Rishpon RC race track recently held a round of the Israeli League and in the 2WD Buggy class it was Lior Maimon who took the TQ and also the day’s win after coming out fastest in all A-mains. Alon Shuali would grab the runner-up spot from third placed Amit Bublil. In the 4WD class Yossi Arbel brought home the hardware from second placed Amit Bubil and third placed Avitan Ofir.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the Chinese Incom series was recently held and the race schedule saw one round of timed practice, three qualifiers and triple mains. In the Touring Modified class Kiu Jun (Yokomo) would bring home the win tie on points with Popo Chen (Xray) who had to settle for second due to the slower tie-breaker. In third Liu Yunan (Yokomo) rounded out the podium result.
The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Italy was held at the Minirace venue in Casoria with about 60 entries for the five electric on-road classes offered. In the Touring Modified class Alessio Menicucci took a dominant TQ in front of Alessio Mancini and Nicola Marrone. In the finals Alessio Menicucci continued to dominate, taking wins in all three A-mains to snatch the overall victory.
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Maritime Raceway held their Two Day World Cup over the weekend. The final race at this venue was again well accepted and it was Elliott Boots who took the TQ and win in the 2WD Buggy class run on Saturday, and Elliott would also come out fastest in Sunday’s 4WD Buggy race after qualifying second.
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Mugen Seiki Europe have announced the addition of Germany’s Carsten Keller to their team. The multi national champion will campaign Mugen’s MBX7R nitro and electric buggies at all major national and international events.
Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]
Batley Buggy Club, in West Yorkshire, North of England hosted the concluding round of the Batley Winter Series at their indoor venue MB Raceway this past weekend. The race series saw 145 competitors race in five rounds across three 1/10th off road classes, 2WD, 4WD and Under 13 2WD Buggy, on the EOS carpet track. Batley club has a 25 year history of nurturing junior racing talent, and this series has proven to be one of the most successful in the region for young racers, with twenty five under 13’s entering the series in fierce competition for the top place trophies. 2WD Buggy was particular well contended with 15 year old Thomas Gill (Yokomo), taking the series win, from second place Ross Barras (Yokomo) and Jim Furniss (Team Associated) third.
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The Eifel-Ring near the famous Nürburgring recently played host to the final round of the Xray Racing Series Germany. Nearly 40 entries for the five classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, FWD, Formula and 1/12th scale were received and in the Touring Modified class it was Tim Wahl (Xray) who took the winning honours from Florian Fink (Xray) in second and Clemens Neubert (Yokomo) third.
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The final round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was hosted by the Hässleholms MK club on a tight and pretty grippy track. In the Modified Touring class Markus Hellquist would take the overall TQ in front of local driver Daniel Carlsson with Fabian Vernersson rounding off the top 3. After the finals the top 3 positions would remain the same as Markus took two wins for the overall with Daniel and Fabian coming in second and third respectively.
