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Italian company Bittydesign have introduced their new Force bodyshell for the Kyosho MP9 TKI4 buggy. Developed in cooperation with Kyosho team drivers the body sports a cab forward design, large side flaps for downforce and improved traction and the overall design also optimises the airflow towards the rear wing. The body is made from genuine 1mm Lexan material and it comes clear, including window masks and a decal sheet. Also available and sold separately are optional mud guards to protect the rear driveshafts and wishbones from collection too much dirt. Like the body, the mud guards come made from clear polycarbonate.

Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]

The second round of the Swiss Islikon Offroad Masters was held this past weekend with about 80 drivers in several electric off-road classes. In the 4WD Buggy category it was Kevin Prinz (Xray) who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers but in the finals Adi Riederer (Xray), coming from the 2 spot on the grid, would take the overall victory from Kevin while Team Durango driver Philipp Huber rounded out the podium. The Xray duo of Michel Buschor and Mario Di Bella completed the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Samix have introduced aluminium driveshaft caps for the Axial SCX10 II RTR truck. The parts are machined from high-quality aluminium and they come in sets of four in green, black or gun metal anodising, all sporting laser-etched Samix logos. The caps improve durability of the RTR driveshaft assembly and they are a direct fit.

Source: Samix [rcsamix.com]

The recent round of the popular Silverstone Winter Series saw Schumacher’s Tom Yardy scoring a dominant win in the 2WD class. Tom TQ’’d all four rounds of qualifying, and cruised to a final win by a comfortable margin. There was a close battle for second between Eugene Galley (Xray) and Jack Neal (Schumacher) but eventually they tangled which allowed Richard Barton (Schumacher) through to take second and Iain Mellish (Kyosho) took third.

2WD final results:
1. Tom Yardy
2. Richard Barton
3. Iain Mellish
4. Jack Neal
5. Eugene Galley
6. Mark Fletcher
7. Greg Williams
8. Connor Cocker
9. Ross Nicholson
10.Dave Poulter

In 4WD Greg Williams led a 1-2-3-4 finish for Schumacher ahead of Mark Fletcher, Matt Dodd, and Chris Ely. There was a close battle for the lead between Greg and Kev Lee (PR) but a late crash dropped Kev to fifth.

4WD final results:
1. Greg Williams
2. Mark Fletcher
3. Matt Dodd
4. Chris Ely
5. Kev Lee
6. Tom Stackhouse
7. Duncan Rist
8. James Harrold
9. Liam Galvin
10.Felix de Hamel

The Truck class was won by Richard Miller, with Russell Lee second and Daniel Gardner third.

Truck final results:
1. Richard Miller
2. Russell Lee
3. Daniel Gardner
4. Darren Pollard
5. Paul Clarke
6. Chris Hampson
7. James York
8. Mark love
9. Shaun Mellett
10.Ben Lloyd

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

Round three of the 2016 BRCA LMP nationals took place last weekend at the the Tamworth track just north of Birmingham. Drivers would compete over two days, with Saturday seeing all drivers racing in the 13.5 fixed timing class and Sunday seeing classes split into 6.5 Modified and 13.5 Sports Modified, both fixed timing. As always the central location saw a strong field of drivers, which was headed by 3-time 1/12th European Champion Alexander Hagberg. Competing against Alexander would be multiple World Champion David Spashett, past European Champion Chris Kerswell and a host of European A-finalists headed by Mark Stiles and Ollie Payne.

In the Stock class Alexander’s Xray and David’s Roche were evenly matched and both headed rounds, but in the end pole position was claimed by Alexander by less than a tenth of a second from David. Adam Catchpole was next up a little over three seconds off pole. The A-final saw a masterclass from Alexander, as an early mistake from David saw the pack lose ground on the pole sitters Xray. In the end a great recovery drive from the early chaos saw Adam Catchpole claim second from his Roche team mate Ollie Payne in third. David managed to fight back to take fourth after a late race dice with Mark Stiles.

Sunday saw the 6.5 Modified class on track, and once again it was Alexander who headed qualifying. In the Modified class Alexander looked to be noticeably faster than his competitors. This time the Xray driver claimed pole from David Spashett by just under four seconds. Once again Adam Catchpole was third on the grid. For the second time of the weekend Alexander cruised to a comfortable win, in the end lapping everyone except the Schumacher Eclipse of second placed finisher Andy Murray. David Spashett hung on to third after a couple of mid-race mistakes.

