Last weekend saw the running of the Greek 1/8th Buggy Championship at the newly established Speed Track Ready facility in Athens. In the 35-minutes main final Tassos Paparegas (Xray) battled it out with Giannis Papanikolaou (Kyosho) but later in the run Tassos was able to pull away for the win in front of Giannis on the runner-up spot. In 3rd, Yannis Perogiannakis (Mugen) rounded out the podium result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The fourth round of the Belgian Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the MAC Vlijmen track this past weekend. Going into this event Wesley Van Helmond knew that he only needed to finish 3rd in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes to wrap up the titles. In 2WD he took TQ and won legs 1 and 2 of the A-finals while in 4wd he qualified 2nd on the grid but again won legs 1 and 2 with some superb driving and overtakes to once again take the victory. Therefore he has wrapped up his 7th National Championship with one round still to go.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
New from Team Orion are two 4S LiPo battery packs for 1/8th competition applications. Coming as Ultimate Graphene HV 7200mAh 15.2V and Ultimate Graphene 6600mAh 14.8V battery, both are built from advanced graphene LiPo cells that offer up to 120C discharge rates and a very low internal resistance for high power output. The packs allow up to 5C charge rates, they utilise heavy duty gold-plated battery connectors and use built-in and rubber-protected balancer ports for clean wiring and maximum reliability. The packs are usable for on-road and off-road applications alike, they include the needed balance wire and they are available from now on.
Leinfelden in Germany played host to the BAWÜ Cup this past weekend and it was SWorkz’s Micha Widmaier with the win in both the Nitro Buggy and Electric Truggy classes. The Mugen duo of Stefan Byesse and Luca Schmid would round out the Nitro Buggy top 3 while Udo Öhler and Andreas Rüüp (both SWorkz) completed the Electric Truggy podium. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class it was Morris Voldenauer (SWorkz) with the win from Patrick Müller (Mugen) and Victor Gabriel (Kyosho).
View the E-Truggy and E-Buggy podiums here
New from Leadfinger Racing comes the A2 Tactic body shell for the Serpent Spyder SDX4 4WD buggy. The new design draws its influence form the previous A2 designs created by LFR. To bring back some old school style, the windshield has been laid down to remove the steep rake, while at the same time keeping a modern cab forward feel. The combo gives the Spyder a super slick and fast look from nose to tail. The top of the cab has an added roof vent for additional cooling that pushes air flow over the centre diff and motor, further enhancing performance and style. To help keep everything planted, the rear of the cab has the traditional swoop along with added down force ailerons on the top of the side pods. The body comes clear with window masks, stickers and two pre-cut clear Tactic wings included.
Clanfield RC played host to round three of the SRS this past weekend. Agama’s Jon Hazlewood took the TQ in the Nitro Buggy class with SWorkz’s Kevin Brundsen on the 2 spot. When the flag dropped and the final was over it was however Kevin with the win from Jon in 2nd as Agama’s Callum Niblett rounded out the podium result in 3rd.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]
Coming from Ben Sterling RC are several new air filter foam sets for a range of 1/8th nitro buggies. Available as natural, un-oiled foams or pre-oiled with a specifically designed bio filter oil, the foams are sold in packs of ten. The bio oil is a very tacky, but very breathable fluid that is biodegradable and non-toxic while still being fuel and water-proof. The sets are available for the TLR style air filters, the Mugen MBX8 and Kyosho MP9 TKI4.
View the other air filter sets here
The Summer Race event was hosted by the Spanish Cartt club in Fuencarral this past weekend and it was Alberto Garcia with TQ and the win in the 30-minute Nitro Buggy main final. Ivan Ramirez came in 2nd some three laps down as Pablo Izquierdo completed the top 3 results.
Source: Alpha [alpha-rc.com]
