban PlaySpace astroturf buggy track this past weekend with round 4 of the Astro Buggy Champs. Overnight storms saw racers greeted by a very wet track. However, the quick-dry surface meant that the track was fully raceable after just a short delay to the race programme. The day’s racing action would be in the 2WD class only, with the 4WD event rescheduled to another day. Qualifying was as usual super close on this difficult circuit. Racers were having trouble making mistake-free runs. Taking Q1 was Don Cheo, with young gun Sean Lee in 2nd. Fazly Ibrahim would come back to as the drier track yielded its first 19-lap run, while Jody Long recovered from a bad Q1 to take 2nd for the round. TQ would be determined in Q3, and it was Jody who finally TQ-ed a round of qualifying, with another 19-lapper, while Fazly finished 2nd. With both Jody and Fazly tied on overall points, it was Fazly who secured the overall TQ on the tiebreak.
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Coming from Yeah Racing are two new items in the form of magnetic body post markers for 6mm posts and an aluminium fan mount for 1/8th scale motors. Starting with the magnetic post markers, the items help to precisely drill touring car body mount holes as they conveniently locate the body post position on both clear and painted body shells. The set consists of four aluminium body post maskers and four O-shaped magnets and using the tools is very easy as the clamping-style body post markers are simply attached to the body posts, then the body will be put on top and placed as needed. The four magnets will then be placed on top of the body posts from the outside, marking the body post positions while also holding the body in place. Through the magnet’s holes the body post positions can be marked using a sharpie pen and drilled using a reamer. The set is available in red or black colour.
The warm-up to the German 2WD Nationals was held at the MAC Eifel Elos club this past weekend. The event was a double feature as it was a regional qualifying race combined with the German Nationals warm-up. In the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes it was multi-time German National Champion, Schumacher’s Jörn Neumann who lead the way by taking the TQ in both classes and also bringing home the overall victories. Luca Rau (Kyosho) and Michael Leupuschitz (Schumacher) would round out the 2WD Mod Buggy top 3 as Luca Rau (Kyosho) and Jens Becker (Xray) completed the Mod Wheeler podium.
T-Works have introduced their new Ver.2 carbon fibre shock towers for the Mugen MBX8 and MBX8 Eco series of 1/8th off-road buggies. Coming as separate front or rear tower both are cut from high-quality 4mm carbon fibre with the rear tower offering additional mounting positions for the rear wing in order to adjust the overall centre of gravity or downforce.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
