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The sixth round of the Lestr Cup was recently held in Prague, Czech Republic. Young Milan Mudra was on fire and able to take the overall TQs in both 2WD and 4WD buggy. Milan would also sweep the A-mains to take the 2WD win from Arnold Lorenz in second and Honza Kapicka in third. In 4WD it was again all about Milan who took another overall victory from Marek Ornst and Frantisek Kalenda in second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

PR Racing soon have new 1/10th scale buggy wheels available. They offer a revised design and are available as new 2WD slim front, 2WD regular wide front, 4WD front and general rear rim in white or fluorescent yellow colour, as pair or 4-pair value packs. The wheels fit PR Racing’s line of 2WD and 4WD buggies and also other brand’s cars.

Source: PR Racing [pr-rc.com]

Round four of the Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin. The event was held in several electric on-road and off-road classes and it attracted some of the countries fastest drivers. In the premier class of Touring Modified Martin Hudy was the man to beat and at the end it was only about who would round out the top 3 result. Ultimately Jakub Simurda and Oliver Havranek would join Martin on the podium.

Touring Modified final results:
1. Martin Hudy
2. Jakub Šimurda
3. Oliver Havránek
4. Michal Wójcik
5. Ladislav Lebánek
6. Radek Voda
7. Arkadiusz Smyk
8. Jano Benetin
9. Zsolt Kálnay
10.Filip Obora

In Touring Stock class young Oliver Havranek won the opening two A-mains to grab the overall win early, allowing him to sit out A3. Arkadiusz Smyk would be award with the runner-up spot overall from Tono Sloboda in third.

Touring Stock final results:
1. Oliver Havránek
2. Arkadiusz Smyk
3. Tono Sloboda
4. Matúš Benetin
5. Filip Obora
6. Peter Zemanovič
7. Tomáš Hrkel
8. Dušan Bayer
9. Viktor Halčin
10.Mariusz Zachacz

In the Formula class Martin Hudy held TQ and he would convert the pole position into another victory at the end. Behind him rising Slovakian 2WD star Andrej Vnucko came in second from Igor Liptak third.

Formula final results:
1. Martin Hudy
2. Andrej Vnucko
3. Igor Lipták
4. Dušan Bayer
5. Pavol Chovan
6. Miloš Dobiás
7. Rudo Kadlečík
8. Andrej Verný
9. Miroslav Hargaš

1/10th Pancar was led by Andrej Vnucko. No one was able to get past him and so he brought home the win from Vladimir Viskup in second and in third.

1/10th Pan Car final results:
1. Andrej Vnucko
2. Vladimir Viskupup
3. Rudo Kadlečík
4. Marek Helbich
5. Pavol Chovan
6. Miroslav Hargaš

Only three cars made up the 1/12th pan car field and with a flawless performance Tomas Liptak brought home the win from Branislav Panak and Vladimir Viskup. A new class of rising popularity is 1/12th GT and it saw a brilliant fight between Tono Sloboda and Igor Liptak with the better end for Tono who scored the overall win from Igor in second. Branislav Panák had to settle for third overall.

1/12th GT final results:
1. Tono Sloboda
2. Igor Lipták
3. Branislav Panák
4. Jozef Bozo
5. Ivan Viskup

Over to the off-road categories and it was Kaja Novotny who TQ’d the 2WD Buggy class from young Max Gotzl and Ales Bidovsky. The finals then proved to be a tough affair for the pole sitter as Kaja had his problems with the first double jump right after the start and he had to work his way through the field. Ultimately he would still bring home the win while the fight was on for the remaining podiums spots. In the end Max would prevail to take the runner-up spot from Ales in third.

2WD Buggy final results:
1. Kaja Novotny
2. Max Gotzl
3. Ales Bidovsky
4. Ondrej Kulhanek
5. Michal Nagy
6. Adrian Uhrik
7. Matuš Benetin
8. Pavel Ntkovca
9. Jaroslav Valder
10.Martin Rytir

4WD Buggy was again dominated by Kaja who took the TQ by about 10 seconds. The finals then were pretty much a blue print of the qualifiers as Kaja brought home popular wins to grab the overall from Alex Bidovsky in second and Max Gotzl third.

4WD Buggy final results:
1. Kaja Novotny
2. Ales Bidovsky
3. Max Gotzl
4. Lacko Toth
5. Martin Rytir
6. Igor Liptak
7. Ondrej Kulhanek
8. Vaclav Broz
9. Antonin Hybler
10. Jaroslav Valder

In the Truck class the Kaja show continued and he took the day’s win from Ales and Max who again had an entertaining time fighting for the runner-up spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Serpent have introduced new optional parts for the SDX4 1/10th 4WD buggy in the form of 0 degree C-hubs and a high downforce front wing. Starting with the suspension parts, the castor hubs are machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and they come with a silver finish and laser-etched markings for easy identification. The hubs add stiffness and durability to the front end while allowing to adjust the steering characteristics for specific track conditions. Also new is the high downforce front wing. Designed to be mounted behind the front shock tower the wing will add extra front end downforce when needed. The wing comes made from clear polycarbonate and it will also fit other the buggies of other brands.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

Coming from HRC Distribution’s HRC Racing brand are the TSW shock shaft pliers. Machined from high-quality aluminium and sporting a red anodised finish for wear and looks, the pliers help to attach or remove ballcups without damaging the shaft’s delicate surface. Five different size grooves fit the shock shafts of a multitude of scales including 1/12th, 1/10th and 1/8th.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

UK Team Corally distributors X-Factory UK have released first official information on the forthcoming SSX8R and SSX8S 1/8th electric on-road kits. The SSX8 series utilises a simple rigid suspension design that does away with complicated adjustments without sacrificing on-track performance. The 4WD cars were designed for the use with 4S LiPo battery packs, they feature a ball-type front suspension, adjustable pivot damping, adjustable caster and camber settings, hardened steel driveshafts and delrin 32dp main gears. The difference between the SS8R and the SSX8S are the bulkhead, chassis and suspension materials with the SS8R coming with carbon fibre chassis and suspension parts beside a bunch of aluminium goodies while the SSX8S utilises a carbon fibre and G10 fibre glass chassis, G1o arms as well as composite plastic bulkheads. Both kits come without electronics, tyres or bodies but 1/8th nitro wheels and bodyshells are a direct fit on both the R and S variant.

