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Merlin McFly carbon fibre rear body support

Posted: 22 Jul 2019 08:53 AM PDT

New from Merlin McFly is a carbon rear body support for 200mm touring car body shells. Made from high quality US carbon this body support increases rear traction and reduces the risk of body tucks in racing mode. Currently available for Capricorn and Serpent 750 cars, the supports are also available custom-made to fit other cars.

Source: Merlin McFly [merlinmcfly.de]

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Ari Heinonen sweeps Finnish 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd3

Posted: 22 Jul 2019 07:03 AM PDT

Round 3 of the Finnish 1/8th Buggy Nationals was held at Fullspeed RC in Vantaa, Finland this past weekend. Ari Heinonen took the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifying rounds from Lauri Ruotsalainen, who also took a round TQ. In the 45-minute A-main event it was again Ari who would prevail, taking the win some twelve seconds in front of Markku Honkanen on the runner-up spot. A lap down Simo Ahoniemi would complete the top 3 result, finishing on the same lap as 4th placed Tomi Salonen and 5th placed Lauri Ruotsalainen.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

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Wang & Tyler win at Sven Böhringer Family Reunion

Posted: 22 Jul 2019 06:03 AM PDT

Timezone Raceway of Battle Ground, Washington played host to the annual Sven Böhringer Family Reunion race, attracting over 150 entries in the six cases of 1/8th Masters, 1/8th Open, GT8, 1/10th 200mm Nitro, Touring Modified and Touring 17.5T Stock. In Touring Modified, drawing nearly 30 entries, it was Xray‘s JJ Wang with the overall TQ some 0.019s in front of Xray teammate, Korey Harbke. After the triple A-main events it was still JJ on top, thanks to winning A2 and A3 for the overall as Korey had to settle for 2nd with 1-2-5 finishes. 8th place qualifier, Yokomo‘s Randy Caster came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Over in Touring Stock 17.5T it was Xray‘s Lex Tyler with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, taking wins in A1 and A2. 3rd place qualifier, ARC‘s Henrik Heitsch won A3 to cement his overall runner-up spot from Alex Fera (Xray) in 3rd.

Source: Protoform [racepf.com]

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Schreffler & Mazzara win at Hot Race Challenge

Posted: 22 Jul 2019 05:22 AM PDT

Barnstormers Raceway of Chester, New York recently played host to the Hot Race Challenge, attracting a total of 200 entries. In 1/8th E-Buggy it was HB Racing’s Jason Schreffler with the overall win from Xray’s Jared Phair on the 2 spot. Mugen’s Bryan Kata came in 3rd to round out the podium. Over in E-Truggy it was Mugen’s Anthony Mazzara with the overall from Jared Phair 2nd and Bryan Kata 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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Austrian Electric Off-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

Posted: 22 Jul 2019 03:50 AM PDT

The third round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the ERT Steyregg club, host of the recent EOS round a couple of weeks ago. Wet weather greatly affected the weekend, however thanks to racing on astro turf the drivers would still be able to get some practice and the qualifiers in until the organisers decided to call it a day due to really heavy rain that made running the finals impossible.

With the qualifying results to count it was Xray’s Hupo Hönigl with the overall win in the 2WD Modified Buggy class from Team Associated’s Peter Pinisch in 2nd and Xray’s Lukas Grainer in 3rd.

In 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Hupo with the overall win as Lukas and Peter swapped their 2WD results, having Lukas ending the day on the runner-up spot from Peter in 3rd.

Finally in the 2WD Stock Buggy category it was Michael Skolnik (Xray) with the win from Rene Levetzow (Team Associated) on the 2 spot and Thomas Grainer (Xray) in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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ROAR 1/8 EP Off-road & 4WD SCT Nationals – Report

Posted: 22 Jul 2019 01:59 AM PDT

The 2019 ROAR 1/8th Electric Off-road & 4WD Short Course Nationals were held at Adrenaline RC Raceway in Winchester, Virginia this past weekend. The tight and twitchy indoor dirt track saw Mugen’s Ryan Maifield taking the overall TQ in the E-Buggy class from Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin in 2nd and Tekno RC’s Jared Tebo in 3rd after the qualifiers. A1 and A2 then were also won by Ryan for the overall from A3 winner, Spencer Rivkin. TLR’s Dakotah Phend – with 3-3-9 finished – snatched the final podium spot in the tie-breaker with Jared Tebo, who had to settle for 4th overall.

E-Truggy had Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst taking the overall TQ and also the wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall from 2nd place qualifiers, Dakotah Phend while 3rd place qualifiers, Ryan Maifield completed the top 3 result from SWorkz’s Ryan Cavalieri in 4th.

Over in the 1/10th 4WD Short Course class it was Dakotah Phend with the overall TQ and in from Jared Tebo in 2nd and Joe Bornhorst in 3rd.

Images: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

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Jörn Neumann takes German E-Buggy title

Posted: 22 Jul 2019 01:45 AM PDT

The iconic Bischofsheim track played host to the German 1/8th Electric Buggy Nationals this past weekend. When the dust had settled after the triple A-main events it was multi-time German National Champion, SWorkz’s Jörn Neumann with the overall win thanks to coming out on top in A1 and A3 for the overall title from Agama’s Burak Kilic, who took the win in A2. Mugen driver Aaron Rönick came in 3rd to round out the podium in front of Agama’s Berkan Kilic in 4th and SWorkz driver Micha Widmaier in 5th.

Image: Markus Reise

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Bezerk B6.1 battery hook system

Posted: 22 Jul 2019 01:25 AM PDT

Bezerk RC have announced the release of a new option part for the Team Associated B6.1 2WD buggy in the form of a battery hook system. Made from glossy 2.5mm carbon fibre, these hooks offer secure fore and aft adjustment of the LiPo shorty battery pack. Unlike slotted systems that can slide forward in a crash, these stay secure with a range of different positions including flipping them over to get the full range of adjustment. An O-ring holds the pack in place secure enough to keep it in place but also flexible enough to allow for the chassis to flex underneath. The O-ring hooks are centrally located to the battery hooks, so the retaining ring is always centrally located to the battery pack.

Source: Bezerk [bezerk.com.au]

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