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August 13, 2016

Futaba Electric Challenge – Announcement

Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois, will be playing host to the Futaba Electric Challenge from September 16th to 18th. Friday, September 16 will be used as an open practice day, so drivers can get their vehicles dialed-in to both the outdoor and indoor tracks. Saturday’s events are scheduled for the outdoor track but will be moved to the indoor track in case of inclement weather. Points earned on Saturday will be combined with points earned on Sunday to determine final standings. Classes run are E-Buggy, Stock and Modified 2WD and 4WD buggy, Stock 2WD short course, Modified 2WD and 4WD short course as well as Stock 2WD buggy, truck and rookie. Included are also two “Dash for Cash” events; one for 1/8 scale Buggy and a second in the class with the largest number of entrants. For more details please visit the event’s website here.

August 12, 2016

Ronald Völker geared by Axon

Japanese manufacturer Axon has announced the signing of Germany’s Ronald Völker to their team. The Yokomo factory driver will use Axon products such as gears, oils and accessories. Ronald has already used Axon products to win the recent German Electric On-road Nationals with for sure more to come at the forthcoming IFMAR ISTC Worlds in China.

Source: Axon [facebook.com]

August 12, 2016

Mike Gosvig sweeps Danish On-road Nationals Rd3

Last Sunday the third round of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in difficult track conditions. Due to Saturday’s rain and the sugared track Sunday morning began with a surface drying session as the car’s tyres would take a lot of sugar, making it impossible to drive and reducing practice times to about 30 minutes. Xray’s Mike Gosvig would make the best out of the conditions, taking TQs in both Touring Stock and Modified.

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August 12, 2016

Viktor Wilck teams up with Gens Ace

Gens Ace have announced the signing of 6-times Swedish National Champion, Viktor Wilck to their factory team. The Serpent team driver will use the company’s high-performance batteries from how on and he joins Gens Ace’s other high-class drivers such as Marc Fischer and David Ehrbar. Viktor’s first outing for his new power suppliers will be the forthcoming IFMAR World Championships in Beijing, China.

Source: Gens Ace [gensace.com]

August 12, 2016

Olivier Bultynck doubles at Belgium On-road Nats Rd4

Round four of this year’s Belgium Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Baanbrekers club in Rucphen. In the Touring Modified class it was Awesomatix’ Olivier Bultynck to take the pole position from Awesomatix team mate Nicolas Delisé and Xray driver Robby Engelen. The opening final began with a DNF for the TQ holder as technical issues prevent Olivier to complete more than a lap. This promoted Nicolas into the lead and he would make maximum use of the situation to walk away with the win in the opening A-main. The second and third leg then were a walk in the park for Ollie who took wins in A2 and A3 to grab the overall win from Nicolas with Mitchel Van Es (VBC) rounding out the top 3 result. Elsewhere in the Formula class it was again Oilvier Bultynck who took the winning honours, this time in from of Steve Deblaere and youngster Florian Joos.

View the Formula class podium here

August 11, 2016

Oliver Havranek takes IYRCA Touring Modified title

The International Youth RC Models Association hosted the inaugural Car Modelling Junior World Championships to Prague, Czech Republic. This first of its kind event focused primarily on the youth and children and to bring together young people from different parts of the world. Rising electric on-road racer, Oliver Havranek (Xray) set the early pace already in practice and he continued to dominated by taking the TQ. In the finals Oliver would then score two wins to take home the first IYRCA Touring Modified World Championship title.

View the final results here

August 11, 2016

Wynn, Borkowicz & Marasco win at JConcepts Super Cup

The 2016 JConcepts Super Cup Series kicked off its fall session last weekend at NewRed Hobbies indoor facility located in Ocala, Florida. NewRed Hobbies has a very unique surface, as they were one of the first tracks in the country to start using “Soiltac” exclusively. The glued surface makes the tire choice very simple as everyone runs slicks. With 225 entries, race director Lance MacDonald got qualifying rolling promptly at 9:30am. Qualifying was highly contested throughout the two rounds, but it’s in the main events where the points are claimed. Modified 2WD Buggy saw Paul Wynn take his vehicle with laydown transmission to the top spot on the podium while Daimon Borkowicz put in a flawless wire-to-wire win from his TQ spot in the insanely fast 4WD Modified Buggy class. Elsewhere AJ Marasco would take his buggy from the TQ position to a wire-to-wire victory in the highly contested Expert Stock 17.5 Buggy class.

View the 4WD Modified and Expert Stock podium here

August 10, 2016

Jitse Miedema doubles at Heemstede club race Rd5

The fifth round of the MAC Heemstede club race was held on the recently resurfaced MACH track. The new asphalt surface made traction conditions difficult and in the ETS spec Formula class it was Xray driver Jitse Miedema who took the TQ followed by Niels de Zwijger (CRC) with the latter scoring the fastest lap but on the expense of a consistent pace. In the 13.5 Touring class Jitse also took the TQ, followed by Roy Bakker.

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