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The opening round of the Spanish Nitro Buggy B Championship was held at the La Nucia track last weekend, drawing over 40 entries. Young David Todd Nieto was the driver to beat all weekend as he took the overall TQ and also win in the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind Joaquin Moreno in 2nd, some 21 seconds back. Roberto Garcia Rodero, who challenged David in the opening stages, had to settle for 3rd overall, another four seconds back.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

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Round 2 of the SDRC Supercross Series was held this past weekend, attracting over 70 entries. TLR driver, Eli Westrup took the overall TQ and also the win in the 2WD Mod Buggy class from the Team Associated duo of Kevin King in 2nd and Zack Miller in 3rd. Chris Raceles and Tito Gonzalez came in 4th and 5th respectively.

Image: Eli Westrup

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PR Racing have announced the release of their 2020 V3T R Pro 2WD stadium truck kit. The vehicle features an updated steering geometry making it even easier to drive, while the redesigned rear suspension geometry creates increased rear end grip and the new super smooth ultra low profile Type R shocks soak up the roughest terrain. The all-new -2mm lower motor mount makes for a lower centre of gravity and pill style suspension blocks allow for fast toe and anti-squat changes. Up front, the truck now features an all-new front swaybar system. Durability and adjustability is achieved with a complete set of front and rear aluminium camber link mounts. The above mounts on a new -3mm chassis for optimised performance. The truck is topped off with a cab forward truggy body shell for looks and optimised aerodynamics.

Key features:
– Carbon fibre shock towers
– New 7075 3.0mm -3mm length chassis
– New RR and RF hangers with inserts
– New low mount (-2mm) motor plate with spur protector
– New front swaybars
– New Ackermann plate
– High tensile turnbuckles
– New grey rod ends and shock absorber plastics
– New foam battery spacers
– New ZZ ball bearings
– Steel front axles
– CNC alloy servo mounts
– Vented slipper plates
– Swaybar set
– 2020 PR ST1 V3T R body

Source: PR Racing [pr-rc.com]

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Round 5 of the GRC Indoor Masters were held in South Korea this past weekend with Seungjong Lee taking the TQ and win in the competitive Touring FWD class. Byoungwook Park came in 2nd overall as Dohyeok Kwon and Jaegyu Kim completed the top 4 results.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

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MAG Tuned Engines have introduced their new Crono 211 R 3.5cc nitro engine. The on-road competition power plant makes use of an exclusive crankcase created specifically to MAG Tuned Engines’ specifications, and the piston is special tuned and received a special surface treatment that reduces the friction and increases the performances. Also the liner was modified following MAG’s specification, while the crankshaft is hand-tuned and the timing has been revised according to the new engines specifications. To round out the package, the conrod is double surface treated to ensure increased hardness and less friction. Also new for the Crono is a lower and lighter cooling head.

Specifications & features:
– New crankcase with improved flow dynamics, fully hand-tuned
– Bore x stroke: 15.88 x 17.60mm
– Sleeve: 9 ports fully hand-tuned
– Piston: Special anti-friction coating and fully hand-tuned
– Conrod: Double hardness and anti-friction treatment
– Rear main bearing: Ceramic
– Front bearing: Steel
– Crankshaft: 14.5mm – Turbo – fully hand-tuned and balanced – DLC
– Carburettor: Aluminium – 8.5 mm – 3 needles
– Glow plug: Turbo (CT8)
– Weight: 321 g
– Fuel suggested: 16% nitro

Source: MAG Tuned Engines [magtunedengines.com]

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Made for all crawler enthusiast are the Ruddog Crawler 540-class brushed motors. Available in 5-slot and 3-slot specification and in a total of six different winding variants, the dual ball-raced motors feature adjustable timing, plated end bells, replaceable motor brushes and springs, brush heatsink towers and they are fully rebuildable if needed. The adjustable timing allows to adapt and optimise the motors for drivetrains that require reverse motor rotation operation. The motors are available in 13T, 16T or 20T 5-slot configuration for smoother throttle response and also as 35T, 45T and 55T 3-slot variants for improved overall power.

Source: Ruddog [ruddog.eu]

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Made for Mugen’s MBX8T series of nitro and electric truggies is a suspension refresh kit. The set allows racers to refurbish the high stress suspension components and upgrade to the optional carbon fibre arm stiffeners with a single part number. The M1016 MBX8T/E Truggy Refresh Kit includes E2146 inline front uprights, E2161 lower front arms, E2164 upper front arms, E2162 lower rear arms, E2166 optional carbon fibre front arm stiffeners, and E2167 optional carbon fibre rear arm stiffeners.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

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Round 4 of the Swiss Indoor Championship was hosted by the Mini Racing Chiasso club this past weekend. The event was held in a total of seven electric on-road classes and in Touring Modified it was Awesomatix driver, Michele Manzo with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds. The triple A-mains again saw Michele leading the way and with wins in all legs he took the overall from Antonino Mangiaracina (Awesomatix) in 2nd while Philipp Huber came in 3rd from best-of-the-rest, Khounmy Bui in 4th.

Over in the Classique Formula class it was Giorgio Favaretto with the overall TQ courtesy of two round TQs from Sacha Heuberger and Reto Kellenberger, the latter two also scoring a round TQ each. In the triple A-finals Andi Frattaroli gave TQ Giorgio a proper run for his money, challenging Giorgio until the last minute of the final A-main. Ultimately Giorgio would hold the upper hand as Andi came in 2nd, tie on points with Eric Noel in 3rd.

Image: Michele Manzo | Fenix [fenixracingshop.com]

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The TMK Raceway of Tomelilla, Sweden held their Open Club Championship this past weekend in 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. The control tyre was a 45 shore foam for the front and a 35 foam for the rear, a setup that gained some popularity lately as it makes for fun and competitive racing on EOS carpet that already took some beating. The qualifying in both classes was lead by HB Racing’s Hampus Berg and the young man also lead the opening 2WD A-main until he hit a curb, 2-wheeled and flipped his buggy, putting him dead last. Ultimately he was able to recover to 2nd again following one of his best drives ever witnessed. A2 and A3 then were business as usual as Hampus lead the way to take the win in 2WD from Victor Gunnarsson (HB Racing) in 2nd and Oscar Berg (HB Racing), Hampus’ little brother, in 3rd. Over in 4WD Hampus took wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall from Joel Rosengren (Team Associated) in 2nd and Peter Blomgren (Xray) in 3rd.

Thanks to Hakan Berg for the report.

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Coming from Rêve D is their new high-grade carbon fibre effect wrap. The super real carbon fibre resembling wrap not only looks like real carbon fibre but it also offers a certain texture to further add to the appearance. Printed on a very flexible material the wrap is easily applied even on curved surfaces with additional flexibility available using a hairdryer to pre-warm the sticker. The wrap is ideally used on wings, body panels and mirrors of drift cars but also comes in handy to wrap transponders, receiver and servo cases to make for that ultra-stealthy appearance. The 230x300mm sheet will hit stores very soon.

Source: Rêve D [teamreved.com]

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