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December 28, 2019

Dionys Stadler returns to Awesomatix

Awesomatix have announced the signing of top German Modified driver, Dionys Stadler to their factory team. Dionys was one of the first team members back in the days of the first A700 shaft drive concept. After campaigns with other outlets during the past seasons, he finaly returned back home. Dionys will attend all major races in Germany and Europe including the Euro Touring Series, the EFRA Euros and IFMAR Worlds. Dionys has the following to say about his return:

I’m thankful for the opportunity to be back in the team. I have a good feeling with Awesomatix for the future and can’t wait to work with the team again. I’m looking forward to new challenges.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

December 24, 2019

Stafford & Fletcher TQ & win at Rd3 of EssexCarpetClash

Last weekend saw round 3 of the ever popular winter series at Essex Carpet Clash in the South East of the UK. With another fully booked entry list, there was a high standard of drivers in attention racing for the last time before Christmas, and this made for some close racing throughout the day. The track was fast and flowing with many enjoying what had been laid out for the day ahead. Round by round qualifying saw drivers battle it out to take the best score they could to line up for their final.

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December 23, 2019

Alberto Gonzalez wins at Christmas Trophy

The Electric Track Christmas Trophy was hosted by the Automodelismo Radio Control Alcobendas club in Madrid, Spain this past weekend. The race saw the running of Touring, Formula and 1/8th Electric Track classes and in the latter it was Iker Tellez with the overall TQ from Alberto Gonzalez in 2nd. The triple A-main events then saw Alberto with a clean sweep to take the overall win in pretty challenging, windy conditions as Gonzalo Garcia came in 2nd overall. Jose Antonio de Lara would round out the overall top 3 result.

Image: Alberto Gonzalez

December 23, 2019

Dionys Stadler TQs & wins at Swiss Indoor Champs Rd2

The second round of the Swiss Indoor Championship was held this past weekend in Wettingen in the Northern part of the country. In the Touring Modified class it was Awesomatix’s Dionys Stadler with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds. The triple A-main events then again saw Dionys holding the upper hand, leaving behind Marco Kaufmann (Xray) in 2nd from Awesomatix’s Michele Manzo in 3rd.

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December 23, 2019

SWorkz Taiwan wins 6 hour endurance race

The Red Ant race track in Taiwan held an 1/8th Buggy 6-hour endurance race this past weekend with a total of ten teams attending. At the end of a gruelling 360 minutes it was Team SWorkz Taiwan with the overall win, scoring 509 laps in total and leaving behind the 2nd place team by eight laps.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

December 23, 2019

Carlos Barros wins IRC Series

The final round of the Spanish IRC Series was held at the Totana track recently. In the single Touring 10.5T class it was Carlos Barros with the overall TQ and also the win at the final round, posting also the best qualifying time and fastest lap in the process. With three TQs and three wins out of four rounds, Carlos also took the overall 2019 championship.

Image: Carlos Barros

December 23, 2019

Max Götzl sweeps Czech Masters Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Czech Masters Series was held at the Sport Arena in Prague this past weekend. The electric off-road series saw the running of five different classes and in 2WD Mod Buggy it was Max Götzl (Xray) with the clean sweep after the four qualifiers for the overall TQ from SWorkz’s Jiri Mara on the 2 spot. The triple A-main events then again saw Max on top and with three straight wins he took the overall from Antonia Kovalszki (Xray) in 2nd and Jiri Mara in 3rd.

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December 23, 2019

Xray Racing Series Poland Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Xray Racing Series Poland was a joint race together with the Polish Nationals and it attracted more then 300 entries for the electric on-road and off-road classes. Held in the Polish “RC capital” Lodz, the races were held on purpose-built tracks in the Atlas Arena with the two main tracks being added by drift, trail and micro racing tracks. Racing-wise and in the on-road classes it was Jakub Rozycki (Xray) who was unstoppable in Touring Modified with the TQ and overall win. Filip Jasionowski (Xray) came in 2nd and Arkadiusz Smyk (Tamiya) ended the day on the 3 spot.

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