The South East Wyoming RC Club hosted the 2020 Cheyenne Showdown last weekend, drawing a 266 entry field. Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo was the man to beat in Pro Nitro Buggy and he would bring home the TQ and also the win in the 30-minute A-main event. Some two laps behind it was Camden Lime (SWorkz) on the runner-up spot from Xray’s Zac Gastelum in 3rd. Justin Myerson and Zeke Ballinger would round out the top 5 result.
Xpress have released first images of their forthcoming new FM1S mid-motor front-wheel drive M-class touring car kit. The design allows for more stability and increased corner speeds with adjustable flex options for the top deck enabling the driver to fine-tune the chassis to a wide range of track conditions. The chassis supports the traditional 210mm wheelbase and 160mm width, allowing for plenty of bodyshell options. The kit is set for a release in September.
Last weekend’s Finnish 1/8th Off-road Nationals were held at the Vaasa track in nitro and electric classes. While Joona Haatanen walked away with the win in the Nitro Buggy class, it was Jarno Siltanen (Mugen) with the TQ and win in the E-Buggy category. The opening A-main would see Karri Salmela (Team Associated) taking the win with a 3-seconds margin from Mikko Luopajärvi (Team Associated), however the pole position holder stroke back in A2 and A3 to seal the title from Karri in 2nd and local hero Mikko in 3rd.
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The Telford Reedy Race was held in the UK last weekend with the event format being based on the famous Reedy Race style of heads up racing – no qualifiers against the clock. 32 drivers were split into groups of four cars and each driver raced against each other driver at least once over four rounds of four minute racing. Tom Yardy was able to take comfortable wins in all of his races on the bumpy astroturf surface. Unlike the normal Reedy race, the format was adapted slightly from this point, with the top eight drivers based on their combined best race results going into two semi-finals and the top two from each race would then contest the main final. Tom started his semi from pole and quickly gapped the field to take the win and with the fastest time from both semis, he would start the main final from the front of the grid. In the final, Tom set the fastest time of the day to take a comfortable overall win from Mathew Dodd and Tony Bishop.
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The 2020 The Wicked Weekend event was held at S&B RC Raceway in Piedmont, South Carolina last weekend, attracting nearly 260 entries including many of the country’s Pro 1/8th off-road racers. In the premier Pro Nitro Buggy class it was TLR’s Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ from SWorkz’s Ryan Cavalieri in 2nd. The 30-minute A-main event saw Ryan taking over the lead 18 laps in to the race and from there he never looked back to take the win some 2.9 seconds in front of Dakotah while Mugen’s Ryan Maifield came in 3rd overall, another 7.8 seconds behind. HB Racing’s Cole Ogden would come in 4th, while Spencer Rivkin (Team Associated) ended the day in 5th, and still on the same lap as the winner.
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Coming soon from Klinik RC are new 5 degree vertical ballstud caster blocks for the Schumacher Cougar Laydown and the forthcoming all-new Storm ST 2020 truck. Klink RC designed the caster blocks with the option of increasing front end grip, mechanical traction and steering response. With 0 washers these have the same geometry as a stock upright, adding washers will add initial steering response and increase corner speed. The parts will fit the Cougar Laydown, KC, KD and 2020 Storm racing truck kit.
Round 2 of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was held at the AMCS Schaffhausen club last weekend. The race saw the running of six different 1/10th and 1/8th scale classes and in Touring Modified it was Michele Manzo with the overall TQ from Khounmy Bui in 2nd. In the finals Michele continued to stay on top and with three straight wins he took the overall victory from Philipp Huber in 2nd while Khounmy had to settle for 3rd overall.
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Team Associated have introduced their new B74.1 and B74.1D Team Kit 1/10th scale 4WD buggies. The off-road RC car racing scene has changed over the past few years, with turf and carpet racing becoming more popular and grip levels at an all-time high. The engineers inside Team Associated’s Area 51 were quick to answer the 4WD class with the RC10B74 Team Kit, a completely new chassis configuration equipped with a long list of features designed to give you the winning edge. The B74.1 platform introduces the use of two separate chassis configurations. The B74.1 is the buggy of choice for high-grip carpet or turf track surfaces with its next-generation Octalock 2-Pad high-load, high-capacity, centre slipper clutch and optimised carpet kit setup. The B74.1D includes a centre differential with 200,000 cSt silicone fluid and an optimised dirt kit setup.
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