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World Champion Products have announced the addition of veteran US racer, Billy Easton to their team. The Serpent designer and factory team driver will use the VS Racing buggy engines and tuned pipes in his 2017 1/8th nitro off-road campaign.

Source: World Champion Products [worldchampionproducts.com]

Capricorn have introduced the Tesla T1 Buggy 3.5cc nitro off-road engine. The power plant features a DLC-coated and silicone-filled crankshaft, a 5-port cylinder and steel ball bearings. Included are a variety of venturi inserts for the and the lightened cooling head is laser engraved for looks and easy recognition.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

Coming from Revolution Design Racing Products are the RC8B3 machined shock parts, a direct replacement for the kit’s rod guides and lower O-ring bushings. Precisely machined from high-quality Delrin the parts improve the O-ring seal fit for optimised sealing, better shock rod guidance and a more efficient shock performance. The set includes four shock rod guides and four lower bushings, enough to equip all four shock absorbers of a car. The set is compatible to all 3rd generation RC8 kits including the RC8B3, RC8B3e, RC8T3 and RC8T3e.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

The recent fifth round of the Silverstone Winter Series saw Tom Yardy walking away with the TQ and win in the hotly contested 2WD class. In the final he was pushed hard by Charlie Ware. The two collided halfway through and Charlie showed great sportsmanship by giving the lead back to Tom who then held on to win by a tenth of a second, with Dave Poulter in 3rd.

2WD final results:
1. Tom Yardy
2. Charlie Ware
3. Dave Poulter
4. Eugene Galley
5. Jack Neal
6. James Harrold
7. Richard Barton
8. Matt Dodd
9. Ian Mellish
10.Billy Fletcher

4WD was won by Paul Crompton, from Lewis Jones and Matt Dodd while Richard Miller won the truck class from Russell Lee and Daniel Gardner.

4WD final results:
1. Paul Crompton
2. Lewis Jones
3. Matt Dodd
4. Felix de Hamel
5. Callum Johnson
6. Chris Ely
7. Liam Galvin
8. Dan Austin
9. Billy Fletcher
10.Mark Fletcher

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

Hobby Track Sukoharjo, in Solo, Central Java held their grand opening race this past weekend. The first permanent indoor track in Indonesia measures 70x40m and the event attracted over 50 drivers from Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Jogjakarta, Medan, Kupang, Bali as well as many local drivers. The race format would be six rounds of 10 minute qualifying with the four best rounds to count followed by bump-up finals. Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) would take the TQ honours, but in the 60-minute final it was HB Racing/Reds Racing’s Adrian Wicaksono who came out on top from Jason with Kyosho/O.S. pilot, Hariadi Lie in third.

Final results:
1. Adrian Wicaksono – HB Racing/Reds Racing
2. Jason Nugroho – Xray/Novarossi
3. Hariadi Lie – Kyosho/O.S.
4. Ery Setiawan – Kyosho/O.S.
5. Faisal Ali – Kyosho/Reds Racing
6. Kenji Liono – Kyosho/SPower
7. Andre Irawan – Mugen/RC Concept
8. Sigit – Kyosho/O.S.
9. Edianto – Kyosho/O.S.
10.Aswin – TLR/O.S.
11.Chopin – TLR/Maxima
12.Wie Wen – Mugen/O.S.
13.Indra Liono – Xray/SPower
14.Andre S – Mugen/O.S.
15.Stanley W – HB Racing/O.S.

Thanks to Michael Nugroho for the report.

Japanese company GForce have announced a limited edition release of a couple of aluminium option parts for Tamiya’s vintage Egress 4WD buggy. The range will include steering bellcranks, steering knuckles, rear hubs and also gearbox covers all of which are machined from high-quality aluminium. The parts, that were originally issued a while back and that should fit both the re-release and original Egress kits, come anodised in a dark gun metal colour and they will sport silver edge details.

Source: GForce [gforce-hobby.jp]

Pepe Group have announced the signing of French talent, Leo Arnold to the Energy Fuel team. The former ENS A-main finalist and French Champion will use the complete range of Energy Fuel products in his 2017 on-road campaign.

Source: Pepe Group [pepegroup.net]

Coming from HRC Racing is a 11.1V 3S 4400mAh hardcase LiPo battery pack. Offering standard 2S dimensions of 135x45x25mm the battery is usable in all vehicles that take 2S packs but the additional cell makes for a significant boost in performance. The battery is ideal for short course and monster trucks with limited battery compartment size, it comes made from high-quality 50C cells and sports a Deans-compatible T-plug connector.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

Round four of the Model Indoor Oss race series was recently held and it saw Jarno Pijpers taking the TQ in the 2WD Buggy class. Jarno then also took the win in the opening final but mistakes in A2 promoted Wouter Wijnen into the lead that he could hold onto until the checkered flag. The third and final main would then decide for the day’s win and holding his nerves together allowed Jarno to come out on top and to take overall victory from Wouter Wijnen in second and Steve Lamberts in third.

2WD final results:
1. Jarno Pijpers
2. Wouter Wijnen
3. Steve Lambrechts
4. Stephan Roufosse
5. Sander van Genechten
6. Rajco van der Sluijs
7. Guy de Weerd
8. Yolan de Weerd
9. Rick van den Akker
10.Jan Siewert

In 4WD Nigel van Katwijk brought home the win at round four from Arie Vos and David Pauwels.

4WD final results:
1. Nigel van Katwijk
2. David Pauwels
3. Arie Vos
4. Yolan de Weerd
5. Bart van Echelpoel
6. Robin Maas
7. Jack Box
8. Rajco van der Sluijs
9. Jan Siewert
10.Pieter Beekman

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

The Austrian town of Mistelbach near Vienna played host to the Austrian Indoor Nationals. The event was held in a total of five electric on-road classes and it attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers. In the premier class of Touring Modified Patrick Gollner would take a dominant overall TQ after coming out fastest in four of the five qualifiers and he would also sweep the A-mains by winning all three legs. Sascha Klug would take the runner-up spot after some nice racing with Patrick while Christian Fraunschuh completed the top 3 result.

In Touring Stock Alexander Mayer took the TQ and he was able to win A1 and A2 to grab the overall win early. Christian Völker couldn’t match Alex’ speed but would take the runner-up spot in front of Roland Bauer.

In the Formula class and after a 1-year break from the nationals Herbert Weber was back in force. But it wasn’t an easy affair for him, as Andreas Stiebler was hot on his heels. Also Thomas Dvorsky was in the mix and after the five qualifiers Herbert would take the TQ in front of Andreas and Thomas. In the opening final Herbert made some mistakes, allowing Thomas to take the win. A2 saw a big fight of Herbert and Andreas, both were racing each other hard and ultimately Herbert could take the win in A2 and also in the final main to take the title from Thomas and Andreas.

1/12 Modified was dominated by Rene Dockter and Toni Eder. Both were significantly faster than the rest of the field and in the end Rene would take the TQ and also the wins in A1 and A2 to take the overall title from Toni Eder and Kurt Hubeny.

1/12th Stock saw a sweep of Thomas Dvorsky who took the TQ and wins in all three finals to take the day’s win from Friedrich Pfeiffer and Andreas Scheuch.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]