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March 27, 2018

UK WGTR Championship finale – Report

Last weekend saw the final round of the UK WGTR Championship, held alongside the LMP12 National round at Chesterfield. It’s been hotly contested, the championship being up for grabs all the way to the final round. This final round saw the numbers grow again, which made for a full racetrack, and some hectic driving for the slower cars, but also some very close racing. Qualifying consisted of four rounds, and Chesterfield’s trademark grip did not disappoint; quite times from the off. Andy Murray, Graham Raistrick, Richard Norris and Mark Barford all setting 20 lap times. Round 2 saw the pace increase, Andy, Graham and Richard all setting 21 lap times; George Brewer finally joining the 21-lap club in round 3. Final qualification saw George just pip Andy to TQ, followed by Graham, Richard and then Mark.

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March 27, 2018

Naoki Akiyama departs Yokomo

Japanese frontrunner, Naoki Akiyama has announced his departure from chassis sponsors Yokomo. Naoki looks back at a pretty successful four years with the company, having achieved an AOC Korea win as well as Worlds, TITC and ETS A-main appearances to name just a few. The multiple JMRCA podium finisher has yet to announce his new sponsor but in the meantime he had the following to say:

I want to thank all at Team Yokomo and especially Yukijiro Umino and Ronald Völker. After almost four years with the team it is time to move on and to go the next step.

March 27, 2018

Xray Racing Series Australia Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Xray Racing Series Australia was held at Castle Hill Onroad Race club in very hot weather conditions. 30 degrees Celsius both on Saturday and Sunday made for demanding conditions but luckily the track is undercover and racers had plenty of shade all weekend. With a total of 50 Entries racing was clean and fair on the tight but grippy layout. In the ISTC Modified class Jeffrey Mackie ultimately took the win from Simon Nicholson and John Puse.

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March 27, 2018

Brad Ripple wins at Thornhill Championship

The Thornhill Championship weekend brought almost 100 entries from all over Texas and with almost 30 trucks, E-Truggy drew the most attention. After the double A-mains it was TLR’s Brad Ripple with the win from the Xray duo of Ron Simpson 2nd and Daniel Grobe 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 27, 2018

Marco Kaufmann doubles at Pegasus Masters

The recent Pegasus Masters were held in Piding in four different electric on-road classes. A huge 30×18 metres track made for perfect racing conditions and it was Marco Kaufmann who dominated both the Touring Modified and Stock classes. He took the TQ in both categories and would also seal the overall wins after winning the opening two A-mains. Stadler Dionys and Carl-Friedrich Grössel in Modified and Christian Donath and Andreas Mair in Stock would round out the podium results behind Marco.

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March 27, 2018

Michele Manzo wins Swiss Indoor Champs

The fourth and final round of the Swiss Indoor Championship was held in Holzikon last weekend. In the Touring Modified class Yokomo’s Fabian Widmer took the TQ from Michele Manzo (Yokomo) and Team Magic’s Renato Isler and in the finals Fabian and Michele swapped placed for the win of Michele from Fabian and Renato. Overall in the championship it was also Michele with the win from Fabian and Renato, who rounded out the top 3. Philipp Huber and Marco Balmer (both Team Magic) completed the top 5 results.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

March 27, 2018

RugRacers Rd6 – Report

The final round of the 2017/18 RugRacers series was held this past weekend. With the championship wrapped up for Xray driver, Zak Finlay, the final podium position still up for grabs. Billy Fletcher took his Destiny to FTQ ahead of the 3rd place contender Paul Pinkney with his Schumacher, and Dominic Carters for Awesomatix 3rd. Leg 1 ended early after clipping the 1st corner Billy would retire with damage from the melee, Paul with the win. Leg 2 would see racing all through the field with the shake out seeing Jon Bowdens (Schumacher) take the leg from 5th, Ashley Wiffens (Awesomatix) 2nd and Paul 3rd. This would mean Paul Pinkney took the win ahead of Jon Bowden and Dominic Carter. Overall it was Zak Finlay from Billy Fletcher and Paul Pinkney.

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March 27, 2018

Xray Racing Series Poland Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the Xray Racing Series Poland was held at the Zatoka Sportu venue in Lodz. The organisers laid out a high speed track and the appearance of the Polish television and a couple of photographers made for a professional atmosphere. The 4WD Buggy class was top qualified by Bartosz Zalewski from Jakub Luczak and Sebastian Migal. In the triple A-mains Zalewski made a couple of mistakes which cost him the win as the top 3 drivers here close together in terms of performance. On the other hand did Luczak show robot-style consistency which awarded him the win as Migal rounded out the top 3 results.

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