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June 11, 2015

Jarda Valder wins at RCHobbzRacing Cup

The RCHobbzRacing Cup was recently held in the Czech Republic. Stefan Lutka (Xray) pretty much dominated the 1/8th E-Buggy qualifying to take the pole position for the triple 8 minute mains. In A1 Stefan took a comfortable win some 14 seconds ahead of the second placed driver only to be hindered by an ungluing tyre in A2. The third A-final would then decide for the overall win and again the TQ holder ran into trouble so he ended the leg in 3rd place. Ultimately Jarda Valder (Xray) took the win from Stefan Lutka (Xray) while Lukas Bulka (Mugen) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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June 11, 2015

Ronald Völker teams up with Highest

Korean company Highest have officially announced the signing of Germany’s Ronald Völker to their team. After using the servos of radio sponsors Sanwa for a pretty long time Ronald already utilised Highest servos in the recent races with the Factory Yokomo driver now making the official move.

Source: Highest [highestrc.com]

June 11, 2015

Grenland Cup 1/10 Buggy – Report

The third round of the Grenland Cup 1/10th Electric Buggy Cup was held in Skien, Norway. Local hero Joakim Nicolaisen set the pace in the qualifiers to put his Team Associated buggy in front of the Xray XB2 prototype of Malin Karlsen, who had a maiden outing in the 1/10th Buggy Cup. The first of the triple A-mains had Joakim scoring an easy win after an early mistake of Malin who only managed a 3rd place at the end as her buggy became difficult to drive during the race. Simen Halstensen came in 2nd in the opening A-final. A2 had again Joakim coming out successfully which handed him the day’s overall win early. Behind him Malin again made a mistake early in the race which denied her to challenge Joakim for the win but she was able to hold Simen behind thanks to a new set of tyres that made her buggy more constant to drive. In the last A-main Malin was finally able to take the win after a series of early mistakes by Joakim. Behing Joakim Nicolaisen (Team Associated) Malin Karlsen (Xray) ended the day on the runner-up spot while Simen Halstensen (Team Associated) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 10, 2015

Belgian SCT Cup Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Belgian SCT Cup was held at the astroturf track of the BPT club on a technical yet fun layout. As usual the event was run very smoothly and due to the track being in the shadow in the early hours of the day the qualifying started with a wet and slippery surface but from round 2 on the grip came up, making for ideal racing conditions. In Pro2 qualifying Nicolas Evens (TLR) swept all three qualification rounds to take the TQ from Philippe Hautecoeur who put his mid motor converted Team Associated truck on the 2 spot for the finals. Behind the two ten drivers were covered by only 5 points meaning that getting into the A-final was not an easy task. At the end Laurent Halluin (Team Associated) would end up in 3rd place ahead of Pascal Bouffioux (Team Associated).

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June 10, 2015

Hazriq takes Stock win at Malaysia Nationals Rd3

The third round of this year’s Malaysia National Championship saw Hazriq walking away with a win in the Touring Car Stock class. WK Foong came in 2nd while Sham rounded out the podium in 3rd. With his second win Hazriq now sits on top of the championship ranking.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 10, 2015

F1ItalianSeries GP 15 & 16 – Report

GP 15 and GP 16 of the F1ItalianSeries was held for the first time at the track of Gianni Modellismo in Rome. The track is very narrow, with a very long main straight and a huge and fast corner going out on the straight. With the track being made for nitro races the pit lane area was not very comfortable for the electric racers but at the end everyone had good fun which was further helped by the beautiful Italian Summer weather with temperatures of more than 30°C. In the qualifying of GP 15 all 15 drivers made the Q1 session with the 10 fastest drivers proceeding to Q2 to set the best time and go after the pole position. After a very hard battle Cardelli (RedBull) took the pole with a time of 17.856s. In 2nd came Capuano (Mercedes) in front of 3rd placed Magnocavallo (Ferrari), 4th was Manciocchi (Hesketh) and 5th Cutugno (RedBull).

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June 10, 2015

Soeren Boy Holst joins VBC Racing

VBC Racing have announced the signing of Danish front runner Soeren Boy Holst to their team. The multiple National and former Tamiya European and World Champion will use the company’s Ghost Evo Carbon touring car kit in his upcoming campaign that starts with the second round of the Danish Championship in mid-June. The former T.O.P. Racing driver has the following to say about the deal:

I would like to say thanks a lot to T.O.P. Racing for the big support in the past four and a half years. Now it’s time for new challenges, and I am very happy to join VBC Racing. The quality of their cars is really high, with lots of nice technical features that makes the cars very competitive, and I can’t wait to try my new ride on the tracks. My aim is to continue the good results, give good feedback to VBC and off course to help other VBC drivers with setup and tips. See You at the tracks!

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]

June 9, 2015

Austrian Electric On-road Nationals Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held in Laa a.d. Thaya with 30 driver attending in the three classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock and Formula. Two extremely hot racing days displayed awesome racing in every class and in Touring Car Modified everyone expected the next safe victory from Dominic Vogel, but this time there was more to come. Patrik Gollner proved to be a tough challenger and by using his second set of new tyres in the last qualification heat, Dominic managed to take the TQ in front of Patrik and Mario Sowka. For the finals Patrik had a new set of tyres and from the very first corner he was the fastest man on the track but it was Dominic who held the line and even though Patrik was up to 0.5 seconds faster he was not able to pass. Finally Dominic had two flawless finals and was able to take a very very close win, followed by Patrik and Mario on third position.

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