SSX8R features:
– 3.0mm carbon fibre chassis
– 2.5mm carbon fibre front arms
– 2.5mm carbon fibre radio plate
– 2.0mm carbon fibre body plates
– Adjustable “Ball Type” front steering
– Adjustable front camber & caster
– High strength composite plastic parts
– 7075 T6 Alloy bulkheads – front
– 7075 T6 Alloy bulkheads – rear
– 6065 T6 Alloy wheelspacers – rear
– 6065 T6 Alloy body posts
– 6065 T6 Alloy servo posts
– 6065 T6 Alloy battery posts
– Hardened steel drive shafts
– Ball bearing servo saver
– Adjustable front pivot dampening
– Composite side-links
– CNC Delrin 32DP main gear 60T

SSX8S features:
– 3.0mm G10 / Carbon fibre chassis
– 2.5mm G10 front arms
– 2.5mm G10 radio plate
– 2.0mm G10 body plates
– Adjustable “Ball Type” front steering
– Adjustable front camber & caster
– High strength composite plastic parts
– Composite bulkheads – front
– Composite bulkheads – rear
– Composite wheelspacers – rear
– Composite body posts
– Composite servo posts
– Composite battery holder
– Hardened steel drive shafts
– Ball bearing servo saver
– Adjustable front pivot dampening
– Composite side-links
– Composite 32DP main gear 60T

Source: X-Factory UK [xfactoryrc.co.uk]

Round three of the Norwegian Cup was held on a purpose-built track in Trondheim. Andreas Daving (Yokomo) would take the TQ in the Touring Stock class but it was Team Magic’s Martin Sorlie who would come out fastest in A2 and A3, with plenty of luck and some skulls as well, to grab the overall victory from all-round racing hero Ketil Pettersen (Yokomo) and Andreas Daving in third.

Touring Stock final results:
1. Martin Sørlie
2. Ketil Pettersen
3. Andreas Daving
4. Alexander Gjemble
5. Are Belsaas
6. Jørgen Pettersen
7. Jacek Lipiec
8. Kim Reitan
9. Asbjorn Valso

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

Coming from SkyRC is the DC power distributor box with dual USB and triple banana-type outputs. Usable with 6V to 18VDC input the box multiples the outputs available from a power supply or dedicated charger, allowing to power mobile devices, pit lamps and more from a single power output at the same time. The box features two 5V/2.1A USB and triple banana/crocodile-type outputs and it is available in three variants with banana-type, DC male plug or XT60 plug connector harnesses.

Source: SkyRC [skyrc.com]

The penultimate round of the Schumacher Indoor Masters Series was held at Worksop this past weekend. A huge entry once again of 144 competitors showed just how popular this event has become. As always the qualifying format was round by round, with the best two results to count towards the final and grid position. In 4WD it was Richard Lowe who was the man to beat, taking TQ in all four rounds to line up on pole position, ahead of Craig Collinson and James Helliwell. The finals were then again a Lowe show with James Helliwell climbing up one spot to second overall while Steve Pierce obtained the final podium spot.

4WD final results:
1. Richard Lowe
2. James Helliwell
3. Steven Pierce
4. Craig Collinson
5. Danny McGee
6. Jack Neal
7. Neil Cragg
8. Edward Callan
9. Greg Williams
10.David Hall
11.Mitchell Fiddling

In the 2WD class it was Neil Cragg who dominated qualifying taking TQ in all four rounds also, this would line him up on pole, ahead of Richard Lowe and Mitchell Fiddling. After the A-main it was still Neil on top with Danny McGee coming in second and Richard Lowe third.

2WD final results:
1. Neil Cragg
2. Danny McGee
3. Richard Lowe
4. Mitchell Fiddling
5. James Hart
6. Eugene Galley
7. Greg Williams
8. James Helliwell
9. Craig Collinson
10.Mark Fletcher
11.David Hall

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]R Off Road

Harrisburg in Pennsylvania played host to last weekend’s 2017 Motorama event. In the three expert classes of 1/8th E-Buggy, 1/8th E-Truggy and 1/10th 4WD Short Course Joe Bornhorst made a near sweep, TQ-ing eight of the nine qualifiers with only in E-Buggy he was having some traffic problems in Q2. The A-mains were held in a double format with motocross-style tiebreaker meaning a better finish in A2 decides the overall but that wasn’t something Joe had to care about as he made clean sweeps in all A-main legs to wrapping up the overall in all three classes he attended. In E-Buggy Spencer Heckert and Anthony Mazzara sidelined Joe on the podium while the remaining top 3 spots in E-Truggy were taken by Austin Woodyard and Spencer Heckert. As for Pro4, Jared Wiggins and Spencer Heckert, who made a triple podium at the Motorama, completed the top 3 result.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]