The second round of the Mexican 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Palmas RC Track in Puebla State, Mexico. The event used IFMAR style qualifying and finals and at the end of the hour-long Nitro Buggy A-main it was Tekno’s Ruben Schaedler with the win from Tito Cesena Castro (HB Racing) 2nd and JQ Racing’s Lico Gudino in 3rd.
Source: JQ Racing [jqracing.com]
Round 3 of this year’s JBRL Electric Series was held at SDRC Raceway last Saturday. The event kicked off with practice on Friday while on Saturday two qualifiers and single main events would be held. In the 2WD Open Buggy class it was Tommy Hinz with the win, coming from the 4th spot on the grid. Mason Eppley would end the day on the 2 spot from Chris Jarosz 3rd.
Next Level RC in Cambria, Illinois held the second round of the Midwest National Series recently. The track offered lots of challenging elements such as elevation changes, motocross-style jumps and tons of grip. The race format was two 5-minute qualifiers with double 15-minutes, motocross-style mains. The opening Nitro Buggy A-main saw Alex Vaughn having a killer battle with Nate Johnson and Tim Garland with Alex eventually edging out the two for the win. A2 then was a much rougher affair as Alex lead the pack in the final lap when he hit a massive rut which caught him out, but he still managed to take the P2 spot in the main. Overall it was Tim Garland with the win from Alex Vaughn 2nd and Chase Rhinerson 3rd.
The Turf Wars 2.0 race was recently held at Beachline Raceway in Cocoa, Florida with about 100 entries for the usual array of electric modified and stock off-road classes. Brett Kingsbury would double TQ the 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and he also walked away with the wins in both classes. Paul Wynn would obtain the runner-up spot in 2WD Mod from Don Tech 3rd. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was Mitchell Schaeffer in 2nd as John Prickett rounded out the top 3.
View the 4WD Mod Buggy podium here
T-Works have introduced new aluminium wheel hubs for Kyosho’s MP9 TKI4 and TKI3 buggies. Available is a 4-piece set of standard offset hubs as well as a 2-piece set of +1mm offset hubs with the latter increasing the vehicle’s track width for improved stability. All parts are machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium, they come black anodised for wear and with laser-etched markings for easy identification.
Coming from Hudy are two new clamping design throttle servo arms. They are cut from high-quality aluminium and are available in a standard or off-set design, the latter being necessary for some nitro vehicles. The ultra-durable design with dual M3 threads allows for secure throttle and brake linkage mounting and the arm’s clamping design ensures it stays in place even after the main mounting screw became loose. In addition the standard arm is also available with plain, non-threaded linkage mounting holes. The arms come black anodised and laser etched and they are available in 23T, 24T and 25T specification.
View the offset servo arm here
Coming from Xray are their new Aerodisk V2 1/10th buggy rear wheels. The rims offer an updated design with the centere countersunk area being redesigned to place the wheel nut deeper. They are made from flexible, durable material to withstand impacts and inner reinforcement ribs to make the wheels as stable as possible to eliminate deformation while still offering a low weight. The white colour wheels are available as pairs or 10-piece multi packs.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Spring Indoor Nationals is always a special time in the Pacific Northwest as the highly anticipated race brings out the best and fastest local racers along with some of the nation’s top drivers to battle it out on a premier, high-bite indoor clay track better known as the legendary Tacoma R/C Raceway in Tacoma, Washington. This year, the layout was extremely fun featuring a radius increasing, full speed sweeper with technical jumps and rhythm sections galore. Because of the tight space, everything is even more connected putting a major emphasis on flow and rhythm while trying to maintain maximum corner speed. As the track changes and the grip increases throughout the weekend, timely setup changes will result in a faster pace and potentially increase your grid position. three rounds of qualifying are held taking best two of three to sort for mains with bump-ups to make a tightly packed 11-car field. 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified raced 6-minute triple A’s while the rest of the classes got single 8-minutes mains.
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