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December 1, 2015

Protoform WCICS Rd3 – Report

WCICS Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held in the Capital of Alberta, Edmonton. Hosted by the NASCAR Club, great weather helped racers from all around Western Canada make the drive, and this year saw their biggest turnout ever. In Touring Modified, National Champion, Xray driver Blake Bell drove his T4 from pole to checkered without looking back. For his second round in a row, Blake took all 3 class wins, again proving exactly why Blake is “The Champ”. Fellow Xray driver Danny Buck would hold 2nd for almost the entire race, but on the 3rd last lap it all exploded with three different racers, Danny Buck along with Team Associated’s Peter Toszer and Team Awsomatix’s Wayne Mah, holding 3rd place. Ultimately Peter Tozser would bring it across the line, followed by Danny.

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November 30, 2015

Boots & Martin win at Off Road Wars World Cup

Maritime Off Road Wars World Cup

Maritime Raceway held the Off Road Wars World Cup over the weekend on their multi-surface indoor facility. In the 4WD Buggy class Kyosho’s Elliott Boots was the man to beat all weekend. Elliott would grab the TQ and also the overall win from Lee Martin (Yokomo) while Ellis Stafford (TLR) would round out the podium result in third. In the 2WD class Yokomo’s Lee Martin would come out successful after taking the TQ in the qualifiers. The Kyosho duo of Jack Embling and Elliott Boots came in second and third respectively, completing the podium by swapping their qualifying positions.

View the 2WD podium here

November 29, 2015

Ronald Volker tops Qualifying at AOC Rd5

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The 5th and final round of the Asian Onroad Championships has made its way to historic Yatabe Arena in Japan. The popularity of this race has exploded each and every year as the finale race was sold out months prior and hitting over 250 entries making this Yatabe’s biggest race ever (by entry count).

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November 27, 2015

Alexandre Laurent joins Xray

Xray have announced the addition of multiple French Cup winner Alexandre Laurent to their electric on-road team. Alexandre will attend events such as the national championship, the Euros, Worlds and also the ETS and he has the following to say about the deal:

It is a real honor to join Xray Team for the upcoming season. In the last 3 years I have raced as a private driver with the T4 and could not be happier with the reliability and performance of the car. And the team works absolutely great. I can’t wait to start 2016 with the new T4’16 and being part of the team.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 27, 2015

Leo Arnold wins at French Carpet Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the French Carpet Nationals was held in the city of Loos near Lille. In the Touring Modified class Leo Arnold (Xray), Lucas Urbain (VBC) and Loic Jasmin (Yokomo) battled for the TQ spot with Loic taking the opening round while Lucas came out fastest in Q3 and Q4. Leo would take round TQs in round 2 and 5 to grab the overall TQ and the pole position for the A-mains. A1 then saw Leo grabbing the win after a super close battle with Lucas who in turn came out successful in A2, making for an interesting third and decisive final. In leg 3 Leo would hold everything together and he secured another super close win just 0.04 seconds in front of Lucas. Alexandre Laurent (Xray) in third would round out the podium result.

View the final result here

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.

View the Modified Truck podium here