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July 9, 2015

Boots takes opening qualifier in Italy

Elliott Boots has taken the opening round of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Italy. Winner of the Warm-up Race, the Kyosho driver topped the first of the five scheduled 5-minute qualifiers by 1-second from the TLR of Marco Baruffolo. Just 2/10ths further back defending champion David Ronnefalk would completed the Top 3 despite two driver errors. Having topped yesterday’s seeding practice, traffic issues would leave Robert Batlle sixth fastest.

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July 9, 2015

Manual Wagner wins at LRP-HPI-Challenge Rd19

Round 19 of the LRP-HPI-Challenge was held at the famous Andernach track in Germany with around 50 drivers in attendance. In the fastest class of 10.5T Stock Manuel Wagner took the overall TQ after winning two of the three qualifiers. In the final Manuel had some close fights with Thorsten Zorn and in the opening A-main Manuel took profit of problems Thorsten ran into while in the second main it was Manuel who struggled a bit due to the hot weather conditions, but with some careful driving he was able to take the win and with it the overall victory. Come A3 and with some setup changes Manual Wagner again took the win to make a clean sweep. Behind him Thorsten Zorn finished in 2nd while Thomas Isbert rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 9, 2015

Chan Chau Man wins at Bangkok Int’l R/C Car Champs

Chan Chau Man wins at Bangkok Int'l R/C Car Champs

The recent Bangkok International R/C Car Championships were highly affected by the weather and they had to be called off after the opening round of qualifiers. With the final results based on the Q1 result Chan Chau Man took the win in the Touring Car Modified class from Ray Poon in 2nd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 9, 2015

Hungarian RC Offroad Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Hungarian RC Offroad Series was held at the WMW Team track in Fehring, Austria, host of several European Championships. Although being a national championship the ROS makes guest appearances in surrounding countries with the three national races being backed by the Austrian round in Fehring and a Slovakian round in Kvetoslavov. The ROS is run in a total of seven classes including Pro and Stock Nitro Buggy, Electric Buggy, Electric Truck and two Short Course categories. Overall more than 50 drivers made the trip to Fehring with Xray’s Martin Wollanka leading the proceedings in the Pro Nitro Buggy class. Albert Neuwirth (Mugen) came in 2nd while Cseko Gergely (TLR) rounded out the top 3 result.

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July 9, 2015

Asian On Road Championship Rd2 – Report

Round number 2 of the Asian On Road Championship is in the books with the event being held at Hobby Habit in Adelaide, Australia. Hobby Habit has a wonderful facility that is not just a track but a whole complex. Housing a huge hobby shop carrying all aspects of hobby related products as well as 4 race tracks, 5 slot car tracks, birthday area as well as a kitchen. Drivers from all over Australia joined as well as top touring professionals Ronald Volker from Yokomo and Alexander Hagberg from Xray. The official days of the AOC are normally 3 days, Friday thru Sunday, but with the attendance of Alexander and Ronald, many racers came on Thursday to get some extra practice and get assistance from these two top Pros.

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July 9, 2015

Thomas Musso wins French eBuggy Nationals Rd3

The 3rd round of the French 1/8th Brushless Buggy Nationals was held at the LMA Club track in Beuvry Forest. Thomas Musso (Radiosistemi) grabbed the TQ after the qualifiers and he also dominated the finals to take the win ahead of the TLR duo of Jerome Sartel and Jean Pierrick Sartel.

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July 8, 2015

Baldo fastest, Batlle top seed

Bryan Baldo has ended Day 2 of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Sacile, Italy, as the fastest driver around the Ongaroring but it is fellow countryman & Mugen team-mate Robert Batlle who is the top seed as the event moves into qualifying tomorrow. Baldo put in an impressive 3-consecutive-laps in the second of the day’s two timed practice rounds with a time of 1:53.059, bettering Batlle’s TP1 topping time by over a second. Behind Baldo, Italian Alex Zanchettin posted the second fastest time of day practice with a 1:53.507 in TP2. However using EFRA’s tie-break, points awarded each round, the TLR driver is ranked 4th behind Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton. An improved TP2 would see defending champion David Ronnefalk post the 6th fastest time which was good enough to seed the HB/HPI Racing driver 10th.

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July 8, 2015

Batlle quickest in first timed practice

As proceedings at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships got official it was Robert Batlle who would set the pace in first timed practice in Italy. The Mugen driver topped the first of the two rounds that will be used to seed the heats for qualifying, with a three consecutive lap time of 1:54.128. Behind the 2011 Champion it was newly crowned European B Champion Riccardo Berton who was second fastest with a time of 1:55.068 with 3-time champion Renaud Savoya third quickest. For defending champion David Ronnefalk, who set the fastest lap time in free practice yesterday, it was not a good first round as he failed to get in three clean laps and was classified 62nd.

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