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September 23, 2015

Alexander Hagberg doubles at Xray Challenge Greece

The second running of the Xray Challenge Greece was again held at the Fanatix Race Track just outside of Athens with some 50 entries for the electric and nitro classes. Held over a single day the fun and entertaining event would see the attendance of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg who competed in the electric and nitro classes. In the nitro class, Alexander managed to take the TQ position after a fast and clean run, some 8 seconds in front of Greek driver John Sotiropoulos, and the Xray pairing of Nikiforos and Dimitrios.

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September 23, 2015

Hinz wraps up double PL Indoor Champs victory

The Pro-Line Indoor Championships race was recently held at Warehouse3. Friday started out as all-day practice, with everyone trying to find the hot setup. On Saturday the track opened for three rounds of qualifying with rocket round times. About halfway through the 18-heat program was Mod 4WD Buggy. Tommy Hinz set the TQ time to beat by over 15 seconds. Up next was 2WD. Hinz again had the TQ run by 4 seconds over teammate Ashe Deering. In the second round, Hinz again TQd 4WD. However, 2WD racing got a bit closer. Deering was in the first heat and had a good run going the extra lap. Hinz followed him to go the extra lap and take TQ back over by half a second. Sunday was the triple A-mains and Hinz would win A1 and A2, wrapping up the win for both 2WD and 4WD classes.

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September 21, 2015

JConcepts Outdoor Turf Nationals – Report

RC Madness in Enfield, CT, hosted to the first ever Outdoor Turf Nationals. The dedicated track and facility with one of the first Turf tracks in the United States offered up a challenge to all. As title sponsor, JConcepts offered a unique experience to the racer offering controlled (soon to be revealed astro/carpet) tires in the buggy classes while all other available classes used an open tire. Practice began on Friday afternoon after just a little weather had passed though the surrounding area. Jason Ruona and Alex Kosciuszek were among the early test drivers sorting out setup and learning the new layout. As the sun came out over the bright green racing surface, traction immediately came up and the racers were smiling. As the day moved on, racers practised in classes ranging from 17.5 Buggy to Stadium and SCT truck and while the buggies dominated the entry count the trucks appeared to be just as enticing as the buggies.

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September 21, 2015

Slovakia Cup 2014/15 Rd8 – Announcement

The Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia will be host for the 8th and final round of the Slovakia Cup this coming Saturday. The event will be held in several electric on-road and off-road classes on the Arena’s indoor tracks and more information can be found here.

September 21, 2015

BRCA Touring Car Series final round – Report

The final round of the BRCA Touring Car series took place at the West London track over the weekend. The meeting saw a victory for Schumacher’s Elliott Harper and in winning the meeting he took the 2015 Modified title. Going into the final round five potential drivers were still capable of taking the title, Harper made the best possible start by taking TQ ahead of championship contenders Chris Grainger, Olly Jefferies and Colin Price. Over the three leg finals Harper was able to ease a small gap over the chasing pack and keep out of trouble while Grainger Jefferies and Price battled behind, this allowed him to take the first two legs reasonably comfortably and in doing so take the meeting and title. Second at west London for the Associated of Grainger gave him second in the series and Jefferies completed the podium and that result netted him third in the series for Xray. The BRCA Championship win for Harper is his first national title and well deserved after coming close on a couple of previous occasions in the last two seasons with Team Durango.

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September 21, 2015

Marvin Fritschler takes German 1/8th E-Buggy title

This past weekend the German 1/8th E-Buggy Nationals were held at the Schietschmieter Bistensee track in Northern Germany near the Danish boarder. Marvin Fritschler (SOAR/GM-Racing) was the man to beat over the weekend and in the 10-minute A-main he would come out successful in front of SOAR/Graupner team mate Marcel Paul. Young Burak Kilic (TLR/GM-Racing) would round out the top 3 result.

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September 21, 2015

Michael wins at East Coast Race Against Cancer

The 14th Annual East Coast Race Against Cancer was held at McCullough’s RC in Sarver, PA, which is in close proximity to the city of Pittsburgh, PA. The race program would have three rocket rounds of qualifying with 10 racers directly qualifying into each main event with two bump-ups to make a 12-car field for the main race. The schedule originally was laid out so that there would be practice on Thursday with one round of qualifying on Friday, with the remaining two qualifiers taking place on Saturday and the Mains on Sunday. Due to the rain that was forecasted for Saturday, two rounds of qualifying would take place on Friday, which was the day that had the best weather out of the four days. In the 2WD Modified Short Course class Andrew Michael set an early top qualifying time in round one of qualifying and then bettered his own TQ time by 8 seconds in round two. Andrew’s TQ would hold throughout the third and final round of qualifying. Due to the rain Saturday night and on Sunday, the track was unable to be fit for racing, so the mains were cancelled and the final finishing positions were determined based upon how each racer qualified. Since Andrew was the Top Qualifier in the 2WD Mod Short Course Truck class, he was awarded the win.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com] | Image: Nicole Himes Photography

September 20, 2015

Martin does EOS double at Nürburgring

Lee Martin completed the perfect start to the defence of his two Euro Offroad Series titles today giving Yokomo’s new YZ-4 a debut victory to back up yesterday’s 2WD win at the Nürburgring season opener. After a rough opening 4WD A-Main, Xray’s Martin Wollanka taking that win, Martin would convert his TQ starting position into wins in A2 and A3 although both Wollanka and Bruno Coelho would make the British ace work hard in the closing race. The Xray drivers would complete the podium with Wollanka achieving his best finish with second and Coelho capping off an impressive EOS debut with third.

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