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The fifth and final round of the Indonesian National Buggy Championships was held at Willson track, Denpasar, Bali last Sunday. A total of 66 drivers attended this event from Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Jogjakarta, Medan, Batam, Palembang, Kendari, Balikpapan and Bali. The race format originally was to be 6 rounds of 10 minutes with 4 best rounds to count but there was heavy rain during the 3rd qualifier, so the race director took 3 best of 5 rounds. Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) took TQ honours and he converted that into the win, followed by Adrian Sutanto (TLR/Reds) in second and Stanley Wangasanegara (Mugen/OS) third.

Main final result:
1. Jason Nugroho (TQ) – Xray/Novarossi
2. Adrian Sutanto – TLR /OS
3. Stanley Wangsanegara Mugen/OS
4. John Agus – Kyosho/OS
5. Adrian Wicaksono – Mugen/Reds
6. Ery Setiawan – Kyosho/OS
7. Reza Rakasiwi – HB/Orion
8. Rama Tribudiman – AE/OS
9. Andre Irawan – Mugen/OS
10.Ivan Budiman – HB/Orion
11.Hariadi Lie – Kyosho/OS
12.Chopin Yusuf – TLR/Maxima
13.Aswin N – TLR/OS
14.Falla – AE/Novarossi
15.Indra Liono – Xray/SPower

At the end of the race, the Indonesia RC Association gave awards to the top 10 drivers in the points standings.

1. Jason Nugroho – Xray/Novarossi
2. Adrian Wicaksono – Mugen/Reds
3. Stanley Wangsanegara – Mugen/OS
4. John Agus – Kyosho/OS
5. Adrian Sutanto – TLR /OS
6. Chopin Yusuf – TLR/Maxima
7. Andre Irawan – Mugen/OS
8. Indra Liono – Xray/SPower
9. Rama Tribudiman – AE/OS
10.Ery Setiawan – Kyosho/OS

Thanks to Automodels for the report.

Italian company BMT have announced the signing of long time Xray driver Mario Spiniello to their team for the 2017 season as their top driver. The 2016 Italian Champion in the 1/10th scale class as well as runner up at the 2012 European Championships leaves long time sponsor Xray after 6 years of collaboration. Mario had the following to say:

I want to thank Team Xray, Martin Hudy, Fabio Domanin and all the other people of the team for all these years together, but I could not say no to Pasquale Iuliucci (BMT) that gives me the opportunity to race with an Italian team. This is a new challenge for me. It is the first year for the BMT 701 in 1/10 nitro category and I want to give to the team all my experience to obtain great results!

Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]

Arrowmax continue to expand their line-up of LiPo Batteries and have just released their first graphene chemistry based LiPo battery, the low profile 5200mAh 65C 7.4V stick pack. Graphene has many extraordinary properties, it is about 100 times stronger than the strongest steel and nearly transparent, but what makes it really stands out on the LiPo front are the exceptional capability and efficiency in conducing heat and electricity. The benefit of this new chemistry means these LiPos have very low internal resistance which everyone is looking for while at the same time run a lot cooler under load, this in-turn gives you a feeling of higher power and capacity during high discharge-rate conditions, the perfect solution for professional and demanding racers.  Graphene LiPo batteries works on normal LiPo battery chargers with no additional adjustment is needed.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

More new items from Samix for the Axial SCX10-2 with the release of these lower shock suspension link mounts. Made from high quality aluminium, they come in three different colour, sport the Samix logo etched into the product, and help improve the rigidity and durability over the stock part while also eliminating flex of the lower shock mount.

Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]

Team Magic have announced the E6 III “BES” RTR, which is a ready to run full option version of their popular E6 III HX Monster Truck. Primarily set to only be an ARR version for TM fans, they didn’t expected the great success the BES obtained and with many users asking for a RTR version of this extreme Monster, they decided to release this ultra powerful RTR version called E6 III “BES” RTR.

– New Aluminium Shock Absorbers
– New Aluminium 5mm Shock Towers
– New Aluminium Reduction Gear Box
– New Aluminium Slide-Type Motor Mount
– New Aluminium Quick-Release Battery Mount
– New Aluminium Rear Wing Washers
– New Centre Differential Set with Steel Case
– New CNC Machined Metal Gear Case
– New CNC Machined Spiral Bevel Gear 29T/9T
– New CNC Machined Spur Gear
– New Big Size Driveshafts
– New Low Flat Ratio Mounted Tires
– New Big Size 5-Spoke Wheels
– New 2200Kv Brushless Motor
– Heavy Duty Waterproof ESC
– Savöx Heavy Duty Waterproof Servo
– H.A.R.D. 2.4gHz Radio System

Source: HRC [hrcdistribution.com]