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March 17, 2018

Double pole for Ryan Lutz in Xiamen

Confirming what everyone suspected following Rd1 of Practice, Ryan Lutz has taken the top qualifying spot in Nitro Buggy in Xiamen, China. Despite not improving on his Q1 time the Tekno driver continued to better his best lap time each round to end with a 33.542. Yusuke Sugiura would take the final round just ahead of Lutz but a number of mistakes meant he also didn’t improve his result. Wataru Takashiro ended in 3rd overall with his Q2 time, having a difficult time with traction rolling in the final round. The biggest improvement for the round came from both Kaja Novotny, who secured himself 4th overall, and Chen Guanxian who took 5th, both drivers have 12 plus second gain.

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March 17, 2018

Ryan Lutz TQs EP Buggy in China

Ryan Lutz is the top qualifier of EP Buggy at the 2018 SIGP in Xiamen, China having taken Q2 which along with taking Q1 locks in pole position for Sunday’s triple A-mains. Putting in a blistering run on the ARC International Raceway, the Tekno driver took 4 seconds off his Q1 time and set the outright track record with a 32.904 second lap, the only driver to drop below 34 seconds in qualifying. It was a familiar order behind with Kyosho driver Yusuke Sugiura taking 2nd place, with Kaja Novotny a further 11 seconds back in 3rd with Chen Guanxian and Shin Dongcheol completing the top 5.

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March 17, 2018

Nitro Buggy Top 3 reversed as Takashiro takes Q3

In round 2 of Nitro Buggy qualifying the top 3 drivers remained the same, however the order was reversed with Kyosho driver Wataru Takashiro taking the round but remains in 3rd overall with a time that is still 14 seconds off TQ Ryan Lutz. Japanese team mate Yusuke Sugiura was second, just 1 second back with Lutz having a difficult start to his qualifier with a number of mistakes dropping him way back. Zhan Wei would take 4th while Kaja Novotny finally starting to come to terms with the low grip surface to round out the top 5.

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March 17, 2018

Q1 in Xiamen goes to Ryan Lutz

Ryan Lutz has continued on in qualifying from where he left off in practice by taking the opening round of Nitro Buggy qualifying by 6 seconds with a consistent run under overcast skies. It was a familiar story in 2nd and 3rd with the Japanese Kyosho pairing of Yusuke Sugiura and Wataru Takashiro, the latter some 25 seconds back after making too many mistakes with was a difficult to drive car. Felix Law, who is back racing 1/8th offroad after a 12 month break would end up 4th just ahead of Kyosho returnee Zhan Wei in 5th.

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March 16, 2018

JConcepts Ryan Maifield Momentum car stand

Coming from JConcepts is the new Ryan Mayfield Momentum car stand. The RM signature edition car stand is formed in durable material and sports a matte black finish, making it handy, lightweight and stylish. The stand has a rectangular build with sturdy base which fits a large variety of 1/10th and 1/8th scale vehicles. The shape is ergonomic allowing drivers to pick-up the stand using one hand while the vehicle is still in place. Cut-out sections on the stand help rigidity and helps build a muscular physique. The item includes a thick foam pad which installs in the upper recess located on upper ring. A full RM decal sheet is included which features a number of panels to fully trick out the look. The graphical theme is based on the iconic Maifield paint scheme using an array of blues, red, silver and charcoal colouring. One side shows a 1/10th off-road buggy celebrating the IFMAR World Championship titles and the other shows off the 1/8th buggy and a classic Maifield trackside interview quote about the difficulty of racing.

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March 16, 2018

Lutz is top seed going into Nitro qualifying in Xiamen

Ryan Lutz is the Nitro buggy top seed for Qualifying at the 2018 SIGP as he put in a blistering time to go nearly 2 seconds faster over 3 consecutive laps than 2nd placed Yusuke Sugiura. The US driver putting his time down to tweaks made to the car’s setup to make it harder, having felt that the setup he copied from Jonathan Yeung for Rd2 was too soft. Behind Sugiura in 2nd was fellow Japanese Kyosho driver Wataru Takashiro who finally found his rhythm to demote Hu Weiping who will rely on his CP1 time to seed 4th with Chen Guanxian, Jonathan Yeung and Kaja Novotny all improving in the 3rd round to complete the top 6.

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March 16, 2018

Xray XB8 medium hardness front suspension arms

Coming from Xray and made for the XB8 series of cars are medium stiffness front suspension arms. The parts are moulded from a special medium hardness compound that offers both rigidity and durability for demanding track conditions with the arms being best used on dusty, lower grip tracks. The arms are usable on the left or right hand side and they come separately.

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March 16, 2018

1up Racing curved steel CA glue tips

1up Racing’s new curved steel glue tips were developed to being a universal fit while being easy to unclog for extended use. The glue tips are for the use with medium to thick viscosity CA glue and come in 10-piece packs.

Source: 1up Racing [1upracing.com]