The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Poland will be held on the 29th and 30th of October in Lodz, Poland. Classes run will be 1/10th 2WD buggy, 4WD buggy and truck with round two and round three dates have yet to be announced. More information can be found here.
Serpent have announced the addition of Norway’s Daniel Kobbevik to their 1/8th off-road team. An EOS A-main finisher and national frontrunner, Daniel is a 1/10th scale specialist but he will now further up his game in the challenging 1/8th buggy class. He will be working closely with his fellow Serpent drivers Shin Adachi, Billy Easton, Jörn Neumann as well as Gerd Strenge with his first outing for his new chassis sponsors being this week’s IFMAR 1/8th Gas Buggy World Championships in Las Vegas. Due to a very late decision to attend, Daniel had to go through the much discussed qualifying race in which he was able to earn a ticket for the actual Worlds.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The 7th annual Top Gun Challenge at NorCal Hobbies was run last weekend. The race is put on by following the classic Top Gun movie theme with first place trophies being fighter pilot helmets. The finals were run in a double A-main format, meaning drivers have to do well in both mains. In Modified Touring Car, young Kevin Chiu was battling with TQ holder Rick Yoder for the entire day and at the end Chiu got second in leg one, and first in leg two to take home the Top Gun helmet.
Round 8 of this year’s BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was hosted by the Mendip circuit in Weston Super Mare. With the championship already won by Serpent’s Marc Green with an almost perfect score, the race was on for the minor places. The competition up front would be close with the inclusion of Infinity factory driver Kyle Branson to the entry. Kyle would be racing the new car for the second time in preparations for the final ENS race. His car was also fitted with O.S. engines for the first time to allow him to gain valuable setup knowledge and drivability experience. On Saturday, the pace early on was quick but the track seemed to slow during the day with the lap times around 0.4 seconds slower than the best times of 15.2 seconds. The pace setters were Green and Branson. The Mendip track asphalt as become very abrasive over the years making it critical on tyre wear.
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The final round of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Thionville with the weather conditions being nice but a bit tricky. Cold nights and hot days made for changing track conditions with some “hidden” bumps on the track adding up to the mix. In the Formula class Jean Michel Varinard would end the day on the top spot with newly crowned champion, Jeremy Limoges in second place. Frederic Favier would round out the all-Xray podium in third.
The opening round of this year’s Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track. Nice summer temperatures and a friendly atmosphere made for a good day of racing in several on-road classes. In Touring Modified Batas would lead an all-Xray podium with Velaoras and Diamantis completing the top 3 result.
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This past weekend was Sri Raceway’s annual Sri Showdown, a race that would bring in the best racers from the Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana region and provide epic battles in many classes. After the qualifying wrapped up, Matt Cline would take the TQ honors in 4WD Modified Buggy and a third starting spot in 2WD Modified buggy behind Dylan Gerard and teammate Colton Cruise. The 2WD Mod main was an intense and epic battle between Cline and Gerard that would rage on for the 10 minute main which Matt was able to win. 4WD showed another good battle but Matt was able to run consistent laps and take the win while in 2WD Truck and 2WD SC Adam Rayls came out fastest in the A-mains.
Thanks to James Cline for the report.
The opening round of the German central division Tonisport Onroad Series was held in Rüsselsheim over the weekend. In the Formula class Jacques Libar swept the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Florian Schimm, who scored a single round TQ and third placed Ulf Bohlender. In the triple A-mains Jacques again laid down some commanding drives to score the day’s win from from Ulf and Florian who had to settle for second and third respectively.
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