As the Euro Offroad Series gets set to enter into a sixth season of world class competition, the organisers are excited to announce the addition of a fifth date to the calendar. As it did last season, the successful Indoor 1:10 Electric Offroad Championship will open next weekend (Sept 16-18) at the iconic Nurburgring race circuit as part of the 1:1 scale Blancpain GT Series race weekend.
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The opening round of the OMK Fall Classic Series for 2WD buggies was hosted by the Oslo R/C Car Club. The race series consists of eight rounds held in the evenings at the OMK track and the race format is three qualifiers and triple A-mains. Xray’s Malin Karlsen would take the pole position for the A-mains after some eventful heats. In the opening A-main Malin would then come out successful even after a bobble in the opening stages that cost her the lead but with swift laps and a bit of patience she was able to regain the lead and to take the win in A1. A2 then again was won by Malin who was closely chased by the second place driver but she would take the win after opening a gap on the field. A3 and the sun had settled meaning it would be colder and also a bit moist in some parts of the track. Sticking with her dry track tyre choice she again was the fastest car on the track, allowing her to take the leg win and with it the overall victory from Marius Kristensen (Serpent) in second and Steffen Larsen (Team Associated) in third.
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Round five of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Zabreh track last weekend. The organisers opted to sugar-treat the track right before the event but watering it on Saturday morning took away some of the traction, making things more interesting. In the 2WD class Xray’s Kaja Novotny took the overall TQ from Ales Bidovsky (Xray) and Marek Schiller (PR). The 4WD qualification was pretty much the same story as Kaja TQed every round with Ales Bidovsky coming in second and Marek Schiller in third.
The fifth round of the Portuguese Touring Stock National Championship was held at the Armaia track. Frédéric Santos (Xray) laid down a brilliant performance all day, sweeping the qualifiers to take the pole position for the A-mains. In the mains Frédéric would continue to dominate, taking the opening two A-mains to grab the overall win and with it the 2016 Touring Stock National Championship title. Helder Silva (Capricorn) would come in second both at round five and in the overall ranking while Jorge Chalupa (Schumacher) completed the podium in third but overall in the Championship it was Patrick Santos (Xray) who obtained the final spot on the podium.
Round three of the Swedish National Cup for 1/10th scale electric buggies was held at the new astro turf track in Karlskrona. The track was an open, flowing layout with some interesting jumps and a fairly low-grip surface. In 2WD local racer David Ronnefalk laid down an exhibition of great driving skills when he swept all qualification rounds as well as the two first A-mains to take the overall win. What was left for the others was to fight for the remaining podium spots. Alexander Landén qualified in third behind “Fredde” Mathiesen.
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The sixth and final round of the Grenland 2WD Championship Series was recently held in Skien, Norway. Xray’s Malin Karlsen again made one of her last-minute entries but this would not stop her from dominating the field as she came out fastest after the qualifiers to line up on the 1 spot for the triple A-mains. The opening two A-mains then were a done deal for the swift girl who laid down the only 14-lap runs of the event, taking the overall win from the hard-chasing Team Associated duo of Mathias Fink and Oystein Doler.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
During some down time at the 2016 IFMAR World Championships in Beijing last month Red RC’s Oli Meggitt sat down with 4-time World Champion Marc Rheinard to talk about life and racing.
The second edition British Open GP took place at the Halifax circuit in West Yorkshire. The event would cater for 1/10th 200mm, 1/10th Sports GT, 1/8th GT, 1/8th IC and 1/8th electric with over 80 entries making it an exciting weekend. The race would take a similar structure to that of the popular ENS series with round by round qualifying and a single sided bump up finals format. Along with the race, a social event was hosted on the Saturday evening along with a raffle with prizes donated by the event sponsors. With the area known among racers as having its own climate, rain would make for challenging conditions throughout qualifying.
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