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Sunpadow have announced the signing of Sweden’s Alexander Hagberg to their factory team. The former long-time ORCA factory driver will power all of his Xray rides using Sunpadow’s high-performance batteries while also assisting with Research and Development. Alexander says:

In recent years, Sunpadow batteries have shown its high performances and reliability in the competitive racing industry. I am highly motivated to be using their range of batteries to compete from now on.

Source: Sunpadow [arc-chn.com]

Revolution Design Racing Products have introduced their new brass C and D suspension mounts for the Tekno RC EB410 1/10th scale 4WD electric buggy as well as a dedicated rear brass weight. Starting with the suspension mounts, they are a direct replacement for the kit’s lightweight aluminium part and add valuable weight especially when running in low-traction conditions or when the track is getting bumpier. Machined from black-coated brass and sporting gold-colour chamfered edges the parts, that can be used separately or in combination, shift the weight bias further to the rear which also helps with rotation into corners especially in low traction conditions while improving overall traction at the same time. Available are the standard geometry C and D suspension hangers and also the C-2mm and D-2mm mounts that bring the suspension geometry – and thus roll centre settings – back to standard when also utilising the RDRP0452-2mm EB410 Carbon Fibre Shock Tower Rear -2mm or any other -2mm rear shock tower.

As for the rear brass weight, the item is machined from high-quality brass material and comes with a black surface coating to protect it from the elements while adding that factory look. The weight adds 30g of weight to the rear end of the buggy for an optimised weight bias and added rear traction in low-grip track conditions. The weight attaches using existing chassis holes for quick tuning and secure mounting.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

The 2018 Big Car Winter Mid West Championship was held at The Ohio RC Factory over the weekend. In Open Nitro Truggy it was Mark Sousa with the TQ over Austin Woodyard and Mike Legue. However in the 30-minute A-main it was Austin Woodyard (Serpent) with the victory as he brought home the win with a 1-lap margin from Mike Legue (Tekno RC) while Mark Sousa (Xray) had to settle for 3rd overall.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

The British Off-Road Grand Prix took place at the Centre:MK in Milton Keynes, UK this past weekend. A huge shopping complex in the centre of the UK, this was the third year on the trot an event has taken place here with the Reedy Race and GT12 World Championships in the previous two years. A fantastic opportunity for RC cars to interact hugely with the public. 165 entries in 2WD, 110 4WD and 20 in Short Course a truly massive turnout. 2WD started first and as expected the battle was between the leading three, Michal Orlowski, Neil Cragg and Lee Martin. Yokomo’s Lee Martin managed to TQ the last two qualifying rounds giving him the overall TQ position with Neil second and Michal third. The three legged finals saw Lee take the overall win with a strong display. Schumacher’s Michal jumped Neil after the three legs taking home second and Schumacher’s Tom Yardy 4th.

2WD final results:
1. Lee Martin – Yokomo
2. Michal Orlowski – Schumacher
3. Neil Cragg – Team Associated
4. Tom Yardy – Schumacher
5. Richard Barton – Team Associated
6. Lewis Jones – Team Associated
7. Jack Neal – Schumacher
8. Jonnie Skidmore – Yokomo
9. Charlie Ware – Schumacher
10.Elliott Boots – Kyosho
11.Lloyd Storey – Schumacher

In 4WD Michal was able to up his pace with the new prototype Schumacher chassis, taking a dominant TQ in 4 of the 5 qualifiers from Lee and Neil. It was simple in the finals 3 leg wins tone to tone in each with the qualifying order remaining the same, Lee second and Neil third.

4WD final results:
1. Michal Orlowski – Schumacher
2. Lee Martin – Yokomo
3. Neil Cragg – Team Associated
4. Paul Crompton – Yokomo
5. Tom Yardy – Schumacher
6. Jack Neal – Schumacher
7. Greg Williams – Schumacher
8. Jamie Clancy – Team Associated
9. Ben Smith – Schumacher
10.Iain Mellish – Tekno
11.William Venables – Team Associated

In Short Course local hero Matt Owen took the win from Richard Miller and David Williams.

Short Course final results:
1. Matt Owen
2. Richard Miller
3. David Williams
3. Mark Bissmire
4. Jonathan Peters
5. Scott Dumayne
6. Gareth Cutting
7. Oliver Szymanski
8. Russell Lee
9. Jonathan Szymanski
10.Alan Day

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

Extreme R/C Raceway of Spring Hill, Tennessee held round four of their points series this past weekend with a total of 132 entries which made for super tight racing. New Team Associated signing, Caleb Stevens was able to take the win in 4WD Modified Buggy after a long fought battle with teammates Jeremy Daniel and Izriah Osborne in an overall great race. In 2WD Modified Buggy Caleb was able to take the TQ, but after a tight 4-way battle in the mains, he would finish 2nd behind Jeremy Daniel and in front of Zach Noia, making it another all-AE podium.

