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August 17, 2017

Oliver Havranek doubles at 2017 IYRCA

The 2nd annual IYRCA International Junior Championships were held in Prague, Czech Republic last weekend. The event was held in the four categories of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and 1/14th scale and it attracted up and coming drivers from seven countries. Top qualifier in the Touring Mod class, Xray’s Oliver Havranek, reining IYRCA Champion, would defend his title after a nice fight with Yokomo’s Harley Eldridge in the opening stages but later the young girl had to cope with Matej Šulc who ultimately took the runner-up spot behind Oliver while Harley had to settle for 3rd overall.

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August 16, 2017

Jordan Huzel wins at Calgary Stampede Race

The Calgary Stampede Race was held at RC Gears in Calgary, Alberta recently. The track layout was more narrow and tighter than the last few years, something the drivers had to adapt to. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class Jordan Huzel was the man to beat as he TQ’d the first and third qualifier for the overall TQ and he also won A1 and A3 to take the day’s win from Carter H. in 2nd and Byron Mackenzie 3rd. Robert Bowers and Patrick Erickson rounded out the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 16, 2017

2017 Asian Onroad Championships Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2017 Asian Onroad Championships was held in Canberra, Australia. With a huge turnout from the local racers as well as International privateers and factory drivers, this is the best AOC Australia to date. Following up on a great start, it was Awesomatix factory driver Viljami Kutvonen who went start to finish up front in both of the first two mains in Modified Touring Car to grab the premiere class title. Destiny’s Jin Sawada from Japan definitely kept things exciting and kept Kutvonen honest by pressuring, but never was a serious threat to the Finnish driver’s up front position and had to settled for second overall.

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August 16, 2017

Marcel Elissen wins at Tonisport Onroad Series Rd6

Round 6 of the Tonisport Onroad Series was held at the MAC-Meckenheim Club in Germany. In the Formula class it was Marcel Elissen who dominated the qualifying and the finals to take home the win in front of Sascha Braun on the runner-up spot. Marcel Facius would complete the podium result in 3rd.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

August 16, 2017

Heiko Peglow wins at 3-Länder-Cup

The MCSC Wächtersbach club near Frankfurt, German recently held the grand opening race of the newly-established 3-Länder-Cup series. In the electric GT8 class Mugen driver Heiko Peglow walked away with the win in front of fellow Mugen racer, Jörg Wegmann. HoBao driver Jens Förster secured himself the final podium spot in 3rd.

Source: RMV Deutschland [rmv-lounge.de]

August 15, 2017

Power HD sign Dominic Quek

Power HD have announced the signing of Singapore’s Dominic Quek to their team. The 15-years old scored podium finishes at the 2017 Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions and also at the 2016 Asian Onroad Championships in Hong Kong and he is a regular A-main finalist in regional events. The reigning Singapore Electric Touring Cars National Champion had the following to say about the deal:

I am honored to join Power HD’s racing team and to feature their line of performance servos in my cars as I compete across the region. I am confident that Power HD’s products will help me to achieve my goals in my racing career.

Source: PowerHD [chd.hk]

August 15, 2017

Daniel Kobbevik wins Norwegian E-Buggy Nats Rd3

The third round of the Norwegian 1/8th Electric Nationals was hosted by the Oslo Model Car Club this past weekend. The race did not start well for pre-event favourite Daniel Kobbevik who suffered a corrupt speed controller that had no brakes but he was able to get a P2 in the opening qualifier despite having to drive really smoothly. With a new controller installed for the remaining qualifiers, Daniel was able to snatch the overall TQ thanks to coming out fastest in Q2 and Q3. A1 then was smooth sailing for the young man but in A2 he suffered a dying battery in the opening stages meaning he had to hold everything in A3 in which Daniel was able to bring home the win and with the the overall victory from Kai Ronning 2nd and Mathias Fink 3rd.

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August 15, 2017

Clements wins CTS2 finals as Hohwart takes title

The finals for CTS2 was again held at Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California. Some of the biggest names in the Touring Car world came to attend this series like Paul Lemieux, JJ Wang, Drew Ellis and David Jun. In practice and qualifying, Team Xray driver JJ Wang showed a dominant pace even with his first ever visit to SWR. But with some bad luck, he was unable to finish both qualifiers. Xray driver Paul Lemieux qualified 6th behind EJ Evans in 5th while Team Associated driver David Jun qualified 4th. Series points leader Rick Hohwart (Team Associated) qualified top 3 behind local favourite, Awesomatix driver Brandon Clements and 2nd qualifier, Yokomo driver Eric Albano with the top 5 guys being all within one second apart.

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