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March 3, 2020

Malaysian EP Off-road Nationals Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the Malaysian 1/10 Electric Off-road Nationals was hosted by Syahmi’s Backyard Speedway in Sungai Buluh, Malaysia over the weekend. Held in 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes it was Team Associated driver, Jade Lim with the overall TQ in 2WD Buggy and he also took wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory as A3 winner, Bashir (Team Associated) cemented his runner-up position. Shahrin S. (Schumacher) came in 3rd overall. Over in 4WD Buggy it was again Jade Lim with the overall TQ, however the young man was not able to convert the pole position into a win as Shahrin S. came out on top in A1 and A3 for the overall win from A2 winner Jade in 2nd overall. Bashir would end the day sitting in 3rd overall.

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March 3, 2020

2020 Urban Astro Buggy Champs Rd1 – Report

The 2020 season of the Urban Astro Buggy Champs kicked off this past weekend at the rooftop track of Urban RC in downtown Singapore. A scorching day greeted the drivers for round 1, with 18 racers eager to start their 2020 offroad racing season. A new flowing layout welcomed the racers, this time featuring a challenging front double-double, and a cross-over section. In qualifying, it was 2019 2WD champion, Esmail Apandi, dominiating proceedings as he claimed TQ in all four qualifying rounds. Julien Foo was a strong 2nd, with TS Bay just a point behind in 3rd. In the finals, Esmail carried his dominance with commanding wins in both legs 1 and 2 to secure an early overall win. Julien had to be content with 2nd in A1 and A2, before securing the win in A3. Yong Youyi, who qualified 6th, managed to make his way through the field to secure a great P3 finish. The next round of the Astro Buggy Champs will be held on April 5th.

Source: Urban RC [urbanrc.online]

March 3, 2020

Foote & Snavely win at Muchmore Invitational

The 2020 Muchmore Invitational was held at NW Hobbies in Albany, Oregon last weekend. Brandon Foote took an impressive win in the highly contested 2WD Modified Buggy class with his Yokomo from his Yokomo teammates Harley Yoshii in 2nd, Andy DiBrino in 3rd, and Tanner Day in 4th overall. Team Associated’s Waylin Rose would complete the top 5 results.

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March 3, 2020

JP Richard TQs & wins at Stock Showdown

EN Hobbies of Columbus, Ohio held the 2020 Stock Showdown race last weekend and in the 2WD Stock Buggy class it was Yokomo’s JP Richards with the overall TQ and also the win in the single 5-minute A-main event, leaving behind Team Associated’s Austin Horne in 2nd and TLR’s Rashaad Marshall in 3rd. Dustin Fox ended the day on the 4 spot from Domenic Reese in 5th.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

March 3, 2020

Florian Joos wins at Longwy Winter Series finale

The final round of the Longwy Winter Series was held over the weekend with the hosting club once again providing a nice and challenging layout with the track for the final round being a pretty fast one. In Touring Stock Expert it was Florian Joos with the overall TQ from Joe Streff and Nicolas Delisé. Florian went on to win A1 and A2, however he had to withstand a lot of pressure from both Nicolas and Joe. Nevertheless Florian took the overall win, even with a tweaked car as his mechanic put some suspension inserts in the wrong way. Behind Florian Joe and Nicolas came in 2nd and 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 3, 2020

Indoor Baltic Championship Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Indoor Baltic Championship was hosted by RC Mulk and held in the Poltsamaa Felixhall facility. The three day event saw drivers from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland and the 2WD Buggy class saw Karl Kasekamp topping the practice sessions, followed closely by Hendrik Lainemae, Rainer Ressar and Robin Ilus. Qualifying would see quite a few winners on top, with Kasekamp taking Q1 and Q5, Ressar winning Q3 and Q4 and Lainemae taking Q2. That’s also how they would line up on the grid for the finals. All three legs would be full of exciting overtakes and lots of tight racing, but Kasekamp would show his speed pulling away from the field after the first few laps. 2nd spot would be obtained by Rainer Ressar, and newcomer Karl Martinson showed great pace to come in 3rd in the end.

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March 3, 2020

2019/20 Mibosport Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend, once again attracting a very healthy field of over 200 drivers for the electric on-road and off-road classes. The event was a special one for the overall championships as to make things more interesting, the organisers decided to serve more points than usual on the final encounter, ensuring all drivers were pushing really hard as nothing was set in stone in the overall rankings going into the final round. Beside the usual suspects the final round attracted some special names, mainly in the off-road classes, such as Jörn Neumann, who found the way to the Czech Republick after a long time as did young and very talented Jessica Palsson from Sweden. However, starting with the on-road classes and in Touring Modified, Oliver Havranek was the man to beat. But it was not smooth sailing for him. Matej Sulc held the TQ spot after the qualifiers but in the end Matej wasn’t able to fend off Oliver who brought home the win from Matej in 2nd. Petr Grof secured P3, Kuba Simurda came in 4th and Martin Kratochvil finished in 5th.

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March 2, 2020

JConcepts Finnisher Mini-T 2.0 body shell

Coming from JConcepts and made for the Losi Mini-T 2.0 is the new Finnisher truck body shell. The clear body has a slight cab forward, raked windshield and aggressive stance that highlight a performance-oriented core. The front hood scoop allows plenty of clearance for mini front-end geometry and body mounts while smoothing out the front down force area. Front chin spoiler, headlight and grill protect the front-end from unwanted up-drafts during flight while the supplied decals stand-out like an 18-wheeler. Just like the larger trucks, the Mini-T body has all the performance-based features like air-escape passages which can be trimmed by the customer for better “in-flight” characteristics. Recessed windows look heavy and adds to the depth of the Finnisher styling. Heavy bracing between the back of the cab and rear shock tower humps connect the features and add some rigidness to the design. The rear spoiler is included as part of the rear of complete body assembly mould and the package is complete with window masks and a decal sheet.

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