The second round of the Mibosport Cup 2016/17, organised by the team of Michal Bok, saw a total of 170 participants, with 93 drivers signing up for the on-road and 128 drivers signing up for the off-road classes. Qualifying for the Touring Car Modified class was won by Alexander Hagberg. Marek Černý finished second with Viljami Kutvonen in third.
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The second round of the British LMP-12 national series took place at the permanent MB Models facility in Leeds. The meeting was held over two days, with Saturday being 13.5 fixed timing for all drivers, and Sunday being split between 6.5 fixed timing modified and 13.5 fixed timing Sports Modified. The quality of the field was credibly high, with past World Champions David Spashett and Alexander Hagberg heading the entry list. Past National Champions Olly Jefferies and Chris Kerswell were also guaranteed front runners, along with the Schumacher team headed by Andy Murray, who had used the track extensively to test their new LMP car, the Eclipse.
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Xray have announce that top Austrian on-road racer René Kölbel has joined their factory team. René will be driving the X1 and T4 on-road platforms at major international races including ETS. A front runner and race winner at the popular Mibosport Cup, he had the following to say:
I would like to thank Xray for the given trust in me. I drive the T4 and I’m excited about the quality and functionality of Xray RC cars, therefore it was clear for me to join the Xray team in the formula class as well. Xray X1 is a very good car with a lot of potential. During the season I will participate at all major races including ETS, and of course, the National series as well. I will be available at the Austrian races to help to any Xray drivers, so do not hesitate to contact me with your questions.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Round 1 of XRS Slovenia took place at the beautiful facility in Medeuzza (Italy) on the Genius Ring. There was a big interest for the race since racing with hand-out motors is something stock drivers really like, so all the places at the tables were full. The XRS motors and Hudy tires performed flawlessly during Saturday’s practice and Sunday’s race. Saturday it was a practice day where most of drivers could get in touch for the first time with the XRS motors and Hudy tires. In the evening there was the Xray evening party and later the workshop, where Xray Factory team driver Tom Krägefski and Alojzij Osvald with more Xray/TopRC team drivers discussed regarding set-ups for the race.
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The 7th Annual Northwest Invitational was held this past weekend at Cottage Grove R/C Raceway in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Located just 2 hours south of Portland, this first class off-road facility includes a fully stocked hobby shop, spacious pit areas, along with a hi-traction clay off-road track. In the Invitational 2wd Modified Buggy class, the overall Championship would come down to the 8th and final round of racing between Kyosho America teammates Chris Jarosz & Tanner Day. Jarosz would go onto run a flawless race to take the heat win and the overall Championship with his RB6.6. Day would finish just 1 point away from the overall win to finish 2nd. Kyosho America’s Matt Chambers would complete the Kyosho podium sweep by finishing 3rd overall.
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The 2016 U.S. Open Fuel Championships were held this past weekend at Fear Farm Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. TLR’s Tanner Denney would take the combined Grand Championship after ending the mains day sitting in third overall in the E-Buggy class and coming in second in Nitro Truggy. In Pro Buggy with the rain coming down hard during both semis, Tanner ended up starting TQ by just 1 second and with the mains being called he got the overall win in Buggy and with it the Grand Championship in front of Tekno’s Joe Bornhorst.
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Round 2 of the Euro Offroad Series would turn out to be a fairy tale weekend for Michal Orlowski, as the young Polish RC star did the double in his home city of Warsaw. With Poland making a return to the championship after being left off last season’s calendar, the Schumacher driver took a not so unexpected 2WD win on Saturday in front of a huge crowd at Warsaw Moto Show, the host of the race. After a troubled start to 4WD qualifying on Friday and Xray looking dominant, the 15-year-old himself was at best targeting just making the main. However topping the last 4WD qualifier this morning to line up second on the grid, there was a new glimmer that a podium could be possible. Capitalising on a mistake by Top Qualifier Coelho to win A1, that prospect of a double grew strong although a lap one error in A2 was to be a set back. Not phased the Pole said ahead of the third & deciding leg he would be ‘going to go for it’ and that’s just what he did helped by yet another mistake from Coelho. Once in front Orlowski made the race his own to pull off his first 4WD win and become only the 4th driver to do the double in the six seasons of the EOS. Behind the home hero, Coelho would secure second which along with his TQ bonus point see him still leading the championship while Bayer made his first podium appearance for over a season.
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Full Throttle Raceway of Kissimmee, Florida played host to the third round of the FSEARA series this past weekend. In the 17.5 Pro Stock Touring A-main top qualifier Austin Wolfe would bring home the win from Robert Cooper and Dave Vera in third. Behind the three, Dave Franklin, Eric Still, Michael Bruce, Dave Baptiste, Mike Coburn, Steve Pendergraph, and Pete Pepe would round out the A-main result.
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