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June 11, 2015

Jarda Valder wins at RCHobbzRacing Cup

The RCHobbzRacing Cup was recently held in the Czech Republic. Stefan Lutka (Xray) pretty much dominated the 1/8th E-Buggy qualifying to take the pole position for the triple 8 minute mains. In A1 Stefan took a comfortable win some 14 seconds ahead of the second placed driver only to be hindered by an ungluing tyre in A2. The third A-final would then decide for the overall win and again the TQ holder ran into trouble so he ended the leg in 3rd place. Ultimately Jarda Valder (Xray) took the win from Stefan Lutka (Xray) while Lukas Bulka (Mugen) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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June 11, 2015

Grenland Cup 1/10 Buggy – Report

The third round of the Grenland Cup 1/10th Electric Buggy Cup was held in Skien, Norway. Local hero Joakim Nicolaisen set the pace in the qualifiers to put his Team Associated buggy in front of the Xray XB2 prototype of Malin Karlsen, who had a maiden outing in the 1/10th Buggy Cup. The first of the triple A-mains had Joakim scoring an easy win after an early mistake of Malin who only managed a 3rd place at the end as her buggy became difficult to drive during the race. Simen Halstensen came in 2nd in the opening A-final. A2 had again Joakim coming out successfully which handed him the day’s overall win early. Behind him Malin again made a mistake early in the race which denied her to challenge Joakim for the win but she was able to hold Simen behind thanks to a new set of tyres that made her buggy more constant to drive. In the last A-main Malin was finally able to take the win after a series of early mistakes by Joakim. Behing Joakim Nicolaisen (Team Associated) Malin Karlsen (Xray) ended the day on the runner-up spot while Simen Halstensen (Team Associated) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 10, 2015

Flavio Elias doubles at South America Championships

The recent South America championships saw Flavio Elias coming out successful in the 1/8th Nitro On-road and 1/8th Nitro GT classes. Sebastian Recio came in 2nd in the 1/8th category while Kazuo Ohara rounded out the podium in 3rd. The GT class podium was completed by Rfaz RC in 2nd and Patricio Concha in 3rd. In the 1/10th 200mm class Rafael Viveiros brought home the win from Joan runner-up Pablo Golobic and 3rd placed Thiago Bezerra.

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June 10, 2015

Belgian SCT Cup Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Belgian SCT Cup was held at the astroturf track of the BPT club on a technical yet fun layout. As usual the event was run very smoothly and due to the track being in the shadow in the early hours of the day the qualifying started with a wet and slippery surface but from round 2 on the grip came up, making for ideal racing conditions. In Pro2 qualifying Nicolas Evens (TLR) swept all three qualification rounds to take the TQ from Philippe Hautecoeur who put his mid motor converted Team Associated truck on the 2 spot for the finals. Behind the two ten drivers were covered by only 5 points meaning that getting into the A-final was not an easy task. At the end Laurent Halluin (Team Associated) would end up in 3rd place ahead of Pascal Bouffioux (Team Associated).

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June 10, 2015

Hazriq takes Stock win at Malaysia Nationals Rd3

The third round of this year’s Malaysia National Championship saw Hazriq walking away with a win in the Touring Car Stock class. WK Foong came in 2nd while Sham rounded out the podium in 3rd. With his second win Hazriq now sits on top of the championship ranking.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 10, 2015

F1ItalianSeries GP 15 & 16 – Report

GP 15 and GP 16 of the F1ItalianSeries was held for the first time at the track of Gianni Modellismo in Rome. The track is very narrow, with a very long main straight and a huge and fast corner going out on the straight. With the track being made for nitro races the pit lane area was not very comfortable for the electric racers but at the end everyone had good fun which was further helped by the beautiful Italian Summer weather with temperatures of more than 30°C. In the qualifying of GP 15 all 15 drivers made the Q1 session with the 10 fastest drivers proceeding to Q2 to set the best time and go after the pole position. After a very hard battle Cardelli (RedBull) took the pole with a time of 17.856s. In 2nd came Capuano (Mercedes) in front of 3rd placed Magnocavallo (Ferrari), 4th was Manciocchi (Hesketh) and 5th Cutugno (RedBull).

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June 9, 2015

Austrian Electric On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held in Laa a.d. Thaya with 30 driver attending in the three classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock and Formula. Two extremely hot racing days displayed awesome racing in every class and in Touring Car Modified everyone expected the next safe victory from Dominic Vogel, but this time there was more to come. Patrik Gollner proved to be a tough challenger and by using his second set of new tyres in the last qualification heat, Dominic managed to take the TQ in front of Patrik and Mario Sowka. For the finals Patrik had a new set of tyres and from the very first corner he was the fastest man on the track but it was Dominic who held the line and even though Patrik was up to 0.5 seconds faster he was not able to pass. Finally Dominic had two flawless finals and was able to take a very very close win, followed by Patrik and Mario on third position.

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June 9, 2015

Michal Abrahamek wins at Czech IC Track Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Czech Nitro On-road Championship was held in Brno in very hot weather conditions. Michal Abrahamek (Xray/O.S.) would take the pole position in the growing 1/8th class. For the 45 minute main final Michal opted to go for softer tyres and 4:30 minute fuel stints and at the end his efforts paid out as he won the main some 3 laps ahead of Jirka Vysin (Xray/O.S.) and Martej Benda (Xray/O.S.).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]