Images: Caleb Stevens

Coming from Fenix and made for the Team Associated TC7.1 touring car is their new ARS 2 aluminium main chassis. It is of an updated design that still allows for easy ARS system use but it now also incorporates the possibility to adjust the pitch flex. The updated and black coated chassis features an “ARS 2” engraving for easy identification.

Source: Fenix [fenix-racing.com]

The opening round of the Stavanger Open Cup was hosted by the Stavanger Modelcar Club at their new 1000 square meter facility. Offering different tracks such an off-road track laid out with EOS and an on-road track laid out with ETS carpet, the facility also includes a drift track. For round 1 nearly 60 drivers signed in to race in the six different classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck as well as 13.5T Touring, 21.5T Touring Junior and M-Chassis. To offer amble track time, one seeding practice was held followed by four qualifiers and triple A-mains. Intended as a fun race series especially for younger drivers the event also attracted Norwegian Champion, Nikolai Haheim to race in the Stock Touring class while the off-road class were lead by Junior World Champion Daniel Kobbevik. The two then had now problems to win their respective classes and so they swapped cars and tracks in the final A-mains, much to the entertainment of everyone.

2WD Buggy final results:
1. Daniel Kobbevik
2. Adrian Søgnesand
3. Kobbevik Magne
4. Jostein Helland
5. Anders Johansson
6. Sveinung Nå
7. Børge Vold
8. Steinar Kartevold
9. Stein Kato Midttun
10.Jan Eivind Nærland
11.Erlend Haugom
12.Lars Møller-Holst
13.Peter Stein
14.Rune Jordalen Bjelkevik
15.Ole Henrik Tengelsen
16.Benjamin Vedå
17.Hans Revhaug
18.Henrik Helland
19.Nikolas Vedå

4WD Buggy final results:
1. Daniel Kobbevik
2. Adrian Søgnesand
3. Anders Johansson
4. Børge Vold
5. Steinar Kartevold
6. Peter Stein
7. Stein Kato Midttun
8. Jan Eivind Nærland
9. Lars Møller-Holst
10.Ole Henrik Tengelsen
11.Hans Revhaug
12.Rune Jordalen Bjelkevik

Truck final results:
1. Daniel Kobbevik
2. Hans Revhaug

Touring Stock final results:
1. Nikolai Håheim
2. Mathias Nedrebø
3. Even Enerstvedt
4. Ole Thomas Bryne
5. Andreas Bryne
6. Håvard Gulliksen
7. Arve Hagesæter
8. Svein Erik Haaland
9. Odd Helge johansen
10.Tom Erik Vold

Touring Standard 21.5 final results:
1. Stian Haaland
2. Anna Nedrebø
3. Audun Hagesæter
4. Tobias Nedrebø
5. Henrik Helland

M-Chassis final results:
1. Thomas Roalkvam
2. Svein Erik Haaland
3. Arve Hagesæter
4. Sveinung Nå
5. Jostein Helland
6. Stian Haaland
7. Erlend Haugom
8. Andreas Grepstad
9. Audun Hagesæter
10.Kjetil Skjeie
11.Henrik Helland

Thanks to Ole Jacob Bryne for the report.

Coming from Radtec and made for the Xray T4 series of touring cars is a 51mm premium steel double joint driveshaft set. The shafts are made from ultra-hard spring steel for improved wear characteristics with the machined wheelshafts further improving precision. Included in the set, that adds to the already existing 50mm and 52mm shafts, are two 5x10x3mm high-grade ball bearings.

Source: Radtec [radtec-rc.com]

Destiny have announced the release of an aluminium main chassis plate for their new RX-10SR touring car. The item is machined from high-quality 7075-T6 aluminium and it comes with a dark surface coating for wear and looks. Furthermore the fully symmetrical chassis sports a Destiny logo on the bottom side for easy identification and it features chamfered edges to reduce chassis rubbing during cornering.

Source: Destiny [destinyracing.jp]

The Italian TLR Cup was held at the RC Landia facility in Scandiano, Italy this past weekend. In the 2WD class Davide Ongaro (Team Associated) and Giuseppe Fermi (Xray) battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Davide who would snatch the pole position for the triple A-mains in the end. Over in 4WD it was again Davide with the TQ, this time from Tekno RC’s Alex Zanchettin.

In the 2WD mains Davide made a clean sweep in A1 and A2 for an early overall win. Giuseppe Fermi came in 2nd from Riccardo Masaggia (TLR) in 3rd. In the 4WD class Davide had a dominant A1, only to come in 3rd in the second A-main behind Alex and Giuseppe. In the decisive third A-final it was all-Davide again as he took the win some twelve seconds in front of Alex Zanchettin and Giuseppe Fermi with also being the overall top 3 result.

Images: Giuseppe Fermi