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March 7, 2019

Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions – Announcement

The organisers of the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions have announced that Steel City Speedway in Fontana, California will be the new home for the prestigious event following last year’s closure its former location, the Aliso Viejo based Tamiya Raceway. The 2019 edition will take place from the 23rd to 26th of May and due to time constraints and to maintain the world-class nature of the event, total entries are capped at 170 for the Open classes. This year, the Sportsman and Expert spec classes will be powered by 13.5-turn Reedy 540-FT fixed-timing handout motors to even the playing field and reduce costs. The Modified class will remain unchanged, with the winner receiving the honor of competing in the Invitational class in 2020. Full details can be found here and here.

March 7, 2019

Nicolas Bregante wins at Argentinean Off-road Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Argentinean Off-road Nationals was held at the Maipu RC Track in Mendoza last weekend. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Xray’s Nicolas Bregante with the overall TQ and win, leaving behind Agustin Cutini (Mugen) in 2nd whileGianni Lupacciolu (Mugen) completed the podium result in 3rd. Elsewhere Agustin Achaval won the Buggy Open class while Matias Cardin took the overall win in the Buggy Master class.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

March 7, 2019

Xray Racing Series Finland – Report

The inaugural Xray Racing Series Finland was held at the Fullspeed RC track in Vantaa recently. The race was held on the same track layout as the national a couple of weeks ago which ensured good grip right from the start. The finals would be held in a slightly different format with the finishing order of A1 would mark the starting grid for A2 and so on. In the end it was Team Associated’s Karri Salmela with the overall win in the Touring Modified class from Xray’s Joel Valander in 2nd. Schumacher’s Pekko Iivonen came in 3rd.

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March 7, 2019

Marc Heim wins at Bütschwil Indoor GP

The Bütschwil Indoor GP was held in Bütschwil, Switzerland last weekend, attracting both local drivers and guests from the neighbouring countries. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Marc Heim with the win from Pascal Jutz on the runner-up spot. Germany’s Sven Rodewald would complete the top 3 podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 6, 2019

SARDA National EP Off-road Champs Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the South African SARDA National Electric Off-road Championship was held at the Viking Raceway in Tzaneen, South Africa. The under cover carpet track set the challenge once again not making it easy for any of the racers, the high temperatures with high humidity made it even tougher than usual, none the less all the drivers took on the challenge and the best came out on top. In the 2WD and 4WD Mod Buggy classes it was Charles Hollander with the overall TQ while the Stadium, Stock Buggy and 2WD SCT classes were TQ’d by Wickus Coetzer.

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March 6, 2019

Kay Frehner doubles at Scamora Arena finale

The final race of this winter at Switzerland’s Scamora Arena was held last weekend. In 2WD Buggy it was Xray’s Kay Frehner with the win from Markus Streuli (Xray) in 2nd. Yokomo’s Fabian Luca Widmer came in 3rd to round out the top 3. Over in 4WD Buggy it was again Kay Frehner with the win and he would lead an all-Xray podium with Philip Jeisy and Markus Streuli rounding out the top 3 results.

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March 6, 2019

Simon Lauter wins at RT-Pegasus Masters

The 8th annual RT-Pegasus Masters race was held in Piding, Germany last weekend, attracting many of the region’s fast electric on-road racers. In the competitive 13.5T Touring Stock class it was Simon Lauter with the win from Tobias Vogel on the runner-up spot. Christian Donath and Hannes Soyke would round out an all-Awesomatix top 4.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

March 5, 2019

Holmberg, Fuller & Horne win at Chi-Town Shootout

The 2019 Chi-Town Shootout was hosted by Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois last weekend. While Ty Tessmann swept the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes it was Kyle Holmberg with the TQ and win in the 13.5T Wheeler class. Kyle took the overall TQ and he also came out on top in A1 and A2 for an early overall victory, as Nick Richards cemented his overall runner-up spot with a win in A3. Kaden Fuller rounded out the top 3 results.

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