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January 31, 2019

Xray Racing Series Greece Off-road Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Greek Off-road was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. Cold weather and changing track conditions kept the racers on their toes, looking for the best possible setup. The 2WD Buggy pilots faced a lot of difficulties to find the right setup for the slippery and slower getting track. While the drivers scored 12-lap runs in the qualifiers, in the finals only 9-lap runs would be possible. Ultimately it was Manos Kalantzakis with the win from George Kalantzakis and Stelios Kourkoumelis.

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January 30, 2019

Xray Racing Series UK Rd3 – Report

The Newbury club recently held round 3 of the Xray Racing Series UK. European team Xray star Jan Ratheisky and his mechanic Stefan Schulz made the trip over to get in some practice before heading off to the Snowbirds in Florida. The Touring Modified class was great to see. The first final was a bit chaotic but Jan kept out of trouble the best and took the win. The second leg was a little less chaotic as final got split to help everyone get a chance of a clean race. Elliott took a pole to flag win and took the overall win as he had the fastest final time.

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January 30, 2019

209RCRaceway Carpet Champs – Report

The 209RCRaceway of Stockton, California was hosting the Carpet Champs 2019 over the weekend with nearly 100 entries. Four rounds of qualifying was held with double A-main formats. Tiebreakers were determined by the fastest single main, making for some good fun and close racing in some of the classes. In Modified Touring it was Eric Albano with the win from Gonzalo Cortes and Michael Lee in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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January 30, 2019

Val Kops wins at DBR Dirt Shootout

Dirt Burner Hobbies and Raceway of Livonia, MI held their DBR Dirt Shootout last weekend with 127 entries. In 1/8th Open Buggy it was Mugen’s Val Kops, coming from P4 on the grid, with the win and fastest lap in the A-main, leaving behind Tekno’s Bill Taylor in 2nd and Mugen’s Larry Komisar, coming from P5, in 3rd.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

January 30, 2019

Lars Hoppe returns to ARC 1/8th on-road team

ARC have announced the return of German 1/8th on-road frontrunner, Lars Hoppe, to their 1/8th on-road team. After being with Shepherd for two years, the current German National Champion, Worlds A-main and multiple ENS podium finisher will use ARC’s R8.2 nitro on-road and R11 electric touring platforms in his 2019 campaign that will see appearances at the ENS and ETS races as well as select national and international events. Lars says:

At first I want to thank team Shepherd for the great two years and wish them all the best. I am very happy to rejoin ARC in 1/8th Class, and race now again electric and nitro for this great company I want to thank TiTAN R/C for the great opportunity and I am happy to work again very close together. For the 2019 nitro season I will participate the Euro Nitro Series, The German Championship, local and international races. I am looking forward to work with this great team!

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]

January 30, 2019

2019 RC Chili Bowl – Report

The 2019 RC Chili Bowl was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma recently with the race being considered the largest RC dirt oval race in the world. The race, now in its eleventh year, was held at the Tulsa Oklahoma State Fairgrounds and it mirrors the full-size Chili Bowl Midget Nationals also happening at the State Fairgrounds and just like their larger counterparts; the RC version of the Chili Bowl rumbles and causing noise of its own. With eight classes that included Late Model, Masters Outlaw Sprint, Midwest Modified Outlaw Sprint, Short Course B Mod, Short Course Modified, Street Stock and Wingless Sprint to choose from, many racers ran multiple classes to bring this year’s entry count to a record 460. With master race promoter Scotty Ernst at the helm, the RC Chili Bowl aims to be and is one of the premier RC oval races anywhere in the world. This year, the Chili Bowl filled up in record time and entries had to be cut off 6 weeks early to avoid an overwhelming amount of entries. The week started with the finishing touches being put on the track and racer’s registration taking place.

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January 29, 2019

Xray Racing Series Slovakia Rd4 – Report

The Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the famous Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin last weekend. The race was held in several electric off-road and on-road classes with off-road splitting into 62 2WD Buggy, 55 4WD Buggy, and four Truck entries. The race saw Martin Bayer on the top in all three qualification runs of 2WD and 4WD. Unsurprisingly Martin took the overall double TQ, Adam Izsay put his buggy on the 2 spot and Max Götzl completed the top 3 grid in both classes. Max also ran the Truck category and was able to take the TQ in front of Christoph Holzer and Lukasz Piecyk.

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January 29, 2019

Adam Drake sweeps Grassroots Racing Series Rd1

The opening round of the Grassroots Racing Series was held at Wild West R/C Raceway last weekend. Mugen’s Adam Drake was the man to beat all weekend, taking triple TQs in Open Nitro Truggy, Open Nitro Buggy and Open E-Buggy. The 12-minute Nitro Truggy main then saw again Adam on top, taking the win a lap in front of Tekno’s Dean Rock and two laps in front of TLR pilot, Felipe Martinez. Over in the Nitro Buggy main it was another win for Adam, a lap in front of Cole Jenson and TLR’s Anthony Westergaard. Adam would round out a perfect weekend with a win in the 8-minute E-Buggy main, lapping Anthony Westergaard (TLR) and Miguel Perez (Mugen) for the win.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]