Rebels Race Trutnov Rd1 – Report

The first Rebels Race carpet race of the Winter season 2014/15 was held in Trutnov, in the North of the Czech Republic. The series boasts of a high organisation level, great competition and friendly environment and it is run in the four classes of Touring Car Open, Touring Car Stock, Formula and Hobby. In the Open class Kuba Simurda started out strong into the season by taking the TQ and the overall win. The race for the runner-up spot was on between Vita Hola and Michal Blahovsky and at the end Michal came out successful while Vita grabbed himself the last remaining podium spot. Jirka Janousek, having a comeback to RC car racing, finished in 4th with the top 5 being rounded out by Polish driver Wojciech Rozwadovski.

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WCICS 2014/15 season – Announcement

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series WCICS celebrates its 24th year as one of the world’s largest RC series. The season already kicked off in Saskatoon, SK, and will resume on the weekend of the 2nd of November in Edmonton, AB. More details about the electric on-road series can be found here.

ORRCA Queensland Electric Onroad Titles – Report

The 2014 ORRCA Queensland Electric Onroad Titles where run at the regional holiday resort town of Hervey Bay in Queensland, at the last weekend of September. The date for the event is fixed to coincide with Australian school holidays in order to encourage juniors to participate, and it was great to see a number of young drivers racing in the event. Most drivers had travelled from Brisbane to take part, and there also were quite a few drivers from regional Queensland. Classes that are at the titles run are Modified, 13.5T and 21.5T electric all running on Sorex tires. The Modified class was won by a familiar winner of this event; Hot Bodies driver Jason Dorn (TQ), from Corey Broadstock (Xray) and Brad McDonald (Yokomo).

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Spanish EP on-road national federations Rd2 – Report

The 2nd and final round of the Spanish national federations series was held under changing weather conditions which caused some headache for the pilots of the three classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock and Formula 1. In the Modified class Gonzalo Garcia (Yokomo) took the day’s win from CSO driver Sergio Gomez in 2nd and David Bustos (TOP) in 3rd place. In the overall championship Gonzalo Garcia grabbed the title from runner-up David Bustos (TOP) and David Lara (TOP) in 3rd place.

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Alessio Menicucci wins Italian Indoor National Champs

The 2014 Amsci Indoor National Championship was held at the indoor asphalt track of the Romagnoli Arena. The race started on Saturday afternoon with controlled practice with the four qualifying rounds and the finals would be held on Sunday. The qualifying went to Xray’s Alessio Menicucci who was followed by track owner Michele Romagnoli and Francesco Martini.

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Jan Popic takes Austrian Junior championships

Xray’s Jan Popic recently took the Austrian Electric Touring Car Junior Championship title after finishing in 10th place overall. Some missed races due to other commitments prevented him from achieving a better overall result but nevertheless he became the best junior of the 2014 season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]