The Sports Modified 13.5 class saw a close race for pole position with Aidan Ripley’s Eclipse just edging out Craig Nutting’s Roche for pole. The final saw Aidan withstand early pressure from Craig to eventually pull clear to take his second win of the season. In the end Craig would cruise to a lonely second position. The last place on the podium went to another Eclipse, this time in the hands of Leigh Dibble, who withstood race long pressure from the Xray of Luke Burley to claim his first podium of the year in third.

The fourth round of the series will take place in January at the Barley Mow club in Tyne & Wear.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

Xray have announced the dates for the Xray Racing Series Germany that will be held on four weekends between January and March 2017. The season will kick off on the weekend of the 15th of January in Adenau and finishes on the 12th of March, again in Adenau. Drivers of select classes will receive an Xray promo package and each driver has the change to win a T4 kit at the series finale. More information and all dates can be found here.

Coming from Xceed is a dedicated setup system for 1/10th off-road buggies. CNC-machined from aluminium and sporting a grey anodised surface with laser-etched markings, the set helps to precisely set camber and toe angles thanks to its ball-raced construction. The set comes in a sturdy, zipped bag for easy storage and transportation and it is available now.

Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]

The 2016 U.S. World Nitro Cup was held at Full Throttle RC Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida over the weekend. As usual the event attracted some of the country’s fastest nitro on-road racers to compete against guests from abroad and it would be Australia’s Jesse Davis (Infinity) that would lead the way in 1/8th Open qualifying to take the TQ after four rounds of qualifying. In the 45-minute main final though it would be Italy’s Alberto Picco (Mugen) that took the overall win some 7.6s in front of Jesse while Lamberto Collari (Infinity) completed the podium result in third, one lap down.

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

Round three of the popular MRC Longwy Winter Series attracted more then 100 drivers to compete in a total of five electric on-road classes. After three qualifiers and triple mains it was Ronald Völker who came out fastest in the premier Touring Modified class from Remi Callens in second and Loic Jasmin third. Matthias Keding and Nicolas Delise would round out the top 5 result.

Touring Modified A-main results:
1. Ronald Völker
2. Rémi Callens
3. Loic Jasmin
4. Matthias Keding
5. Nicolas Delisé
6. Manuel Wagner
7. Patrick Beck
8. Olivier Bultynck
9. Jonathan Gergen
10.Sebastien Fender

The Touring Stock 10.5T class had Alexandre Duchet taking the day’s win from Richard Volta and Gilles Choque. Alexander Becker and Jaques Libar came in fourth and fifth respeticely.

Touring Stock 10.5 A-main results:
1. Alexandre Duchet
2. Richard Volta
3. Gilles Choque
4. Alexander Becker
5. Jacques Libar
6. Joe Streff
7. Dirk Rischard
8. Thomas Stenger
9. Marc Schilling
10.Majuran Tharmalingam

In Touring Superstock it was Andre Klink that came out fastest after the triple A-mains from runner-up, Carsten Neudeck. Luca Becker, David Moysan and Jörg Mayers came in third to fifth.

Touring Superstock A-main results:
1. Andre Klink
2. Carsten Neudeck
3. Luca Becker
4. David Moysan
5. Jörg Mayers
6. Hai Long Tran
7. Jannick Rommens
8. Michael Ribault
9. David Kottus
10.Eugene Orer

The Rookie category was won by Benoit Seidel from Raphael Brassart and Marina Baczkiewiczc. Prescilla Melacotte and Raphael Pesce completed the top 5. Finally in the Pan Car category it was Marc Schilling to take the win at round three from Xavier Debroye and Jean-Baptiste Janssens.

Pan Car A-main results:
1. Marc Schilling
2. Xavier Debroye
3. Jean-Baptiste Janssens
4. Christophe Deliege
5. Brice Deliege
6. Jacques Libar
7. Olivier Seidel
8. Rene Maire
9. Rui Nogueira

Source: MRC Longwy [facebook.com]

Thunder Alley Raceway hosted their Toys for Tots race over the weekend with the event having over 110 entries. TLR’s Adam Drake would sweep the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truck classes with his Novarossi-powered rides and he took a commanding victory in the 30 minute Nitro Buggy final by nearly a lap. Cody King (Kyosho/Reds Racing) settled for second and Joseph Quagraine (JQRacing/Reds Racing) finished third.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]