Round 3 of the Xray Winter Series Greece was held at the FRT raceway in Athens. The race attracted a good amount of drivers to compete in the three classes of Touring Modified, Formula and Pan Car and in the premier Touring Mod class it was Georgiadis who set the early pace and he would also take the overall TQ after winning all qualifying rounds. Amaxas snatched the 2 spot on the grid in front of Bratis.
In a shock announcement former IFMAR World and EFRA European Champion, Andy Moore as well as team manager Hiroyuki Kasuya have announced their departure from HPI/HB. Both ended their contracts by mutual consent after being with the company for more than 10 years. The news comes after recent problems with the HPI company, in particular HPI Europe which was put in administration in January and we are sure it is not the last team driver to announce his departure in the coming days and weeks. This is what Andy has to say:
I’d like to inform everyone that I have by mutual consent ended my contract with HPI Inc. I want to especially thank Tatsuro Watanabe, Toshihiko Hara and Hiroyuki Kasuya for their help and support over the years. And of course my team mates and work colleagues both past and present for the great times and lots of memorable moments. During almost 12 years together we’ve had some fantastic results becoming World Champions, European Champions, National Champions and multiple TITC Champions along the way. I’d like to wish everyone at HPI all the best for the future and look forward to seeing you all at the track soon.
Read the full statement from Hiro here
Last weekend’s second round of the BRCA GT12 Nationals at MB Models also saw the running of the 1/10th Formula class. The event attracted a total of 34 drivers and at the end it was Andy Murray (Xray) who grabbed the day’s win from James Greener (Exotek). MD Racing driver James Wright was able to snatch the final podium spot to round out the top 3 result.
Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]
Last weekend saw the second round of the 2016 BRCA GT12 National Championship, at the recently opened MB Models Raceway. With 98 drivers booked in, this event was probably the largest and most competitive race GT12 has ever seen. The winner of national round 1, Adam Catchpole (Zen) put in a fantastic run to take the pole position, with Schumacher’s Andy Murray less than a second behind. James Hart (Schumacher) completed the top 3 on the grid. The A-final saw a spectacular race up front, with Adam and Andy pulling out a gap to the rest of the field as they carried out an intense battle. All eyes were on the battle to see Andy showing much improved form and putting pressure onto the current national champion. This continued until around the half way point when the tiniest mistake from Adam allowed Andy a way through. This battle thrilled the large crowd for the rest of the 6 minutes. Ultimately Andy took the win, his first national victory in GT12, just ahead of Adam. James Hart (3rd) and Aidan Ripley (4th) could break away from the battle for 5th place. 5th to 10th was a super close battle with all 6 drivers finishing within less than 5 seconds.
The recent RC Super Bowl saw RJ Hart walking away with a double win in 1/8th E-Buggy and 4×4 Short Course classes. In the E-Buggy category RJ took the TQ after winning all four qualifying rounds and in the final he cruised to the win in front of Casey Maul and Cody Romanczuk in second and third respectively. In 4×4 Short Course RJ would win two of the four qualifiers but he lost the TQ in the tie-breaker. The main was a different story then with the lead swapping constantly but at the end RJ hold the upper hand over Ken Zimmermann who grabbed the runner-up spot. In third Randy Drapinski completed the top 3 result.
The HIT Winter Series recently resumed with round 3 that attracted more than 120 entries to run in several electric on-road classes. In the premier class of Touring Open, Kuba Simurda took the TQ and also the overall win from Xray teammate Jiri Vysin. Vita Hola (Xray) grabbed the final podium spot from Pavel Martinec (Xray), who came all the way from the 8 spot on the grid.
Continue reading the report here
Round 4 of the 2015/16 Mibosport Cup will be held this coming Saturday at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice, Czech Republic. The series attracted a huge entry of 246 drivers at the recent round 3 and due to the amount of sign-ups for the coming round the organisers have decided to run Friday’s practice in groups which also makes seeding for the qualifying rounds easier. Drivers arriving on Saturday will be placed according to their results in previous events. As for the championship, Oliver Havránek currently leads the Touring Modified standings from Zdenko Kunák while in the Stock LRP category Jürgen Horn sits on top of the sheets, closely followed by Oliver Havránek. Herbert Weber is leading the Formula standings from Mario Sailer and in the last of the on-road classes, 1/12th scale, Tomáš Lipták is leading the championship from Toni Eder. In the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes young Kája Novotný is currently sitting on top with Marcel Rekettye in second. More information about the series as well as sign-up for round 4 can be found here.
Pro-Spec have announced the signing of IFMAR World Champion and EFRA European Champion, Alexander Hagberg to their team. The Swede will use the company’s products and accessories such as chargers, power supplies, fans, wires and more in 2016 and he has the following to say about the deal:
I want to send out a big thank you to Mr. Kenji Hosoda for supporting my extensive racing program in 2016! It seemed as a no brainer to join this brand, considering the high quality of these Japanese products. Since Pro-Spec is the Japanese distributor for ORCA, it had an impact on my decision as well. I will be using many items from the Pro-Spec product line up such as chargers, power supply, fans, bottles, wires, weights and more!
Source: Pro-Spec [pro-spec.jp]
