The RC Oeste 3rd Birthday Race saw Xray’s Miguel Mathias taking the win in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes in front of runner-up Fabio Ramos (Team C). Goncalo Melo (TLR) rounded out the podium in the 2WD class while Pedro Dias (HB) completed the top 3 in the 4WD category.
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The 3rd round of the popular Silverstone Winter Series was held at their indoor astroturf track in Northampton. As ever, the Silverstone team built a challenging yet flowing track to test the full entry of drivers. In the main 2WD class, Lloyd Storey and Nathan Waters took all four rounds of qualifying, with two each. Lloyd took the overall TQ by virtue of the faster time over 5 minutes, and would line up on pole for the A final. Nathan stayed on Lloyds tail for the entire length of the final, but Lloyd managed to take the win just ahead of Nathan, closely followed by Kev Lee in 3rd.
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Last weekend kicked off the first round of the Northwest Indoor Series in Tacoma, Washington at Tacoma R/C Raceway. A race series that wasn’t supposed to exist, but with a last minute decision by Scott Brown and a little help from the community … the most competitive off-road racing series in the pacific northwest is back. This unique event caters to all the passionate off-road racers in efforts to unite the community for a weekend of friendship, competition, and fun.
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After the success of the first ever Xray Work.Shop the second instalment will be held this coming weekend, the 19th to 21st of December, at the Minispeedway in Remedello at Angiolino in Italy. Organised by multiple Italian Champion Francesco Martini participants will learn on how to setup the Xray X1 and T4. Francesco was the part of the X1 development team so you have the best chance to learn all the finest X1 building and setup tricks directly from the designer. The schedule sees a build workshop on Friday, practice sessions and a tips ‘n tricks part on Saturday and a fun race on Sunday.
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The Lone Star Classic was held at Indy R/C World in Garland, TX which attracted some of the top Pros from nearby states. TLR’s Taylor Petersen dominated both Pro classes with a pair of TQ’s once qualifying was finished. Petersen then was able to drive both his TLR rides to victory in the gruelling long main events.
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Last weekend the Grand Prix des 3 Frontieres was held in Longwy, France with top drivers like Ronald Völker, Alexander Hagberg, Loic Jasmin and many more attending. The field split into 49 entries in Touring Car Modified and 96 entries in the Stock class. In the Modified class it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who lead the proceedings followed by Alexander Hagberg (Xray) and Marc Fischer (Serpent) who rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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The final round of the Mexican Off-Road Regionals took place at Colima, Mexico with drivers from Colima, Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Puerto Vallarta in attendance to battle it out in the classes of 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy. Rafael Amezcua took the TQ in the Buggy class but suffered a flameout at the start of the main, causing him to start late. After fighting his way up the field in dominating fashion Rafael was able to take the win despite the bad start into the final and he left fellow Mugen racer Javier Cabildo behind in 2nd. Jose Lopez rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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The 2nd round of famous Slovakian Cup was held at the prestigious Hudy Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. In the Touring Car Modified class it was David Nemcek who got his maiden 1st place finish this year at the Slovakia Cup after coming in 2nd at the season opener. David is now leading the overall ranking with a 12 points margin. The runner-up spot at round 2 went to Igor Liptak while Oliver Havranek rounded out the podium in 3rd.
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