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July 8, 2019

Asian Onroad Championship Rd3 – Report

The Australia round of the 2019 Asian Onroad Championship was hosted by the South Eastern Radio Controlled Car Club in Melbourne this past weekend. The race attracted 250+ entries, the largest AOC event to date. The purpose-built track was laid out in a gym hall and classes offered at round 3 of the championship included the AOC’s usual mix of Modified and Stock 1/10th and 1/12th scale classes. In Modified Touring it was Alexander Hagberg and last year’s champion Jan Ratheisky who battled it out for the win. In the end it was Alex who would hold the upper hand thanks to getting through traffic better. Hagberg captured the overall win with Ratheisky 2nd and Dominic Quek rounding out the top 3.

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July 7, 2019

Michal Orlowski sweeps Kampenhout GP

The annual Kampenhout GP was held this weekend, attracting some of Europe’s fastest electric buggy drivers to compete on the iconic Belgian astro turf track. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the A-mains, leaving behind Schumacher teammate, Jörn Neumann in 2nd and up and coming Marcus Kaerup (Team Associated) in 3rd.

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July 3, 2019

Boris Siladi wins at Swiss On-road Nationals Rd3

Round 3 of the Swiss Electric On-road Nationals was held at the MRCL Langenthal club. In the Touring Pro Stock class it was Awesomatix’s Boris Siladi with the overall TQ courtesy of two round wins from the Xray duo of Nuno Huber and Cham Dassanayake, the latter two scoring a round win each. The triple A-mains then saw a clean sweep of Boris who took wins in all A-mains for the overall from Cham in 2nd and Nuno in 3rd. Over in the Formula class it was Fabio Marzini with the day’s win from Giacomo Moretti in 2nd and Renato Marrocco in 3rd.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com] | Xray [teamxray.com]

July 3, 2019

Czech 1/10th EP Off-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The astro turf track of Velke Opatovice played host to round 3 of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals last weekend. Max Götzl would make a clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking the overall TQs in 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Stadium truck, the latter two pretty much unchallenged while the 2WD TQ was decided in the tie-breaker with Marek Schiller who had to settle for 2nd after the qualifiers. The opening A-main of 2WD then also went in Max’s favor as he will a flawless win from Ales Bidovsky in 2nd and Marek Schiller in 3rd. A2 however was a different affair as Max made some mistakes and he had to settle for 2nd behind Ales. A3 then saw Max fighting with Ales for most of the time, with a last-lap side-by-side tangle leaving Ales with the win from Max in 2nd, only a second behind. So Ales would take the overall from Max 2nd and Marek in 3rd.

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July 3, 2019

Felix Law wins at rain-affected HKRCSA Rd2

Round 2 of the HKRCSA EP Series was held at the Tom Racing Circuit in Hong Kong last weekend. Serpent’s Felix Law was in control of things in the Touring Modified class qualifiers, taking three of the four rounds for the overall TQ from Q4 winner, Xray’s Kevin Lau. Awesomatix driver, Fai Ho came in 3rd with three 2nd place finished. Unfortunately the race director had to call the event a day after the qualifiers as heavy rain made it impossible to run the final legs, meaning the overall results would be based on the qualifying results, handing Felix the win from Lau and Fai with Lau taking the runner-up spot in the tie-breaker with Fai.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

July 2, 2019

Munster & Schmid win at Swiss 1/10th Off-road Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Swiss 1/10th Off-road Nationals was held at the EOCD track recently. The weekend kicked off pretty wet with most of Saturday being washed away by the rain, however things should brighten up on Sunday with a shorted schedule of three rounds of qualifying and triple mains making for a busy day. In the 2WD class Aaron Munster was in a class of his own, taking the win in front of Florian and Nico Schmid with all three holding their qualifying positions for an Xray 1-2-3.

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July 2, 2019

German 4WD Buggy & ST Truck Nationals warm-up – Report

The AMC Langenfeld club played host to the 1/10th 4WD Buggy and Stadium Truck German Nationals warm-up race last weekend. In the 4WD and Stadium Truck class it was Jens Becker with the overall TQs while Marcel Schneider came out on top after the 2WD Buggy qualifying. The A-main of the 4WD class stayed wide open until the final lap of A3 and ultimately it was Marcel Schneider (HB Racing) with the win from Xray’s Aaron Münster and Jens Becker.

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July 2, 2019

2019 XRS UK GP – Announcement

The 2019 XRS UK GP will be held on the 20th and 21st of July at the Cotswold Model Car Club in several electric and nitro classes. The event will see the running of Electric Touring Modified, 13.5T Boosted, Formula as well as FWD 17.5T classes besides 1/8th IC Track and a 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring racing. Registration is now open and more details can soon be found here.