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HRC Racing TSW camber & ride-height gauge

Posted: 11 Sep 2018 11:31 AM PDT

New from HRC Racing is this all-new TSW 1/10 precision camber and ride-height gauge, especially designed for 1/10th touring and offroad buggy. This tool allows you to measure your setup in a quick and easy way with a camber gauge featuring a range of -10 to +10 degrees and a ride height gauge in steps up to 7mm.

Source: HRC [hrcdistribution.com]

Jason Nugroho claims Indonesian Buggy Nats title

Posted: 11 Sep 2018 03:04 AM PDT

The 3rd round of the Indonesian National Buggy Championships were held last weekend at the famous C-Netic Track in Surabaya, East Java. It was the final round of the National series and a total of 39 drivers attended this event from Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Batam, Gresik, Madiun, Banjarmasin, Bali, Kendari and local drivers. The race comprised of 6 rounds of 10 minutes qualifying, with the best 4 counting. After 6 rounds of qualifying it was Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) who the TQ honours. In the 60 minute final the top qualifier also took the win followed by Stanley Wangsanegara (HB/OS) in 2nd and Ery Setiawan (Mugen/OS) in 3rd.

Main final result:
1. Jason Nugroho – Xray/Novarossi
2. Stanley Wangsanegara – HB/OS
3. Ery Setiawan – Mugen/OS
4. Adrian Wicaksono – Mugen/OS
5. Andre Irawan – Mugen/OS
6. Wie Wen – Mugen/OS
7. John Agus – Kyosho/OS
8. Keiricci L – Mugen/SPower
9. Yudi Indrawan – Mugen/OS
10. Kenji L – Xray/Spower
11.Ray Timothy – Kyosho/OS
12.Rizky Pradana – Mugen/OS
13.Hariadi Lie – Kyosho/OS
14.Rama Tribudiman – Kyosho/OS
15.Dimaz Arianto – Mugen/OS

For this last round of the Championship, the Indonesian RC Association (ARMI) awarded trophies to the Top 10 positions in the overall series.

Top 10 drivers overall Series :
1. Jason Nugroho – Xray/Novarossi
2. Stanley Wangsanegara – HB/OS
3. Adrian Wicaksono – Mugen/OS
4. John Agus – Kyosho/OS
5. Ery Setiawan – Mugen/OS
6. Andre Irawan – Mugen/OS
7. Kenji L – Xray/Spower
8. Rizky Pradana – Mugen/OS
9. Arian Sutandar – Mugen/OS
10.Ray Timothy – Kyosho/OS

Thanks to Automodels for the report.

Shanghai’s N8 Club – Race Report

Posted: 11 Sep 2018 02:22 AM PDT

This past weekend, the N8 Nitro Racing Club in Shanghai saw 20 drivers come out to compete. N8 is promoting nitro on road racing in China and getting great support from manufacturers all over the world such as Matrix Tires, VP Fuel and Sunpadow Batteries. With a growing interest for nitro racing in Shanghai, N8 has become the premier Nitro RC racing Club in China. Club qualifying and race format promotes interaction and participation between members. Qualifying is an hour long where drivers decide when to set their 3 consecutive fast laps to determine final heats. 2 car bump ups in each mains give drivers a chance to make the A-Main, all mains are 30 minutes. You don’t need to bring your own pitman because mechanics are assigned thru lottery where different members get to teams up with other members every month. The club meets every 6-8 weeks.

This past club race saw some fast Chinese electric drivers giving nitro a try. Former Chinese national electric champion Motor King and Rocket Zhang showed why they are considered top drivers in China. But at the end, it was N8’s veteran Italian Lorenzo Bali who took TQ as well as the Win with his Picco-powered Mugen Seiki. Runner up was Serpent factory team driver Rocket Zhang and finishing the podium was the local flying Swede Martin Skarin with his OS powered Mugen Seiki. Driver of the Day went to Dr. Zhong Hua Yin who drove 10 hours to join this one day club event. Zhong bumped up into the A-Main and finished 4th.

N8 Club Founder Rick Wang had this to say. “I am pleased to see how we have grown this club. For our sport to grow, we cannot rely on the governing body to be responsible. Those of us who are passionate about this hobby need to step up and put the effort behind our sport. N8 was started to fuel that nitro passion and keeping it relevant, we welcome anyone from anywhere to join us.”