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October 8, 2013

Austrian Electric Buggy nats final round – Report

The final round of the Austrian Electric Buggy nationals took place at the Steyregg track near Linz. The meeting was postponed due to the poor weather back in July. The crew did a great job to rebuild the track and they also mixed cement into the natural clay to increase the grip and durability of the surface. As Hupo Hönigl was on its way to the U.S. to test his 1/12th cars in the wake of the IIC the best chances to take the overall victory were in the hands of Team Associated’s Stefan Pfeifhofer and Yokomo driver Rene Trauner with Martin Kreil (Durango) having a slight chance to take the 4WD class.

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October 8, 2013

David Jenson wins 4WD SC at Reedy Truck Race

The recent 2013 Reedy Truck Race saw TLR driver David Jenson dominating the 4WD Short Course truck qualifying to take the overall TQ position with his Orion powered Ten SCTE 2.0 truck. David went on to lap everyone in both A-Main number 1 and 2 to take home the win with TLR’s Kevin Kimberly finishing 2nd to give Team Losi Racing a 1-2 sweep of the podium.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

October 8, 2013

Sahashi again in Q2

As predicted the second of today’s qualifiers at the 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Japan proved to be the rocket round with Tadahiko Sahashi again fastest improving his Q1 topping pace by 11-seconds on the 16-seconds a lap track. As in the opening round it was Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo who was closest to the Serpent driver, 5/10ths of his pace over the 10-minute qualifier. After a bad start to qualifying, Q2 saw Jilles Groskamp bounce back to post the 3rd fastest time as the only foreign driver who appears to be a serious treat to the Japanese.

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October 8, 2013

Richard Volta wins 2013 French Cup

The 2013 French Cup was held in Ampuis near Lyon. It was a difficult race for the drivers with lots of issues to consider, as there was first of all the weather with only the final qualifier was being held at dry conditions. There was also the very demanding track with its fast sweepers that made it tough for the drivers to make the 5 minute qualifiers without refuelling. Romain Picard (Mugen/JP Gimar) managed all of the above taking pole position. Richard Volta (Velox/CRF Andelle Competition) who had the fastest pace only finishing 6th because he ran out of fuel. Recently crowned french champion, Christophe Aygon (Mugen/NDS Tech) secured the second place and local driver Thomas Eytard (Xray/RB) followed in third. After the semis, Thomas Eytard would start from pole position into the final with Richard Volta in second.

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October 8, 2013

Martin Hudy wins Automodelli Race in Italy

The Automodelli Race was held on a large and fast asphalt track near Milan, Italy with around 100 drivers attending in four classes. The Touring Car Modified class saw the attendance of Xray’s Martin Hudy who ran some indoor carpet tests in Scandiano before and who took the opportunity to race at this club meeting. The schedule saw three qualifying rounds with the best one to count and Martin already took TQ with his first run while in the Stock class Marco Puleo (Xray) put his car on pole position. In the Modified class finals Martin made a clean sweep and took three out of the three legs. He was chased by Andrea Simari though who was able to put serious pressure on him especially in the beginning of each of the finals due to a clever tyre additive choice. Xray’s Francesco Martini finished 3rd coming from the 5th position on the grid. In the Stock class the race was among three drivers, Marco Puleo, Nico Catelani and Umberto Pernice. TQ driver Marco made a mistake in the first final that was won by Nico and Marco also had issues in the last final allowing Umberto to win. At the end Marco and Nico were tie on points but Nico had faster final run handing him the win in front of Marco and Umberto.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 8, 2013

Hepp & Wischnewski win at Nitro West Masters Rd5

The 5th round of the Nitro West Masters was held at the MRC Oberhausen track. In the 1/8th on-road class Tobias Hepp took the winning honours in front of Christian Wurst and Ralf Vahrenkamp. 4th place went to Martin Baumann with Michael Woeste completing the top 5. In the 1/10th 200mm class Dirk Wischnewski grabbed the biggest trophy, Daniel Tönnessen and Sebastian Bürge came in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Fähd Labik and Thilo Tödtmann rounded out the top 5.

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October 8, 2013

Tadahiko Sahashi tops first qualifier

Tadahiko Sahashi set the pace in the opening round of qualifying at the 1:8 Onroad World Championship in Japan, the Serpent driver one of only two drivers to complete 36 laps of the Keitune track. Producing a time of 10:14.886 the younger of the Sahashi brothers was 9/10ths of a second faster than his nearest rival Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo. Missing out on a 36 lap run by just over a second, KM Racing’s Meen Vejrak completed the Top 3 for the round which saw practice pace setter Jilles Groskamp not finish.

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October 8, 2013

Xray Challenge Czech Republic – Announcement

Xray announce the seven round Xray Challenge Czech Republic that will be held in the Sportovní hala, Prague, starting at the 26th of October and ending with round number seven on the 22nd of March 2014. Classes run are Short Course 1/10, 2WD and 4WD Buggy, Formula, Touring Car Stock 17.5T “blinky” and Touring Car Modified. All dates, rules and additional information can be found here.