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September 11, 2017

Kaja Novotny trifecta at Czech 1/10th Off-road Nats

The final round of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Usti nad Labem. The organisers had created a new layout for the huge astro turf track and in the 2WD Buggy and 4WD Buggy classes it was Xray’s Kaja Novotny who managed to TQ all round of qualifying to take the pole positions in the respective classes. In the opening 2WD A-main Kaja suffered bad luck as a piece of astro turf caused havoc to his car which allowed Ales Bidovsky to take the win. A2 then was a done deal for Kaja which meant the final A-main would decide over the race win and also the overall title. For three minutes Kaja and Ales would have a great fight until the latter made a mistake and so Kaja would cruise to the win and the overall championship. Another fight was on for the overall 3rd place between Marek Schiller and Milan Mudra. Ultimately Milan would prevail to take the final podium spot.

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September 11, 2017

Hupo Hönigl doubles at Austrian EP Buggy Nats Rd4

Round 4 of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the track of the ERT Steyregg club. It was the first ever Nationals on a full astro turf track JConcepts Lockness tyres being chosen as the control tyre. The fast layout and super high traction made it difficult to manage error-free runs and in the 2WD qualifying it was a 2-way battle between local driver Philipp Märzinger and Hupo Hönigl. Both had two TQ runs each, but in the end Phillip could take the overall TQ with the fastest overall time. In the finals Phillip was way too nervous and crashed early in the first two mains, which Hupo could win in cruise mode. Phillip finished 2nd by taking A3 and up and coming young star Lucas Grainer would round up the podium with his consistent performance over the whole weekend.

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September 11, 2017

Davide Ongaro crowned double Italian champion

The final round of the Italian AMSCI 1/8th Off-road National Championship was held this past weekend and it was Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro who walked away with the titles in the Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes. Davide would start behind Marco Baruffolo (TLR) in the Nitro A-main but he found a way past in the opening stages and never looked back. Even when rain started to some 15 minutes before the end Davide kept his cool and he would bring home a maiden Nitro national title. Elsewhere in the E-Buggy class Davide would take wins in the opening two A-mains to seal his third national E-Buggy title early.

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September 11, 2017

Zheyi Shen wins Chinese 4WD Buggy title

The Chinese Off-road Nationals were held recently in the town of Suzhou. In the 1/10th 4WD Buggy class it was 12-years old Yibo Zhang (Xray) with the overall TQ courtesy of two round TQs, however in the mains he suffered some bad luck and after mishaps in A1 and A2 he had to settle for 3rd overall behind Li Shen (Serpent) on the runner-up spot and new national champion Zheyi Shen (Serpent).

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September 11, 2017

Jean-Pierrick Sartel wins French E-Buggy finale

The final round of the French 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held in Noeux les Mines this past weekend. TLR’s Jerome Sartel HB Racing’s Thomas Musso and Xray’s Jean-Pierrick Sartel battled for the overall TQ with all three scoring round TQs and in the end it was Jerome who held the upper hand, taking the pole position for the A-mains tie on points with Thomas Musso while Jean-Pierrick ended a somewhat troubled qualifying in 3rd. Ultimately and after the four A-main encounters it was Jean-Pierrick with a clean sweep in the finals to take the day’s win from Thomas Musso on the runner-up spot while Jerome Sartel had to settle for 3rd overall.

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September 11, 2017

Hofer & Schmid win at Swiss EP Off-road Nationals Rd6

Round 6 of the Swiss 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals were hosted by the Elektro Offroad Club Dielsdorf over the weekend. After the Saturday was pretty much washed away due to rain the organisers jumped straight into qualifying on Sunday that saw Nico Schmid (Xray) take the TQ in the 2WD class from Florian Schmid (Xray) and it was also Nico who took the pole position for the triple 4WD A-mains thanks to a clean sweep in the qualifiers. The finals then were a done deal for Patrick Hofer (Team Associated) who scored three wins to take the overall victory from the Yokomo duo Peter Forster 2nd and Adrian Müller 3rd while TQ holder Nico Schmid had to settle for 6th overall.

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September 8, 2017

Xray Racing Series Greek Rd6 – Report

Round 6 of the Xray Racing Series Greek was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in hot weather conditions. Again a good amount of sign-ups, despite the perfect beach party weather, made for close racing and in the Modified Touring class it was Papachristos with the TQ and win in all finals. A surprise 2nd place went to Nikolakopoulos with Diamadis in 3rd, making it an all-Xray podium.

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September 8, 2017

Gary Huang wins at Chinese National Champs

The Chinese National Championship was held in Yongkang City, China in very hot weather conditions. Air temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius and track temperatures of up to 65 degrees Celsius made for challenging racing conditions and in addition the drivers of the 1/8th Nitro On-road class had to cope with the relatively short and narrow track. In the main final it was Gary Huang with the best start from the 2 spot and he was heavily chased from the storming pack but ultimately Gary would prevail to take the win and with it the Chinese Youth Nationals title from Xu Zhanhao 2nd and Luo Wen Tao 3rd.

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