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November 26, 2015

Marek Cerny wins at XWS Slovenia Rd1

The opening round of the Xray Winter Series Slovenia was held at the Genius Ring in Italy. The famous ETS carpet and a challenging layout made for a fun weekend for everyone. In the Touring Stock class Xray’s Marek Cerny was the man to beat as he set fast times right from the start. In the qualifiers he was able to take the TQ for the finals in which he would make a clean sweep to take the overall win from Bernard-Alain Arnaldi (Xray) and young Andrea Ghilotti (Xray).

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November 26, 2015

Rivkin & Mayo double at Reedy Outdoor Champs

The inaugural Reedy Outdoor Off-Road Championships was hosted by Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. Replacing the Reedy Truck Race, this new event featured watered track conditions, spiked tires and roost throwing vehicles of all categories. With short days and breaks in the program for watering, the 150 entries enjoyed a smooth race event that allowed for consistent track conditions for all participants. As practice got underway smiles and laughter filled the pits. Racers commented on how fun it was to drive on a watered surface with some fluff and slightly rough track conditions.

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November 25, 2015

Daniel Brown doubles at Turkey Shootout

The 8th Annual Turkey Shootout was hosted by Norcal Hobbies in San Jose, California. Daniel Brown TQ’d three out of four rounds of qualifying, having a DNF in the final round. Despite the DNF, Daniel positioned himself as TQ in both the 2WD Modified Buggy and Modified Truck classes heading into the mains. In the 2WD main, Daniel got a great start and by the second lap he was able to break away from the field and dominate the main, maintaining a sizeable gap throughout. In Modified Stadium Truck Daniel got a good start as well but this time he was followed closely by local fast guy Peter Stein. At the half way point Daniel was able to break away from Stein and cruise to his second victory of the weekend.

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November 25, 2015

Roman Larkin wins at Russian UN Championship

The Russian UN Championship was held at the Crocus Expo Exhibition Centre in Moscow. Considered to be one of the largest events in the country the race attracted over 120 drivers and in the 4WD class it was Roman Larkin who would take the TQ and with it the pole position for the A-main. Roman then went on to win A1 and A2 for an early overall victory over Dmitriy Malyshko in second and Stanislav Glebov in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 25, 2015

Gosch & Ellis win at 2015 Archway Classic

SmacTrac of St. Charles, Missouri was host to the inaugural running of the Archway Classic. A world-class facility, backed by its very fast group of local racers, meant this event would have some fierce competition and with over 150 entries from all around the Midwest, a win at this race would cement a driver as a true threat at any track around the country. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Matt Gosch, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, would go on to take the A-Main victory after close battles with Jonathan Burkhalter and Chris Baumgartner. In 4WD Modified Buggy Matt struggled to come to grips, setting him up for a 5th place starting position for the single 5 minute A. Aggressive driving early in the race let Matt find his way to 2nd place behind Josh Wheeler, who made an uncharacteristic mistake late in the race to allow Matt by for another A-main win, and a clean sweep of the Archway Classic. Elsewhere in the JConcepts 2WD Spec Tire class, Ben Ellis would take the TQ and win.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

November 24, 2015

Xray Winter Series Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Xray Winter Series Morava was again held at the Jedovnice sports hall. The event attracted 64 racers to compete in the five classes of Touring Open, Stock 17.5T, Hobby, Formula and GT. The Touring Open class was dominated by the fight between the two teammates David Nemcek and Kuba Simurda. In the finals Kuba held the upper hand over David to take the day’s win while Michal Vitamvas would round out the top 3 result.

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November 24, 2015

Patrick Hofer sweeps MRTO Challenge

This past weekend the MRTO Challenge was held with around 150 drivers from Switzerland, Austria and Germany in attendance. The purpose-built track offered a lot of grip and the different jumps present made for an entertaining time. Team Associated’s Patrick Hofer was on a mission, TQing all three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and 2WD Truck. On Sunday Patrick would continue to be on top of the field, taking the win in the 2WD class from Schumacher driver Micha Widmeier and Kyosho’s Luca Rau. In the 4WD class Patrick lead a Team Associated trifecta with Markus Metsch and Nico Schmid sidelining Patrick on the podium in second and third respectively. Finally in the 2WD Truck class Mr. Hofer would come out successful from Jan Dissler and Jakob Pirolt.

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November 24, 2015

SoCal RC Scale Series Rd1 – Report

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Round 1 of the SoCal RC Scale Series was held at TQ RC Racing in Chino. With Summer coming to an end, it was time to return to begin the second year of the popular Winter Series. Five race days comprise the series and a drivers’ best four event results count toward the end of series awards for both Sportsman and Expert drivers. The Formula cars were first to set qualifying times for their race heats for the day. The series’ unique system uses a three minute qualifying run to set the five best (non-consecutive) laps averaged together. Josh Tran would hold the initial TQ spot with his qualifying time of 11.320 in the first group but there were some heavy hitters eager to best Josh’s time. When the dust settled, Craig “Cuda” Hammon, after a lot of hard work to get his carpet competitiveness close to his outdoor pace, took the top spot; narrowly besting Aaron Lane with a five lap average of 10.656 to Aaron’s 10.667, just 0.011 second gap. Third qualifier would be Kevin “Panda” Cole with a 10.938 effort. The difference between 3rd to 9th qualifiers was only 0.2 seconds. The change this season from 21.5 to 25.5 motors has closed the overall gap and would make for some very exciting racing.

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