The Model Indoor Oss Arena will hold a round of the Xray Racing Series Netherlands on the 17th and 18th of December. The race will be held in 2WD and 4WD off-road classes with more event information available here while sign-up can be done here.
The fifth and final round of the 2016 South-African ORE national championship returned to the TRAP RC Venue in Pretoria after round two was rained out at the same venue. Free practise was held on Thursday and Friday with a heat wave hitting the Gauteng province. The air temperature peaked at 38 Degree Celsius and the track temperature went up to 64 Degree. The heat put tremendous pressure on the batteries, tyres and electronics and the drivers had to choose their setups carefully and also manage the tyres during the race. The Touring Modified class is still growing stronger and all the drivers need to be at their best to qualify for the A-mains. All the top drivers pushed hard during the practice rounds and during qualifying but it was Shaun Schutte who dominated the class with his Xray during practise and qualifying to take TQ. There was a great battle between current champion Jason Hillcoat, Anderton Smith, Antonio Caroli and Ashley Hurley for the remaining grid positions. Anderton managed to take second after a good Q3 and Q4 with Antonio starting third in the A Mains.
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The second round of the Danish DRCMU electric on-road nationals was held at the large and technical track of the Vejle Mini Race club. Local racer Frederik Hovgaard (Yokomo) made his intentions clear to win the race by setting the early pace and coming out fastest in Q1 with Patrick Hornum (Awesomatix) a second behind. Q2 then went not to plan for Frederik but he fought back in the third and final qualifier when he battled with Patrick and Mike for the overall TQ and with a last minute sprint, Frederik was able to take a maiden overall TQ in the Modified class. In the opening A-main a big crash further down the field allowed Frederik to pull a large gap and so he was able to cruise to the win. At the start of A2 everyone took off with no problems and after getting into grips, Frederik was able to open a small gap on the number 2 driver and with the latter making a small mistake, Frederik even enlarged the distance, allowing him to bring home the win and with it his first national win in the Touring Modified class. Patrick Hornum would end the day on the 2 spot from Mike Gosvig (Xray) in third.
Thanks to Frederik Hovgaard for the report.
The annual Halloween Race was held near Paris, France. Xray’s Nico Risser would set TQs in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes and he would also walk away with the win after the 2WD A-mains to leave Stephane Deroche (Team Associated) and Red Obkos (Team Associated) behind in second and third respectively. In the 4WD class Nico had to settle for second after the mains, behind Xray teammate Romain Valter and in front of TLR driver Julien Formentin.
The opening round of the Winter Cup was held at the HB Orion track in the small town of Kallinge, Sweden. The 4WD Buggy qualifying was won by young Malin Karlsen who took a convincing TQ from Jessica Palsson and Alexander Landen, the latter two having nice battles in the qualifiers with the runner-up spot narrowly going to Jessica. These three plus fourth placed Johan Balsberg would be in the mix for the overall win and the opening A-main would start quite uneventful with Jessica having a bobble on the first lap, allowing Alexander by. Up front Malin would stretch the lead and she would take the win with a comfortable margin from Alexander and Jessica.
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Schumacher have announced the signing of Spanish front runner Sergi Franch to their touring car team. A very successful on-road driver with many top notch results to his name, Sergi will race the Mi6 in the SNS series and major local and regional races around Barcelona. Sergi had the following to say:
I am very grateful to Schumacher and David Lara for trusting in me for this season, I am convinced that we will be at the maximum level of performance and support at every race and I wish to return this confidence with the best possible results.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Xray have announced that the off-road portion of the Xray Racing Series Australia will be held on the weekend of the 11th of December at Castle Hill Off Road RC Club. Classes run are 2WD and 4WD Modified, 2WD and 4WD Stock as well as 2WD Junior Stock, SCT and Stadium Truck. Open practice will be held on Saturday with the qualifier and finals run on Sunday. More information and sign up can be found here.
The newly established N-Control RC Racing Circuit in Dale, Texas held its grand opening race this past weekend hosting 68 entries from across the state of Texas. Texas’s newest permanent on-road facility, and site of the 2017 Roar Electric On Road Paved Nationals, saw close racing across 10 different classes. The event took place over two days with Saturday holding three rounds of rocket qualifying, and Sunday offering a final round of qualifying followed by mains. Triple A-mains were held for the electric classes, and single 20-minute mains were run for all nitro races. The track was fast and flowing with consistently high traction offering up for some exciting racing all weekend.
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