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July 20, 2015

Maifield & Cavalieri dominate HRH Shootout

The annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout was held in Saugus, California this past weekend. Qualifying was affected by rain and so only two out of two rounds would count, handing Jared Tebo the TQ in the premier class of 2WD Modified. Ryan Maifield took the pole position for the triple A-mains in the 4WD Modified Buggy class while Ryan Cavalieri dominated the 2WD Modified Truck classes by ending the qualifiers on top of the result sheets in 2WD Modified Truck and 2WD Modified Short Course. In the 2WD Mod Buggy A-mains Ryan Maifield (TLR) would come out successful winning A-main 1 and A-main 2 in style. TQ Jared Tebo (Kyosho) had a mixed mains and finished in 3rd overall while Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri grabbed the runner-up spot.

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July 20, 2015

Austrian Electric On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The 4th round of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at Team Speed Freaks track in Krieglach with 30 racers signing in for the Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock and Formula classes. The track is well known for its very difficult layout and all drivers had to push hard in order to pull fast laps. In Touring Car Modified the battle was on between reigning champion Dominik Vogl and his hardest competitor Patrik Gollner, but this time Patrik was the faster man on track and he pushed hard in the qualifiers to grab the TQ in front of an extremely quick Mario Sowka. The 3 spot went to Jakob Zündel while Dominik Vogl found himself only in fourth position after the qualification heats.

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July 18, 2015

Ivan Chan takes WCICS Formula Championship Title

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS, which hosted 8 events across Western Canada this season, have announced that Ivan Chan took the 2014/15 Formula Championship. This is the first points season for this class that was run as a demonstration class before. Jim Rogers piloted his car to finish 2nd overall in the championship, and Calgarian Chuck de Belen drove his crazy haired troll car to 3rd.

Source: WCICS [wcics.ca]

July 17, 2015

Jürgen Horn wins at Austrian On-road Nats Rd4

Round four of the Austrian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the pretty tricky TSA Krieglach track. In the Touring Car Stock class Xray driver Jürgen Horn came out successful from team mate Jan Popic. Thomas Rosegger (VBC) rounded out the top 3 result.

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July 16, 2015

Xray X-Race Italy – Report

Xray X-Race Italy - Report

The Xray X-Race Italy was held last weekend in Bientina in several electric on-road classes. Good weather and a friendly yet competitive atmosphere and the attendance of some of the fastest Italian driver with guests from abroad made for a nice weekend of racing. In the Touring Car Modified class Portuguese frontrunner Bruno Coelho took the win from Xray’s own Martin Hudy. Alessio Mancini came in 3rd while Alessio Menicucci and Jan Ratheisky rounded out the top 5 result.

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July 15, 2015

Georgiadis wins at GTS Rd5

The fifth round of Greek Touring Series was held at the FRT race track with a good number of entries. Different from other rounds of the GTS this race was held under 17.5T Blinky rules inspired by the Xray Challenge held at the Hudy Arena. The qualifying was very close and after three rounds Georgiadis (Xray) put his car on the 1 spot follow by fellow Xray racer Zogogiannis and Katsikis (HB) in 3rd place. The finals then were again a very close affair with all drivers being in the same lap and at the end Georgiadis was able to keep the momentum to take the overall win from Zogogiannis and Papachristos (Xray).

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July 15, 2015

Nico Risser doubles at French Electric Buggy Nats Rd5

The final round of the French Electric Buggy Nationals was held at the chalk track of La Ville Aux Dames near Tours. The race was a challenge for every driver as the French federation selected new hand out tyres only days before the event. In the 4WD class Team C’s Nico Risser took the TQ and the win from Floran Jadot (Team C) and Alex Bauguier (Team Durango). Nico then also went on to TQ and win the 2WD class although he had to defend the position against Ludovic Valtier (Team Associated) who ended the race in 2nd spot. In 3rd Alex Desbrosses (Team C) completed the podium result.

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July 15, 2015

King & Drake win at JBRL Nitro Series Rd4

Round four of this year’s Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro Series was hosted by Revelation Raceway with around 180 entries and the usual mixture of World-class drivers and local talent. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class Kyosho’s Cody King came out successful to take a back-to-back win. Team Associated’s Kody Numedahl finished on the runner-up spot while JQRacing’s Jeremy Kortz rounded out the top 3 result.

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