March 18, 2018

Lutz dominates EP Buggy in China

Completely dominating the Electric Buggy class here at the SIGP in Xiamen, southern China, Ryan Lutz took all qualifiers and the first two of 3 A-mains to wrap up the overall win early. In a league of his own, the winning margin after 5 minutes for the Tekno driver over 2nd place Yusuke Sugiura was 11 seconds in the first main, and 7 seconds over Sunpadow backed Kaja Novotny in the 3rd main. With the US driver sitting out A3, Sugiura would take the win in the final A-main to secure the runner up spot, while a disappointed Kaja took the final spot on the podium in 3rd place. Chen Guanxian, Jonathan Yeung and Chinese National Champion Hu Weiping would complete the top 6.

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March 18, 2018

Chassis Focus – Ryan Lutz EP

Chassis – Tekno EB48.4
ESC/Motor – Tekin RX8 Gen III/
Motor – Tekin Redline Gen II 1900Kv
Tyres – AKA
Batteries – Protek
Radio/Servos – Futaba 7PX / Futaba S9373 SV
Body – Tekno
Remarks – Wrapping up a convincing win in the EP class, Ryan’s only issue was the weight limit of the race which is different than with ROAR. Used to a limit of a 3200g back home, the S1GP required a minimum weight of 3600g, forcing the use of additional ballast. Ryan had been using the same set-up on his EB48.4 since qualify and the result shows a very consistent pace through out.

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March 18, 2018

Chassis Focus – Yusuke Sugiura

Chassis – Kyosho MP9 TKI4
Engine – OS Speed B2102
Tyres – AKA
Fuel – Klotz
Radio/Servos – Sanwa M12S / Sanwa BGS-XB
Body – Kyosho TKI4 Light weight
Remarks – Suffering a flame out in his semis due to running out of fuel, Sugiura will further fine tune his engine to get a better mileage. Very happy with how his Kyosho performs and still coming on top with the flame-out, the Japan Ace will use his EP final to test some minor changes, however he is convince that may not be necessary.

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March 18, 2018

Chassis Focus – Kaja Novotny

Chassis – Xray XB8 ’18
Engine – FX Engines
Tyres – JConcepts Detox
Fuel – Nitrolux Fuel 25%
Radio/Servos – Sanwa M12S / MKS
Body – Xray Lightweight
Remarks – With the track now well and truly broken up, for the final Kaja will run a softer set-up on his car’s rear diff. Happy with his shock package, he is still considering his selection on his tire’s hardness. Very happy with his run time on the FX engines, to play safe for the finals he will consider having a shorter window and not pushing too much on the fuel mileage.

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March 18, 2018

Nitro Main-Final grid decided

The final grid for the 1 hour SIGP Nitro A-main has been decided following both Semi Finals in Xiamen this afternoon. The first semi to get underway would see a fairly straight forward race for the top two on the grid, Takashiro Wataru and Chen Guanxian, the former taking the win by 5 seconds in what was the slower of the two semis meaning the Japanese Kyosho driver will line up 4th on the grid with Agama driver Chen on 5th. S-Workz boss Scotty Yang would be the biggest mover in the race, quickly moving up to 3rd, where he would stay to book his place in the main show with the final bump up spot from the first semi and 10th on the grid going to Zhan Wei.

In the second and quicker of the two semi finals, Yusuke Suguira was the clear winner, crossing the line almost 27 seconds clear of second placed Kaja Novotny and will start the main final in 2nd behind pole sitter and direct qualifier Ryan Lutz. Hong Kong Tekno driver Jonathan Yeung put in a steady final to claim 3rd and will take his place on the grid in 6th. The final guaranteed bump up was set to go to Jade Lim, but an official protest against him from the Korean team for cutting the track meant he had 10 seconds added to his time, and so while he still qualified due to his faster time it was Jeon Hanyoung from Korea that took 4th.

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March 17, 2018

Grid finalised for EP Final

With Ryan Lutz wrapping up the TQ early after round 2 of qualifying it took Q3 to finalize the rest of the grid for tomorrow’s triple A-mains. Taking the round again, behind Lutz it was Kaja Novotny who took second for the round, the much improved Sunpadow backed Xray driver knocking 9 seconds off his time to end up 3rd overall, behind Yusukue Sugiura who will start the final in 2nd. Chen Guanxian will set off from the grid in 4th while Jonathan Yeung broke into the 9 laps when it mattered to move up to 5th, his 5th for the round combined with his 4th from round 1.

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