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December 29, 2015

Kaja Novotny dominates Open Challenge Rd4

The fourth round of the Open Challenge was held in Prague, Czech Republic this past weekend. As usual the track was nicely prepared, sporting some huge jumps but the traction was higher than at the previous rounds which was welcomed by most racers. Xray’s Kaja Novotny grabbed the TQ in both the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes and he continued to dominate the field in the A-mains also, taking the overall wins in both classes along with the fastest laps. In the 2WD class Zdenek Miksovsky (Xray) ended the event on the runner-up spot from Martin Wünsche (Team Associated) in third.

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December 29, 2015

Nico Risser doubles at OSS XXL GP

The Olibollen Cross XXL race was held just before the Christmas holidays and it saw Xray’s Nico Risser taking the TQ in both the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes. Nico went on to dominate the finals also, taking the overall win in both 2WD and 4WD. Oliver Speith (Schumacher) would grab the runner-up in 2WD in front of Schumacher teammate Bart Mulin. In the 4WD class D. Pauwels (Yokomo) ended the race in the second place from Kristof Dehert (Xray) in third.

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December 22, 2015

Risser & Crolla win at Avesnes club race

The annual Avesnes club race saw the attendance of around 110 drivers to battle it out on the club’s very slippery carpet track. Both the 2WD and 4WD buggy class saw some epic battles between Nicolas Risser and Lorenzo Crolla and in the premier 2WD class Nicolas came out successful from young Clement Boda with Lorenzo Crolla ending the day in third place. In the 4WD class Lorenzo would then hold the upper hand over Nicolas who grabbed the runner-up spot after the finals. Anthony Demarais rounded out the podium result in third.

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December 22, 2015

Wood & Schraders win at Masters of Foam race

The 2015 Masters of Foam race was held this past weekend at the RC Arena Limburg in Belgium. The event attracted both internationally experienced top drivers as well as local talent to race in the three classes of 1/12th Modified, 10.5 Stock and 17.5 Stock. The 10.5T class had UK’s Tim Wood coming out fastest after the qualifiers with Steven Koiter and Ollie Payne in tow. The finals then proved to be a very entertaining affair with Tim winning the opening leg from Joey Sorber while in A2 Steven Koiter came out successful from Rico Claeys. Pole-sitter Tim Wood only ended the race on the fourth place behind Ollie Payne. The third and final A-main then had Rico Claeys coming out fastest from Tim Wood meaning both would end tie on points, but the better tie-breaker handed Tim the win from Rico with Steven rounding out the top 3 result.

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December 22, 2015

Griffin & Munday take Victorian Drivers Series titles

The Victorian Drivers series is one of the biggest in Australia and 2015 was the biggest yet, with over 480 entries received for four rounds of 1/10th electric outdoor dirt racing in Victoria, South Eastern Australia. Running from April through November, the series finished with the Keilor Cup, with over 150 entries received for the one-day event. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class, the series came down to the last race of the last round between Matt Griffin and Ray Munday and ultimately Griffin took the series title by one point from Ray. In 4WD Modified, Ray Munday took the series after three rounds, with young teammate Cameron Zammit finishing second.

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December 21, 2015

Olivier Bultynck joins Awesomatix

Russian company Awesomatix have announced the signing of six-time Belgium Champion Olivier Bultynck to their team. Olivier will use Awesomatix’ all-new A800 touring car during his 2016 campaign that will include attendances at national and international events such as the ETS, the Euros in Slovakia, as well as selected other races such as the GP3F and the Hot Race Cup. Olivier had the following to say:

I’m really excited to join Awesomatix team and thankful for the opportunity from Oleg and Max. Looking forward to work with the team and get some good results for together. I also want to thanks VBC for their support for the last couple of years! I wish them all the best of luck.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

December 21, 2015

Kaja Novotny doubles at Lestr Cup Rd3

The third round of the Lestr Cup was held in Dubec over the weekend. Right from the start everyone was struggling with the low-grip carpet and in the 2WD class Kaja Novotny (Xray) made the best out of the conditions, taking the TQ for the triple A-mains. In the 4WD Buggy class it was again Kaja who came out fastest after TQing all three qualifying rounds. In the 2WD finals Kaja then made a clean sweep, taking the overall win from runner-up Jiri Mara (Serpent) and Xray teammate Max Götzl.

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December 21, 2015

Day & Tran win at 3rd Annual South Valley Invert

Day & Tran win at 3rd Annual South Valley Invert
The 3rd Annual South Valley Invert was hosted by Cottage Grove R/C Raceway in Cottage Grove, Oregon this past weekend. The event attracted some of the region’s fastest 1/10th off-road drivers and in the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Kyosho’s Tanner Day who grabbed the TQ and win from Kyosho teammates Andy DiBrino and Joe Pillars.