The 2017 Spring Cup was held recently at West Coast Model RC in Perth, Australia and it was Luke Taylor with the TQ and win in the 13.5T Touring Car class. Heath Johnson would follow on the runner-up spot while Brody Miller rounded out the top 3 podium result.
The final round of the Xray Racing Series Czech Republic was held in Čelákovice. Thankfully and after a couple of rained-out races the finale would be held in o.k. weather conditions. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Matej Sulc with the win from Michal Blahovsky 2nd and Roman Korinek 3rd.
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The 3rd annual JConcepts Turf Nationals was held at RC Madness in Enfield, Connecticut this past weekend. The event is ever gaining traction – literally, and within just two short years has evolved into the nation’s biggest race on astro with entries now nearing 300. Without a doubt, the North Eastern drivers have embraced astro racing with both arms wide open and with it, has created the first of the “Astro Classics” type races here in the United States.
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The final round of the French 1/10th Electric Off-road Championship was held in Grenoble over the weekend. The full astro turf track had a fast and flowing layout but the weather would be difficult. Ultimately it was Xray’s Armand Lantheaume with the win in the 4WD class from TLR’s Renaud Savoya while Mathieu Briere (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Italian company WRC have announced the signing of Germany’s Marc Fischer to their team. The German on-road frontrunner will use the company’s STX touring car in his campaign that will include national and international events.
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Round 6 of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held this past weekend at the Dielsdorf dirt track. One of the last real dirt tracks of the country with a challenging layout, technical sections and also lots of elevation changes the track offered a level playing field for all competitors. Unfortunately bad weather on Saturday meant all qualifiers and mains had to take place on Sunday and in the Stadium Truck class it was Philip Jeisy (Xray) with the TQ and a sixth win in a row, meaning he would take the Swiss national champion title with one round to spare. Behind him, Jan Dissler (Team Associated) would come in 2nd from Martin Weidmann (Xray) 3rd.
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The opening round of the Arrowmax Asia Race Cup China was held at the AMA Amazing Indoor Arena in Guangzhou, China. The world-class indoor facility provided an excellent location, free of any weather threats. The event attracted some of the fastest racers from the region that would battle for entries for the AARC grand finale and in the three classes of Touring Modified, 13.5T Touring Stock and 21.5T Formula – the latter two using control Dash-brand motors. The Modified Touring class featured a veteran vs. youngster classic, as 14-years old Lao Min Hou narrowly edged out Stick-King, one of the best known drivers from Hong Kong, to grab the TQ honours for the race.
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Xray have announced the signing of top Korean touring car driver and national champion Byung Hwan Kim to their factory team. The former Xray privateer will be using Xray’s T4 platform at all major races in Korea and he will also attend at select oversea races such as the Reedy Race, the TITC, AOC and JMRCA events. Kim says:
I am very happy to join the Xray factory Team. During preparing 2016 World race cup, I could test various brand vehicles with the best quality Xray. I could also participate in 2016/17 seasons in Korea with the best quality Xray and made a good performance. I would like to give many thanks to Xray team that gave me a good race experience in Korea and also to Team James Racing in Korea who gave me a lot of help. I will make my best effort for the remaining 2017 season and coming 2018 season.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
